富比士：從林書豪身上學到的10件事

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Lin-sanity has swept up the NBA over the last week.  Now it seems like the phenomenon has gone worldwide.

Friday’s 38 point performance by Harvard grad Jeremy Lin for the New York Knicks against the LA Lakers was his greatest performance yet as a starter, since he burst on to the scene and propelled the team to 4 straight wins.

Lin now has over 200,000 followers on Twitter.  He’s got over 800,000 on Weibo – including 200,000 new ones in the 24 hour period after beating the Lakers.

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  But there’s more to this story than basketball.  This isn’t just a modern-day, real-life version of the Hoosiers movie.  The Jeremy Lin story is incredibly popular because we can all see a little bit of ourselves in this man’s struggles and now successes.

What can all of us learn from this young man — and how can we apply these same lessons to our own lives when we go back to work on Monday morning?

1. Believe in yourself when no one else does. Lin’s only the 3rd graduate from Harvard to make it to the NBA.  He’s also one of only a handful of Asian-Americans to make it. He was sent by the Knicks to play for their D-League team 3 weeks ago in Erie, PA.  He’d already been cut by two other NBA teams before joining the Knicks this year.  You’ve got to believe in yourself, even when no one else does.

2. Seize the opportunity when it comes up. Lin got to start for the Knicks because they had to start him.  They had too many injuries.  Baron Davis was gone.  The other point guards were out.  Carmelo Anthony was injured.  Amare Stoudemire had to leave the team because of a family death.  Lin could have squandered the opportunity and we would have never have noticed.  But he made the most of it.  You never know when opportunities are going to arise in life.  Often, they’re when you least expect them.  Make the most of them. Don’t fritter them away.

3. Your family will always be there for you, so be there for them. It wasn’t until a few days ago that Lin got his contract guaranteed by the Knicks for the rest of the season.  Before that, he could have been cut at any time.  He had to sleep on his brother’s couch on the Lower East Side to get by.  His family always believed in him and picked him up when he could have gotten down on himself.  That made him continue to believe.  If you want your family to believe in you like that, you’ve got to be there for them too when they need it.

4. Find the system that works for your style. Lin isn’t Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant.  He’s not a pure scorer.  He’s a passer and distributor – who can also score very well.  It didn’t work for him in Golden State or Houston – where he was before landing at the Knicks.  But Mike D’Antoni’s system at the Knicks has been perfect for him to show off his strengths.  You’ve got to do your best to understand what your strengths are and then ensure that you’re in a system (a job or organization or industry) that is a good fit for those strengths.  Otherwise, people overlook the talents you bring to the table.

5. Don’t overlook talent that might exist around you today on your team. You probably manage people at your own company today.  Are you sure you don’t have a Jeremy Lin living among you now?  How do you know that “Mike” couldn’t do amazing things if you gave him a new project to run with?  How do you know “Sarah” isn’t the right person to take the open job in London that you’ve been talking over with your colleagues?  We put people around us in boxes.  He’s from Harvard.  He’s Asian-American.  Not sure he can play.  How many assumptions have you made about talent around you?  Don’t be like the General Managers in Golden State and Houston, and let talent slip through your fingers.  With all their money, scouts, and testing, they didn’t have a clue what they had in their hands.  Do you know what your people (or even yourself) is really capable of?  Take off the blinders of assumptions you wear when you look at the world.

6. People will love you for being an original, not trying to be someone else. You’ve got to be you.  You can’t be some 2nd rate copy of Michael Jordan.  There will never be another Michael Jordan.  Just be Jeremy Lin — yourself.  Whatever that is.  That doesn’t mean you don’t work hard — it just means you find what you’re good at and do it.  Fans will love you for being you, just like they love Jeremy Lin.  Judy Garland said it best:

““Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”

7. Stay humble. If you one day are lucky enough to have newspapers want to put you on the cover in order to sell more, don’t let it get to your head.  It’s been remarkable watching how humble Lin remains through all this media frenzy.  It makes his teammates and fans love him that much more.


8. When you make others around you look good, they will love you forever. I didn’t know how good Tyson Chandler was, until I saw him playing with Jeremy Lin.  Lin has set Chandler up many times over the last week for easy dunks because he drew the defense and then passed the ball.  That’s partly why the Knicks are playing so well.  They are all working harder to share the ball with others.  And it’s beautiful to watch.  And when the media swarms Lin, he tells them how good his teammates are.  Do the same with your peers and reports.

