【投資大佬經驗談系列】黑石Byron Wien的教訓
今天，Wien要是說點什麼，整個華爾街都會側耳傾聽。他從1986年起公布一年一度的“十大意外”，此後廣為流傳近30年。
今年，除了照例公布“十大意外”，Wien還總結了幾十年職業生涯中的14大教訓：
1、專心尋高招，用它影響你希望影響的人。
Wien說，自己的“十大意外”就是這樣一條很棒的點子。世界各地的人由它認識了Wien。他也感到自己一到年底就負有這樣的使命。
如果想要成功，並且長期得到激勵，就要讓自己的才智時刻身處風險挑戰中。
2、廣結人脈。
運氣在人的一生中發揮著很大的作用。如果要增加個人的幸運指數，最好的方法莫過於盡可能多認識人。
比如給人發郵件表示你想著對方、發表專欄文章、為了把有想法的朋友聚集在一起組織討論活動。
3、初次蒙面，視為友人。
大多數人都在等別人肯定自己的價值。對初次見面的人，先假設對方是勝利者，這會對你的人生有積極影響。
有時，結果會讓你失望，但如果你堅持這種態度，你的人際圈子會迅速擴大。
4、閱讀不停歇。
不要因為對某樣事物好奇才讀書，要主動去讀。
在開始讀一本書或者一篇文章以前，先自己有一個觀點，在讀的時候可以發現作者是否證實了自己的看法。
這樣做就會讀得更快、理解得更多。
5、睡眠時間足夠。
60歲以前要睡夠7個小時，60-70歲要睡8小時，90歲以後除了晚上睡8小時，中午還要午睡1小時。
6、成長規劃。
思考自己的人生時，要分成不同的階段來考慮，這樣可以避免過早耗盡精力。
職業生涯之初，你可以對著數字較勁，再往後就要開創理念。在你的職場人生中，要時刻與風險相隨。
7、有精力，要遠游。
趁有精力盡量周游各地。到了旅行目的地，去見一見有趣的當地人，然後保持聯系。如有機會故地重游，也去看望他們。
8、識人須知少年事。
對於新認識的朋友，盡量去了解他們17歲以前的經歷。Wien相信，每個人少年時發生的重要事件對這個人此後的一切事都會產生影響。
9、行善之道，減少痛苦勝於傳播歡樂。
在做慈善時，Wien覺得更重要的是緩解人們的痛苦，贊助那些音樂、戲劇、藝術館確實可能增加你的社會知名度，但它們不是最需要你幫助的。
社會服務、醫院和教育機構能讓世界更美好，可以幫助弱勢群體追尋自己的夢想。它們才是優先選擇。
10、年輕人浮躁，愛誇大成績。
年輕人天性不安分，容易誇誇其談。40歲以前，很多人都不會特別滿意自己真實的一面。
40歲以後，他們可能低調處理自己的成績，變得更可親。
Wien覺得，要盡快了解這點。
11、感謝工作出色的幕後支持者。
大部分人都太關注下一個挑戰，沒有好好地感謝支持自己的人。其實謝謝支持者很重要，它可以激勵別人，鼓勵他人提高水平。
12、親手寫給善待你的人。
如果你親手寫信或者留言表示感謝，會給人留下深刻印像，對方不會很快就忘記你。
13、每年年初考慮怎樣讓自己做得比以前更好的方法。
記下這些年初想到的好辦法，年末再拿來對照自省。
14、工作不息，生命不止。
私募巨頭黑石公司（Blackstone）副董事長Byron Wien的第一份工作是做分析師，還差點收到解雇信。到了1986年，他已經成為摩根士丹利的首席美國投資策略師。
工作無止盡，生命無止盡，永遠不要退休。有大量生理現像可以用來反對這條建議，但Wien說自己會堅持下去。
Blackstone's Byron Wien Discusses Lessons Learned in His First 80 Years
02/12/2013
Concentrate on finding a big idea that will make an impact on the people you want to influence. The Ten Surprises, which I started doing in 1986, has been a defining product. People all over the world are aware of it and identify me with it. What they seem to like about it is that I put myself at risk by going on record with these events which I believe are probable and hold myself accountable at year-end. If you want to be successful and live a long, stimulating life, keep yourself at risk intellectually all the time.
