How did I achieve financial freedom? 我是如何实现财务自由的？
When I was in high school, in my physics textbook (probably in the first volume of the first year), there was an important concept, “Escape Velocity,” also known as “Second Cosmic Velocity.” This concept is so fascinating that it has captivated my thoughts. It remains one of my favorite concepts to this day and into the foreseeable future.
当我上高中时，在我的物理教科书中（可能是第一年的第一卷），有一个重要的概念，“逃逸速度”，也被称为“第二宇宙速度”。这个概念是如此迷人，以至于它吸引了我的思想。直到今天和可预见的未来，它仍然是我最喜欢的概念之一。
When I was in high school, in my physics textbook (likely in the first volume of the first year), there was an important concept, “Escape Velocity” or “Second Cosmic Velocity.” This concept is fascinating and has captivated my thoughts. Even today and into the foreseeable future, it remains one of my favorite concepts.
当我上高中时，在我的物理教科书中（可能是第一年的第一卷），有一个重要的概念，“逃逸速度”或“第二宇宙速度”。这个概念很吸引人，吸引了我的思想。即使在今天和可预见的未来，它仍然是我最喜欢的概念之一。
Using basic concepts such as velocity, acceleration, kinetic energy, potential energy, and pi, we can clearly calculate the first cosmic velocity as 7.9 km/s. With this initial velocity, a spacecraft can orbit the Earth. If the initial velocity exceeds 11.2 km/s, which surpasses the second cosmic velocity, the spacecraft can break free from the Earth’s gravitational pull and leave the Earth. The third cosmic velocity, 16.7 km/s, can allow a spacecraft to leave the solar system, and the fourth cosmic velocity, approximately 52.5 km/s, can enable escape from the Milky Way.
使用速度、加速度、动能、势能和 pi 等基本概念，我们可以清楚地计算出第一个宇宙速度为 7.9 公里/秒。有了这个初始速度，航天器就可以绕地球运行。如果初始速度超过11.2公里/秒，超过第二个宇宙速度，航天器就可以挣脱地球的引力，离开地球。第三宇宙速度，16.7公里/秒，可以让航天器离开太阳系，第四宇宙速度，大约52.5公里/秒，可以逃逸出银河系。
Back in school, my books always looked new because I was used to coming back at the start of the school year, memorizing the concepts of each chapter, and then leaving the book aside, occasionally attending classes and doing some exercises. It seemed like an easy ride. At that time, I found it amusing and felt quite pleased to see my classmates covering their new books with protective covers, thinking that I had mastered the secret to protect my books.
回到学校，我的书总是看起来很新，因为我习惯于在学年开始时回来，记住每一章的概念，然后把书放在一边，偶尔去上课和做一些练习。这似乎是一次轻松的旅程。当时，看到同学们用保护套盖住他们的新书，我感到很有趣，也觉得很开心，以为我已经掌握了保护书本的秘诀。
But this time, I couldn’t resist the urge. Seeing those numbers felt magical, and I just had to understand the whole calculation process. In a matter of days, I had thoroughly read the entire textbook. This was, undoubtedly, my first experience of “high-speed learning.” Although I just skimmed through the material, it felt like a challenging journey. The sense of accomplishment I derived from this learning process was overwhelming. I suddenly realized that my method of “protecting my books” had actually allowed me to surpass the “first cosmic velocity” in my learning speed. This high-density learning experience made me feel the “escape velocity.”
但这一次，我无法抗拒这种冲动。看到这些数字感觉很神奇，我只需要了解整个计算过程。在短短几天内，我就彻底阅读了整本教科书。毫无疑问，这是我第一次体验“高速学习”。虽然我只是浏览了一下材料，但感觉像是一次充满挑战的旅程。我从这个学习过程中获得的成就感是压倒性的。我恍然大悟，原来我“保护书本”的方法，居然让我的学习速度超过了“第一宇宙速度”。这种高密度的学习体验让我感受到了“逃逸速度”。
Back then, the term “thinking outside the box” was not yet known, and there was really no one around with whom I could share the miraculous process and the marvelous feelings associated with it. I tried to talk about it to my desk mate once, but I realized I was risking being resented if I continued, so I kept quiet.
