我四岁就知道自己爱故事。幼儿园时，我爬上舞台，讲了一匹马过河的故事。
人人都想讲故事。我跟朋友说想写书，八成的人说他们也想写。经理、高管、创业者、自由职业者——都想把自己的人生写下来，传下去。
故事不只是回忆。一个产品是一个故事，一个品牌是一个故事，一个价格也是一个故事。做国际会议策划那些年，我看着中国企业花大价钱去海外参会参展，却很少上台演讲。他们没有故事，只有产品目录，所以只能在价格上厮杀。
我也看到中国人在跨国企业的职场瓶颈，竹子天花板。亚洲人被认为勤快，仅此而已。但那些会讲自己职业故事的人，总能走得更远。
我们活在故事里。故事带着情感，藏着说不出口的经验。这就是它的力量。会讲故事的人，在哪儿都是赢家——学校、职场、商界、私下、公众场合。但不是人人都知道怎么讲故事。尤其是像我这样的中国人，我们在严肃拘谨的文化里长大，没有分数，说什么都不算数。
所以我想成为一个会讲故事的人。好作家都是会讲故事的人。我想把我怎么找自己的故事，自己的声音的过程，分享给你。
我相信故事帮人类活过了石器时代。它也会帮我们在 AI 时代胜出。
AI 没有真正的故事。
Everyone wants to tell stories. When I told friends I wanted to write a book, eighty percent said they wanted the same. Retired managers, senior executives, entrepreneurs—they all wanted to write their lives and pass them down.
Stories are not just memories. A product is a story. A brand is a story. A price is a story. In the conference business, I watched Chinese companies spend fortunes on overseas exhibitions. Yet they rarely spoke. They had no story, only catalogs. So they fought on price alone.
I also watched Chinese employees stall in global corporations. The bamboo ceiling. Asians are seen as hardworking. Nothing more. But those who shape their career stories? They rise.
We live in stories. They carry feeling, hidden knowledge. That is their power. Good storytellers win everywhere—in school, in business, in private life, in public. But not everyone knows how. Especially not Chinese like me. We grew up in a rigid system where scores matter and feelings do not.
So I want to be a good storyteller. That is what a writer is. I want to share how I found my voice with you.
I believe stories helped us survive the Stone Age. They will help us prevail in the age of AI.
AI has no true stories.