Self Help

When you solve problems at the result level, you only provide temporary solutions. To achieve lasting progress, you must address them at the system level. Fix the input, and the output will self-correct.

1 - Understanding human nature People are, above all, interested in themselves. Yup. Sorry. No matter who you are people will always be a thousand times more interested in themselves than in you. No judgment here. People’s actions are governed by self-interest. In every human relationship, your counterpart will always think or ask themselves “what’s in it for me?” Remember this question “What’s in it for me?” By the way, you’re asking this question in all your interactions too, consciously or subconsciously. ...

The largest financial institutions are set up to make a profit for themselves, not their clients. What do I really want? (Vision.) 2. What is important about it? (Values.) 3. How will I get it? (Methods.) 4. What is preventing me from having it? (Obstacles.) 5. How will I know I am successful? (Measurements.) Money is certainly one of the ways we can turn the dreams we have into the reality we live. ...

Personally, I think the best way to achieve happiness is to turn life from an online game into a single-player game. Online games like PUBG or Honor of Kings require you to be better than others, have better gear than others, and even have better skins than others. There are always stronger players among the strong, so disappointment is a high-probability event. But what if we turn life into a single-player game? Like Zelda, where you only have to compare yourself to yourself. Every step is filled with happiness. When projected onto reality, this means having a better physique than others, a bigger house than others, and a fancier car than others. Constantly thinking about being superior and having to dominate others means happiness is destined to be difficult. Personally, I believe the correct method is: buying a house so you don’t have to move all the time—happy. Buying a car so you don’t have to squeeze onto the subway—happy. Buying a dishwasher so you don’t have to wash dishes—happy…

Time-Related Pains Most productivity-related issues cause temporal pain: people feel like they’re wasting time. These pains are caused by suboptimal processes and friction between tasks. If tedious work takes a lot of time, it keeps you from doing important and useful things instead. That leads to time mismanagement and relevant actions not being taken. By solving the time-related problem, productive tasks can be accomplished faster and sooner. When people complain about inefficiencies, tedium, or pointless work, you’re looking at a time-related problem.

Efficiency What keeps you from being more efficient at work? Why can’t you do more of what you do? Which tasks feel like they are a drag? Effectiveness What limits you from doing your job the right way? Which tasks are the most pointless? What annoys you about working with competitive products? What is your experience like with each of them? Financials Where are you spending too much on tools? Where are you spending too much on consulting? What is your budget for software tools? What is your budget for outsourcing work?

From a goal, you can usually infer a problem that is in the way of your customers’ path to success. Solve that problem, and you can help everyone in the niche reach their goals.

Shared interests will allow you to speak to the needs of your niche audience directly. Creating content that has a lot of impact and will be read by a lot of people will be easier, as there is less competition for your audience’s attention.

A bootstrapped business works best when it starts out in a niche. Most companies will do really well by just staying there. Some expand into other markets. But that initial audience is one of the most important things to carefully select when you start a business.

Start by categorizing them. Your core KPIs should occupy at least 60% of your time and energy. If other miscellaneous tasks take up more than that, communicate with your manager. Instead of complaining about having too much work, tell your manager that you are concerned about the completion rate and quality of your core KPIs. Usually, when your manager assigns you temporary miscellaneous tasks, they often haven’t considered your workload—they might just assign them arbitrarily, or they might think it’s okay to give them to you, so don’t let them get away with it.

Regarding Reading: Developing a reading habit is more important than what you read. I mainly buy books on Kindle and read them on my iPad. Currently, I am rereading some books related to physics, history, and philosophy. Regarding Habits: Exercising for 30 minutes in the morning is my most important habit. Other habits include meditation, reading, and reducing alcohol and coffee consumption. Regarding Happiness: While happiness is different for everyone, I believe it is a state free from suffering and desire. The biggest misconception is believing that external circumstances and material things bring happiness. ...

Draw a clear line between thought and speech. Have every thought in your heart, but you don’t necessarily have to say it out loud. I encourage myself to silently think about the most outrageous thoughts in my mind. Your thoughts are an underground organization; absolutely do not tell outsiders everything that happens there. The first rule of the “Fighting Club” is: do not mention the Fighting Club.

Perhaps things aren’t as coincidental as they seem. Your viewpoint might simply be something you heard from someone else; whatever others told you, you believed, and you treated those externally instilled ideas as if they were your own. Sometimes, others tell you, “You must modify your own thinking according to the needs of society (well-adjusted).” The implied meaning of this statement seems to be that if you don’t agree with society, then it must definitely be your own fault. Do you agree with this notion? In fact, it is not only incorrect, but it also causes history to regress. If you truly believe this, and dare not even think of any aspect that disagrees with society, immediately abandoning your own perspective, that is when the real problem arises.

1. Creates and delivers something of value . . 2. That other people want or need . . . 3. At a price they’re willing to pay . . . 4. In a way that satisfies the customer’s needs and expectations . . . 5. So that the business brings in enough profit to make it worthwhile for the owners to continue operation.

Every successful business creates something of value. The world is full of opportunities to make other people’s lives better in some way, and your job as a businessperson is to identify things that people don’t have enough of, then find a way to provide them.

The mistake 98% of money managers and individuals make is they feel like they have got to be playing with a bunch of of stuff. And if you really see it, put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket very carefully.

When you accept how true that statement is, you realize that aligning money towards a life that lets you do what you want, when you want, with who you want, where you want, for as long as you want, has incredible return.

1、Many people’s correct decisions end abruptly: Asking someone who has only ridden a bicycle, “Is Li Auto worth buying?” Asking someone who has never profited from equity investment, “Should you become a Mei Hua LP?”… Often, the wrong decisions and the missed opportunities stem from consulting the wrong people. One way of giving bad advice is by saying, “It’s for your own good.” When encountering people inferior to you, you must firmly hold your beliefs. When encountering people similar to you, you must doubt your beliefs. When encountering people superior to you, you must negate your beliefs. ...

Making Decisions in a World of Endless Options Common Life Questions Should I marry this person? Should I take this job? Should I buy this house? Should I move to this city? Should I go into business with this person? The Answer When You Can’t Decide If you cannot decide, the answer is no. The reason is that modern society is full of options. There are countless choices available. We live on a planet of seven billion people, and we are connected to everyone via the internet. There are hundreds of thousands of careers available to you. With so many choices, it’s essential to be clear and decisive.

You almost have to read the stuff you’re reading, because you’re into it. You don’t need any other reason. There’s no mission here to accomplish. Just read because you enjoy it.