The very meaning of “ultimately” implies that it isn’t most of the time. It’s simply chaotic fluctuation—like a treacherous, roiling sea.
That’s the foundation of trading.
The international market has always oscillated between risk-on and risk-off sentiment, while the domestic market has always swung between fairness and efficiency.
When everyone’s reserves are running low, efficiency must come first; when everyone’s reserves haven’t run dry yet, there will always be room for fairness.
So when you’re looking for the canary in the coal mine for business trends, keep your focus sharp. What should you focus on? Focus on people’s actual circumstances.
When there's absolutely no hope in sight, a person's choices are remarkably interesting.
There’s always a trade-off: pursuing returns means missing opportunities, while seizing opportunities means foregoing returns.
The space between “doing what others can’t” and “enduring what others won’t”—that’s where survival lives.
They sell you face, they sell you vanity, and you dig into your pocket, pull out your money, and hand it over.
You have a need, I fulfill it. If I can fulfill it in bulk, I make money—and sometimes, I can even control you.
Likewise, only someone who clearly understands what they’re implanting in the customer’s mind, and then gets the customer’s money into their own pocket, deserves to be called a product manager.