"You Should Take Responsibility for Your Own Life"

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Yesterday, a friend asked me about choosing between two jobs: one with less pay but easier work, and another with more pay but busier. He asked me how to choose.

To be honest, I don’t know either.

Even if it’s a choice given by Ma Baba, it might not fit your current situation. For example, the 996 welfare; before Ant Group was hit hard, everyone was praising Ma Baba. Now, videos related to it on Bilibili are all about vampires.

In the article a couple of days ago, I mentioned that to ensure a smooth economic transition, one measure is to raise taxes, specifically on the wealthy. The rich are also quite frustrated—why should they? The common people think capitalists are all vampires; why can they exploit us?

So, the problem lies with others; anyway, my life is like this because of them.

If I tell you A is the right choice, and you choose it, only to find out later that you made the wrong choice and blame me, then you can rationalize your choice in reverse.

But have you considered that for me, it’s just a cost-free statement? Today I might say A is good, and tomorrow I might wake up and say B is good, but in the end, you are the one who pays for that choice.

I’ve heard about how stock trading can exploit retail investors, where you randomly pick some stocks and then randomly give them to some people. Some will rise, some will fall. If it’s really that bad and all fall, then just switch to another group of people. Those who were lucky enough to pick rising stocks the first time will get more random picks, and among them, some will still win.

Those who hit the jackpot twice will firmly believe you are a stock god, and you can exploit them however you want.

Doesn’t that seem foolish? Because you’re looking at it from my perspective. If you were that lucky investor who hit twice, your view would be different.

Similarly, if you have a relationship issue and consult a relationship expert, and after they give you their 1-2-3 advice, you mess it up, they just switch to another group of people.

It’s like someone tells you to make money by having strong willpower, and every day you wake up and pump yourself up in front of the mirror saying you want to make money. After a month of shouting, nothing changes. When you ask the teacher, they say it’s because your willpower isn’t strong enough; a month isn’t enough, you need to shout for a year.

Our lives will encounter various choices, and within those choices, there’s a lot of confusion, including my own various choices. But remember, you need to find methods, not answers. Others can’t give you answers; they haven’t lived your life, haven’t experienced your setbacks, and don’t know your troubles.

A few years ago, I was most excited to hear that big names like Zuckerberg and Jobs dropped out to start their businesses. At that time, I didn’t realize how many young students were misled by those stories.

Their family backgrounds and the times they lived in are different from now. Back then, Jobs could find the HP CEO’s phone number in a phone book and land an internship. Can you do that now? Can you have a deep conversation with a senior about the future development of WeChat?

There are too many choices in this era. What you need to do is to output your value, so that opportunities come knocking. The story of Shuai Zhang is the most relatable.

What you need to do is read more books, maintain exercise, get enough sleep, and think deeply. These things sound easy, but if you keep doing them, can you persist for a year? Three years? Five years? Or even longer…

Others’ opinions can only serve as references; ultimately, the choice is yours. You should be responsible for your own life.

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