#不确定性 is an eternal theme in investment transactions. In fact, it is the same in life. When everything is determined, there are no opportunities. In the thinking of the poor, there is a fatal flaw: the pursuit of "certainty."

Then, the possibility is lost.

The truth about making money is actually very cruel:

Things that can make money in the world must be uncertain;

Anything that can make a lot of money in the world must be extremely uncertain.

Only uncertainty can help you keep your opponents at bay.

Only if you are not sure whether you can make money can you eliminate the most peers and let you enjoy the dividends exclusively.

There was once a program where they allowed rich people to experience life at the bottom.

At first, these rich people agreed that as long as they have the ability, they will not stay at the bottom.

But after a few days of experience, they found that they were slapped in the face. It turned out that all their energy was wasted on three meals a day.

I have to work all day just to have enough food, and I am exhausted and have no fighting spirit.

In the end, they had to admit the truth: It’s not that people at the bottom don’t work hard, but that they are too exhausted to make a living and have no time to plan for the future.

Any podcaster will tell you this.

You wipe your tears, he earns a click, he is good and you are good.

But there’s a question: why would a show like this exist?

Why would he make a show like this for you to watch? Because of the ratings, because there are more poor people and less rich people.

Because poor people like to see: I don’t have money, not because I don’t work hard, but because the environment is really bad.

Why do domineering CEOs in soap operas always fall in love with the girl at the front desk? Because only grassroots heroines like this have time to watch this kind of plot.

Among its audience, there is no overbearing president at all.

The audience is a pyramid structure. The lower and lower the topic is, the more resonance it will have and the better the ratings will be.

All ratings have a natural drawback, they are not weighted.

No matter how good he sang, Pavarotti only had one vote;

No matter how well written the article is, Haruki Murakami can only give it one like.

The final result of the media must be to make the group with the largest base happy. Whatever these people like to watch, he does.

Most of the media have to make a profit, make money, eat, and feed a bunch of people.

Why do you believe that businessmen will deceive you, but not believe that the media, who are also businessmen, will deceive you? The biggest pitfall is that you don’t even know you are in it.

Another question: Where do rich people come from?

Since no one is born with a bank account, where did the first rich people come from?

We are all poor, grew up in the same village, and ate baked potatoes with runny noses. How did others become phoenixes?

Because there are always some poor people who are more resilient, more self-disciplined, more determined, and more daring to take risks.

When others finish work and go home and fall asleep, he is thinking; when others are working mechanically all day long, he is thinking; when others are content with a small fortune guarding one-third of an acre of land, he is thinking.

He is looking for a road that no one else has ever walked before, a road that he doesn't know is right or wrong, a road that may destroy his family and his body.

Then he gritted his teeth and really hit the road.

The weak always think that others are bullying them, they always think that they have missed the best era, and they always think that when the rich were young, there was gold everywhere.

In troubled times, he said how could he become rich if he didn't even have enough to eat? In the prosperous times, he said that all the money had been robbed, how could he become rich?

Do you know who those people were who went into business back then?

They are all marginalized people, those who are unemployed and too poor to survive.

People who have not reached this stage are all in good work units, and they are all working hard to allocate houses, create work establishments, and grab iron rice bowls. As long as they have some status, they will not go to the roadside to sell tea eggs.

Business at that time was not like today. If you wanted to open a clothing factory, you couldn't buy fabrics, you couldn't buy machines, and you couldn't afford anything that was on sale.

If you want to buy a house, you have to sell it, because no bank dares to give you a loan.

We only have a small amount of money in total. If we lose money, what will happen to the family's food? What should I do if my children go to school? What should I do to support my parents in old age?

Getting rich has always been a game for the brave.

You think your equipment is not good, but equipment is never free. Equipment must be replaced desperately.

If you don't dare to change desperately, don't complain about unfairness.

Why is it difficult for poor people to make money? It's because you want to make money so much. You go in and out hundreds of times every day. Your mind is filled with money, and you are too eager for quick success and quick profit.

You are pursuing one certain thing from beginning to end, that is: what can you do to make money.

It's like chasing a button that you can press and instantly become rich.

Many people are keen on taking exams and improving themselves in various aspects, such as learning accounting and learning English.

None of this is bad, but there's a problem with it: it's ok.

That is to say, everyone knows that it is good and everyone knows that learning it is useful. That will definitely attract countless opponents until the profits are evened out to you.

Many parents enroll their children in classes for the same reason.

If you look carefully, everything is certain, quantifiable, and visible: the improvement of piano can be seen; the improvement of mathematics can be seen; the improvement of dance can be seen.

But you say, my outlook on life, values ​​and world view have improved. What do you think? Can't watch.

Because it seems like I can’t make money, I can’t eat, drink, or cash out, so there seems to be no use in learning it.

But what can really change your destiny in this world is precisely the knowledge that seems to be of little use, the knowledge that you don’t know what the return will be in a short time after learning it.

Only this kind of knowledge that is long-term, not eager for quick success, not just for the immediate, and not sure whether it is good or not, can allow you to get rid of most opponents, can allow you to understand the rules before competing together, and can allow you to compete at the level of the framework. Exceed your opponent dozens or hundreds of times. Economics is the underlying framework.

It can be as small as a person or as large as a country. If you look at all aspects, it is nothing more than cost in exchange for benefit.

The efforts of many people are efforts to see what is useful and to learn what is useful.

They are extremely smart and think that they never spend their energy on useless things.

But it is precisely this kind of shrewdness that misleads them. They stare at their feet, for fear of taking a wrong step, but they move forward without thinking at the intersection of right and wrong in life. After half a lifetime of asceticism, my hands are empty.