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Lose hemp. It's a disgrace.

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The strength of the United States is because it stood on the side of righteousness during World War II, while the decline of the United States in the future is because it currently stands on the opposing side of righteousness...

From airport reading to see the changes of the times: A few years ago it was success studies, teaching people how to be a big shot; in the middle years it was entrepreneurship studies, teaching people how to create products; now it's all psychology, teaching people how not to be depressed.

China and Iran: "Golden Horn Silver Edge" and "Grass Belly"[Smile]
The world is like a chess game; those who have played Go know: Golden Horn Silver Edge Grass Belly. It means: the corner position is the best, the edge is the next best, it can attack and defend; while the central area is the worst, surrounded by enemies, with strong foes coming from all directions.
Iran, located in the center of the Eurasian continent, is a battleground with a history of ancient civilizations and powerful dynasties. However, whenever the Persians grow strong, rivals appear nearby, either being defeated and annihilated by powerful opponents, or severely injured.
In 550 BC, Cyrus the Great established the First Persian Empire, engaging in conflicts with the Greek city-states to the west, only to be later destroyed by Alexander the Great. In 224, the Persians established the Sasanian Empire (the Second Persian Empire), which was again defeated by the Roman Empire to the west. In 651, the weakened Sasanian Empire was annihilated by the Arab Empire, changing its religious texts, marking the interruption of an ancient civilization. In 1501, the Persians established the Safavid Dynasty (the Third Persian Empire), which faced brutal battles with the Turks' Ottoman Empire. In 1796, the Persians established the Qajar Dynasty, but were ravaged by countries like Britain and Russia vying for Central Asia. In 1921, the Persians established the Pahlavi Dynasty, and in 1935 Persia was renamed Iran. Later, the Islamic Revolution broke out, Khomeini came to power, and US-Iran relations became tense...
Iran's history is so tragic, perhaps for various reasons, but it has a lot to do with its geographical position in the center of the Eurasian continent.
As for China, geographically speaking, it should be the best in the world. China occupies the "Golden Horn Silver Edge" at the eastern end of the Eurasian continent, forming a closed geographical unit. In three directions—east, south, and west—there are natural barriers like oceans, plateaus, and deserts that are difficult to cross, with only a gap to the north. Therefore, throughout the ages, it has built passes and the Great Wall, only needing to guard against invasions from northern nomadic tribes. Even if the nomadic tribes successfully invade, due to geographical, cultural, and management reasons, they quickly convert to the Central Plains civilization, such as during the Yuan and Qing Dynasties, making Chinese civilization the only ancient civilization in the world that has never been interrupted.
Geography shapes national fortune, and mountains and rivers protect civilization. China and Iran, "Golden Horn Silver Edge" and "Grass Belly", are truly incomparable.

A failed day

Thought-provoking words from an economist: "99% of people are just messing around. There are two real paths to success—
The first: master a skill to an extreme level. Whether it's fixing cars, cooking, or video editing.
The second: save money like an ant moving. Save two thousand from a five thousand salary, and get to know an industry veteran each month. After five years, you'll have savings, connections, and opportunities will arise along with benefactors."

This morning's fluctuation has stabilized the market for the past two or three days, with the main idea being to trade within a range. This morning's wave was a bear effort, but it didn't yield good results; the bulls also tried hard, but they didn't achieve good results either. In this situation, the idea is to aim for range trading. $$ETH

The cryptocurrency market is like a spring; the harder you press it, the greater the elasticity when you release it.
The fluctuations of altcoins can be dozens or hundreds of times, while the real big players have already dropped significantly. Now, it’s merely a 10-30% oscillation; the 95% drop from $100 to $1 has long passed, so there’s no need to get tangled up in the current volatility.

This is the second time in history that Bitcoin has seen six consecutive monthly declines. The last time was in 2018, when the market cap of cryptocurrencies went from 50 billion to 800 billion. That time was a bear market, followed by a 5-month rise. This time is a bull market, with no increase in the market caps of Bitcoin, Ethereum, or the overall cryptocurrency market.
This wave is an altcoin season; don’t lose your composure. Winning a trade once is enough. Ordinary people, whether it’s months, ten years, twenty years, or thirty years, rarely catch an opportunity. True opportunities are often given only to those who remain still in boredom, hold on in doubt, and dare to take positions when the market starts. The cryptocurrency market is like a spring; the harder you press it, the greater the elasticity when you release it.

