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Author: Xu Xiping
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Xu Xiping – a figure fervently followed by millions of students and career seekers. If you walk well, you are a (qiānlǐmǎ - a metaphor for a talented person). If you don’t know where you’re going, you usually won’t get anywhere. Career design brand personality Xu Xiping launches another bestseller! Xu Xiping’s words make people cry, laugh, tremble, and break into a cold sweat. Xu Xiping dares to propose bold ideas: don’t go back to school for graduate studies, go to work first, seek employment, then go abroad, bow your head to be a loyal employee, a thousand years is too long, don’t compete for dawn and dusk. Xu Xiping wants to turn every young person into the middle class and even more wants everyone to find themselves. Xu Xiping feels sorrow for the lost and joy for the ones on the right path, but he never gets lost in praise from readers—he always praises himself. Xu Xiping writes, “Give me four reasons for despair first,” and whoever deletes the word “first” will anger him. On one side is the objective reality of difficulties, and on the other is the misconception of personal value. “Employment difficulties” is a sharp blade hanging over the heads of millions of students and job seekers in confusion. Premier Wen Jiabao said, “I pay attention to the signing rate of college students every day,” so Xu Xiping cannot stop writing. Xu Xiping’s 《》 (Qílǘ Zhǎo Mǎ - literally "Riding a Donkey While Looking for a Horse") more directly and straightforwardly showcases his realistic success philosophy. Xu Xiping, who once taught at Peking University, washed dishes and swept streets in the U.S., and now enjoys fame and fortune due to the success of New Oriental, always emphasizes when giving career design advice to young people that supporting oneself is priority, and employment and further studies should revolve around this center. In his view, studying abroad has cost-effectiveness, pursuing graduate studies has cost-effectiveness, even attending a junior college has cost-effectiveness, because it is the cost-effectiveness of youth and life. Therefore, no matter what, one must invest cautiously and estimate rigorously. Anyone who has met Xu Xiping has been moved by his passionate speeches and his hearty, slightly hoarse laughter. From the words between the lines of any book he has written, one can read his passion and wisdom. Chinese young people, especially college students, have almost all become familiar with Xu Xiping. Not because of my self-praise—although in the book, he often jokingly calls himself “an old man” or “a master.” In reality, he is very approachable, a kind and modest person, and not because of others’ praise for him—despite many radio stations, television stations, and newspapers having told his story and shared his insights on life design. Xu Xiping became famous because he has a deep understanding of the real and significant problems faced by countless young people, and