Introduction: The profound right-minded principles that can truly transform your destiny framework (格局) are never the kind that unleash their full power after a single moment of enlightenment. The more profound they are, the more they demand practice and familiarity. Only when those principles become your constant companions — inseparable from your daily life — have you truly set foot on the path of spiritual cultivation (修炼). From there, mastery deepens and you ascend without end.
Let me be clear from the outset: nothing in this article constitutes any form of advice. I am simply sharing some “life wisdom” that I think you ought to know. This article also requires a certain degree of life experience and accumulated business or political acumen to fully appreciate — if you lack either, you may find all three sections of this article beyond your grasp, and I make no apologies for that.
Even if you don’t fully subscribe to traditional Chinese medicine theory, there is one core insight Master Chi hopes you will carry with you: When righteous Chi (vital energy) resides within, evil cannot intrude; where evil gathers, the Chi must first be depleted. In other words, if your body is consistently governed by healthy, harmonious righteous Chi, then all manner of harmful forces will find it difficult to take hold. Conversely, if murky, corrupted energy has long held the upper hand within you, decline and deterioration are only a matter of time.
Back when I said on March 5th that “the market is going to take another hard hit,” something both amusing and frustrating followed.
The most entertaining part: one reader immediately jumped into the comments with “How could it possibly crash? Do you have any idea how much money is sitting on the sidelines waiting to come in? The data shows xxxx — you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.”
This question is in the eye of the beholder.
In the eyes of a girl who has never seen the world, an upper-tier woman is born that way — born with diamonds, born beautiful, born wealthy, born elegant. She is born with everything perfect.
But in Master Chi’s view, an upper-tier woman is like an aged red wine. Her extraordinary brilliance is something she has distilled within herself. She must pass through layer upon layer of trials and hardships — that is her fortune.
Student Question:
Master Chi, hello. I hope you’ll forgive me for writing to you directly like this.
After reading so many of your articles, I often find myself sinking into a deep sense of defeat — disappointed by what I’ve come to understand about human nature, frustrated by how clearly I can see through society, and overwhelmed by how little natural ability I seem to possess.
I know myself well enough to admit this: I am not the kind of gifted, talented, perceptive young person you write about. My destiny chart is almost certainly the face of someone utterly unremarkable — one face among millions. So I have just one question: Is someone like me truly destined to be used, controlled, and cast aside? To live a life of quiet suffering with nothing to show for it? Am I really incapable of happiness?
Note: If you don’t have the patience to read through the entire article, skip to the end and look at Master Chi’s personal position layout. A year from now, you’ll thank me.
What follows is dedicated to all my brothers and sisters who suffered heavy losses in this great market upheaval:
When you’re riding a winning streak, that is precisely when you are most at risk. In those moments, everything you do feels unquestionably right. You become so certain of yourself that you can’t tolerate a single word of caution from anyone else.
The title I originally had in mind for this article was “As a Woman, Remember These Four Slaps That Will Snap You Out of Your Confusion” — but after some thought, I changed it to “four moments.”
For one, “moments” carries a more refined quality. And two, a slap ultimately implies pain and the sting of being struck — yet all I hope for is that you, as a young woman, are able to grow and level up. Pain isn’t a requirement.
The reason people must broaden their horizons throughout their lives is simple: there are too many things in this world that only become real to you once you have witnessed them with your own eyes. Only then do you truly believe in them — and from that belief, you can set meaningful goals and strategies for your own life.
This is also why, once someone steps into the upper-middle class, it becomes remarkably difficult for them to slide back down. Because when you operate at that level, most of the people around you are consistently making high-quality decisions — knowing, for instance, what posture to take when pursuing new wealth opportunities, and understanding that certain things beyond money require early, deliberate preparation.
There was once a question that stumped Master Chi: when people fall into hard times and adversity, why do some manage to claw their way back with remarkable speed — pulling off a stunning comeback — while others simply stay down, sinking deeper into decline until there’s nothing left?
The answer came to me only after witnessing countless real-life examples. The people who never recover? Every single one of them had their vital energy (元气) fundamentally damaged.