Favourite Motivational Quotes and Books

商道 (崔仁浩)

2014-06-01T05:14:00.000-07:00

《商道》
作者：崔仁浩

財上平如水，人中直似衡
前腦門長頭髮後腦勺光禿禿的－所謂機遇，就是做各種事情的最佳時機。人們常說，人生一世，機遇不會超過3次。機遇到來時，應該抓住它的頭髮不放。機遇這東西，只有前腦門長着頭髮，一定要在它向你走來時把它抓住。機遇稍縱即逝，等它眨眼間溜走的時候，他的後腦勺已變成光禿禿的，就算你想抓也抓不住了。
你不忍用你的手去摘花而傷害花的性命，足見你胸懷慈悲。做生意也是一個道理，不能去做那種殘酷的事情，為賺錢而踐踏別人，為追逐利益而傷害他人生命。你既有憐惜他人的慈悲之心，將來做生意定然會有大成。你還從屋裡取到花，這說明你有眼光，能夠就近取得所要的東西而不必為取花而遠走。世上一切財物都不是靠遠遠地四處奔波求來的，它就在你的身邊。成功並不在遙遠的地方，它就在你身邊。你已明白自己身邊的最近處充滿着福祿與財物，而在實踐着"家和萬事興"這句古來至理名言，這也是一種福兆。天下萬物皆有其位，生意也是這樣。生意是人來做的，凡人無分高低貴賤，世上之人無尊無卑，沒有天生貴賤之別。用人不要有歧視，待人切勿論尊卑。
商技第一要訣：＜螞蟻與蜂蜜＞無論做什麼樣的生意，都需要權勢的力量。小生意需要小權勢，大生意則需要大權對。所謂生意，不就是一種追求利潤的事情麼。所以，追求利潤的生意和追求力量的權力能夠結合在一起，就會產生利益和權勢。過分倚重權勢會招致滅頂之災，可如果離權勢太遠就不會有興旺的日子。所以生意與權勢的關係，就如同嘴唇與牙齒關係。嘴唇與牙齒雖在一起，卻是各行其是的，它們之間的關係可以用"不可近不可遠"來形容。螞蟻就是權力，完全沒有必要辛辛苦苦地自己穿綫，您只消像在螞蟻腰裏繫上絲綫那樣，暫時依附於權力，剩下的一切，螞蟻是懂得如何為您鑽孔引綫的。這裏面的關鍵是需要有足以誘惑螞蟻的誘餌，這誘餌就是蜂蜜。
一個做大買賣的人是那種不管下不下雨，雨傘照賣木履照做的人，這是因為無論刮風還是下雨都只不過是一種自然現象，只熱衷於追逐這種表面現象的商人挖空心思地去追趕市場潮流，常常在這種追流行的過程中遇到挫折，所謂"聰明反被聰明誤"，所以說如果要做大買賣，至少要能夠根據5年之後的情況來確定自己的經營策略。
《史記》也說："淵深而魚生之，山深而獸住之；人富而仁義附焉"，也卜火戈山是說凡是想掙大錢的人首先要使自己心胸視野變得比山高比海深，只有這樣才會有更多的野獸和魚，人的修養達到這種程度，富貴就不難求了。
人生中的一切慾望不正也像這杯子一樣：越想倒滿它卻反而什麼也不剩，變得一無所有；反之，倒得7成滿就會把酒留住。

