065袁春楠说：Pay for knowledge or not?
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hello there, today i shared the AC7 speech with you is my 17th speech in toastmaster club, which is presented in year 2016 July  Topic is , Pay for knowledge or not. One day last year, a stranger who was a gril came and chat with me via Wechat, she told me: Miss Yuan I tell you, my boss hasn't raised my salary for 5 years, I'm really in a hurry, how can I be like you, how can I be a trainer, what should I do to become a trainer like you?  I replied, dear, I really want to help you, but your question is not that simple that I can tell you within 1 minute, it should be a consulting, we could find a Starbucks and sit down to chat for 1 or 2 hours. You can make a appointment via Zai Hang APP with me. The girl opened the link I gave to her, she was surprised, What? I should pay 500RMB to meet and chat with you? Why you charge me? Why don't you help young people?  I answered, Yes, I'd like to help you, but my time is limited. If you're still hesitating, you can think about it and come to me later. The story is a common one, but it told the truth, no pain no gain. If the girl doesn't think the help I will give her is valuable, how can she believe after she become a trainer, what she give to people is valuable? if you don't respect my time value, I don't have to answer your question. When you are interested in something,to deal with some problems, you can use two resource, one is use money to buy lessons, or invite an expert to chat with one by one,the other one is time, you can learn by yourself. But will you prefer money or time? This is a question itself.  My point is, life is short, if I'm still in my 20's, I can do everything to prove my thought, and see if it's right or wrong, but I don't have that much time anymore. Next year January, I'll be 35 years old. For me, I cherish everyday and I'd rather use money to buy time.  Let's imagine, if you have 100 books, 99 are downloaded from net for free, one 1 is bought. Which one you will like to read first? I think most of you will choose the book you have paid for. Every book represents a writer's about 30 year wisdom, if you read one book, you will gain 30 years wisdom, if you read 100 books a year, you will gain 3000 years wisdom. If you want to learn something, pay for a lesson will be the best choice, every lesson represents a teacher's at least 5 years wisdom, so never hesitate to pay for all those wisdom. Knowledge is like a mountain, some people who have paid a lot of money, time and effort to achieve the top, you are still an the mountain foot, the best choice is, pay for it, it always the fasted way to get to the point. Next time, when you want to solve some problem or learn something you really like, ask yourself, you want to pay money or time for it? Trust me, money is always your better choice.  Thank you for your listening.