His friend, the insightful mrwang, posted the humourous speech on his blog. Drop your course materials and read it here!

1. Don’t work.
2. Avoid telling the truth.
3. Be hated.
4. Love someone.

I understood #1 during my NS days, realised the use/danger of #2 this year, am learning to become #3, and searching for #4. haha!

1. Courage is not the absence of fear—it’s inspiring others to move beyond it
2. Lead from the front—but don’t leave your base behind
3. Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front
4. Know your enemy—and learn about his favorite sport
5. Keep your friends close—and your rivals even closer
6. Appearances matter—and remember to smile
7. Nothing is black or white
8. Quitting is leading too

Do spend some time to read the entire text here.

In praise of his spirited fight in paving a way to freedom and peace, Wong Ka Kui (lead singer of Beyond) dedicated a song in the late 80′s to the first black president of South Africa.

Enjoy “光辉岁月”!

In 2006, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. By August last year, the cancer had spread to other internal organs and he was given a survival prognosis of 3–6 months.

A role model of humility and humour, I’m touched by his love for his family and inspired by his positive outlook and attitude of not taking anything in life for granted.

A graduation speech about Passion & Soulmate:

A 1-hour special on ABC:

My favourite excerpt from “The Last Lecture”:

“The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

李开复出生于台湾、受教育于美国，所以充分地体验与融会了中西文化。阿成翻阅后发现此书是个大学生的黄金库，但由于不习惯读繁体字，便上网查询是否能“谷歌”到跟书中相似的简体文章。

结果让我找到另一个宝藏，“我学网”！这个公益性网站在2004年7月由李开复创办，致力于帮助中国青年学生学习、为他们的个人发展提供指点。由于资料实在是太丰富了，阿成建议你从李开复写给中国学生的公开信读起。

多谢曾总！别愁，我们很快就不用吃冷饭了！

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你也可在这里观看李开复博士在中国人民大学的演讲。主题是《成功》，很赞喔！

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