When I was 16, fate gave me a hard kick. My girlfriend at the time kept asking me for money every day. I thought that was love, but later I realized I was just an ATM. On the day we broke up, all I had left was 400 USDT in my exchange account. Everything else had been coaxed and tricked out of me and spent by her. The 200,000 yuan I made from digital collectibles also vanished overnight after falling into someone’s trap. That was the first time I truly understood what it meant to go bankrupt, get scammed, and experience heartbreak—all at the same time. After that, I started stealing 100 yuan from home every day. I saved up 2,000 yuan and borrowed another 2,000 from friends. Four or five thousand yuan was all I had. I went all in on crypto with it. The first few days after I downloaded the exchange app, Luna crashed. After studying for two or three months, I wrote down a goal: “I want to make 300 USDT a month.” Not to get rich, just so I wouldn’t have to rely on my family anymore. Later, FTX collapsed, and the whole internet was crying. Everyone was saying the industry was doomed. But then Binance bought BTC and ETH, and soon after, the Americans started pushing ETFs, and the market took off. Before I got a job, I survived by selling s, K accounts, and Gmail accounts. That’s when I realized that even the smallest opportunities in crypto could keep me going. Eventually, I joined my first company. The salary wasn’t high, but it was the first time I truly understood the importance of cash flow. I believe that maintaining a good mindset starts with having cash flow. The best state is having both cash flow and holding coins. There are many ways to generate cash flow: working, being a KOL, consulting, offering tech services, marketing services, and so on. Looking back, those years were like hell. But it was also during those years that I grew rapidly. Those 100 yuan I stole bit by bit were the first capital of my life. When I was 18, I made my first million. I also lost it all within two months. But I didn’t break down again. I knew that as long as crypto was still around, I could start over.