The first step to making money is to stop working for others

1. Working for others is hard to get rich from. The ancients said that to become wealthy, one must open a shop, engage in business, travel far and wide, and be daring and bold.

2. For ordinary people like us, it is truly difficult to change our fate except through entrepreneurship and business. The money earned working for others will never satisfy your inner desires.

3. Successful entrepreneurs understand a principle: it is a blessing to operate for a long time in areas where one excels. However, if you stagnate in your area of expertise, the eventual outcome will also be bleak.

4. Therefore, either seize the opportunity or continue to study and improve in your field. If you do not advance, you will regress!

5. Those who can earn large sums of money are truly blessed. They are people who have previously done many good deeds and generously given, for only with great virtue can one achieve great wealth; with virtue, one can bear burdens.

6. If you earn money through physical labor, be more grounded; if through intellectual efforts, be smarter; if through investment, be bolder; if through resources, be more adaptable; if through people, be more open-minded!

7. You must befriend those who are always thinking about making money, for behind making money lies a person's cognition, self-discipline, social circle, energy, vision, and execution ability.

8. There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. You must manage yourself with heart; even when you hit rock bottom, you should reflect, learn, improve, and change yourself. This is the law of the strong.

9. As long as the rich do not act recklessly, they will remain rich for life. If the poor do not engage in charity and good deeds, they will remain poor for life.