人大了，不時會思考人生。
最近朋友介紹看勵志演說家 Simon Sinek 的 Youtube 片段。看到以下這段特別喜歡，也感受深刻，在此跟大家分享一下。
從12:49分開始至15:17分，筆者也特別標示了些重點。
There was a former undersecretary of defense who was invited to give a speech at a large conference about a thousand people. He was standing on the stage with his cup of coffee in a styrofoam cup. He took a sip of his coffee and he smiled, and he looked down at the coffee, and then he went off script.
He said you know last year, I spoke at this exact same conference. Last year I was still the undersecretary, and when I spoke here last year, they flew me here business class,. When I arrived at the airport, there was somebody waiting for me to take me to my hotel, and when they took me to my hotel they already checked me in, and they just took me up to my room. The next morning I came downstairs, and there was someone waiting in the lobby to greet me and they drive me to this here same venue, and handed me a coffee, cup of coffee in a beautiful ceramic cup.
He says I am no longer the undersecretary. I flew here coach, I took a taxi to my hotel and I checked myself in. When I came down the lobby this morning, I took another taxi to this venue. I came in the front door and found my way backstage. When I asked someone do you have any coffee? He pointed to the coffee machine in the corner and I poured myself a cup of coffee into this styrofoam cup.
He says the lesson is the ceramic cup was never meant for me. It was meant for the position I held. I deserve a styrofoam cup.
Remember this. As you gain fame, as you gain fortune, as you gain position and seniority, people will treat you better. They will hold doors open for you. They will get you a cup of tea and coffee without you even asking. They will call you sir and ma'am and they will give you stuff. None of that stuff is meant for you. That stuff is meant for the position you hold. It is meant for the level that you have achieved of leader or success or whatever you want to call it. But you will always deserve a styrofoam cup. Remember that.
Remember that lesson of humility and gratitude. You can accept all the free stuff. You can accept all the perks. Absolutely you can enjoy them, but just be grateful for them, and know that they are not for you.
當天，我毅然離開工作了5年的初創企業管理層位置，休息一下再重新起步，加入了一間跨國雲企業。我在雲世界真的是「一舊雲」，知識層面全部由零開始。新公司同事看得起我，是敬重我在舊公司的職級，因為我們曾經是他們高用量客戶，但現實中大家都不認識這位柏拉圖是姓甚名誰。
別人看你的名片，重點是你的公司和職銜。名字？只是一個代號，你叫 Peter、Paul or Mary 都不重要。所以我明白為甚麼有些人被人叫「老嘢」都戀棧自己的職位，因為正如 Simon 所講，受到尊重的是他的職級，不是他本人。
當然，現實世界又不一定都這麼現實，即使在一個越來越冷漠的世代，我仍然相信一個人待人接物是會為自己建立出信譽。我絕對相信你今日怎樣待人，他朝人家就會如何待你，你在位時見高拜見低踩，你得求神拜佛日日都要站在高點，當有一天你落難時人家定會「還」給你。
下屬有事時見死不救，將來你有事時也莫奢望他們會替你拆彈。相反，你以誠待人，不會膚淺地只做對自身有利的事，人家有需要時願意伸出援手，或許有一天時機到來，當天無心插柳播下的種子，會成為你他朝需要的果實？
人走茶涼是無可避免的定律，因為人類都是善忘的動物，所以一方面無謂太眷戀以前的ceramic cup（馬克杯） ，而要珍惜現在所擁有的ceramic cup（塑膠杯）。另一方面，人家記住你的是一個「印象」。他大概不會記得跟你談過些甚麼，但他會記得你是個怎樣的人的「感覺」。