The real sign of a successful person: when they stop caring about face.

The more someone lacks something, the more they fear others seeing it. What does being face-conscious say about you? It shows inferiority—no confidence, not even self-belief. If you don’t believe in yourself, who will?

The poorer a person is, the less successful they are, the more they cling to面子—the more they care about how others perceive them.

Successful people never care about others’ opinions of them; they stay focused on what they want.