Currency depreciation, inflation, wave of salary cuts, wave of layoffs, population aging, where are the chances for us to successfully turn the tables?
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Raising children to guard against old age, this sentence should not be unfamiliar, but in this era, is this sentence still applicable? I guess I'm not even willing to discuss the plan of having a baby...
Hello everyone, my name is Charles. Recently, I found that major social media and news are reporting news like this - [the average age of the world's population is aging rapidly]; on the other hand, the marriage rate and birth rate are declining, so this has nothing to do with us What does it matter? The relationship is great. When the average wages in various countries continue to rise, bosses will give priority to using cheaper "robots" and more convenient business automation systems to reduce costs. So do we still have a chance to change the status quo?
In this era of information explosion, most of the new generation are more likely to have access to various news and understand various social conditions. Although the channel to obtain information is so convenient, but some people reacted - "Lie flat" (that is, to control their desire for things in a state of low desire and low consumption, but only hope that they can live ), recently more and more people choose to join the trend of lying flat. A better case is that they pay more attention to single life than ever before, preferring to spend money to experience life, and no longer focus on planning their own life, or marriage and family. There is of course a reason for this phenomenon. Due to currency depreciation, inflationary pressures are rising rapidly. Basically, all visible items are increasing in price. The only exception is that my salary remains the same, and there are even salary cuts... If you can't even protect your own life, how can you protect others? How can this not make young people lose their way about their future? If you can't even support yourself, how can you talk about having children, buying a house or a car? So I can very much understand this feeling. But I want to tell you that it is the current predicament that is your rare opportunity! As long as you can understand the meaning, you may escape from the current predicament and regain control of your life. As for the aging of the population and low fertility, this topic is too big, and basically it is not my turn to worry about it. This is a problem that needs to be solved at the government level. What I can bring to you is through some of my insights and operations , let you see a glimmer of hope.
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the reason you can't get out
You will feel hopeless, and feel that no matter how hard you try, there is no hope. It is because you have chosen poverty from the very beginning, and you have chosen the way of thinking of most people, and you cannot escape the old thinking box. Then let me do a simple experiment with you! Do you think it is easier to read comics or to create comics? Then you understand now. Why is this so? It is because the school has always trained us to be a professional worker, a person who listens to orders and does things. Once no one gives orders, you will not be able to prove your existence value, and then you will be worthless. No matter how high your academic qualifications are today, unless you simply love learning and study only to satisfy your own soul, or your major and way of thinking are only for working for others. Take a closer look, how many percent of your years of campus study can be used in the real world? So why are children still learning? Because what the school really trains you is how to listen to instructions, listen to the teacher's instructions, until you become a very passive person. There has never been a class in school that teaches you how to buy other people's time, nor a class that teaches you how to spend money. Therefore, as the currency continues to depreciate, technology continues to advance, and the industry continues to upgrade, when your boss chooses to reduce costs, the first consideration is you .
where is your chance
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So if this is the case, do we still have a chance to change? I have had a very long time, wishing I could realize the above-mentioned problems earlier, if I could wake up earlier, I am willing to spend money to buy back the previous time, so that I will not waste So much time to trial and error. But this is impossible, so I hope that with what I share, people who are predestined can prepare in advance.
To make a successful comeback, you need to start with how to think fundamentally. How I wish schools would impart this wisdom:
Most people have no direction in life
Remember what your dream was when you were a kid? When I was young, I often had many interesting ideas. In order to make these ideas come true, I would actively study, but after graduating from school, I was timid about my pursuits, and I didn’t let myself fail easily. I spent all my time for Keeping a job and fearing to try, has been trained to be a person who only knows how to worry about other people's business. The thing to know is that when you don't know what will bring you fulfillment, you don't have direction in your life, and when you don't have direction, you can't be on your own and work for yourself. It is understandable to work for money. After all, there are many responsibilities in life; but we should work to improve our working ability. Maybe it's time to calm down and communicate with your heart in a down-to-earth manner.
Most people prefer to take shortcuts and make quick money
Some people will question, if there is a choice, is it wrong to take shortcuts? Is there anything wrong with an opportunity to make quick money? People who usually choose this path have the sole purpose of achieving a certain result in the shortest possible time. But also because of this, you need to bear more time cost-[risk] than others, and there are very few people who can successfully reach the standard. Once you make a small mistake, you will need more time to turn around than ordinary people. So it's better to take a down-to-earth path that can bring positive value to yourself/others.
Most people don't understand the value of time itself
The time a person can have in a day is equal to 24 hours. The value of your time depends on how many things you can solve in 24 hours. When you can't master a skill and complete the plan within the specified time, you have no value to the event itself, and you can't realize how valuable your time is. When you acquire more skills, or buy more people with different skills to work on the event itself, you will know what the value of time itself is. So make up your mind to master the skills you've always wanted.
Most people just want to get rid of the status quo rather than solve the problem
In order to get rid of problems, many people will simply choose to escape reality or do more things that put the cart before the horse in a numb manner, putting themselves in a mouse trap, forming a bad cycle, such as taking more part-time jobs when they lack money, until they can’t even sleep If you run out of time, you choose to borrow money/swipe your credit card. When you want to pay off your debts, you change to a job with a higher income. To put an end to the bad cycle, we need to solve the problem fundamentally, which is like the more important concept of fire fighting or fire prevention. Find new directions, master skills, solve problems, and regain lost ground.
Most people don't understand the meaning of leverage
Doing it yourself is of course very important, but if you are not good at flexibility, using your strengths, sharing resources appropriately, purchasing skills, and relying on your own strength, then no matter how capable you are, the effect will still have an upper limit. So to jump out of the bottom stage and become your own boss, then you only have time to spend on building resources, establishing contacts, and sharing resources to the maximum extent. When you recognize this point, you will run faster, more flexible and more effective than others.
brave to try and make mistakes
Be brave to go out of the way that is different from ordinary people, be brave to try and make mistakes, and face failure . The trait of being brave to try and make mistakes is our innate trait. Many people who have achieved multiple achievements also come from multiple tests / attempts before accumulating the experience of no longer failing. I once read a book, someone asked Edison what was the reason that prompted you to experience so many experimental failures, and you can still persist in doing every experiment until you succeed? Edison said that I did not fail, but succeeded. I successfully proved which methods did not work. Most people today fear failure because we have been taught from childhood that failure is not allowed. Give yourself an empathy!
Summarize
I always believe in my heart that everyone has a fire in their hearts and a determination to pursue a better life, but choice is more important than hard work. What we really lack is not the ability to go to work, but a different way of thinking from others. In today's rapidly developing world, if you want to successfully turn the tables, find hope, organize your own warm family, and don't be a " lying family " , what you can fight is the way of thinking. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, and I still feel that I am behind others, so I study harder. Now that the general environment has changed, holding on to the traditional way will eventually disappear in smoke. Change your way of thinking immediately, let's work together!
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