He is a descendant of a veteran. He grew up in a small village called Juancun in Pingtung County, Taiwan. He failed the college entrance examination four times in a row. At the age of 21, he couldn't bear to drag his elderly parents down anymore, so he decided to give up the exam and look for a job. .
An elementary school classmate who worked at the Regent Hotel in Taipei told him that the Regent Hotel wanted to hire some bar attendants. Without further ado, he took the last night train to Taipei that night.
There were many applicants, and there was a long queue. When it was his turn to interview, he mustered up his courage and respectfully handed his resume to the examiner. The examiner glanced at him from the corner of his eye, briefly flipped through his resume, pushed it back, and said contemptuously: "You, you are too low!" He was stunned for a while
After asking a few questions casually without raising his head, the examiner said, "What? I’m 21 years old and I’m still going to college? I haven’t even heard of Chaozhou high school, it’s too bad! To be a restaurant business, you need to be smart and smart. Many of my students are from Jianzhong and National Taiwan University Yes!"
The examiner's contempt hurt him deeply, but he thought of 3 years of review and 4 failures in the college entrance examination, and of his elderly parents, he must not return empty-handed! So, he took a deep breath, and told himself secretly: "You can't just be crushed like this, self-esteem is nothing!" So, he straightened his back and said very firmly: "I have always been very dexterous in doing things, you can rest assured that I will help you!" Alright!"
After saying this, the examiner finally took a hard look at him, and then said: "Okay, let's come! However, the bar counter is just a facade, you are not suitable, so go to the warehouse to move the goods first!" That's it, He got his first job in life - a small porter in the warehouse, known as "the boy who moves goods".
He has no money to rent a house, so he only brings a quilt and a pillow, and lives in the dressing room of a friend’s rented house. On the first day of work, several movers left without saying goodbye because they were too tired. At that time, the warehouse system was not yet automated, and all the materials and ingredients needed by the restaurants were placed on orders for the movers, who picked up the materials from the warehouse. Then send it to each department one by one. On this day, he was alone. He ran into the freezer at minus 17 or 8 degrees to pick up materials, and then delivered the goods to the kitchen at 40 or 50 degrees. He was very busy. During the rush hour, he struggled forward pushing a car that was several hundred kilograms taller than himself. On several occasions, the bottled milk or drink placed on the top floor suddenly fell and exploded, and bursts of blame followed. Come.
At ten o'clock in the evening, he got off work and returned to his residence, lying on the bed with back pain. He decided to quit and go home tomorrow. He tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He remembered his father's entrustment when he was parting: "I want you to go to college so many times because I hope you learn to persevere. Since you have chosen a job, you can do whatever you want. The only thing you can't do is 'give up', especially When facing adversity and being looked down upon by others, the more you have to persevere, the more you have to prove to others.” He stayed up all night, when the sun rose, he thought clearly, he wanted to prove himself, and he secretly made up his mind: “40 years old , I want to be the general manager of a big hotel!".
On the second day, even for the next ten days, he was still alone, he still had heavy picking and delivery, and he was still cold-eyed by others and condemned from time to time, but the difference was that he had no feeling of resentment. Heart, no negativity, but the motivation to prove yourself. In the face of complex work, he is no longer like a headless chicken. In order to make the delivery convenient and smooth, he first collects all the picking lists, and then sorts them according to the delivery route and product volume planning. Those who need to be delivered first are picked up later, and those that are easy to be knocked over are delivered first. This not only saves time by half, but also reduces errors. probability. After the three-month probationary period expired, he was not only retained, but also won the "Best Newcomer Award". The examiner, the deputy general manager in charge of personnel, happily extended his thumb and said: "You are a good guy!"
He is more diligent and dedicated, and he is trying to find development opportunities. One day half a year later, at the buffet breakfast bar on the first floor of Jinghua, there was an urgent need for an early shift bar boy. His colleagues avoided him because they went to work at 4:00 in the morning, but he stood up and said, "I'll come!" Jinghua's business was very good at that time , the work at the bar was very hard. In those few yearsNew restaurants opened one after another, and many newcomers quit as soon as they were frustrated, but he still did it silently, without complaint or regret.
At the age of 25, he was sent to the Far East Hotel affiliated to Jinghua as the foreman. At the first morning meeting, the foreigner boss who could only understand English asked him to introduce himself, so he said "Hi everyone, I am... ..." and was immediately interrupted: "This is an international-class hotel, and you can only speak English in meetings, otherwise, please feel free!" He bit the bullet and used all the English he learned while standing at the bar, stammering After talking for 2 minutes, the self-introduction ended amidst the laughter of others. Facing dissatisfaction from his boss and ridicule from others, he has no resentment, let alone discouragement. In order to learn English well, he resorted to the stupidest method: copy all the English words on the signs in the restaurant and memorize them by heart; record the public exchanges between managers, colleagues and foreign guests, and listen to them repeatedly; Bai’s hotel English conversation encyclopedia, he reads it when he has time, and buys it when he reads it badly; every morning before the meeting, he gets up two hours in advance, translates the content of the report into English, and memorizes it by heart. In order to force himself to speak English, he went to get off work in a restaurant that mainly caters to foreign customers after work, and won the job of ordering food, trying his best to communicate with foreigners. As soon as he has free time at work, he goes to the telephone customer service department to help out and learn how to deal with foreign tenants. In just one year of devil training, he became the best English-speaking employee in the hotel, and all the ridicules from others turned into approving smiles a year ago.
