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In an exclusive interview with American television, Jack Ma said in a surprising way that being the richest man in China made him unhappy because of too much pressure.
"When you become the richest person, people on the street will look at you in a different way."
"I don't want to be the richest person in China, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, or even the richest person in the community!
On TV, Jack Ma said it with a bitter face: "As the predecessors said, money can't buy happiness." He said that his happiest moment was ten years ago, when he received RMB 90 per month.
But for some people, hearing this is very annoying, because most people always have a little money around them, which makes them not so happy.
Then look at entertainment news from time to time there are female news anchors and female stars who are married to the rich generation, the second generation to the rich, and the third generation to the rich. And look at Hollywood movies, how many people go upstream in the United States to become "local tycoons" and live extravagant and desperate lives. Now there is a person who cannot spend his money for five generations, but says he is not happy?
In particular, Jack Ma does not depend on the relationship between government and business, but on his own abilities. He transformed from an English teacher and established the position of e-commerce giant "Alibaba." Then he jumped ahead and let "Alibaba" publicly raise $25 billion in the United States, break records on Wall Street, and amass his fortune to the tens of billions of dollars. Such a person should be a person of great ability, broad-minded, and far-sighted. How could he not be happy from too much pressure?
Says Jack Ma: "Yes, it's good to be rich, but not the richest person in China. When you become the richest person in the world, it hurts everyone around you to make money."
"Maybe the stock price has gone up so much, maybe the outside world has high expectations of me, maybe I'm thinking too much about the future and worrying too much." - Actually, it makes sense to think carefully about what Jack Ma said.
If Jack Ma started his business just to make a lot of money and become a super local tycoon, then he would be very happy now. But if he wants to assert his worth and enjoy working, then when too much wealth is in his hands, people's eyes will also be on you to see how you will go next, which will be a lot of pressure. In addition, the crowd is gradually gathering around him, is it to get to know him or to get to know money?
Thinking about the facts as he has presented them, wealth will become a kind of suffering, and treasure will bury you as a person.
Maybe the more money, the more problems Jack Ma will face.
No wonder the Old Testament Proverbs contain the words of a wise man: "Take away from me cheating and lies. Do not give me poverty or wealth. Let me enjoy the food that is my share.
So that, when I am full, I may not deny you and say, Who is the LORD? Or, if I am poor, I steal, and defame my God."
The author of this statement, fears that poverty will make him steal & defame God. But he was also afraid that wealth would make him deny God.
So he doesn't want both, neither money nor money, but enough maintenance, that's enough.
This is of course a very thoughtful passage, but I do not fully appreciate this passage, or in other words, not everyone applies these words.
In the world of life, there will be people who are poor, some are rich, and some are mediocre; and the same people will sometimes be poor, and sometimes up and down. We must always be ready to feel comfortable in every position.
So what I prefer is another statement from the apostle Paul in the New Testament: "I know what it is to lack and I know what it is to have abundance. In all things and in all things nothing is a secret to me; neither in being full nor in hunger, both in abundance and in want.
I can do all things in Him who gives me strength."
What he means is that in empowering Christ, he can do anything and live every day. It was okay to be lowly despicable, and excess was okay, it would never make him uncomfortable, let alone make him unhappy. Because he has mastered the source of ability and happiness within him, and he has a constant goal. Therefore, whether the external environment is good or bad, the success or failure of the process does not matter to him.
I believe that what Paul is saying is not some kind of philosophy, much less empty truth, but his own actual experience.
In church, I've seen some real rich people, because they believe and enjoy God, they live happy and busy lives, but it's not money that makes them happy. - Money is just a tool to do something.
Back to topic. Regarding his feelings, Jack Ma comments that if he is not happy, coworkers will not be happy, shareholders will not be happy, and customers will not be happy. He has tried his best to make himself happy, to relieve his pain, he hopes to set up a foundation in the future and return the money he earned to society. It's certainly not bad, and it's also worth doing, which is pretty awesome. But furthermore I wish Jack Ma could, like the apostle Paul, allow that extraordinary and stable power to reside within him.
When we recognize God's abundance of all that is infinite, we will not be so resentful for "great riches".
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