一個人的經濟（大前研一）

2014-02-16T01:44:00.000-08:00

《一個人的經濟》
作者：大前研一

日本過去20年的人口統計出現了結構性變化－ 20歲單身、30歲單身、到40歲還是單身的現象。那些結婚的，到了50歲，有不少人卻決定離婚；到了60歲，很多女性已習慣了老公長年不在家，所以很多家庭，老公退休日，就是夫妻離婚時，令60及70歲的單身族增加；70歲以後，配偶過世，又恢復單身，所以日本人口統計出，單身是20歲以上世代最大的一個族群。
這是一個貓狗數量比新生兒還多的少子時代，這還是一個老人比年輕人還多的高齡時代，當單身變成主流，解悶、獨樂、省時、限量就變成熱賣的關鍵詞，宅經濟也成為企業一較高下的主戰場。
"戒精品"是一種消費進化－不再過分崇拜精品的消費轉變證明了消費型態屬於開發中國家的日本人，也逐漸和歐美消費者一樣成熟，開始選擇自己真正喜歡的商品。
夫妻加兩個孩子不是多數－目前日本所有年齡層的標準家庭應該是一個人的家戶，但是大多數的超市商品包裝至今仍是以兩個小孩的核心家庭為主，這樣的份量對一個人生活者而言當然太多，專程開車前往郊外超市、買滿一整輛購物車的顧客也跟著大幅銳減。
再貴也要買來愛自己－多數的一個人生活者並不只是需要廉價的商品，他們最大的消費主張是，即使不便宜，也要買自己喜歡的東面。
日耗的要便宜，耐久的要精緻－像廁紙這種每天都要使用的商品，打折可能會讓消費者心存感激，但對使用週期長達數年的商品與其打折，倒不如以合理價錢提供真正的好貨，努力增加顧客滿意度。
小包的、健康的、速購的最熱賣－成城石井在車站內設立的賣店就像是縮小版的超市，裡面不僅有豐富的高級食材、葡萄酒和起司等進口食品，還有各式熟食和甜點，對於會在家料理三餐的一個人生活者而言，一般超市的份量都太多了，所以即使成城石井的價格稍貴，但位於返家必經的車站內，又可少量購買，所以大受歡迎！

Quotes - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

2013-12-21T20:32:00.000-08:00

Quotes extracted from
"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain

I am a horse for a single harness, not cut out for tandem or teamwork... for well I know that in order to attain any definite goal, it is imperative that one person do the thinking and the commanding. (Albert Einstein)

Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we lost our center and have to find it again. (Anais Nin)

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (Carl Jung)

A shy man no doubt dreads the notice of strangers, but can hardly be said to be afraid of them. He may be as bold as a hero in battle, and yet have no self-confidence about trifles in the presence of strangers. (Charles Darwin)

The wind howls, but the mountain remains still. (Japanese Proverb)

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know. (Lao Zi)

In a gentle way, you can shake the world. (Mahatma Gandhi)

Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting. (Maxims of Ptahhotep)

Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act. (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)

With anything young and tender the most important part of the task is the beginning of it; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression more readily taken. (Plato)

Some people are more certain of everything than I am of anything. (Robert Rubin)

A man has as many social selves as there are distinct groups of persons about whose opinion he cares. He generally shows a different side of himself to each of these different groups. (William James)

Society is itself an education in the extrovert values, and rarely has there been a society that has preached them so hard. No man is an island, but how John Donne would writhe to hear how often, and for what reasons, the thought is so tiresomely repeated. (William Whyte)

Aristotle Quotes

2013-10-12T10:58:00.000-07:00

1. Happiness depends upon ourselves.

2. All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion and desire.

3. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

4. Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

5. The soul never thinks without a picture.

6. Hope is a waking dream.

7. All man by nature desire knowledge.

8. The secret to humor is surprise.

9. You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

10. A friend to all is a friend to none.

11. My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

12. Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

Andrew Carnegie Quotes

2013-06-30T05:00:00.000-07:00

1. No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

2. There is little success when there is little laughter.

3. People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

4. The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

5. I believe the true road of preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line.

6. The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
7. Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

8. No man can become rich without himself being enriching others.

9. The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

10. Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

Woody Allen Quotes

2013-06-23T21:00:00.000-07:00

1. I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

2. Most of the time I dont' have much fun. The rest of the time I dont' have any fun at all.

3. Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.

4. To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

5. I should stop ruining my life searching for answers I'm never gonna get, and just enjoy it while it lasts.

6. I think a relationship is like a shark. It has to constantly move forward or it dies.

7. It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better, while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.

