Belief in safety

Author: Liang Hongyi
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Captures the essence of a generation's southward job hunt, condenses the entrepreneurial journey of Ping An Insurance, reflects on career encounters, and concludes that success lies in persisting just a little longer.，！In a single night, everything was still too much to process, as history moved from its dark night to the dawn. All the profound things remained like foam on the sea's surface before dawn, unnoticed by anyone, swallowed by the darkness yet still flickering with passionate leaps. Though they constantly disappeared, they also constantly surged, cycling and alternating, until the radiant dawn illuminated them, and then their cheers echoed the tranquility of the world.
PrefaceFrom birth to departure, humans come into the world with nothing but bare hands, unable to take away a single material possession. Only the soul leaves with the body. Thus, in the journey of life, material is the surface, while the spirit is the core. The surface can change and be created at will, including its replacement, but the core has only one destination, one aspiration. Although life cannot rely on the unknown, the foresight and perception of the heart can lead the body through countless trials—this is joy, this is exhilaration, the bliss of a soul detached from the body.
By what name do we gather faith? Many are brought along, and the "herd effect" can illustrate the value of being "led." Who leads? How is it led? Over the years in my career, I've seen too many people without direction, clinging to others' coattails, following their superiors into the, and falling into the as well. This is the result of being led. Therefore, Mr. Shi Jingkui in the final section of Eight Realizations of Westward Journey wrote, "Always remember this: When people are right, the world is right!"
When people ask me what I've written, I say it's a documentary-style "personal narrative."
I say this because I'm using my 18 years of unique personal experience to explain the characteristics of the group I grew up with, the traits of the era we lived in, the characteristics of society, and the qualities of Ping An we chose together. These traits convey our careers, life dreams, changes in thought, and an indomitable spirit for progress.
Most of our lives are spent in a career, but this career is not just for survival, not just for providing for our families, not just for promotions, fame, or making a fortune. It's also for another kind of truth, for pouring our hearts out, for enduring hardships, for risking everything. This is the essence of dreams and aspirations.
For 18 years at Ping An, I firmly believe that people are not just living to live, not just surviving to survive, not just pursuing material wealth for worldly gains. People are also inevitably drawn to something more valuable than living, surviving, or possessing wealth—something more talented, more idealized. People need this to live out their individuality and self, to live out their dreams and aspirations, to live out their brilliance and worth.
This is the spirit, this is the faith.
The author of Belief in Ping An is Ms. Liang Hongyi, Brand Director of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China. In 1988, Ping An Insurance settled in Shenzhen, with only a dozen employees at the time. In August 2006, Ping An Group was ranked third in the "Top 100 Most Vibrant Enterprises in China" for the third time, and it again held the top spot. Today, Ping An is a large enterprise with over 36 million personal clients and hundreds of thousands of employees. The 18-year development journey of Ping An has been regarded as a model for the growth of financial enterprises in China, and Belief in Ping An faithfully records this journey.
The author witnessed and recorded every detail of Ping An's growth through her personal experiences, understanding the management philosophy and major decisions of its founders from her perspective. 18 years ago, when she joined the newly formed Ping An company, she was a public relations assistant; 18 years later, she became the Brand Director of Ping An Group. She says she has always been a loyal follower, and what we see is the wisdom of an individual in their career.