Errors Are Normal—Not Fixing Them Is Fatal
Heaven isn't so harsh as to demand you never make a mistake. What it punishes are those who keep making the same errors over and over again.
The most fundamental logic of human nature is the decisive factor in human behavior.
People’s behavior is driven by expectations, not facts. When you’re no longer useful to them, being dropped is nothing surprising—because their expectations have changed.
Human manipulation is based on expectations, not on facts.
Wu as a verb, not an adjective: “No talent is virtue
“无才” does not mean lacking talent, but rather “disabling” or “turning off” one’s talent. What does that mean?
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You’re only a jerk when you let others down.
No expectations, no hurt, no bullshit.
Don't initiate, don't refuse, don't take responsibility. If you don't initiate, you don't have to be responsible. If you do initiate, you better have the capacity to take responsibility.
A Business Story
There was a man everyone called Director A. He had a friend known in the business world as Boss B.
Boss B started as a…
Smart people climb on the lessons of others as stepping stones to their own success.
Fight, but preferably avoid taking hits yourself. Watching others get hit and learning from their experience is the right approach.
People are like ore; their fate depends on two things: their essence and their environment.
“How Steel Was Tempered” explains it clearly.
The “environment” is like a blast furnace — without enough heat, no one can change the nature of that ore.
“Essence” is about whether there’s iron in you at all. If yes, you can be forged into steel; if not, all you’ll get is slag.
Some people won’t be tested until pushed — but for many more, once pushed, you realize they’re genuinely incapable.
Discipline is freedom, freedom is just decadence
A person can’t live in a state of not knowing what the hell they’re doing.
You can game, you can fail your classes, you can drop out—前提是, you have to know what you’re doing.
You can game, but you need to clarify why exactly you’re gaming, what your expected outcome is, and how what you’re doing connects to that goal.
You can even drop out, but you need to lay out the plan and explain clearly what dropping out is actually for.