Only by doing what comes easily to you but exhausts others can you gain an advantage.
People only have an advantage when they do things that come effortlessly to them but require others to exert great effort.
Category: Reading Notes
Aid in emergencies, not in poverty
The urgent problem is singular and well-defined, but poverty is a complex undertaking.
Life itself is the same kind …
What if I gave you a real, bottom-tier student from a social perspective and taught them? Can you still teach them?
He may be full of flaws. He struggles with self-discipline and can’t focus on what you’re saying for more than a minute…
Class is never just about money
What is a class? It's a ranking.
If you're temporarily short on money, your ranking hasn't dropped—and that's fine. …
Businesses earn by building and maintaining ecosystems.
First, you provide a product that meets the demands of society at that time. Second, you ensure that your patrons can m…
To judge a person for the long term—what they’re suited for and what they’re not—you need to look at what’s in their bones, not just the surface.
As for people, if you want to live well, the first thing is to be right for it—only what suits you can bring out the la…
Private enterprises earn money from the market
One part is exports—commonly called foreign trade—and the other is the expansion of household balance sheets (domestic consumption).
Naturally, it’s the relatively excellent private enterprises that are taking the profits. The mediocre ones have always been losing money.
The private sector earns first, and only after it’s on solid ground does the state get its cut—because the money the government collects comes from those businesses.
What Money Can Buy? Only Two Things: Time and Others’ Time.
If you have money, you can afford to be lonely. Loneliness means you've reclaimed your time. You can arrange what you w…