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2026 is coming, and I will do a review and summary of 2025. I condensed them into a "Morris's 2025 Life Refinement Manual 50 Tips." These are not clichés, but conclusions you repeatedly collide with in emotions, relationships, values, and growth.
1. Kindness must have thorns. Be sincere, but not an unlimited ATM. Kindness should have a blade; otherwise, it’s just indulgence when others cross your bottom line.
2. The core of relationships is value exchange, not emotional attachment. High-level people give you wisdom, peers give you collaboration, and lower levels only drain your emotions. See w

Many Chinese children, when they are young and come from poor families, go to the supermarket with their parents. After shopping, the parents ask the children what they want, but the children all shake their heads. The parents attribute this to the children being well-behaved. But in reality, if a child always refuses everything, it means they are suppressing their true inner thoughts. When a child refuses everything, there is a high probability that they are mentally unwell.

15 States of Inner Strength in Middle Age:
First, never ask others for reasons. Since it has already happened, the reason is no longer that important. The reason you want an answer is because you cannot solve the problem. If others want to tell you the reason, they will definitely主动 say no, telling you that they will not break the silence.
Second, allow everything to happen, whether good or bad. As long as it happens, it is a hurdle you must cross on your life journey. See all good things as a reward for your efforts, and all bad things as a way to avoid disaster and loss. A truly strong perso

势不可以使尽，福不可享尽，便宜不可占尽，聪明不可用尽。

Who is the most reliable person to collaborate with? Someone who has been doing the same business for a long time. They must be trustworthy. The saying goes, "One year to enter the industry, three years to understand it, ten years to become a master." If they are a scammer, they would have run away long ago. If they are unprofessional, they would have starved to death long ago. Anyone who has been in a business for decades, rest assured, they definitely won't cheat you, and they are definitely trustworthy.

The confidence derived from power is only temporary. Once power is lost, it leads to inferiority. Essentially, it is not true confidence but a sense of control brought by rights. This so-called confidence is false, extremely unreal, and very fleeting. Once the rights are lost, does that mean confidence is lost as well? True confidence comes from self-acceptance and self-awareness. Whether a person is in a low point or at a high position, they have a clear understanding of themselves and a sense of control over themselves.

At first, when you spend time, you'll realize that many of the people you don't know are idiots. Later, after you've used it, you'll find that among the people you know, there are also many idiots. So, only when you pick up a book and read, will you discover that there are still many impressive people out there. Therefore, reading is the best way to meet impressive people and stay away from idiots.

If a person dares to say anything, it proves that he is free. If someone hesitates when speaking, is afraid to open his mouth, or only knows how to curse you, it proves that he is enslaved.

During the Ming Dynasty, entering the palace to become a eunuch was a very popular profession. How popular was it? There were many in the folk, in the Respectful Service Hall, who would first castrate themselves, and then when they went for an interview, they had an even greater advantage. But not everyone who was castrated could enter the palace to become a eunuch, so there were many people on the streets called castrated men. At that time, there were tens of thousands of eunuchs. Eunuchs and castrated men are not the same. Eunuchs, at least, had contact with the heavenly palace. As for castr

The moment you step into a barber shop, your hairstyle is already decided. No matter how much you tell the barber to make it longer, shorter, more, less, or even show him a photo to copy, it’s all useless. If you think he didn’t cut it well, it’s not because you didn’t communicate clearly, but because at the framework level, he was already wrong. The current limit of his skill determines the upper bound of your final hairstyle. Therefore, all seemingly meticulous communication is just repeatedly correcting minor details in vain, merely going further down the wrong path.
So, at this point, what

When I change the way my brain filters reality, the transformation in my life happens so quickly that others think I have sold my soul. The world we see is mostly predetermined by the brain in advance. Confirmation bias is the most stubborn psychological inertia in humans. Rationality is not the default mode.

If you were to restart your investment journey today, you need to remember three points: First, survive. Cut debt and envy, and build a system that doesn't self-destruct. Second, accumulate ammunition. Think like an owner, endure boredom, and turn your savings into your first employees. Third, make smart bets. Buy quality assets, then sit back and let time and compound interest work for you. None of these three principles are quick, none are exciting, and even each one sounds incredibly boring, but they are effective. They worked in 1946, in 1976, and they are still effective today and will re

Developed countries are uniformly characterized by expensive labor and low prices. The more expensive the labor, the higher the living costs for the wealthy and the lower for the poor, making it easier to get rich; because many poor people can do the work themselves and also help others, they have no other resources to utilize, the only resource they can leverage is labor, which is human-centered. Underdeveloped countries are uniformly characterized by cheap labor and high prices. The lower the living costs for the wealthy and the higher for the poor, the easier it is to fall into poverty; bec

We should all keep the phrase "喜物同因" deeply engraved in our minds. The reason someone likes you is the same reason another person dislikes you. In fact, you only have traits; whether these traits are viewed as strengths or weaknesses by others does not depend on you, but on their inner world and what they project onto you. If you are someone who cries easily, some people see you as a gentle and delicate person; but others see you as sentimental, weak, and overly emotional because in their upbringing, expressing vulnerability is not allowed. When you express your true feelings and show your vul

Trading is not about you setting the game in the market, but about letting the market set the game for you. Don't let the market probe your emotions; instead, use the market's emotions. When you feel your emotions are being manipulated by the market, you have already fallen into the market's trap, and your trading has started to crack. At this point, you should prioritize the bigger picture.

The old Wenzhou business slogan: Make big money with wholesale, make small money with retail, familiar people negotiate prices, newcomers focus on service, men sell women's clothing, women sell men's clothing, sell cold drinks in summer, sell cooked food in winter, kids' businesses need thin profit margins and high sales, older people's businesses require genuine quality and fair prices. Open big stores in small places, open small stores in big places, open foot bath shops at construction sites, cluster restaurants together, have one independent auto repair shop, open a pharmacy at midnight, d

When all your grievances are met with nothing but a debate, you should understand that past misunderstandings don't need to be resolved, and a complete severance is the best outcome. You can comfort them with words, offer solutions, or provide resource support, but I really can't think of anyone who would initiate a debate competition.

Many people experience an awakening in middle age, beginning to truly love themselves and live for themselves. When life reaches middle age, they gradually realize that they should be the core of their own life. Before middle age, many people's lives are more driven by external factors—family expectations, social evaluations, and the idea of what kind of person they should become. These choices are not necessarily made from the heart but follow the environment and mainstream trends, gradually leading to where they are now. After experiencing enough social realities and understanding the relati

Be sure to be with lively people; their vitality is so vigorous that it almost overflows. They get excited and dance when they eat delicious food, and when they see others happy, they are moved to tears without reservation. They are never disappointing and can easily make you feel happy. The underlying tone of life may be very plain, but with them around, the days instantly become lively, and even the most numb lives can be nourished into agility. May you encounter such warm and interesting friends, and also live as you like—always passionate, always curious. It turns out that vitality really

In China, how can ordinary people with some money fight against this world? (32 tips)
1. Don't blindly consume; spend only what is necessary. All high-consumption records are customer lists waiting to be exploited.
2. Don't buy household appliances, especially new energy electric vehicles. These are all consumables.
3. Don't lease land in rural areas; once you invest money, you won't get it back.
4. Don't bid on engineering projects; you'll never win, and even if you do, it'll be a trap.
5. Don't focus solely on how your company can save taxes; instead, research how to find policy loopholes. O