那时，“跳出框框思考”这个词还不为人所知，周围真的没有人可以和我分享这个神奇的过程以及与之相关的奇妙感受。有一次，我试着和我的同桌谈谈这件事，但我意识到如果我继续下去，我可能会受到怨恨，所以我保持沉默。
Many years later, I came across a line in the film “Kung Fu Hustle,” spoken by Stephen Chow: “All the kung fu in the world is no match for speed.” I genuinely didn’t think of it as pretentious; I knew it was true in a way.
许多年后，我在电影《功夫喧嚣》中看到了周星驰的一句台词：“世界上所有的功夫都无法与速度相提并论。我真的不认为这是自命不凡的;我知道这在某种程度上是真的。
I had been thinking of ways to make money early on, and I was able to come up with solutions. When I was a junior in college, I saw in the newspaper that the newly built Hua Zheng Wholesale Market near the Changchun Railway Station was seeking investment, so I went to find the general manager of Hua Zheng and said, “I can help you attract investment in my hometown. How much commission will you give me?” The tall and strong female manager was stunned for a moment and said, “You are so young, is it okay? However, if you can do it, we will sign a contract and give you a 10% commission.” With the contract in hand, I took a leave of absence and went back to my hometown, Yanji. I placed an advertisement in the Yanbian Daily, borrowed money, rented a room in the best hotel in the city, and started “attracting investment.” In about a week, I sold goods worth over 200,000, earning over 20,000 in commissions. I didn’t ask for cash but got a decent little counter— that was in 1994. Fellow student Luo Yonghao witnessed the entire process, as if he ran to find someone who placed the newspaper advertisement.
我很早就一直在想赚钱的方法，我能够想出解决方案。大学三年级的时候，在报纸上看到长春火车站附近新建的华正批发市场正在招商，于是我去找华正的总经理说：“我可以帮你在我家乡招商。你会给我多少佣金？高大健壮的女经理愣了一下，说道：“你这么年轻，可以吗？但是，如果你能做到，我们会签合同，给你10%的佣金。拿到合同，我请了假，回到了老家延吉。我在《延边日报》上刊登广告，借钱，在城里最好的酒店租了一间房，开始“招商”。在大约一周的时间里，我卖出了价值超过 200,000 的商品，赚取了超过 20,000 的佣金。我没有要现金，但得到了一个像样的小柜台——那是在 1994 年。同学罗永浩目睹了整个过程，仿佛跑去找在报纸上刊登广告的人。
At that time, I told my friends that making money should be quick, not because we are greedy, but because we understand the principles. As physics books say, in order to break away from terrestrial gravity and fly out, you need to exceed the second cosmic velocity… I have always made money very quickly. Helping Hua Zheng Wholesale Market attract investment allowed me to earn a “ten thousand” level of income for the first time, and that happened within about ten days; later I did many things, and they were all done quickly.
当时，我跟朋友说，赚钱应该快，不是因为我们贪，而是因为我们懂道理。正如物理学书上所说，为了摆脱地球引力并飞出去，你需要超过第二个宇宙速度……我总是很快赚钱。帮助华正批发市场招商，让我第一次赚到了“万”级的收入，而且是在十天左右的时间里发生的;后来我做了很多事情，都很快完成了。
Although this analogy is good, in reality, there is no formula to calculate how fast one must earn money to reach the “second cosmic velocity” as in the physics book. Furthermore, in reality, the financial “acceleration due to gravity” far exceeds the imagination of a young person.
