How do honor students break through? By ascending dimensions — using their mastery of the rules to escape the rules’ grip. How do poor students break through? By striking downward — using raw courage and audacity to flip the table and play their own game. And what about the ordinary person who has neither guts nor brilliance? Simple: follow the rising stars and settle for a share of whatever they carve out.
The boldness of your perspective on life is truly critical to everything you’ll ever achieve. Don’t dismiss this as empty inspiration — because when you get down to it, most people remain mediocre and directionless, not because they don’t know what the optimal next move is, but because they’re still waiting. Waiting for opportunities, waiting for connections, waiting for the right time, waiting… until they die.
If you don’t grasp this deeply enough, then I’m sorry — getting flogged like an old donkey on a millstone until you drop dead is the fate awaiting the vast majority of people.
When you think of Zou Shiming and Ran Yingying, what comes to mind? For most people, the biggest talking point about this couple is the former Olympic boxing champion’s humiliating defeat at the hands of a Japanese delivery-boy-turned-fighter — a loss born of complacency and underestimation. Stories like these spread fast, because nothing captivates the public quite like watching yesterday’s success story crumble. And if there’s another dimension to public opinion, it mostly consists of attacks and criticism directed at his wife, Ran Yingying. Yes — she has an overdone internet-celebrity face; she lacks taste; she’s greedy and materialistic. She even had the audacity to tear up their management contract without understanding how the sports industry works, then personally arranged the fight that ended her husband’s career. For a time, the couple became a national punchline, with Ran Yingying bearing the brunt of everyone’s contempt.
People are born with different levels of luck — some blessed, some ordinary. This is indisputable.
Some people, right from the start, find noble benefactors (Gui Ren) who lift them up simply because they have a sweet tongue or an agreeable personality.
Others may be honest and steady but unremarkable, and find it hard to be noticed early on. That’s just the way things are.
“If destiny includes noble benefactors, embrace them; if not, don’t force it.” Noble benefactors are, by nature, far rarer than wealth fortune. That’s precisely why they’re called noble.
Look at the people around you — every single one of them is wracking their brains trying to extract something from you, yet not one is willing to give or share with you without expecting something in return. No wonder they spend their entire lives scraping by at the bottom. Whatever you do, don’t follow their example. Because you were born to fly higher.
Today, hear a word from Master Chi — and learn exactly what it takes to win the favor of fortune.
This morning I woke to find my phone filled with messages of blessing. For a moment, I couldn’t quite understand why. Opening them, it became clear — today is Teacher’s Day.
Seeing the warm wishes from friends and companions, Master Chi truly feels unworthy of them. The word “teacher” carries real weight — it speaks to the responsibility of passing one’s knowledge on to others. As far as Master Chi is concerned, what I have been doing all along is, at most, sharing: offering my worldview, my observations, my insights as a light embellishment woven into easy conversation. Because deep down, I know well that the knowledge Master Chi holds is, in truth, nothing remarkable — hardly worth mentioning. This is precisely why I believe you — my reader, and especially you — are far more deserving of the title “teacher.” For in you, Master Chi has seen and learned no less than anything I have ever shared with you, even without us ever having met or spoken face to face.
What prompted me to write this article today is a question from a reader in my Knowledge Planet community — asking Master Chi to analyze how to identify and capture the “leading stock” (龙头). Technically speaking, Master Chi doesn’t typically dwell on smaller tactical “techniques.” But here’s the thing: the significance of the leading stock lies not only in becoming one, but more importantly, in knowing how to follow one.
Preface: One of humanity’s greatest misconceptions is the belief that a high destiny framework (格局) must be matched with grand ambitions — so all the carp scramble to leap the Dragon Gate, leaving nothing but wreckage in their wake. The truth is, the carp is the finest among fish. Through dedicated, focused development, it can achieve enlightenment and success without ever leaping the Dragon Gate.
A few days ago, a young man came to visit me by reputation, seeking my read on his personal destiny framework.
Preface: The most terrifying thing in a person’s life may well be the word “suppression.” Unlike childhood trauma, repression tends to produce a pathological hunger in adulthood — an endless, insatiable craving for what remains just out of reach.
Today, let’s talk about the “drama” we haven’t touched on in quite a while.
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It’s been a long time since I wrote about entertainment circle gossip. Since it’s the weekend, I figured I’d share some thoughts on that one big-mouthed fellow’s recent drug trafficking arrest.
Introduction: Achievement has always required going against the crowd. Success is always born of decisive, independent action. As the saying goes — when disaster draws near, it is already too late to guard against it. The greatest slander in your life most often comes from those who are closest to you.
“A perfectly capable person — held back entirely by the six relations (liu qin) around them.”
This is something Master Chi has said with resignation ever since he began offering public consultations.