Journal | 2023.5

Jobs talked about company marketing : The essence of marketing is the output of values. He used Nike as an example, saying that it is a company that sells shoes, but their advertisements do not talk about the quality of shoes, but pay tribute to great athletes and great sports. The same goes for Apple, selling a box that gets the job done, but honoring and giving them the tools for those who aspire to change the world.

Power occupants encourage whistleblowers, often as a sign of lack of self-confidence.

Once the economy is bad, industries that sell physical strength such as takeaway and express delivery will soon be saturated.

Staying on food is a very low-level physiological need. It’s even more vulgar to show yourself through luxurious food.

Many people always generally think that there are two types of investment, one is long-term value investment, and the other is focusing on the current “opportunism”. Long-term investment will be considered as opportunism. However, the masters who really pay attention to the current investment also need excellent wisdom. They not only need to master first-hand information, but also need to accurately analyze the information and then make quick decisions. This is not an easy task. In other words, this is also a kind of business, which requires a businessman’s vision to know when to make a move and when to let go.

Many years ago, Na Ying had a Weibo that was very popular: the most annoying person who pretends to be cool. I especially agree. In addition, I am particularly annoyed by people who pretend to understand and express their opinions indiscriminately. They are simply creating garbage for the world.

Today a friend said that while he was free during his resignation, he would take a long-distance ride to Chongqing. I admire his courage very much. After all, I had similar thoughts. Unfortunately, after working, I lost my holidays, and after getting married, I had responsibilities. These thoughts were temporarily buried. It’s really a sad thing if the continuation of life is to hide yourself.

People with lofty ideals can talk about Taoism, ordinary people talk about history and things, and people with short-sightedness and little knowledge can talk about character.

The main problem faced by some so-called high-tech industry companies in China is: how to cover their shells without being discovered by smart netizens.
The current reading habit is to understand what the book is about for the first time, and to understand the author’s thoughts and incorporate his own opinions in the second time. Therefore, I will not take notes while reading. First, this will disrupt the rhythm of reading. Second, a good book is worth reading again. Taking notes at this time will be more profound. If it is not a good book, then there is no need to read it a second time, so what notes are there?

It turns out that Lu Xun’s phrase “there is no road on the ground, but when there are many people walking, the road will become a road.” It comes from Zhuangzi’s “Tao is formed by the practice, and things are said to be natural.”

The Serenity Prayer is very similar to the “dichotomy of control” proposed by Epictetus. They both use reason to distinguish which can be changed and which cannot be changed, and focus on things that can be changed. Accept Unchangeable things, peace of mind.

Greek Stoicism emphasizes learning logic first, then physics, and finally ethics. Why? It is easy to understand with a metaphor: Stoic philosophy is like a fertile field, logic is the fence, ethics is the crops, and physics is the soil.

I used to think that “close to your enemy” in “The Godfather” meant to know yourself and your enemy. Recently, I read an angle mentioned by Antisthenes, which made me suddenly enlightened: pay attention to your enemies, because they are the first to discover your mistakes. people.

We need technology to create more wealth, and we need policies to distribute this wealth fairly.

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