For the vast majority of young people, living without assets or asset-based income is a difficult reality. But if that becomes an excuse for decadence, then truly nothing can change. #ReadingNotes# Change comes from inner drive and a strong dissatisfaction with the status quo; mere emotional discontent isn’t enough.
He was just like that—never caused trouble, never tried too hard. If he ran into obstacles, he wouldn’t push himself to overcome them and press on. He had zero ambition to stand out, and in terms of performance, he’d hit the brakes as soon as he surpassed the set target; his sales figures would always stop abruptly right after clearing the standard. #ReadingNotes# It’s precisely because he held back and refused to go all out that he ended up being mediocre.
Remember why you came here, remember your purpose.
Doctors, teachers, civil servants — their income follows a slowly rising parallel line; you can work at it for a long time, even a lifetime. Take software engineers, for example. Their income curve is more like a parabola: it shoots up to a high point early on, then drops off steeply. What awaits them down the road is career transition, a pivot to a different field, or unemployment.
The ones who actually make money usually have a clear long-term direction, stick with it, outlast all their competitors, and are the last ones left quietly cleaning up the battlefield. #BookNotes#