It’s January 2, 2023. What should you chat with your friends in the new year?
The day before yesterday, I wrote an article with tears in my eyes, expressing my feelings in 2022: This is the year when I, as a Chinese, have the strongest sense of humiliation.
I thought that many people would scold me for being pretentious, for demanding experts, and for being ungrateful. However, what surprised me was that there were far more friends who liked and sympathized with me than those who left messages to scold me. This made me very happy - it turns out that there are many friends who are truly sober, friends who truly think independently, and friends who are truly willing to tell the truth and listen to the truth.
Know your shame and then be brave. When we all know what to be ashamed of, our nation is not far away from truly working hard to become stronger.
Yesterday was New Year's Day. I thought about it all day, but I didn't know what to say that would be useful to my friends, so on such an important day, I chose silence.
On January 1, 2023, I chose to leave blank the first day of the new year.
1, 2023 will definitely be easier than 2022, but it will still be difficult.
Yesterday, an entrepreneur left a message saying that after these two years, the psychological gap was extremely large. He began to doubt himself and the future, and he could no longer regain his past hard work and fighting spirit.
I say that starting a business is like sailing a ship. You must understand the general trend and adjust your mentality. The economic trend three to five years ago was as powerful as fishing in a large river or sea. The water was big and the fish were big, and the water was deep and there were many fish. As long as you sailed out to sea, you could always come back with a full load. Now, three years into the epidemic, the water levels in rivers have dropped again and again, and there are fewer and smaller fish in the water. It is normal to fish by boat, with the same diligence and wisdom, and the fish caught are few and small.
If we always compare with the previous state of fishing with great success, today we will only become more and more frustrated, less and less motivated, and even more and more impetuous. This will lead to two kinds of mistakes: the first is to give up fishing, slack off, lie down, and be slowly abandoned by the times; the second is to make dangerous moves with soldiers and dangerous shoals, hoping to gain wealth and wealth, but often capsizing the boat.
If you understand that the current economic trend is that the water level is falling and there are fewer fish and smaller fish, you can calm down and catch the small fish and make small money. Gradually, the little will add up. Although you cannot return home with a full load, you will not be hungry, and you will save yourself a lot of meaningless worries.
I have a friend who works in a real estate agency. Between 2015 and 2019, his monthly income has been above 50,000. He regards this as a normal part of his life and often brags in front of his friends. He also yells at him when he comes home and puts his family status very high. During the past three years of the epidemic, real estate sales have become increasingly difficult. His income has dropped again and again, and finally reached the point where he can only receive a basic salary. His monthly income is actually 2,000 yuan lower than his wife.
At this time, when he returned home, he still couldn't get rid of his habit of shouting and yelling, so he ignited his wife's long-simmered anger and quarreled with him many times, hoping that he could compare feelings and realize that the family is equal and should respect each other - if you don't want to be a grandson when you are down, you can't treat yourself like an uncle when you are proud.
However, he did not want to repent. Instead, he thought that his wife looked down on him because of his low income, so he became angry and eager to prove himself. He became obsessed with stock trading , hoping to increase his income channel through stock trading and once again establish his status as the head of the family. What about the results of
? Of course, I lost most of my accumulation, which further aggravated my personal survival dilemma.
This is when the industry is doing well, ignoring the principle that a rising tide lifts all boats, and only attributing achievements to personal efforts, which leads to blind confidence and arrogance in people like him. He always feels that it is right for him to make big money and quick money, and even feels that he is superior to others in his heart. Of course, they will not be gentle and courteous to build a good relationship with the people around them or even their family members.
When the water is gone and it is difficult to move forward, if they continue to ignore the principle that a rising tide lifts all boats, and cannot adjust their mentality, they will be more likely to fall into anxiety, self-doubt, and self-denial than ordinary people.
So, I want to tell my friends today that 2023 will definitely be easier and better than 2022, but the general trend of economic recession is here, and the inertia of economic recession is still there. It will still be difficult in 2023. Unless you have a truly outstanding competitive advantage in the industry, don't set too high expectations and goals for yourself.
