I, Master Chi, have always had a strong distaste for those emotional influencers who constantly preach “shrewdness, calculation, and self-interest” as their mantras.
Don’t be fooled by how sharp and cutting these influencers seem — in reality, very few of them actually have happy marriages or harmonious families of their own.
Because they all make the same fundamental, common-sense mistake: in this world, there has never been a happy marriage built on mutual scheming and combat.
These past couple of days, things have finally settled into the proper rhythm of the new year — and I, Master Chi, am entering our 7th year together with you. Truly remarkable.
Some of you have asked me: “Master, you’ve already achieved financial freedom, and you have so many other ventures you’re running — why do you still write articles for us so frequently?”
That is a very good question — and a sharp one. For a moment, it actually left me at a loss for words.
Today is the Lantern Festival — I have plenty of social engagements, so I won’t write a long piece. Let me just casually share some thoughts.
Looking at the key moments since the start of this year — New Year’s Day, the Spring Festival, the holiday season — it’s been barely a month and a half. Yet you can clearly feel that the atmosphere in the air has started to pick up. Whether it’s the stream of encouraging news on the broader front or the many friends around me, there’s an unmistakable upward spirit taking hold.
Tomorrow, the battle of the Yi Si year officially begins.
I know — you’re carrying a quiet, gnawing fear in your heart. You worry that this year will be just like the last: a full year of frantic effort with nothing to show for it, followed by the familiar cycle of disappointment, frustration, and grief.
At the same time, you’re bracing for the black swans and gray rhinos — all those unpredictable disasters that seem determined to pile up on you one after another until you can barely breathe.
The most important thing right now is to tell yourself: I have rested enough. I have endured enough. Wipe away the tears, open your eyes wide — it’s time to start pushing forward.
From here on, I will rely on my own hard-earned abilities to claim the happiness and achievement I deserve from this world.
I am no less intelligent than others. I am no less capable. I will learn step by step, grow step by step, and build my strength step by step.
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Master Chi shared a reflection this morning that received countless likes and resonance from women readers. After careful consideration, he decided to write a more in-depth follow-up piece — combining personal insight with perspectives drawn from the old world of Chinese society, worldly wisdom, and Chinese classical learning — to set the record straight on some real truths.
If you’re a woman, I’d go so far as to suggest you save this article and print it out. The knowledge packed into these pages is that dense.
As the first proper article of the new year, today’s content will be a bit lighter — after all, the holiday isn’t over yet and everyone is still in rest mode.
Besides, I had originally planned to walk through all the reasoning and cause-and-effect logic behind these ideas in proper detail. But then something occurred to me: I, Master Chi, have been writing articles for so many years now, and almost every single one has been aimed at awakening your awareness and expanding your thinking.
New Spring has arrived, and the profile pictures are here as promised.
I had planned to rest for a few more days before releasing them — but I simply couldn’t hold out against the urging of my brothers and sisters. After all, most of you have reported that after using last year’s pictures, things developed remarkably well across the board. So I’m getting these out as quickly as I can. Getting you one day closer to smooth sailing and happiness is always worth it.
A brief essay, written on the way home after a dinner gathering. I hope you find something in it that resonates.
The core logic of getting rich is not hard work and exhaustion — it’s having your efforts seen and recognized, while connecting them to a venture that actually matters.
The core logic of a career is not clocking in and showing up — it’s building credentials and background, and integrating yourself as quickly as possible into the inner circle of reliable, influential figures.
Sometimes, even someone as emotionally steady as me gets pushed to the point of exasperation by readers who simply refuse to help themselves.
A certain type of female reader in particular — she’ll have read countless articles of mine, yet when it comes to actual decisions in real life, she makes an absolute mess of things. And she can’t handle adversity in the slightest.
By the time her entire life has completely collapsed, she comes rushing to book a session with me, desperate to find her path to recovery through a destiny reading.