Eric Schmidt Quotes

2013-06-02T07:49:00.000-07:00

1. In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.

2. Success is really about being ready for the good opportunities that come before you. It's not to have a detailed plan of everything that you're going to do. You can't plan innovation or inspiration, but you can ready for it, and when you see it, you can jump on it.

3. If you forgo your plan, you also have to forgo fear.

4. The thing that people seem to miss about not just Google, but also our competitors, Yahoo, eBay, and so forth, is that there's an awful lot of communities that have never been served by traditional media.

5. Our strategy allows Google to innovate very, very quickly, which I think is a real strength of the company.

6. We weren't here to hope and hang on. We wanted to win.

7. Our policy is we try things, we celebrate our failures.

8. None of us is as smart as all of us.

9. Find a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learn something new. Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids. Even if it's a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new, meet someone new, and make a difference. Yes lets you stand out in a crowd, be the optimist, see the glass full, be the one everyone comes to. Yes is what keeps us all young.

Kenichi Ohmae (大前研一) - 聰明人必做的十件事

2013-04-20T20:00:00.000-07:00

"聰明人必做的10 件事" - 大前研一 (轉載)
1. 儲蓄友誼
靠得住的友誼是今生最溫暖的一件外套。它是靠你的人品和性情打造的，一定要好好地珍惜它，如果到目前為止，還沒有幾筆，那麼，從現在用心去儲存還來得及。

2. 學會放手
這個年齡已經不允許不成熟，當你無力把握命運中的某種愛、某種緣、某種現實，就要學會放手。給自己一個全新的開始，只要信心在，勇氣就在；努力在，成功就在。
3. 播種善良
一定要極盡自己所能，讓那些比你苦、比你難過的人感受到這世上的陽光和美麗。這樣的善良常常是播種，在不經意間，就會開出最美麗的人性之花。
4. 懂得音樂
一定要學 or 懂一種樂器，它會洗滌你的身心，打開你的記憶和想像，更會帶來意想不到的寧靜。另外還有攝影、收藏，它們都能讓我們的生活增添滋味。
5. 避開兩種苦
塵世間有兩苦，一是得不到之苦，二是鍾情之苦。前者在你付諸努力的前提下，就把一切當作一場賭，勝之坦然，敗之淡然，好在這年齡還有一定的資本得以捲土重來；至於後者可說是世間最苦，如果把這時還有這樣的情愫，一定要像清除灰塵般，把它從心屋裏掃出去。
6、學會承受
有些事情需要無聲無息地忘記，經過一次，就長一次智慧；有些苦痛和煩惱得要默默地承受；歷鍊一次；就豐富一次。
7、常懷感恩心
當我們參加完葬禮，總會湧起一些感慨；當我們大病初癒，總會有萬般珍惜。感恩的心一定要時時保留，它不僅讓你憐惜身邊事物，還能平撫欲望和爭鬥，甚至幸福的感覺也往往源自於此。
8. 熱愛工作
儘管它不像喝茶、聊天那般愜意，但它檢驗著我們的智慧和能力，得以讓我們體現價值及獲得成就。一定要全心愛它，畢竟它讓你大半生有事做、有飯吃。
9. 勤於學習
讀書和學習都是在和智慧聊天，每年至少要讀五十本書，它不僅保證你的記憶力、感悟力，還能讓你維持個性魅力，這可是練瑜珈做美容所不能達到的效果。
10. 享受運動
善用時間運動、享受自然。你的體重就不會因懶惰而上漲，你的容貌也不會因歲月而減少生動，在某種程度上更能保存青春、快樂與健康。