虽然这个类比很好，但实际上，没有公式可以计算一个人必须以多快的速度赚钱才能达到物理学书中的“第二宇宙速度”。此外，在现实中，金融“重力加速度”远远超出了年轻人的想象。
Around 1997, I had already earned a million-level cash—by then, I was the regional general agent for Jinying Graphics Card. However, a sudden event in the following two to three years rapidly emptied my savings—my father fell ill. During this process, I gained a profound understanding of the commercialization of medical care policies, and I witnessed many people who, after falling ill, had to return home and wait for death because they had no money for treatment… Around 2000, I was completely broke, and I had to find a high-income and stable “job,” that’s how I ended up at New Oriental for seven years, which was the only time I was an employee in my life.
1997年左右，我已经赚了一百万级的现金——那时，我是金鹰显卡的区域总代理。然而，在接下来的两三年里，一件突如其来的事情迅速耗尽了我的积蓄——我父亲病倒了。在这个过程中，我对医疗政策的商业化有了深刻的认识，我目睹了许多人在生病后，因为没有钱治病而不得不回家等死……2000年左右，我彻底破产了，我不得不找一份高收入和稳定的“工作”，就这样，我在新东方工作了七年，这是我一生中唯一一次当员工。
In fact, around 1995, I encountered another “disaster”—several friends and I lost the money we had earned from operating a clothing wholesale business with Hua Zheng. Because it was a bad thing and involved friends, I don’t want to publicly disclose the details, even today. The result was that tens of thousands of dollars disappeared…an entire year’s work went to waste. Not only did it go to waste, I also ended up in debt. This directly led to me being unable to “find a job” after graduating from university. Working at a bank would only pay a few hundred yuan a month, and with that salary, I would never be able to pay off my debts. Pressure can be turned into motivation; without this pressure, I might have really looked for a job, but with this pressure, finding a job was impossible, so I had to find a way to do business—back and forth, I went to Sanhao Street in Shenyang, starting with selling CDs…
事实上，在1995年左右，我又遭遇了另一场“灾难”——我和几个朋友失去了和华郑一起经营服装批发生意赚到的钱。因为这是一件坏事，而且涉及到朋友，所以即使在今天，我也不想公开透露细节。结果是数万美元消失了……一整年的工作都白费了。它不仅浪费了，我还负债累累。这直接导致了我大学毕业后无法“找到工作”。在银行工作，一个月只能付几百块钱，凭着这个工资，我永远无法还清债务。压力可以转化为动力;如果没有这种压力，我可能真的会找工作，但有了这种压力，找工作是不可能的，所以我必须想办法做生意——来来回回，我去了沈阳的三昊街，从卖CD开始……
After my father fell ill, I sold my booth, kiosk, and company at Sanhao Street in Shenyang and returned to my hometown. During those three years, I had a computer company and an internet café in Yanji… I kept thinking to myself, this is not my fault; this is just a “natural disaster” and “force majeure.” In the end, I still found a way to earn money faster than others. I read an English article online one night and quickly understood how to build a diskless network (RPL, PXE, concepts that few people know now). Building an internet café with this method cost less than others, so the profit naturally increased significantly… However, this good fortune did not last long. First, I encountered a scammer named Zou Lianjun (people who have been scammed are hesitant to tell the details), then I encountered a police officer named Zhao who prohibited me from building a diskless network for unspecified reasons. Once again, I was broke and in debt. This was at the end of 1999…
父亲病倒后，我卖掉了在沈阳三昊街的摊位、售货亭和公司，回到了家乡。在那三年里，我在延吉开了一家电脑公司和一家网吧……我一直在想，这不是我的错;这只是一场“天灾”和“不可抗力”。最后，我还是找到了比别人更快赚钱的方法。一天晚上，我在网上读了一篇英文文章，很快就明白了如何构建无盘网络（RPL、PXE，现在很少有人知道的概念）。用这种方法建网吧的成本比别人低，所以利润自然会大大增加……然而，这种好运并没有持续多久。首先，我遇到了一个叫邹连军的骗子（被骗的人都不愿说出细节），然后我遇到了一个叫赵的警察，他出于不明原因禁止我构建无盘网络。再一次，我破产了，负债累累。那是在1999年底……
So, the seven years at New Oriental were a period of rest for me. Whatever disgusting things I encountered at New Oriental, I have always been grateful to my former boss, Yu Minhong, because those things were really “nothing” compared to what I encountered outside. Although the remuneration at New Oriental was high (relative to the entire training industry), it was not enough for me, so I began to think about something not limited by “acceleration due to gravity”—writing books. Without an environment like New Oriental, I would never have been able to do it… After that, as my long-term readers know, from around 2002, I basically worked entirely online—although for a long time, I never talked about my personal life online.