- Network intensely. Luck plays a big role in life, and there is no better way to increase your luck than by knowing as many people as possible. Nurture your network by sending articles, books and emails to people to show you’re thinking about them. Write op-eds and thought pieces for major publications. Organize discussion groups to bring your thoughtful friends together.
- When you meet someone new, treat that person as a friend. Assume he or she is a winner and will become a positive force in your life. Most people wait for others to prove their value. Give them the benefit of the doubt from the start. Occasionally you will be disappointed, but your network will broaden rapidly if you follow this path.
- Read all the time. Don’t just do it because you’re curious about something, read actively. Have a point of view before you start a book or article and see if what you think is confirmed or refuted by the author. If you do that, you will read faster and comprehend more.
- Get enough sleep. Seven hours will do until you’re sixty, eight from sixty to seventy, nine thereafter, which might include eight hours at night and a one-hour afternoon nap.
- Evolve. Try to think of your life in phases so you can avoid a burn-out. Do the numbers crunching in the early phase of your career. Try developing concepts later on. Stay at risk throughout the process.
- Travel extensively. Try to get everywhere before you wear out. Attempt to meet local interesting people where you travel and keep in contact with them throughout your life. See them when you return to a place.
- When meeting someone new, try to find out what formative experience occurred in their lives before they were seventeen. It is my belief that some important event in everyone’s youth has an influence on everything that occurs afterwards.
- On philanthropy my approach is to try to relieve pain rather than spread joy. Music, theatre and art museums have many affluent supporters, give the best parties and can add to your social luster in a community. They don’t need you. Social service, hospitals and educational institutions can make the world a better place and help the disadvantaged make their way toward the American dream.
- Younger people are naturally insecure and tend to overplay their accomplishments. Most people don’t become comfortable with who they are until they’re in their 40’s. By that time they can underplay their achievements and become a nicer, more likeable person. Try to get to that point as soon as you can.
- Take the time to give those who work for you a pat on the back when they do good work. Most people are so focused on the next challenge that they fail to thank the people who support them. It is important to do this. It motivates and inspires people and encourages them to perform at a higher level.
- When someone extends a kindness to you write them a handwritten note, not an e-mail. Handwritten notes make an impact and are not quickly forgotten.
- At the beginning of every year think of ways you can do your job better than you have ever done it before. Write them down and look at what you have set out for yourself when the year is over.
- The hard way is always the right way. Never take shortcuts, except when driving home from the Hamptons. Short-cuts can be construed as sloppiness, a career killer.
- Don’t try to be better than your competitors, try to be different. There is always going to be someone smarter than you, but there may not be someone who is more imaginative.
- When seeking a career as you come out of school or making a job change, always take the job that looks like it will be the most enjoyable. If it pays the most, you’re lucky. If it doesn’t, take it anyway, I took a severe pay cut to take each of the two best jobs I’ve ever had, and they both turned out to be exceptionally rewarding financially.
- There is a perfect job out there for everyone. Most people never find it. Keep looking. The goal of life is to be a happy person and the right job is essential to that.
- When your children are grown or if you have no children, always find someone younger to mentor. It is very satisfying to help someone steer through life’s obstacles, and you’ll be surprised at how much you will learn in the process.
- Every year try doing something you have never done before that is totally out of your comfort zone. It could be running a marathon, attending a conference that interests you on an off-beat subject that will be populated by people very different from your usual circle of associates and friends or traveling to an obscure destination alone. This will add to the essential process of self-discovery.
- Never retire. If you work forever, you can live forever. I know there is an abundance of biological evidence against this theory, but I’m going with it anyway.
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