一勝九敗

2013-03-30T03:37:00.000-07:00

“一勝九敗”
作者：柳井正

創業者十戒

刻苦工作，一天集中精力工作二十四個小時。
唯一和絕對的評價者，是市場和顧客。
不能沒有長遠觀念、計劃、夢想和理想。
把握現實，堅持理想和目標。
自己的未來由自己開拓，掌握自己的命運的是自己，並非他人。
積極適應時代和社會的變化。
最應該重視日常事務。
對於事業，設立比誰都高的目標和基準。
和員工結成顆伴關係，具有團隊合作精神。
建立不會倒閉的公司。可以一勝九敗，但不容許一蹶不振的失敗。

經營者十戒

經營者，一定要追求結果。
經營者，必須明確經營方針，並始終如一。
經營者必須有宏偉的理想並正視現實，腳踏實地。
經營者不能被常識捆住手腳，要彈性、靈活處理事務。
經營者應該比誰都更熱心於自己的工作。
經營者應該像魔鬼般地鍛鍊部下，並給予部下挑戰的勇氣。
經營者處理問題不能蜻蜓點水，而要追究問題的本源。
經營者必須充分預估風險，並果敢進行挑戰。
經營者必須要有遠見，抓住未來。
經營者必須具有果敢的行動力。

Quotes - Harry Potter Series

2013-03-16T22:58:00.000-07:00

1. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

2. It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

3. After all to the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

4. Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

5. Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

6. Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.

7. If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

2013-03-10T19:49:00.000-07:00

1. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

2. I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

3. Whatever you are, be a good one.

4. Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

5. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.

6. I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

7. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

8. Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

9. You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

10. I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

11. That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

12. You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all of the time.

Quotes - Cloud Atlas

2013-02-12T16:55:00.000-08:00

Quotes from "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell

1. History admits no rules; only outcomes.

2. A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

3. My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?

4. Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.

5. Time is what stops history happening at once; time is the speed at which the past disappears.

6. Truth is singular. Its "versions" are mistruths.

7. Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

8. If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term.

Quotes - Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

2013-01-11T05:59:00.000-08:00

Quotes from "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul" by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. (Barbara De Angelis)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. (Mother Teresa)
Enjoy yourself. These are the good old days you're going to miss in the years ahead. (Anonymous)
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. (Mark Twain)
There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy. (Unknown)
Peace, like charity, begins at home. (Source Unknown)
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. (Plato)
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. (Gandhi)
We should be careful to get out o f an experience only the wisdom that is in it. (Mark Twain)
There are high spots in all of our lives, and most of them come about through encouragement from someone else.
Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half sorrow. (Swedish Proverb)
You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life? (Rumi)
If you don't daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination, you never get there. So you have to start someplace. (Robert Duvall)
From what we get we can make a living, what we give, however, makes a life. (Arthur Ashe)
Face the thing you fear, and you do away with that fear. (Source Unknown)
All you need is love. (John Lennon)
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leve footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same. (Source Unknown)
Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood. (Karen Casey)

Victor Hugo Quotes

2012-12-31T07:57:00.000-08:00

1. Adversity makes men, and propserity makes monsters.

2. Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

3. People do not lack strength, they lack will.

4. The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

5. Good actions are the invisible hinges on the doors of heaven.

6. The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

7. Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

8. Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other.

The Hobbit

2012-12-28T15:56:00.000-08:00

"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Song in Chapter 1 "An Unexpected Party"

Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day
To seek the pale enchanted gold.

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,
While hammers fell like ringing bells
In places deep, where dark things sleep,
In hallow halls beneath the fells.

For ancient king and elvish lord
There many a gleaming golden hoard
They shaped and wrought, and light they caught
To hide in gems on hilt of sword.

On silver necklaces they strung
The flowering stars, on crowns they hung
The dragon-fire, in twisted wire
They meshed the light of moon and sun.

Far over the misty mountain cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away, ere break of day,
To claim our long-forgotten gold.

Goblets they carved there for themselves
And harps of gold; where no man delves
There lay they long, and many a song
Was sung unheard by men or elves.

The pines were roaring on the height,
The winds were moaning in the night.
The fire was red, it flaming spread;
The trees like torches blazed with light.

