Let me get straight to the point. There’s a question I’ve been wanting to ask certain readers for a long time — one that cuts right to the bone: You’re at this age already. Have you ever seriously asked yourself why, despite being reasonably hardworking and diligent, you keep spinning your wheels without results?
I’m not asking this to mock or belittle you. I want to use this quiet evening at the tail end of the holiday to speak plainly about something that matters.
Because this one thing has the power to change the entire direction of your life.
And yet — certain wealthy and privileged people would prefer you never know any of this. They’ve deliberately put up barriers to keep it from you.
But today, let me lay it all out clearly for you.
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From the moment you were born, your worldview, your thinking, your ideas — all of it came from the circle shaped by your family of origin, your relatives, and the social world around you.
If that circle operated at a low level, it means that every single perspective you absorbed from ages 0 to 25 was immature and shallow.
Whenever I analyze the destiny framework for readers who came from humble backgrounds, I’m struck by the same realization: the lower your starting point, the harder it is to turn things around — because the first thing you must do is pour all your energy into completely dismantling the flawed beliefs that were poured into you.
Only after tearing down those ruins of outdated thinking can you begin to rebuild — constructing a correct, higher-level way of thinking — and slowly find your way onto a path that actually works.
This is genuinely difficult. The lower the circle’s level, the stronger the controlling instincts of your parents and the clinging instincts of your relatives.
They will try every possible means to keep a grip on your life, to keep you running on the track they’ve laid out — so that their own diminished sense of self can feel respected and validated.
So, almost without exception — and I mean without exception — every person I’ve personally witnessed break free from the bottom and achieve class ascension and financial freedom has gone through a prolonged period of what I call “severing the six relations (六亲 liù qīn).” During this time, they completely tune out the noise from parents, elders, and relatives — and quietly reflect, take stock, think, and rebuild themselves.
Then they move forward alone. They endure hardship and humiliation. And in the end, they let their cold, hard results slap their old circle right across the face.
If you cannot do this, breaking through in this lifetime will be very difficult.
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Over the years, I’ve helped quite a few readers clarify their destiny framework and achieve genuinely good outcomes in their careers, wealth, and lives.
But there has always been a small handful of readers I ultimately couldn’t help — even after analyzing their life pattern for them.
My answer to why comes down to this: humble origins fear the bold and the straight — they only have no fear of the cowardly and the weak.
Let me unpack this carefully.
Having a low starting point in life is completely normal. Go back three generations for almost anyone, and genuinely wealthy, privileged origins are rare.
But if you want to reverse a low-born fate, you absolutely cannot allow cowardice or weakness to exist within you.
The cowardice I’m referring to is the person who dares to commit to nothing, throws themselves into nothing — and then dresses it up as “I only act when I’m sure.” That is absurd. You have nothing — no original capital, no foundation — and you’re still sitting there calculating with precision? As long as it’s legal, reasonable, and doesn’t violate basic ethics, you should try anything with real potential. Even if you fail, you’ll have the experience and the lessons of failure.
The weakness I’m referring to is the person who knows full well their life is poor, their income is low, their future is bleak — yet keeps reassuring themselves that things are fine. But at night, they’re churning inside, full of resentment toward their own situation. And yet when someone actually shows them a real path forward, they flinch — afraid of offending this person, afraid of affecting that person — convinced that even sacrificing a little sleep is too high a price. They don’t move an inch.
The outcome is blunt: fate and society will continue to punish this kind of weakness with full force. After all, everyone loves to squeeze a soft target.
On the other hand — don’t let humble origins fool you. The moment I have even brief contact with certain people, I can tell they will absolutely not spend their lives stuck at the bottom.
They almost always share the same qualities: steady, resilient character; a clear upward drive; intense execution ability; the willingness to be hard on themselves; directness without hand-wringing; the ability to block out distracting noise.
This is what I mean by boldness and directness. These people will still face plenty of hardship — but they are 100% the kind who will make it through.
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Some time ago, I wrote a short piece that went viral and was shared widely. Today I’ve decided to revisit and refine that content — to ring the bell for you one more time.
You’re always telling yourself you’re hidden talent, a thoroughbred horse just waiting for the right scout to find you.
You’re always thinking: you’re stronger than this person, sharper than that one, and nobody sees things as clearly as you do.