9. Never forget about the importance of luck or fate in life. Some people believe in God, some in destiny, some in luck.  Whatever you believe in, be grateful for it.

10. Work your butt off. Lin couldn’t have seized his opportunity if he hadn’t worked like crazy for years perfecting his skills.  There are no short cuts to hard work.  Success is a by product of that.  If you’ve got a Tiger Mom who’s always pushed you to work hard, great.  If not, let your conscience be your own Tiger Mom!  Get up early, stay up late.  Nobody gave Lin any free passes. Why should you get any?  You can only control what you control and that means you’ve got to work harder than anyone else you know.

I hope the Lin-sanity continues.  And I hope we all can apply these lessons to our own work and family life.

There’s a great line from a New York Times article on Lin and his faith which is worth it for all of us to remember:

““suffering produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us.”


這10項體悟看似稀鬆平常，但真要做到卻不容易！能夠堅持下去、並且靈活運用智慧的人，可是少之又少。究竟是哪10件事呢？

一、「要在沒人看好時相信自己」：林書豪會被戲稱為Linderella可不是沒原因的。在加入尼克隊以前，他已經被金州勇士隊以及休士頓火箭隊給先後釋出，在尼克甚至也一度可能被釋出！但是林書豪依舊不放棄這條路，每天扎實的自我訓練，並且堅持到底；等到機會來臨時，才能一次綻放出光芒！

二、「當機會來臨的時候，抓住它！」：林書豪之所以能出頭，是剛好碰上尼克隊的「傷兵潮」，沒有控球後衛可以使用，不得已之下才採用這位「板凳中的板凳」。由於他從未懈怠，且從2月4日對籃網開始就抓住機會，終於成功向世人證明他的價值！


三、「你的家人永遠支持你，請予以回報」：在紐約尼克隊正式簽下林書豪前，他還睡在紐約哥哥家裡的沙發上。有人說，看一個男人是否能依賴，看他如何對待家人就知道；這並非沒有道理的。

四、「尋找適合你的體系」：聽過「KOBE體系」嗎？這是NIKE的廣告，但不無道理；籃球是個團隊運動，要贏球必須營造一個強大的體系，讓每個人都能發揮。林書豪是個很有組織能力的控球後衛，他之所以那麼受到尼克球迷喜愛，在於「他營造了一個書豪體系」，讓尼克隊找回正軌！

五、「找出藏在團隊中的高手」：不要輕易放過每一個可能的人才，不管他的膚色是什麼、家世如何，只要注意到他有能力，不妨試著給他機會試試看，說不定會有意外收穫。

六、「別想當別人的影子，人們愛的是真正的你」：不管再怎麼模仿，你永遠不會變喬丹(Michael Jordan)或是麥可傑克森(Michael Jackson)；但是這不代表不必努力，你要找出你最在行的事，將你的價值發揮到最高！

七、「永遠保持謙虛」：如果你因為努力而出頭了，不要因此樂昏頭；永遠保持謙遜，不管是對媒體、對朋友，甚至對支持你的家人。

八、「試著讓你週遭的人更好，替他們加值，他們會更愛你」：錢德勒(Tyson Chandler)有多行？一直沒什麼人知道，但直到他跟林書豪一起合作，錢德勒的價值大大提升。籃球不是一人運動，只有團隊才能贏球；能夠幫整個團隊加值的人，才是最有價值的人！當然，被稱讚時也別忘了你的伙伴朋友，這才是團隊的真諦。

九、「永遠充滿感激，不管是對命運還是上帝」：這說來有點玄，但一個人如果忘了如何感激，很容易變得驕縱。所以有人相信命運，有人相信上帝；不管哪一個，不要忘了感激。

十、「做到死、玩到死，然後就很難死」：其實富比士原本的意思應該是「非常努力的工作」；但林書豪展現出來的不只是對工作的熱情，他更展現了人際交流、跟大家同樂的熱情！成功是沒有捷徑的，唯有比別人努力工作2倍、3倍，比別人用力2、3倍的遊戲人生；如此一來，你將會成為韌性極強的人，誰也折不斷！

poki

是阿!!可是有時會遇到一些爛貨.....