Why Jack Ma wake up at 5 am learning English

"When I was young, I went to Hangzhou West Lake, there are many foreigners taking their vacations, and I went there every morning at 5 o'clock to practice my English,and I don't know why at that time, but I found that everything the foreigners told me is different from the things my parents and my teacher told me"
--Jack Ma

The saying above really reveals the reason why Jack Ma is so obsessed with learning and practicing English in his youth, that is you can use English to get more ideas and information and connect yourself with different people who have different ways of thinking.

I don't want to discuss how English can make you more competitive and attractive to the employers, you can see the benefits from tons of articles or videos(like this

dedicated to convincing you that how much English can be of great help in your career, and in fact, some of them are just advertising.

I want to talk about how English can transform yourself in a more soft way.

English is a language, so the benefits all come down to the function of a language.

A specific Language can shape your mindset.

That's the biggest benefit you can get from English and it will influence you imperceptibly. Every innovation and transform is derived from the change of your mindset, therefore English is of no exception.

In fact, English will transform you deeply if you really understand the culture of English countries and catch up with the news in English which you are interested in and see what great English people do. You can also learn more by reading the original Engish book and talk with foreigners.

If you can commit to it every day and are willing to devote much time in it, you will have the different way of thinking, and that's the thing really matters.

We are proud Chinese people, although Chinese shape our first mindset, it also restricts our vision which should be extended to the whole world and share the worldwide classics because that makes us feel we are existing in the world, and we are entitled to know the truth of everything.

The world never lacks the people who are hardworking. it lacks the people with innovation to change themselves and even change the world if possible. But all of these changes are from your mindset, and remember English can help you with this.