大概5年前,正要离开IBM,我写了一个说再见的邮件,就是用这个题目。 是当时有感而发,离开是不情愿的,正好读到这本书,觉得可以借镜,就写进去了。 当时发了出去,当天就有几十个回覆,说很感动云云,挺高兴的,起码,有些人还是挺认同我的看法。 更重要的是,化悲愤为力量,对自己鼓励鼓励(当年,多少人类似遭遇就烧炭自杀了)(我把原文附注在下面,作为记录) 五年了,刚好前几天无聊之际,算了一下有关基金投资,负债(房子贷款),未来消费模式需要等等,推算再工作10年左右,就可以退休了。 10年后,55岁,说早也是,说晚,也可以。 反正现在好像更有目标,心情也轻松了一点。 这几天跟朋友都有提起过这些想法,大家都说,55岁退休,太无聊了吧,我说,退休不代表不做工作,但如果真的能实现,就意味到时候,可以只做喜欢的,也算是不错的安排。 Hello my friends. This is my last day in IBM, after almost 20 years. (Well, according to HR, it is 19.09 year.) I sent this email to say goodbye to many of you I have not had chances to personally say so. The title of this email is sort of strange, you may think. But if you have read a book with the same title recently, you probably would understand what I mean. When I was advised to make the decision of leaving IBM, the company which I spent, literally, all my youth, my immediate reaction was "Who took this away from me?". But when I re-gained control of my mind a few minutes later, I realised that I have been relyin...