所以，在新东方的七年对我来说是一段休息的时期。无论我在新东方遇到什么恶心的事情，我一直很感激我的前老板于敏红，因为那些事情与我在外面遇到的相比，真的“不算什么”。虽然新东方的薪酬很高（相对于整个培训行业），但对我来说还不够，所以我开始思考一些不受“重力加速度”限制的事情——写书。如果没有新东方这样的环境，我永远做不到……在那之后，正如我的长期读者所知道的那样，从2002年左右开始，我基本上完全在网上工作——尽管在很长一段时间里，我从不在网上谈论我的个人生活。
So, to put it in a more vivid way:
所以，用更生动的方式说：
Earning money slowly is a sin, an original sin.
慢慢赚钱是一种罪过，一种原罪。
Because the financial “acceleration due to gravity” is relatively harsh when compared to it. Most people are simply unaware of this fact. If you earn little money, if you earn it slowly, you will never be able to “take off,” let alone “fly away”… There was a year when Cui Jian released a song, and the last line of the lyrics was “I can’t fly anymore”, and when I heard that line, my tears just fell down.
因为与它相比，金融“重力加速度”相对苛刻。大多数人根本没有意识到这个事实。赚的钱少，赚得慢，就永远“腾飞”不了，更别说“飞走了”……有一年崔健出过一首歌，歌词的最后一句是“我再也飞不起来了”，听到那句台词，眼泪就掉下来了。
The financial “acceleration due to gravity” includes all sorts of things, primarily:
金融“重力加速度”包括各种各样的东西，主要是：
No inherited assets 没有继承的资产
Debts and interest 债务和利息
Deception and betrayal 欺骗和背叛
Occasional disasters 偶尔的灾难
Taxation and insurance 税收和保险
Necessary expenses 必要费用
How do spacecraft take off? Scientists have to consider a few things – the weight of the spacecraft, the initial speed, the amount of fuel it can carry —— the fuel tank itself also has weight, which is a killer. So, the solution that scientists have come up with is, after reaching a certain height, they jettison a fuel tank to reduce the weight of the spacecraft. Then, after flying a certain distance, they have to discard another fuel tank…
航天器如何起飞？科学家必须考虑一些事情——飞船的重量、初始速度、它可以携带的燃料量——燃料箱本身也有重量，这是一个杀手锏。因此，科学家们提出的解决方案是，在达到一定高度后，他们抛弃燃料箱以减轻航天器的重量。然后，在飞行一定距离后，他们必须丢弃另一个油箱……
In other words, earning money slowly is like the financial “acceleration due to gravity,” preventing people from flying higher and farther. These financial “acceleration due to gravity” factors include no inherited assets, debts and interest, deception and betrayal, occasional disasters, taxation and insurance, and necessary expenses. Just like a rocket launch, when scientists design spacecraft, they have to consider weight, speed, and fuel. To reduce the spacecraft’s weight, they discard a fuel tank at a certain height and then another one after flying a certain distance. In other words, all these factors are part of financial gravity, restraining people’s financial flight.