The bells were ringing in the dale
And men look up with faces pale,
Then dragon's ire more fierce than fire
Laid low their towers and houses frail.

The mountain smoke beneath the moon;
The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom.
The fled their hall to dying fall
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.

Far over the misty mountain grim
To dungeons deep and caverns dim
We must away, ere break of day,
To win our harps and gold from him!

Blink - The Power of Thinking without Thinking

2012-12-16T04:29:00.000-08:00

"Blink - The Power of Thinking without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell

Extract from Introduction:

1. You may have done the same thing, whether you realized it or not, when you first picked up this book. How long did you first hold it in your hands? Two seconds? And yet in that short space of time, the design of the cover, whatever associations you may have with my name, and the first few sentences about the kouros all generated an impression - a flurry of thoughts and images and preconceptions - that has fundamentally shaped the way you have this introduction so far. Aren't you curious about what happened in those 2 seconds?

2. I think we are innately suspicious of this kind of rapid cognition. We live in a world that assumes that the quality of a decision is directly related to the time and effort that went into making it. When doctors are faced with a difficult diagnosis, they order more tests, and when we are uncertain about what we hear, we ask for a second opinion. And what do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation. We really only trust conscious decision making. But there are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgements and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world. The first task of Blink is to convince you of a simple fact: decision made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately.

3. Blink is not just a celebration of the power of the glance, however, I'm also interested in those moments when our instincts betray us.

4. The third and most important task of this book is to convince you that snap judgements and first impressions can be educated and controlled. I know that's hard to believe. Harrison and Hoving and the other arts experts who looked at the Getty kouros had powerful and sophisticated reactions to the statue, but didn't they bubble up unbidden from their unconscious? Can that kind of mysterious reaction be controlled? The truth is that it can. Just as we can teach ourselves to think logically and deliberately, we can also teach ourselves to make better snap judgements.

Zig Ziglar Quotes

2012-11-29T06:04:00.000-08:00

1. Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

2. There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

3. You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have impact on a life.

4. The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.

5. You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

6. You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

7. Failure is a de-tour, not a dead-end street.

8. If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

9. Every choice you make has an end result.

10. If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

Albert Einstein Quotes

2012-11-28T06:30:00.000-08:00

1. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

2. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

3. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

4. Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

5. You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

6. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

7. Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

8. Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

9. Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

10. It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

11. Any man who reads too much and uses his brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

三國謀略 - 三十六計 (2)

2012-09-30T06:35:00.000-07:00

19. 笑裡藏刀
曹操不但對敵人用此計，就連對己方人也用此計，楊修一事何見, 只要曹操，給點暗示，楊修又怎會不知自己有殺生之禍呢？

20. 反間計
周瑜就是利用曹操的疑心，利用蔣幹用此計，引曹操殺蔡賵、張允二人。

21. 擒賊擒王

22. 反客為主

23. 激將計

24. 虛張聲勢

25. 暗渡陳倉

26. 欲擒故縱
如果逼敵人太緊而使敵人無路可走，往往會遭到頑強的反撲，如果讓他逃走，不逼迫他，慢慢地削弱其氣勢、瓦解其士氣，再加以捕捉，這就是「欲擒故縱」的策略。

27. 調虎離山

28. 先發制人
兵法云「兵貴神速」作戰時誰的軍隊速度快，搶得先發制人的有利的地位，誰就佔上風，就會贏得勝利。

29. 空城計
空城計有兩種情況，一是故佈疑陣困惑對方，使己方渡過危機；另一種是有計劃佈局，誘敵深入後與予包圍殲滅。老年的趙雲，用此計嚇跑曹軍；孔明亦用此計嚇跑司馬懿。

30. 瞞天過海
諸葛亮五出祁山時，因軍中缺糧，只得以瞞天過海之計裝神退敵，使魏兵誤以為真有鬼神而不顧防守麥田，瞞天過海是兵法中以假示真策略，製造令人堅信不疑的假象隱瞞自己真正意圖。