In 1999, the Kaohsiung Regent Hotel, which was under construction, went to Taipei Regent to select talents, and he fell in love with him. His foreign boss said to him: "Go, I cultivated a long list of talents, but now only a few people are eliminated, and you are always ranked first." The largest restaurant in the hotel is also the largest restaurant in Kaohsiung City as the manager. As soon as he took office, the general manager pointed to the big crosses on the design drawing and said, "These budgets have been deleted. You have to find a way to find money and open the business as soon as possible!" At that time, many old colleagues in Taipei persuaded him to give up. did not leave. He humbly went to the staff to find out the situation, and found out from the contractor that the engineering department was most likely to have the remaining budget for emergency relief. So he bought beer and went to the department to fight for his feelings. In the end, the other party was willing to use the budget to help him, allowing him to resolve the crisis of having no money to do things. This incident established a reputation for him. In just 6 years, he rose from manager and assistant to the director of the catering department.
In 2006, Beijing Regent Hotel specially hired him as a hotel executive in order to welcome the Beijing Olympics. In Kaohsiung Jinghua, he managed more than 100 people, but in Beijing, he had to manage more than 500 employees from various provinces. He let go of his airs as an executive, rolled up his sleeves and worked with the employees, and quickly won credibility and respect. The department he was in charge of had always been the most profitable for Regent, so much so that after the Olympics, Regent wanted to renew the contract for a long-term He refused to keep it.
In 2009, he returned to Taiwan from Beijing and was hired as the chief operating officer of Sun Moon Hotel, the top six-star hotel in Nantou County in Taiwan. At that time, the executives of the Sun Moon Hotel all had qualifications in overseas hotels, and all of them had a doctorate or master's degree. He was the only one who had only graduated from high school, so everyone was dissatisfied. He lived up to the expectations of his boss Tang Wenwan. In just one month, through private visits and a large amount of information, he created the famous "Ten Fun" recipes that have Nantou characteristics and are related to the two Jiangs. "Ten Interests" is still the signature dish of Sun Moon Hotel.
"Ten Interests" created opportunities for him to realize his dream. In 2010, Xiao Jingtian, president of the largest five-star Grand View Hotel in Beitou District, took his family to Sun Moon Hotel to learn from the experience. Under Tang Wenwan's success, in October 2010, he became the general manager of the Grand View Hotel, with an annual salary of 4 million Taiwan dollars. This year, he happened to be 40 years old. His name is Li Huanyu.
Author’s comment: We tell the story of Li Huanyu, the general manager of Lixi Hotel in Beitou District, Taiwan, to show that most of the people who have struggled from the bottom of society have experienced hard work, and success is always linked with sweat .
Repeated high school for three years, and failed the college entrance examination four times in a row, which is enough to prove that Li Huanyu's IQ is mediocre. And it is such a young man with an average IQ, relying on diligence and perseverance, it took nineteen years to grow from a delivery boy, bar boy, foreman, restaurant manager, catering director, operation director,Step by step, he ascended to the high position of general manager of a five-star hotel. Looking at Li Huanyu's growth experience, at least give us three inspirations:
Inspiration 1: Don't give up lightly. Facing the contempt of the examiner, Li Huanyu did not give up, and asked again and again, finally seized the opportunity and found a job; in the face of heavy labor and endless condemnation, he still did not give up, but thought of his father He was determined to prove himself and set a goal for his struggle; faced with colleagues’ job-hopping, he was not tempted, and still persisted in silence, working hard; Opt out and instead rise up and learn English. It is this persistence of never giving up that has made his career.
Revelation 2: Attitude determines destiny. With the mentality of "proving himself" and "I want to be the general manager at the age of 40", he is no longer depressed when faced with heavy and messy moving work, but thinks of ways wisely and actively responds; He took the initiative to work at the bar in the morning shift far away, and faced difficulties; faced with almost zero foreign language proficiency, he adopted devil training methods, and in just one year, he became the best English speaker in the hotel. employees. It is this positive attitude that gave him the courage and strength to overcome difficulties.
Revelation 3: Success is always the crystallization of sweat. Li Huanyu's success was achieved through hard work and hard work. The heavy work of carrying the younger brother, the breakfast bar service at 4 o'clock in the morning, especially the hard work of learning English, he has worked hard and sweated. And it is these sweats that have experienced his personality and made his career. As the saying goes: "No pain, no gain." There will be no pie in the sky, and there will be no gratifying harvest without hard work. Many of us, when we talk about some successful people, tend to focus on their successful results, but ignore their struggle process; they often emphasize lucky opportunities, while ignoring the efforts to seize opportunities. In fact, no matter what you do, unremitting struggle is always the most important thing. As far as most successful people are concerned, there are endless bitterness and sweetness behind the success
