Monday — a casual essay, but still written with care. Worth savoring:
Remember this: no matter how many profound life lessons you hear — even ten thousand of them — they amount to nothing on their own.
I’ve met plenty of people stuffed to the brim with learning — well-read, eloquent, seemingly knowledgeable about everything under the sun — and yet they accomplished absolutely nothing.
They all lost because they loved armchair strategizing too much. And they’ll never understand this truth: heaven, in its deepest heart, loves the simple child.
It’s the height of summer, so I’m writing a few heartfelt words for a casual chat — something to cool that inner fire of yours.
You may have noticed that over this recent stretch, I’ve been writing fewer practical how-to pieces and giving more space to these heart-to-heart talks.
The reason is simple: in the current times, calm and gentle reassurance is the most precious nourishment for the spirit.
As for making money and conquering the world?
It’s the weekend — let’s talk about something light but genuinely important.
It’s about your own Chi fortune (气运).
I wonder if you’ve ever noticed this: people whose wealth flows freely and whose romance fortune (桃花运) is thriving almost always pay close attention to the small details of their lives.
And when I say details, I don’t mean the big-picture stuff — your destiny framework (格局), your luck cycle (运势), your Feng Shui. I mean the subtle, almost trivial things.
Today’s article is plain and direct. I simply want to tell you about the most admirable young woman I’ve known over all my years in this work — and how she clawed her way up from the very bottom.
After you’ve finished reading, I also hope to see your thoughts in the comments. Share how you see yourself differently from this woman — it may just be the spark that helps others begin accumulating their own karmic merit (福报).
When it comes to stock trading, I’ve always considered myself lucky — not because I’ve made a fortune through blind luck in this hunting ground, but because I was fortunate enough, quite early on and quite by chance, to see through its fundamental nature completely.
This was about twenty years ago. My family had a reasonably solid financial foundation at the time, so I often had dealings — both professional and personal — with some of the earliest generation of red-vested floor brokers.
If you are worthy of it, there is no need to rush.
Whether it’s wealth fortune (财运) or romance fortune (桃花运), it will find you and become yours in time — it is only a matter of when.
But if you are not yet worthy, then all the more reason not to rush. Still your mind, cultivate yourself (修行) until you become worthy. Do not grasp. Do not force.
Because whether you are reaching above your station or settling below it, the backlash is inevitable either way.
Introduction: This year has been hard on all of you — and I know full well what you’ve been through these past six months. From the bottom of my heart, I hope this article helps you find your footing again, gather your strength, and face whatever comes next — together. (This is a revised repost of a classic piece.)
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I waited three years, just for a chance.
I needed to prove a point — not to show how great I am.
Today’s article is written especially for you — a woman.
As you may know, Master Chi has earned some reputation throughout the Jiangnan region for expertise in Chinese metaphysics and Feng Shui, moving across many circles with close connections. Over the years, I’ve encountered a remarkable number of outstanding women.
Among them: self-made iron ladies who built everything from nothing; social butterflies who masterfully gathered resources to their advantage; and sharp-eyed women who leveraged advantageous marriages to leap across class lines — phoenixes risen from sparrows.
Sunday evening. I want to ask you a question: why do I constantly criticize office workers and housewives in my articles?
Have you ever thought about this?
Well — it’s not because I look down on these two groups. It’s not that I think they’re bad people.
It’s because I grieve for their misfortune and rage at their passivity.
As the two groups in society most desperate to use wealth to change their lives, they are also the most intellectually lazy.
Thirty is absolutely the most important age threshold of your life.
Far more important than your twenties before it, or your forties after — by a hundredfold.
Once you turn thirty, the trajectory of your life as an ordinary person — whether it rises or falls — has already revealed itself about seventy percent of the way. Exceptions are rare.
Many of the most critical life lessons, if not grasped by this age, become incredibly difficult to recover later.