2022 should be said to be the most relaxing year for me since I graduated from college in 2015, because I was busy with work and postgraduate entrance examinations before. After relaxing this year, it seems that in terms of the number of readings, this year is the most and most miscellaneous, but in summary, there are only four types, weird behavior in psychology, influence; history Long March , Anti-Japanese War War, war of liberation; investment trend timing, this is how rich people make money, cognitive realization, the smartest things to invest, freedom of wealth, using money to make money, financial management from zero, your time, Buffett's method; economics: 2022 China's economic restructuring, staying inside, and big defeat; it is difficult to define the type of Mao Zedong anthology (this one has only read the first volume). Among them, the psychology category and Mao Zedong were skimming and speed reading without any in-depth thinking, so I won’t go into details here. Let’s talk about other types below.
1. History Category - The People’s Choice
Let’s talk about the history category first. I read this type of books mainly due to personal work reasons and my admiration for party history. I read this series through and gained a lot of insights.
(1) Long March. By reading the Long March, I can understand what is tempered by fire and why the Long March is a road to sow the seeds of revolution. Only by withstanding the test and baptism of the Long March can the Communist Party of China be able to shoulder the historical mission of changing the land of China. Every time I recall the content of the Long March, I can't help but be moved in my heart, because on the Long March, it was at the cost of losing nearly 100,000 Red Army soldiers that our party deeply built up its self-confidence on the road, adhered to its own development path, and then firmly believed in the socialist theory that belongs to our country; only then did our party understand how to unite as one, avoid division, and work together to complete a very difficult task.
(2) Anti-Japanese War. At least in this war, the Anti-Japanese National United Front envisioned by Chairman Mao was indeed established, and each front played its due role, such as the Kuomintang in the early stage and the Communist Party's anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines in the later period. History needs to be viewed dialectically. Except for a few military generals and soldiers of the Kuomintang, it was indeed because of a class rather than personal character that led to subsequent mutual fighting. Here we only give examples such as General Zhang Zizhong, General Du Yuming, and Chiang Kai-shek The decision to fully protect the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou did play a great role. We also need to remember these merits.
But what I have to say is that the Chinese nation has been ravaged for nearly a hundred years and has now become a world power. In addition to giving full play to its subjective initiative, it is also caused by objective factors such as geographical location, and I think objective factors are decisive. While reading about the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, I was always secretly glad that the enemies our party and the Kuomintang encountered were Japanese fascists, because China at that time was indeed too backward. With only 250 tanks, the Japanese fascists were able to penetrate China from the three northeastern provinces to Guangdong and Guangxi. When compared horizontally with the German fascists at the same time, the Central Army Group alone had 2,500 tanks. It is really scary to think about it. All we can say is that the Chinese nation should not suffer anymore.
(3) War of Liberation. This is a people's war. Those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world. This is clearly reflected in this four-year war. Without the people's shoulders to shoulder the burden, our party will definitely not be able to win this war under the condition of comprehensive backwardness in economy, geographical conditions and combat equipment. I can only say that the people have chosen the direction of China's development, and history belongs to the people. I believe that when the red flag was planted in the National Government Building in Nanjing, people across the country cheered at that moment.
2. Investment - Earn money within your knowledge
For investment books, I personally think the contents are similar. Basically, it can be summarized in four words as "increase revenue and reduce expenditure". Simply put, it means working hard, saving more money, working more, spending less money on unnecessary places, and strive to save 20% of the monthly income every month, and slowly turn this money into capital before increasing capital.I have been in the habit of saving money since I was a child and spending what I need, so I have been saving about 30% of my average monthly income after working. The last few chapters of this type of book must encourage readers to invest part of their savings in the stock market and into fund . This is indeed the way most people currently turn money into capital.
Among these investment books, the basic consensus and the one that has the greatest impact on me should be the sentence "Normal people can beat most professional investors if they can achieve an annualized return of 15%." Based on this sentence, I did a simple calculation. If I get some certificates, I My salary will be increased by 50%, so even though I saved a lot of money, I didn't spend money like water in the stock market like my colleagues. I just invested some symbolically (because investing too much may lead to distraction, and it is difficult for people to make money beyond what they know. In the business field, don't go in without careful research). My salary income now exceeds my original expectations, but my consumption power has not increased. It is still about the same as before. It can be said that my income has been opened up. Therefore, my storage ratio has reached 70% this year (the standard of living has not decreased, but has increased).
3. Economics - Soldiers and Death
The purpose of reading economics books is to understand business development trends, so that I can form my own investment logic and business thinking. Among them, the one I read more seriously is The Great Defeat. I have carefully read the whole book of The Great Defeat 1 and 2. I am also very grateful to Mr. Wu Xiaobo for his words. I want to point out that the difference between e-books and paper books is really very big (I read The Great Defeat as an e-book). Most of the content in The Great Defeat is not very impressive to me, but the contents of the Long March, the Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation War are still fresh in my memory.
Back to the topic, in the reading fiasco, I think business logic is common. Whether it is a decision of billions or hundreds of thousands, their logic is not completely different, and every investment decision should be treated with caution. "Soldiers are dead, but Kuo is easy to change." Here is Zhao She 's comment on his son Zhao Kuo . Fighting with soldiers is a matter of life and death. You must not make this matter so easy, and you must not overestimate your own strength and rush forward. The little money we save in our hands is the soldier in our hands, and we must take it seriously. The big defeat, especially in the first part, mainly tells the story of how in a good situation, these top business giants overestimated their own strength, ignored the details of business operations, were greedy for too much and blindly expanded, indulged in all kinds of praise and false cheers, and finally fell into defeat. The same is true for Qinchijiu, Giant Network, Aido VCD, etc.
Therefore, although I have included fund investment in the annual work plan in my 2023 income-generating plan, I hope that I will still maintain the original intention when I am writing now, with the heart of an apprentice, take every penny of capital investment seriously, and look forward to a not bad income in the future.
In the next 2023, Mao Xuan will be the focus of my reading, and I will also re-read Journey to the West, Step by Step Teach You to Read Financial Reports, Globalization and National Competition. 2023 should be a year of chaos but progress in another field, I hope.
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