"99% of People Are Poor Due to 'Addiction to Short-Term Stimulation'"

The most terrifying thing is not the information gap, but the stimulation gap.

Scrolling through short videos, chasing trends, keeping an eye on news, switching to new opportunities, learning new skills for three days, giving up on projects after a week, and not being able to stick to New Year’s resolutions for more than three days. Each time you "try again" gives you a little thrill of "I’m starting again," which seems like the beginning of self-discipline, but is actually a continuation of addiction.

I used to see a friend trying to quit smoking, and every time he stopped for two days, he would tell everyone: "I haven’t smoked in a few days." I knew he would definitely fail this time because those who truly succeed in quitting smoking are the ones who quit outright.

If someone is eager to tell everyone about their small achievements right away, they will definitely find it hard to accomplish that task.

Whether it’s studying, starting a business, or making money, the real ability needed is not about how high your IQ is or how emotional you are; it’s quite counterintuitive: the ability to do boring, correct things for a long time.

And boredom is the Achilles' heel for most people.

The underlying rule of making money is: things that can bring cash flow are usually very boring in the early stages. They require a lot of accumulation, repetition, refinement, and compounding.

How long can you endure monotony? I endured many years of monotony to become stronger without changing…

Note: People cannot persist in things they do not love.

Enduring monotony does not mean working on an assembly line—it means choosing a long-term direction and continuously putting in effort. Moreover, this direction is best related to making money; talking about money may seem vulgar, but money allows us to live less vulgarly.

The fastest way to grow is to study how to make money.

Things that provide immediate gratification steal our future. For example, instant feedback, emotional fluctuations, impulsive spending, meaningless socializing, as well as flattery from others and self-indulgence, etc.

The difference between ordinary people and experts can be summarized by whether they can withstand four "poor traps":

Trap 1: Mistaking "preparation" for "progress."

Learning a bunch of courses, saving a pile of materials, collecting a bunch of methods—seemingly proactive, but actually zero output. The world only prices output, not awards preparation.

Poor students have a lot of stationery. Why talk about too many conditions? The most important preparation is the brain and the ability to take action.

Trap 2: Mistaking "inspiration" for "system."

When in a good mood, they rush in; when in a bad mood, they lie flat. Many ideas, but little action.

Experts rely on systems, while ordinary people rely on moods.

You need to establish a direction that can and is worth long-term effort, continuously refining it, and not be satisfied with "I already knew about that thing; I just didn’t pursue it."

Trap 3: Mistaking "stability" for "direction."

From childhood to adulthood, we have been pursuing stability. In our country, everyone is taking civil service exams and seeking stable jobs in the system, thinking that entering the system is the greatest stability, but stability is actually the greatest instability.

Think about those iron rice bowls in Northeast China; when they were laid off, they once thought that stability would last forever, but in the end, they could only sing "Starting Over." The greatest stability is to become strong and have the power to resist instability at any time.

Trap 4: Mistaking "busyness" for "value."

The busier you are, the more grounded you feel; the more idle you are, the more anxious you become. But the truly valuable things are often not achieved through busyness.

Many people enjoy participating in various ineffective social events, gaining the illusion of discussing important matters with friends while drinking, but in the end, they are just fair-weather friends who scatter at the first sign of trouble.

Finally: If you want to get rich by doing just one thing, first divide your daily time into two categories—stimulation time and asset time.

Stimulation time feels good, while asset time is valuable.

You don’t need to give up all stimulation; some people quit smoking, some quit drinking, some quit indulging, some quit short videos, and some quit all short-term stimulation. But the key is not what you give up, but ensuring that you are working hard every day on the allocation of asset time.

True transformation begins with enduring monotony.

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