换句话说，缓慢赚钱就像金融上的“重力加速”，阻止人们飞得更高更远。这些金融“重力加速”因素包括无继承资产、债务和利息、欺骗和背叛、偶尔的灾难、税收和保险以及必要的费用。就像火箭发射一样，科学家在设计航天器时，必须考虑重量、速度和燃料。为了减轻航天器的重量，他们在一定高度丢弃一个燃料箱，然后在飞行一定距离后丢弃另一个燃料箱。换句话说，所有这些因素都是金融引力的一部分，限制了人们的金融逃亡。
This is such an inspiring methodology!
这真是一个鼓舞人心的方法！
For a long time, I didn’t buy a car—the prices have dropped in recent years. But more importantly, I made the decision not to buy a house from the beginning. In my eyes, the high house prices weren’t the main concern. The real issue was the financial “gravity” it carried, along with high interest rates. Buying a house meant paying off the mortgage for twenty or even thirty years, and just the thought of it gave me a headache. Instead, I spent a lot of money on books, especially during my time at New Oriental. I would spend at least $1000 per month on books from Amazon, and my credit card limit gradually increased due to this consumption. I believed that knowledge possessed energy, and it wasn’t subject to the limitations of financial “gravity.” Whenever I had some spare money, which was quite rare during that period, I would find ways to invest in the Hong Kong stock market and buy US stocks. In my eyes, at that time, Chinese people buying US stocks was almost like a way to make money in “zero gravity.”
很长一段时间，我没有买车——近年来车价下降了。但更重要的是，我从一开始就决定不买房。在我看来，高房价并不是主要问题。真正的问题是它所承载的金融“引力”，以及高利率。买房意味着还清二十年甚至三十年的抵押贷款，光是想到它就让我头疼。相反，我花了很多钱买书，尤其是在新东方的时候。我每个月至少要花 1000 美元买亚马逊的书籍，由于这种消费，我的信用卡限额逐渐增加。我相信知识具有能量，它不受金融“引力”的限制。每当我有闲钱时，我就会想方设法投资香港股票市场，购买美股。在我眼里，当时中国人买美股几乎就像是“零重力”的一种赚钱方式。
At the end of 2005, my father passed away. My mother didn’t speak for several days. Then one morning at breakfast, she suddenly said, “Xiaolai, you are free now.” I replied, “Well, I know.” Without the blackmail of medical expenses, I suddenly became financially free. That was a fact. So, I prepared for a while and resigned from New Oriental in the summer of 2007. It was around the Chinese New Year of that year when I began writing “Use Time as a Friend.” I was 35 years old at that time. When I left New Oriental, I had already learned how to create, how to manage finances, and had a profound understanding of creating “passive income.”
2005年底，我父亲去世了。我妈妈好几天没说话了。然后有一天早上吃早饭时，她突然说：“小来，你现在有空了。“我回答说：”嗯，我知道。没有了医疗费用的勒索，我突然变得经济自由了。这是事实。于是，我准备了一段时间，于2007年夏天从新东方辞职。那年农历新年前后，我开始写《把时间当作朋友》。那时我35岁。当我离开新东方时，我已经学会了如何创造，如何管理财务，并且对创造“被动收入”有了深刻的理解。
For the following years, I was always “doing other things.” I started a consultancy company for studying abroad, but in the situation where my basic needs were covered, I could only “do other things.” Sometimes I would try this, sometimes I would try that. On Twitter, Zhu Feng’s evaluation of me was that, in general, I was most reliable when “doing other things.” Why did I do this? It was simple. I had surpassed the “escape velocity” in terms of finance. My earning speed had steadily and inevitably surpassed the financial “gravity,” and I had entered a state of “zero gravity.” This continued until the beginning of 2011, when I came across something remarkable, as you know.