But have you ever asked yourself these questions?
If someone handed you a company to run right now, can you honestly say you know how to manage it? Do you know how to establish authority as a leader parachuted in from outside? Do you know how to quickly build a loyal team that moves at your command? Do you know how to balance big-picture vision with concrete incentives to motivate your people? Do you know how to build productive working relationships with suppliers, distributors, partners, and relevant departments?
You’ll probably say: “Of course I don’t know these things — I grew up with nothing. That’s normal.”
Fine. But at your age, can you at least grasp this most basic truth: not knowing = not capable; not capable = incompetent; incompetent = no right to expect reasonable rewards from society.
And you also need to turn the question back on yourself: why, at your age, are you still this immature and soft?
You’re always saying you have nothing — no money, no power, no connections, right?
So when people tell you to get out there and cultivate relationships with elders and seniors — to be warmer, to express goodwill proactively, to help people more, to hold your own at a dinner table, offer a toast, throw in a light compliment, pour a few extra rounds — why won’t you put in the effort to learn how?
Okay, so you say human relationships are too complicated, and you prefer to operate directly and cleanly. Fine. Then have you gone deep enough in any professional domain — deep enough that employers and investors have no choice but to pay you handsomely? Have you achieved an absolute technical monopoly in any single area, to the point that things can’t move without you?
You haven’t done that either, have you? You’re still out there every day with a crowd of complainers — whining about cutthroat competition one moment, crying about class stagnation the next, lamenting that others were born with better advantages and connections.
No real ability. No genuine skill. No patience. No grit. No resolve. No follow-through.
Even something as basic as showing up to a job — you’ve turned it into some extraordinary ordeal. And you dare say that someday, when you’re the boss or the leader, you’ll be fit for the role?
Let’s say your talent scout is standing right in front of you, right now. He’s giving you five minutes to demonstrate your value.
Do you know what to say? Can you seize this sudden opportunity? Can the inventory in your head — all those scattered, half-formed ideas — actually make someone trust you?
You already know the answer. Your heart would race. You’d get flustered. You’d give the wrong answers. And you’d let the opportunity slip right through your fingers.
The chance was there. You just weren’t ready for it.
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The scolding is done. It’s time to wake up. At your age, what are you still drifting for?
Listen to what I have to say now. How much you take from it is entirely up to your own capacity to understand.
First, let me say again: I, Master Chi, am both a fortunate and a tragic figure. My birth placed me in the top 0.01% of society — and then, through a series of upheavals, I fell into the worst 0.01% in my early adult years.
I’ve experienced the very best. I’ve lived through the very worst.
But the most critical thing is this: because I’ve climbed out of the deepest pit at the bottom with my own hands, I know exactly how it’s done.
Put it simply: escaping the pit is like ascending a dangerous peak.
My experience tells me that escaping the pit and climbing a mountain are one and the same. A few key points must be grasped — otherwise all your other thrashing around is just emotionally satisfying, useless effort.
For instance: first, you must know clearly what your staged goals are.
In the short term — whose relationship needs to be cultivated? What specific skills need to be acquired? To whom do you need to demonstrate your value? Where do you need to accept a period of testing and seasoning?
Next, you must be completely clear about what people and things to distance yourself from.
Who is a negative influence? Who will quietly trip you up? What are the toxic messages that will cloud your judgment? How do you create the completely quiet, independent state you need to forge ahead?
Then, at the next stage — what new understanding must you develop?
How do people at this level communicate? How do I properly preserve the wealth and resources I currently have? How do I make more people see my value?
You see — no matter how difficult the challenge, when someone helps you think it through clearly, you’ll find that executing it step by step becomes manageable. And you’ll find the courage to actually take the next step forward.
The worst thing — the absolute worst — is to spend your days fantasizing about a net worth of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, while in practice having zero execution logic whatsoever.
That road leads straight to becoming a cynical, tormented wreck.
One more thing I want to make clear.
I, Master Chi, am not someone who caters to your feelings. Your emotional comfort is, frankly, the thing I care least about.
What I care about is how to help you untangle your destiny framework — to understand what your path forward should look like, and how to seize your wealth, your future, your marriage, your life.
I don’t want you to feel comfortable hearing this. I want you to hear it with clarity.
That is what matters.