This morning, Zhou Hongyi, founder of 360 Group, posted a message on the social platform"I worship an entrepreneur when he succeeds, but look down upon him after he fails."short video.In the video, Zhou Hongyi analyzed the reasons from two aspects. He said:Fear of failure is one of the reasons why many people fail to accomplish anything, because the more afraid you are of failure and falling, the more afraid you will be, and fear will make a person behave abnormally.
Speaking on the other hand, he said:It is a matter of public opinion. We are too successful and losers.So after an entrepreneur succeeds, we basically all worship him and want to make him a god, and everything he says is right. But after a person fails, everyone will look down upon him.
At the same time, Zhou Hongyi emphasized: In fact,In a real society, whether doing business or doing things, failure is normal and success is accidental.And most innovations will fail. If every innovation is successful, it wouldn’t be called innovation. Everyone can innovate. Why are everyone calling for innovation? It’s because most people don’t dare to innovate.
He further explained:Because innovation is bound to fail, it is necessary to change a common value of society,Just like before the Wright brothers took off, or before Ford invented the car, there were countless companies that came after us!
Zhou Hongyi pointed out that today’s road to artificial intelligence is also full of failed companies. If they fail, they will fail.Everyone should not show contempt for losers. Everyone is likely to fail, but failure at least creates a kind of value, which proves that this road will not work.
While talking about this, he cited Edison's failure to invent the light filament.200 kindsTaking a substance as an example, he said that he finally found a substance. In this regard, he concluded:Then you can't say that failure is worthless. You are full after eating the seventh steamed bun. You can't say that the first 6 steamed buns were a waste!
Afterwards, Zhou Hongyi also took some well-known VCs he knew as examples of why VCs are willing to invest in failed entrepreneurs:Because he feels that you have failed and you have gained a lot of experiences and lessons from people who have never failed.Just like if a person doesn't climb high or fall from above, he will never experience the feeling of coming down. Then he will have one less experience than you.
At the end of the video, Zhou Hongyi reiterated:The entire public opinion and the values of the entire society need to make some adjustments. We always seek perfection and blame for failures.But once a person succeeds, we will always be willing to accept perfection from him. This culture is actually not good.
