Picking up from my last piece — let me talk about why my mindset has stayed solid despite everything.
This is a bigger topic, so let me be clear upfront.
First: I remain personally optimistic about the future. Not a naive, head-in-the-sand kind of optimism — but a considered judgment reached after careful analysis and observation.
Second: I’m deeply bullish on what I call the “industrial crown” sectors — new energy, precision manufacturing, electric vehicles, aerospace, energy storage, semiconductors. These are industries that generate real, powerful economic momentum. The progress they’ve made over the past five years has been nothing short of remarkable — a dominant, leave-everyone-in-the-dust kind of lead.
Take a look at the overseas competition and you’ll see it clearly: we have a comprehensive, crushing advantage.
So why haven’t these “industrial crown” sectors produced results that everyone can obviously see?
Same answer as always: the Blue side pushed a de-globalization strategy to lock in their technological edge — and ended up making life uncomfortable for everyone. Note: everyone.
But those who understand the macro picture, the full landscape, the bigger whole, can see that the thaw and a new phase of optimized cooperation are not far off.
The best way I can summarize it: right now, the world-company’s head of sales and head of production are having friction — so the whole company’s efficiency has dropped sharply. But after three or four years of this standoff, the two department heads are getting ready to enter a new working relationship. So the problem isn’t actually that serious.
That said, I can’t exactly promise anyone a “massive win.”
Here’s the other objective reality: sectors like civil engineering, real estate development, maternal and infant products, and early childhood education are entering an irreversible twilight. If you’re still holding your ground in those areas, I can only wish you luck.
Finally — hold on a little longer. My advice to ordinary people is this: you must seize the “card-reshuffling period” coming over the next three to five years.
These next three to five years are not a time for building wealth or making great personal leaps forward. Let me be blunt: you’re not going to make much money in this window. That’s just the reality. Anyone who tells you otherwise — that this or that will make you rich — unless they have absolutely extraordinary resources at their disposal, smile and move on. Don’t take it seriously.
But this is precisely the time to pivot your work into new industries, and to reposition your assets in the right places. Give yourself a thorough, complete upgrade and reinvention. That’s the real task at hand.
Bluntly put: if you get onto the right track and the right platform in these three to five years, you can coast for the next twenty years without a problem. But if you simply lie flat during these three to five years — then the rest of your life will very likely be a straight downward slide.
Take my word for it: be the first kind of person, not the second.