31. 圍魏救趙
諸葛亮三出祁山，以王平、張翼引魏兵決戰，當王、張兩將危急並不救援反而另派姜維、廖化直接攻擊司馬懿大本營，如此不但解決危機還大獲全勝。

32. 拋磚引玉
蜀軍六出祁山，蜀魏對壘司馬懿固守不戰，諸葛亮以流馬騙的魏軍糧萬石，分散營寨讓軍隊屯兵種田示弱，再虛搭窩棚誘敵，險燒死司馬父子三人於上方谷。

33. 借屍還魂
諸葛亮病死五丈原，為使部隊安全撤回蜀漢，不得不製造木雕像驚走多疑的司馬懿，發揮了借屍還魂的效果。

34. 扮豬吃虎
司馬懿與曹爽同時爭權持政，司馬懿為奪政權，以十年光陰等待曹爽自以為大權在握高枕無憂時，奪回兵權。

35. 聲東擊西
司馬昭以此計大敗蜀軍，司馬昭命各州積極製造戰船，表面上看似進攻東吳暗地裡卻派鐘會、鄧艾集結大軍秘密做進攻西蜀的準備，不久果然直搗蜀漢大敗蜀軍。

36. 走為上策
諸葛亮初任劉備軍師，曹操趁其羽翼為豐先行戮滅，劉備兵力薄弱，硬碰必定自取滅亡，只能走為上策。

轉載自: http://3kingdoms.globalsoho.com/other/36iq2.htm

三國謀略 - 三十六計 (1)

2012-09-29T08:22:00.000-07:00

1. 假途伐虢
周瑜屢向劉備索回荊州未果，周瑜便定計，以幫劉備攻打西川之名，行實際進兵荊州之計，周瑜告知劉備屆時請出城接應錢糧和勞軍，實欲活捉劉備直取荊州。

2. 連環計
王允為了要除去驕橫弄權的董卓，便以觀貌似天仙的貂蟬許配呂布再送給董卓，製造義父義子間的敵視，促使呂布殺董卓。

3. 美人計
王允藉歌妓貂蟬之手除去董卓，周瑜也利用美人計想騙劉備換荊州，遂將孫權之妹許配劉備卻及中劉備的美男計，真是賠了夫人又折兵。

4. 借刀殺人

5. 落井下石
曹丕為繼承曹操霸業，不得不對其胞弟曹植展開落井下石之計，不但向曹操告密曹植缺失，且誤陷曹植使其酒醉延誤行軍時程，而達到獲得嗣位的目的。

6. 金蟬脫殼
劉備曾運用此計擺脫曹操的控制，讓他領兵討伐袁紹，不但擺脫曹操的控制，還增加了自己的兵力。

7. 招降納叛
當關羽被圍困下邳逼到絕處，曹操為將關羽納為己用，格外厚待，三日一小宴，五日一大宴，不惜成本，但是曹操仍失去關羽。

8. 上屋抽梯
關將卞喜和太守王植曾對關羽採「上屋抽梯」之計，兩人都先穩住關羽，提供住宿，使關羽失去戒心再下手擊殺和殺死關羽，可惜兩次都被人通風報信而逃過一劫。

9. 以逸代勞
「軍事以近代遠，以逸代勞」。處理某些事效率愈快愈好，某些事則要沉著冷靜，才不致亂了方寸而一敗塗地。孔明北伐時，司馬懿自知不敵，所以就是用這一招，掛一免戰牌在軍營外，以期蜀軍糧草一斷，就自然退兵

10. 隔岸觀火

11. 偷樑換柱

12. 製造輿論

13. 利用天時

14. 明知故眜
在曹操煮酒論英雄一事中，曹操原想用計指劉備是當時能與他相稱英雄的人，試探劉備有沒有稱霸之心，幸得劉備機警用此計逢凶化吉。

15. 混水摸魚

16. 苦肉計

17. 趁火打劫

18. 過河拆橋
「為達目的，不擇手段」兵法上為何要過河拆橋？因為不拆掉這座橋，將來可能對己不利，一旦危及到自身生命安全或造成利益衝突，英雄們也不得不忘恩負義過河拆橋。留意，長板坡大轍退，張飛拆橋，並不算此計。