在接下来的几年里，我一直在“做其他事情”。我开了一家出国留学的咨询公司，但在基本需求得到满足的情况下，我只能“做其他事情”。有时我会尝试这个，有时我会尝试那个。在推特上，朱锋对我的评价是，总的来说，我在“做其他事情”的时候最靠谱。我为什么要这样做？这很简单。在财务方面，我已经超过了“逃逸速度”。我的收入速度已经稳步且不可避免地超过了财务上的“重力”，我进入了“零重力”的状态。这种情况一直持续到 2011 年初，当时我遇到了一些了不起的事情，如你所知。
Today, I often chat with the founders of startup companies. If I had to share any valuable experience with them, I would tell them: “To make money, it has to be fast, fast enough to surpass the ‘second cosmic velocity.’ Otherwise, you won’t be able to fly.” Of course, many people simply can’t take off… because they seem to think that making money is very low. They feel embarrassed to make money, they are afraid to make money, and they even openly look down on those who strive to make money or earn a lot of money. After communicating with them, you’ll find that these people seem to be completely unaware of the financial “gravity.” They mistakenly believe that they live in a vacuum, and think that although they also want to soar, not being able to do so is the normal result. The strange thing is, they also want to make money, want to earn a lot of money quickly, but are unwilling to admit it, and are not willing to tell others. The direct or indirect result is that they enter a state of “self-deception.” You must remember that our brains will not lie to us. If you lie to it, its strategy is to believe that lie until it becomes a fact.
今天，我经常和创业公司的创始人聊天。如果我必须与他们分享任何宝贵的经验，我会告诉他们：“要赚钱，它必须快，快到足以超过’第二宇宙速度’。否则，你将无法飞行。当然，很多人根本无法起飞……因为他们似乎认为赚钱是很低的。他们觉得赚钱不好意思，他们害怕赚钱，甚至公然看不起那些努力赚钱或赚很多钱的人。在与他们沟通后，你会发现这些人似乎完全没有意识到财务的“严重性”。他们错误地认为自己生活在真空中，并认为虽然他们也想翱翔，但做不到是正常的结果。奇怪的是，他们也想赚钱，想快赚大钱，却不愿意承认，也不愿意告诉别人。直接或间接的结果是他们进入了“自欺欺人”的状态。你必须记住，我们的大脑不会对我们撒谎。如果你对它撒谎，它的策略就是相信这个谎言，直到它成为事实。
Don’t be fooled by my confident tone now. Every time during critical moments, I have struggled continuously to reach the essence and to attain simplicity. In this process, I often become swayed, or tripped up by myself. I frequently reflect on this after having learned it the hard way, and then slowly come to understand the same simple truth. After many times, I finally realized that simplicity actually requires strength to temper.
不要被我现在自信的语气所迷惑。每一次在关键时刻，我都在不断努力达到本质，达到简单。在这个过程中，我经常会摇摆不定，或者被自己绊倒。在经历了艰苦的学习之后，我经常反思这一点，然后慢慢理解同样简单的道理。经过多次，我终于意识到，简单其实是需要力量来锤炼的。
Most people don’t like simple statements. However, all statements that are not uncomplicated enough tend to induce “self-deception.” For example, a business plan—this simple concept, what is it really? The most straightforward definition is this:
大多数人不喜欢简单的陈述。然而，所有不够简单的陈述都容易诱发“自欺欺人”。例如，商业计划书——这个简单的概念，它到底是什么？最直接的定义是这样的：
Your business plan is your money-making plan.
你的商业计划就是你的赚钱计划。
The statements like “changing the world”, “passion”, and “revolutionizing”, etc. are not simple enough. You can change the world in a business or non-business way. You can have passion or go against the grain, but it doesn’t have to be in a commercial way. Since it’s business, you have to make money. It’s foolish and unethical for a business not to make money. Making money can also change the world, have passion, and go against the grain, but why not put making money first in a simple way?