In 2023, we still have to go out to sea and sail, we still have to build nets to fish, and we still have to work hard, but we must also understand the principle of " do our best, and then listen to fate". After making all the efforts we can make, we can not only enjoy the surprise of returning with a full load, but also bear the bruise of returning empty-handed.
2, I will never praise suffering, but I must praise ordinary people who still choose to be kind despite suffering. I must praise ordinary people who still choose to be brave despite suffering. I must praise ordinary people who still choose to think positively despite suffering. I must praise ordinary people who still love life despite suffering.
After our whole family was infected with the virus , and after two of my relatives passed away due to the new coronavirus infection within a week, I felt not only the humiliation of being fooled, but also the anger of being powerless, as well as hesitation and confusion. 2022 has passed, can this epidemic pass? Will this virus continue to weaken? Will more people die? How many rounds of virus infection can my family and I survive?
In those days, I was very pessimistic, so I didn’t update the article anymore, because I named myself “See Through Troubles and Yue Qingyun” to ask myself to bring positivity, happiness, courage and wisdom to everyone. I was afraid that my negative emotions would be like a virus, infecting my friends, and that would be my sin.
Who helped me come out?
I’m not afraid of your jokes. It was the vendors selling vegetables and fruits on the roadside who helped me get out of this pessimistic mood.
After a few days of pessimism occupying my mind, I ordered myself to go out and take a look immediately.
When I walked near the Electric Power Hospital on Ruhe Road, I saw that both sides of the road were filled with tricycles and vans selling fruits and vegetables.
I looked at the stall owners. Some of them were farmers growing vegetables, and some were small traders. In winter when the temperature is close to freezing, they either sit or stand in front of their stalls, smiling expectantly and selling their fruits or vegetables to every passerby.
I saw a couple selling oranges. They had just parked their truck. The two of them happily moved the oranges from the truck to the ground one box at a time, and then started to set up their stall.
These very ordinary scenes moved me inexplicably at that moment. I bought apples, bananas and oranges from three fruit stalls, and chatted with them, "Has the sun gone out for you?"
"The sun has gone out early!" The stall owners all replied with a smile.
"Now that the epidemic is spreading so fiercely, if you still set up stalls, aren't you afraid of contracting the virus again?" I asked the second question loudly.
"Hey, isn't it just a cold? What will happen if you catch a few more colds?" the orange seller said with a smile.
"I heard that many elderly people have died because of this virus. Some people say that even if they are not elderly, their bodies will not be able to bear it if they are infected too many times." I expressed my concerns.
"Can viruses be frightened to death?" The orange seller still smiled, "At that point, what's the use of worrying?"
I was shocked. The fruit vendor's words immediately reminded me of the famous philosopher Epicurus 's discussion about death!
"That's right. Experts say that after being infected with the virus once, it will take half a year before you are infected a second time. We don't know if you will die after being infected two, three, or even eight times, but if we don't make money for half a year, we will definitely starve to death." The orange seller also spoke.
I suddenly felt ashamed.
When I was still doing nothing in a pessimistic mood, these ordinary people had bravely stood in the cold air of winter, bravely stood in the streets of Zhengzhou where the virus was raging, and bravely stood in the team of optimists who grasp today and believe in the future.
Aren't they afraid? I believe they are scared too.
However, maybe they need to make money to support their parents, maybe they need to make money to raise their children, maybe they just need to make money to make their own tomorrow a little better, they rushed onto the streets that I was still afraid of for the first time - now they are by no means just ordinary hawkers, they are real heroes, they have love in their hearts, they can carry it on their shoulders, they inject warmth and strength into the city, and they convey confidence and hope to the world.
With ordinary people like this, our 2023 will definitely be easier than 2022 and braver than 2022.
This reminds me of my wife who returned to work as soon as possible. It reminds me of Mr. Feng, Mr. Hou, Mr. Yang, Mr. Xie and Mr. Meng who resumed production as soon as possible. I feel even more ashamed.
Real warriors, even if they realize that the truth of life is a lie, they will say goodbye to the past with a smile, let themselves continue to choose sincerity and kindness, and let themselves become the final truth.
