If you won't even drink at the boss's insistence, how can they expect you to work overtime or go on business trips—and even worse, be convinced to break the rules alongside them? In other words, it's a test of each other's limits: both sides are figuring out the other's attitude, boundaries, and whether they can trust you as one of their own. That's what "one of us" really means.
True insiders: can you do bad things together?
The Perfectionism Delusion: Eye-Behind-Hand Refusal to Face Reality
What looks like perfectionism driven by high self-expectations is actually a refusal to face reality—a case of overestimating one's abilities while underestimating the challenges. #ReadingNotes#
No one is responsible for the “leeks” because, in the entire ecosystem, leeks are meant to be harvested.
Just as wolves eat sheep and sheep eat grass—and grass keeps growing on the savanna for the sheep to consume—leeks occupy a供养 (supportive) position in the entire ecosystem, sustaining the whole chain.
If leeks don’t want to be harvested, they should stop being leeks and break out of the grassroots ecological chain.
How to Identify Declining Industries
Making Money in Two Simple Steps
Step one: identify where you excel over others, stay on the path you’re strongest at, and leverage your advantages—the surest way to cross the river.
Step two: find the field where your talents can be applied.
Poverty Means Broke, Impoverishment Means Having No Way Out
The Greatest Value of an Assist Depends on the Receiver
The real value of an assist isn't about you — it's about who you're setting up. #ReadingNotes #