쉐도잉 연습: Having Less Can Make You Stronger: Why Core Skills Matter More Than Resources｜匮乏未必是劣势：有限资源催生核心竞争力 - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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When I was a teenager, there was a period of time I was quite cynical.
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I tended to envy people with more economic resources.
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I would attribute their success to their economic capital.
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As I grow older, I've read a lot of books about economics, history, and business, and I traveled a lot, talked to a lot of people,
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and I gradually understand that having enough resources can be a curse if you don't build your core skills.
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Many economists call this resource curse or the paradox of planning.
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You know, some countries in South America and Africa with a lot of oils
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and minerals actually end up in a very poor position.
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They became the poorest countries in the world.
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Why?
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Because the money came so easy, the countries usually over-reliated on one sector without considering developing other parts of the economy.
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So their economy became really unhealthy and unbalanced.
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When the international oil prices fluctuate and their countries actually collapsed or even became very unstable because they don't have core skills.
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Another classic example is actually from a business perspective.
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We tend to assume that startups with more financial resources, with more capital, are more likely to succeed.
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But it's not true.
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Recently, I read a book called How Will You Measure Your Life?
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It's written by a Harvard Business professor.
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He found that 93% of all companies that ultimately become successful
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had to abandon their original strategy because the original plan proved not to be viable.
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The more financial resources a big company has, the more likely it's going to go bankrupt
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because they burn through money too fast and they didn't have money left to change direction.
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But for a smaller company, they use money so efficiently and they have chances to change their direction.
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In Chinese, there's old saying that the smaller your ship is, the easier to change direction.
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And it works the same way in our life and in a lot of businesses.
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To young people who are watching this video, when you don't have enough resources, you should be happy about it.
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Why?
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Because when you don't have enough resources, you are more likely to think thoroughly and think about all perspectives and use your resources,
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current resources more efficiently.
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And you have actually more chances to develop your core skills
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and build a foundation for you to survive in this world and to become more competitive.
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So let me share a story with you.
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In my college, there was a classmate who wanted to build his own business, while most our peers just want a stable life.
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And the reason why that student wanted to build his own business was
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because his father died when he was a high schooler.
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So he had to shoulder the entire financial responsibility to support his family.
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He worked really hard in his college years.
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When he was a freshman and sophomore, he started to do research around the city in order to find good projects.
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He traded some cheap electronic devices and worked at coffee shops and even developed some apps to sell on campus.
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And after so many years of exploration, he developed some kind of business acumen.
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And in his junior year, he found a great opportunity.
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He basically sold some products to foreign buyers, outsourced production to local factories.
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He made some money and accumulated some wealth, and gradually he invested in his own factory.
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And now he is a successful small and medium enterprise owner in Hangzhou.
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After this learning journey, I actually don't envy people with more resources anymore.
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Because if you don't have the core skills, the more resources, financial resources you have, the more dangers you are going to face.
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And the probability of going bankrupt or having a complete failure is actually higher.
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But if you have core skills and solid foundations in your industry or sector,
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it doesn't matter you have resources or not you are going to make progress step by step.
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And those solid steps will bring you a brighter future and more solid success.

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  • "Having enough resources can be a curse" - 이 구문은 자원의 양과 그에 따른 책임 사이의 균형을 강조합니다.
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  • "The smaller your ship is, the easier to change direction" - 대조적인 관점을 강조하며 중요한 개념을 전달하는 데 유효합니다.

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