Real warriors, even if they realize that the truth of life is bleak, will still open a path on the cliff of despair and lead it to hope.
Real warriors, even if they realize that the truth of life is a battle between blood and fire, life and death, they will get rid of resentment and panic as quickly as possible, leaving time for the desperate battlefield and the hotbed of romance.
We can’t light up or take care of the world, but we can always light up and take care of the people around us and in front of us, right?
3, in 2023, there will be less and less room for speculation. You must have a long-term spirit in everything you do.
Many favorable policies regarding real estate have been introduced recently. Three years ago, any one of these policies would have made the real estate industry lively again: land auctions continued, housing prices rose rapidly, and real estate transaction volume increased suddenly...
But today, with these policies added together, the real estate market has not shown any improvement. The positive message revealed by the
phenomenon is that the country will definitely introduce various favorable policies to create a better business environment for us; the pessimistic message revealed by this phenomenon is that many of our current industries have passed the opportunity to be rescued with a little sunshine.
The threshold for starting a business in the future will inevitably become higher and higher.
The technical threshold is getting higher and higher, the threshold for investment is getting higher and higher, the competition in marketing methods is getting more and more intense, the threshold for product accuracy and value depth will be getting higher and higher, and so on.
There is less and less room for speculation, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities to make quick money. Any investment or any startup must have a long-term mentality, constantly polish its products, continue to optimize its team, stick to its brand value for a long time, and slowly build its own moat.
For example, in the past half month of my creation, 80% of the works were written wherever I thought of them. Therefore, most of the reading data is less than 2,000, and the net increase in attention every day is between 5-10.
When I created "2022, the year when I feel the strongest sense of humiliation as a Chinese", the first thing was to express my feelings and create it with strong emotions. The second thing was that I made a draft first and made an outline of what I wanted to write. In the third step, I sorted out the logic and filled in stories or cases, and finally started to actually create.
is the title. I changed it three times before finally settling on the title.
readers and friends have sharp eyes. The reading volume of this article
has exceeded the total reading volume of the previous 10 articles. The number of new followers brought by this article has also exceeded 300. The total amount of attention brought by the previous 10 articles together is not as much as this one.
This made me more determined to have a long-term mentality in self-media: continue to learn, continue to think, continue to output, continue to polish my creative skills and standards, and then look for excellent product managers and promotion talents, and together we will slowly make this business more refined and stronger.
Finally, I ended my first article in 2023 with the article "Believe in the Future" with my index finger:
When the spider web mercilessly blocked my stove,
When the remaining smoke of the ashes sighed the sorrow of poverty,
I still stubbornly spread the ashes of disappointment,
wrote with beautiful snowflakes: Believe in the future.
When my purple grapes turn into the dew of late autumn,
When my flowers are nestled in the feelings of others,
I still stubbornly use the withered vines of frost to write on the desolate earth: Believe in the future.
I want to use the fingers of the waves rushing to the horizon,
I want to use the palm of my hand to hold up the sea of the sun,
swaying the warm and beautiful penholder of dawn ,
write in a child's handwriting: Believe in the future.
The reason why I firmly believe in the future is that I believe in the eyes of people in the future -
She has the eyelashes to brush away the dust of history,
She has the pupils that can see through the chapters of the years.
Regardless of whether people express moved tears and deep sympathy for our rotten flesh,
those melancholy of being lost, and the pain of failure,
they still give us contemptuous smiles and bitter ridicule.
I firmly believe that people will give enthusiastic, objective and fair evaluations of our spine ,
those countless times of exploration, loss, failure and success.
Yes, I am anxiously waiting for their evaluation.
Friends, believe firmly in the future,
believe in ’s unyielding efforts,
believe in youth that defeats death,
believe in the future and love life.
Yes, no matter how much the world turns into a mulberry field, no matter how the universe hangs upside down, no matter how much time does not give you and me time, we still have to stubbornly believe and believe in the future!
I believe that people in the future will definitely lament the way we have stood up today!
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