Be willing to plant, dare to plant, plant seeds with better cost-performance

When money is tight, every penny must work hard for "opportunities"

What is an opportunity? It's not just job opportunities; anything that allows you to open up a wider perspective, that offers better possibilities than you currently have, no matter how small, is an opportunity.

For example, there are investment opportunities, learning opportunities, investigation opportunities, opportunities to talk with experts, opportunities to showcase yourself, opportunities to participate in project decisions, side business opportunities, opportunities to serve others, and opportunities to replicate foreign models for entrepreneurship.

Some might say that consumption is also an opportunity. For instance, if I travel abroad, take beautiful scenic photos, and upload them to a travel blog, I could suddenly become a popular travel blogger earning millions a year.

Yes, but there are two points to remind you:

1. Going viral is not luck for anyone; it belongs to a group of people who are diligent enough. If you don’t have the mindset of "financial skills," you wouldn't spend days polishing the details of your photos, wouldn't write tens of thousands of words in your travel blog, and wouldn't go on a trip while still thinking about managing your blog by capturing content and recording text. Wouldn't this make traveling less interesting? Yes, you can't expect to have fun while also wanting to have the same luck.

2. Pure consumption theoretically could become an opportunity, but everything must consider cost-effectiveness. I can take Route A or Route B. Route B is a shortcut, but what if there’s a major accident on Route B today? That’s possible, but it won’t be my reason for choosing Route A.

Every penny spent must have better cost-effectiveness, with more possibilities of "returning more or increasing the efficiency of earning money per unit time"; then it is worth spending.

Don’t worry about where the money has come back from or where it hasn’t. Often, as long as one expenditure is right, you may be able to escape the current state of only relying on selling labor.

And this "right spending" often relies on probability and luck—while you meticulously wait for returns from point A, you might end up getting the biggest surprise from casually sowing at point B. Therefore, being willing to plant, daring to plant, and planting seeds with better cost-performance is paramount.