Dajia Picks

The main reason people feel that the later stages are easier than the earlier ones is simply that someone has already broken down the earlier steps into fine detail. After it’s been laid out so clearly, if you still can’t pull it off and get called out, your pride takes a hit—and you refuse to admit it. So you insist that the later parts must be easier.

It’s really just about saving face.

Money is an IOU others owe him, and he uses it to command their labor.

Money never truly existed—it's merely a shared human fiction, and from the moment it was born, its purpose was to serve as a tool for one person to control another.

You must be diligent, disciplined, and focused—that's the first floor.

You need to shift your mindset so that you become someone everyone loves, someone who shines wherever they go, and build a fallback plan for yourself. That's the second floor.

If you haven't finished building these two floors but are already dreaming about the third, you're just being a gambler.

Overthinking is when you want something the most but still hesitate. You're afraid to let go, even though you have nothing. What exactly are you worried about?

Is it a benefit or a detriment if you are removed or replaced by structural changes? If it's a benefit, or if no drawbacks arise, then it means you are merely filling space. You're coasting. You add no extra value. You're just a mouthpiece. Everyone has to prove their usefulness by continuously delivering value.

It's not hard to let people take advantage of you, then play dumb afterward and butter them up with a few compliments.