Tonight, Master Chi wants to have a talk with you about “failure.”
Because I’ve long believed that ordinary people have a fundamentally wrong understanding of failure — and that’s exactly why so many of them struggle to accomplish anything in this lifetime.
Here’s the thing: over the past few days of the holiday, Master Chi spent his time not only managing the usual business affairs, but also throwing himself completely into learning new AI tools. I kept writing all kinds of science fiction and fantasy novels with Yuanbao, creating music with Suno, and generating images and videos with other AI tools.
Throughout this process, every time I wanted to achieve a result I was satisfied with, it took dozens of failures behind the scenes before I finally got something worth keeping.
So every image you’ve seen from me — every good piece of work — has dozens of failures behind it, along with all the debugging and refining that followed.
Now, was this process tedious? Absolutely.
Were all those failures agonizing? Of course they were.
For most ordinary people, they’d try a few times, mumble something vague, and then quietly give up.
Why? Because they can’t endure the tedium and the frustration — and they can’t stomach the negative emotions that failure brings.
So instead, they go watch other people’s videos and stories, or sit down to play games.
The result: their abilities stop growing. And at the very earliest stage of this vast new era, they’ve already chosen to give up on themselves.
So why can Master Chi keep going?
The reason is simple. Even though I’m no longer particularly young, I still believe I need to keep optimizing and iterating on myself. New things need to be learned — even when they bring a lot of frustration along the way. That frustration is just an emotional fluctuation, a mere hormonal response. It’s not worth a second thought.
Failure? Doesn’t matter. Keep trying. A good outcome will come, eventually.
So what did these seven days of the Spring Festival — seven days of daily failure — actually produce?
A middle-aged man, entirely on his own, is now fully capable of using various AI tools fluidly and efficiently: crafting quality novels, images, music, and videos.
Sure, many people are far more talented than I am. But at least I haven’t fallen out of step with this era’s wave.
And the only price I paid? I endured a few hundred more insignificant failures than you did.
What I gained in return: a comprehensive upgrade of my abilities.
So here’s the question.
In those same seven days — what did you do?
Master Chi isn’t saying this to belittle or mock you. On the contrary — it’s precisely because I believe in your ability and your insight that I want to use this moment to sound a warning bell.
Master Chi knows you can do it. You’re smart. You can learn this too.
So — you cannot keep wasting your time and your opportunities.
When it comes to the opportunities this era presents, dive in boldly and start exploring and learning as quickly as you can. Don’t be afraid of the discomfort that failure brings.
Learn to desensitize yourself to failure. Get comfortable treating setbacks as meaningless.
Fear failure, and you will keep failing. Stop fearing it, and you will ultimately emerge victorious when the dust settles.