轉載自: http://3kingdoms.globalsoho.com/other/36iq1.htm

William Shakespeare Quotes

2012-09-05T06:52:00.000-07:00

1. Listen to many, speak to a few.

2. Speak low, if you speak love.

3. Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

4. Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

5. A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

6. Expectation is the root of all heartache.

7. It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

8. Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

9. There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

10. To be, or not to be: that is the question.

Bill Gates Quotes

2012-08-23T07:45:00.000-07:00

1. Life is not fair, get used to it.

2. Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

3. Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

5. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

6. As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

7. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

8. It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

富人不說, 卻默默在做的33件事

2012-08-09T06:47:00.000-07:00

<富人不說, 卻默默在做的33件事>
作者: 延埈赫

比期限早兩天完成
不喜歡的事, 再多做3分鐘
和家人一起吃早餐
坐第一排的位子
隨身帶着筆
在手機背景畫面寫上自己的目標
比約定的時間提早15分鐘到達
先訂好玩樂的計劃
先大聲向別人問好
在一週內寄email給初見面的人
正確喊出對方的姓名及職稱
剪掉信用卡
興趣是你一輩子的同伴
三秒之後再回答
一邊聆聽一邊附和
別按關門鍵
少吃一口飯
每天和別人共進午餐
吃飯時不要掉落食物
每天走路或跑步30分鐘
送客要送到電梯門口
所有的回答都是從"是"開始
睡前5分鐘向自己提出問題
5分鐘內記錄夢的日記
仔細閱讀報紙
隨身帶着一本書
每週一次, 從不同的路線上下班
靜靜坐着觀察周遭的人
電腦關機再下班
裝做不知道
壞消息別用電子郵件告知
讚美不在場的人
向自己道謝

Quotes - 諸葛亮名句

2012-07-30T07:03:00.000-07:00

淡泊以明志, 寧靜而致遠
大事起於難, 小事起於易
勢利之交, 難以經遠
將不可驕, 驕則失禮, 失禮則人離, 人離則眾叛
貴而不驕, 勝而不悖, 賢而能下, 剛而能忍
鞠躬盡瘁, 死而後已
靜以修身, 儉而養德
奉命於危難之際, 受任於存亡之秋

Ray Dalio Quotes

2012-07-15T06:51:00.000-07:00

Don't worry about looking good, worry about achieving your goals.
Life is like a game where you seek to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving your goals. You get better at this game through practice. The game consists of a series of choices that have consequences. You can't stop the problems and choices from coming at you, so it's better to learn how to deal with them.
More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingess to look at themselves and others objectively.
There is an excellent correlation between giving society what it wants and making money, and almost no correlation between the desire to make money and how much money one makes.
Never say anything about a person you wouldn't say to them directly, and don't try people without accusing them to their face. Badmouthing people behind their backs shows a serious lack of integrity and is counterproductive. It doesn't yield any beneficial change, and it subverts both the people you are badmouthing and the environment as a whole.
For every mistake that you learn from, you will save thousands of similar mistakes in the future, so if you treat mistakes as learning opportunities that yield rapid improvements you should be excited by them. But if you treat them as bad things, you will make yourself and others miserable, and you won't grow.
It is a law of nature that you must do difficult things to gain strength and power. As with working out, after a while you make the connection between doing difficult things and the benefits you get from doing them, and you come to look forward to doing these difficult things.
People with good work habits have to-do lists that are reasonably prioritized, and they make themselves do what needs to be done. By contrast, people with poor work habits almost randomly react to the stuff that comes at them, or they can't bring themselves to do the things they need to do but don't like to do (or unable to do).