“改变世界”、“激情”、“革命”等陈述还不够简单。你可以以商业或非商业的方式改变世界。你可以有激情，也可以违背原则，但它不一定是商业方式。既然是生意，你就得赚钱。企业不赚钱是愚蠢和不道德的。赚钱也可以改变世界，有激情，反其道而行之，但为什么不把赚钱放在第一位呢？
When training investment managers, I would give them over a hundred business plans and tell them to pick the good ones and take notes on why they are good. A month later, I would ask if they had finished reading them. When they said yes, I would then explain the core criteria for evaluating business plans.
在培训投资经理时，我会给他们一百多个商业计划书，并告诉他们选择好的，并记下它们为什么好。一个月后，我会问他们是否读完了。当他们答应时，我会解释评估商业计划的核心标准。
Since a business plan is a plan for making money, using such a simple description makes the criteria for evaluating business plans particularly simple:
由于商业计划书是赚钱的计划，使用如此简单的描述使评估商业计划书的标准变得特别简单：
- How much money can you possibly earn?
你能赚多少钱？ - How quickly could you possibly earn that much money?
你能多快赚到那么多钱？
Bear in mind: it’s “possibly,” not certain or necessary. Also, “quickly” is not a single variable; quantity and speed together give it meaning.
请记住：它是“可能”的，不是确定的或必要的。此外，“快速”不是一个单一的变量;数量和速度共同赋予了它意义。
I would then ask them, “When you were reading, did you find many business plans that you thought were very good? Did some of them surprise you? Shock you? Even make you feel inferior?”
然后我会问他们，“当你在阅读时，你有没有发现很多你认为非常好的商业计划书？他们中的一些人让你感到惊讶吗？让你震惊？甚至让你感到自卑？
The answer was always yes. Then I would tell them that these were all illusions. As long as the definitions and statements we use are simple enough, you can realize that they are all illusions. All these business plans are garbage, even if some have received venture capital (which doesn’t mean anything). Plans that cannot make a lot of money quickly are garbage.
答案总是肯定的。然后我会告诉他们，这些都是幻觉。只要我们使用的定义和陈述足够简单，你就可以意识到它们都是幻觉。所有这些商业计划都是垃圾，即使有些已经获得了风险投资（这并不意味着什么）。不能快速赚很多钱的计划是垃圾。
Especially those who ask investors for money without really understanding how much money they can make or how quickly they can make it are just playing tricks. Investors are calm, they want “potential” (which means, it could also fail). These people have no concept at all—how can they continue to play?
尤其是那些向投资者要钱的人，却没有真正了解他们能赚多少钱或能多快赚到钱，他们只是在耍花招。投资者是冷静的，他们想要“潜力”（这意味着，它也可能失败）。这些人一点概念都没有，怎么能继续玩下去呢？
Well, we can move on to the next stage now …
好吧，我们现在可以进入下一阶段了……
What is the next stage? I would tell them about the errors I made when starting my own business or making investments in the past. In the end, all the errors were the same: I was too stupid at that time, so much so that when starting a business or making investments, I didn’t put the amount and speed of making money in the first place… I’m not only ashamed in front of the investors but also to myself!
下一阶段是什么？我会告诉他们我过去在创业或投资时所犯的错误。最后，所有的错误都是一样的：当时的我太傻了，以至于在创业或投资时，我没有把赚钱的数量和速度放在首位……我不仅在投资者面前感到羞愧，也对自己感到羞愧！
I’ve said so much. That’s about it.
我已经说了这么多。仅此而已。
The problem is, now I’m telling you in such a simple way, that the method I used to achieve financial freedom is very simple: it is based on simple thinking, simple methodology, and simple practice— I really can’t do anything not simple—do you really believe it? Or dare to believe it?
问题是，现在我用这么简单的方式告诉你，我用来实现财务自由的方法非常简单：它基于简单的思维、简单的方法论和简单的实践——我真的做不到任何不简单的事情——你真的相信吗？还是敢相信？
Originally posted 2024-04-05 11:43:57.