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.
They treat the mundane tasks of work and household chores as their sacred, non-negotiable priorities — and never stop to contemplate one spine-chilling question: If I keep living like this, what will my future look like?
The answer isn’t hard to find. For a white-collar worker who only knows how to turn his particular screws — unless your company is unusually principled, or you’re unusually capable — what awaits you is very likely a “graduation certificate” at thirty-five or thirty-six. (Meaning: a forced layoff.)
Likewise, for a housewife who only knows how to manage the home — unless your husband has exceptional character, or your family of origin has significant wealth behind it — what awaits you is a steadily shrinking voice in your own household, and eventually the day your husband says, “Isn’t it me who’s been keeping you?”
How likely is that outcome? Not 100%, but absolutely not low. The vast majority of people who come to me in tears at middle age asking me to read their destiny charts — this is exactly the situation they’re in.
These people, whether in terms of capability or worldly awareness, are simply not equipped to protect their own wealth.
That’s why, whether it’s fraud or being swindled — who do you think the primary victims are? Office workers and housewives.
Ignorance breeds impulsiveness. Desperation breeds anxiety. Naivety breeds greed.
The outcome speaks for itself.
Is there an antidote? Of course there is.
The simplest method: make sure you always keep 20% of your energy engaged in some small business or investment.
For example — a friend starts a venture, get involved, lend a hand. A childhood friend opens a business, ask about the direction, pitch in casually.
Note: you don’t need to pour in large capital. Even a few months’ income is fine. You’re not chasing returns. You’re keeping yourself in an agile state of mind.
It’s like elderly folks playing mahjong — they’re not playing to win money. They’re keeping their minds turning to stay sharp. The goal is the mental engagement, not the profit.
Someone who is constantly out navigating the world lives in a completely different state than someone who spends every day hunched over a keyboard in a cubicle or buried in housework.
The latter is the sort who is oblivious to everything beyond the petty office politics of their own floor. No resources. No network. No direction. And more often than not, they also have blind spots in how they deal with people.
I don’t mean they’re malicious. I mean their life pattern (格局) is small. They don’t understand how to navigate human relationships. They’re socially wooden — they can’t hold onto noble benefactors (Gui Ren), they offend people without realizing it.
Even unintentional missteps are still missteps. When you consistently leave people feeling like dealing with you is awkward, over time they start to see you as unreliable, out of step — and they quietly drift away.
Mention them to others, and people smile politely: “Oh, they’re not a bad person. Just… too simple.”
In this era, calling someone “simple” is basically calling them dumb.
So what do you do? Stop cowering. Get out there and take some measured risks.
Just don’t be reckless — as I said, dip your toe in, take small steps forward.
This world isn’t safe. But it’s not as treacherous as you fear. Success is not easy. But it’s not as impossible as you think.
The treachery and the difficulty — those are for the oblivious ones. If you’re in your thirties or forties with no real-world experience, armed only with the petty cleverness of office life and the narrow vision of a sheltered domestic routine, you’re practically volunteering to be hunted.
But if you’re regularly out moving through the world — even without making serious money — at least you’re far less likely to get burned. And when something does happen, you’ll have the right state of mind to handle it.
The world isn’t like a swimming pool. Those who drown are usually the ones who never learned to swim.
Many white-collar workers and housewives make excuses: “I’m already exhausted. It’s already so hard. I don’t have those kinds of circles.”
Already exhausted, and still not making much money? That itself tells you the industry you chose has a problem. It’s time to change it.
Already struggling, and still no real prospects? That tells you you’ve already hit your ceiling. It’s time to get ahead of it.
No circles, no exposure? That tells you everyone around you right now is a fair-weather friend with nothing to offer. It’s time to start building real connections.
That’s a blunt but completely honest summary.
And yet, these very people tend to be frighteningly slow to register anything. Always the last to realize. Dense and oblivious. Often among the lowest in emotional intelligence.
Most will only move when things have reached their absolute worst — then scramble desperately for a last-resort savior. In their panic they fall into the hands of predators, get picked clean to the bone, and still can’t see what happened.
These are the people I genuinely dread receiving. I simply cannot bring myself to guide them on their destiny chart and life path.
Precisely because what these people need most is to slow down — to calmly go back and absorb, one by one, all the life lessons they never received.
Yet they are also the very ones most desperate for shortcuts and instant results.
“Master Chi, skip all the extra talk. I’ve spent my whole life as an office worker / housewife. I’m done with mediocrity. Just point me to a quick path to getting rich!”
That is completely disconnected from reality.
What can I do? I can only decline politely and suggest they “seek a better master elsewhere.” If they get swindled by someone else, that has nothing to do with me.
Destiny and fortune are interesting things. Many people believe: “What’s meant to be yours will find you.”
This is deeply wrong.
No matter how strong your wealth fortune, you cannot sit at home and watch your bank account magically fill with zeros.
The correct way to say it is: “What’s meant to be yours, you must still fight for.” Not fight in the sense of grabbing or competing — but fight in the sense of spirit. Of getting yourself into a proper, ready state.
How to align with your specific destiny framework (格局) to reach that state — that is my specialty.
That’s why whenever a reader comes to me to book a destiny reading, I make it clear upfront: what I give you is not just answers. It’s a complete set of guidance — an upward path that requires you to put in the work, step by step.
That is what truly deserves the significant time and investment you bring to the table.