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Three top mindsets that will make you happy to fly!
1. While you are alive, few people care about you, and after you die, few will remember you. So, you must remember that, apart from illness, the pain you feel is brought by your emotions and does not truly exist.
2. The only three things you should care about now are: your money, your health, and your inner peace. Don't believe that stress can be transformed into motivation; your stress may even turn into cases.
3. The secret to staying happy is: it doesn’t matter, it’s unnecessary, it’s not that serious. Once your heart is calm, the outside world becomes silent. The best benefactor in life is your diligent self. #币安广场征文活动

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Invest in US stocks and enter the most mature and high-growth potential capital market globally. If you believe that technology will still be the dominant force in the future, then buy the Nasdaq 100 index fund, code QQQM; if you want to cover the entire market more safely, then choose the S&P 500 index fund, code VOO. Buy some leading stocks in the industry like Nvidia, Google, and Tesla, hold them for the long term, and invest regularly. This is the simplest and most reliable way for ordinary people, allowing you to catch the fast train of artificial intelligence development without being left behind by the times.
In the next 20 years, AI will definitely be the core; if you grasp it, you can win. After that, save money, and no matter how much you have in the second half of the year, buy shares of SpaceX. This may be the most cost-effective price in the coming decades, and it is also the last opportunity for our generation to participate in the space era at a low price. I am particularly optimistic about this; missing it would definitely lead to regret.

The wealth of an ordinary person over a lifetime comes 80% from three key choices made before the age of 35, rather than from your daily efforts!
Big data tells us that the wealth gap among ordinary people is never determined by the level of effort, but by the choices made at key points.
Before the age of 35, if you choose the right industry, even if your abilities are average, you can follow the industry's trends and earn far more than your peers; if you choose the wrong industry, no matter how hard you work, you can only take a meager salary while watching the industry decline step by step, facing unemployment at any moment.
Before the age of 35, if you choose the right city, you can enjoy the benefits of urban development, and your assets, your opportunities, will rise; if you choose the wrong city, no matter how hard you work, it will be difficult to break through the ceiling.
Before the age of 35, if you choose the right partner, you can support each other and grow together, leading to a more prosperous life; if you choose the wrong partner, you will drain each other and hold each other back, and no matter how hard you try, life will be a mess.
Effort determines the lower limit of your life; choices determine the upper limit of your life.
Before the age of 35, don't just bury your head in work, make sure to look up and see the road, seize the key points in life, and make every choice well.
Choosing the right path is a thousand times more important than just working hard.

In today's society, there are essentially five paths to take:
1. Live on "imperial rations": take civil service exams, take qualification exams, join state-owned enterprises.
2. Rely on skills to make a living: technology, skills, a specialty, tutoring students, repairing cars, programming, cooking, nursing, electrical work, design.
3. Rely on youth: sales, service, delivery, express, live streaming.
4. Compete for resources and connections: family, background, social circle.
5. Risk life to start a business: do business, make investments, venture into emerging markets.
What is most feared is not being clear about one's own background, abilities, and personality, choosing the wrong path, and struggling aimlessly——
The first path, live on imperial rations. Taking civil service exams, taking qualification exams, joining state-owned enterprises. This path is stable, sheltered from the wind and rain, but not everyone can squeeze in. Once you're in, you also have to be able to sit on the cold bench and endure the days that seem to have no end. If you can't stand it, don't push in here.
The second path, rely on skills to make a living. If you can repair cars, program, cook, nurse, do electrical work, design, or tutor students—having any one skill that you can showcase means you can find food wherever you go. This path is tiring but solid. Skilled workers make a living based on their abilities, not having to look at anyone's face, and not worrying about being laid off one day and not knowing what to do.
The third path, rely on youth. Sales, service, delivery, express, live streaming. When young, you can run and move, endure and fight, earning all is hard-earned money. However, relying on youth is not a long-term plan; you need to think about where your next stop is while you can still run. Otherwise, when you can't move anymore, where will you go?
The fourth path, compete for resources and connections. Rely on family, rely on background, rely on social circles. This path has the fewest people because it's not something you can choose for yourself. If you have resources, don't waste them; if you don't have resources, don't be envious. People are different, and this must be acknowledged.
The fifth path, risk life to start a business. Do business, make investments, venture into emerging markets. This path is the most exciting and the most dangerous. If you do it right, you can turn your life around. If you do it wrong, you can crash. For those wanting to take this path, first consider whether you can afford to lose? Can you persist? Even, do you have the fate to get rich?

Investing 700,000, zero in 3 months, county merchants' "bankruptcy three-piece suit", it ranks first!
With the halo of first-tier cities, well-known chain brands, combined with relatively low rent and labor in county towns, this should have been a profitable business. However, the so-called county town bonus has not only failed to materialize, but has instead turned into a wealth strangulation targeting the middle class in county towns, with a large number of franchise brands collectively falling into the quagmire of losses and closures.
The wave of store closures and negative cash flow has put county franchisees in trouble.
In this game of sinking franchise, catering, new tea drinks, and community retail have become the hardest-hit areas.
In the first half of last year alone, at least 17,100 physical stores in the country announced their closure, with nearly 10,000 closures in the catering industry, making it a disaster area; the franchise stores that collapsed in county towns accounted for an extremely large proportion.
Taking Guoquan Shihui as an example, its revenue relies on the procurement of franchise stores by as much as 82.2%. Opening a store in a county town requires franchisees to invest 200,000 to 300,000 yuan in real money upfront, but under the control of the headquarters, the store's gross profit margin is only between 30% and 35%, making it very difficult to profit.
In order to support its capital story of "20,000 stores in five years," the brand side will shorten the regional protection radius of franchise stores from 3 kilometers to 500 meters between 2024 and 2025, resulting in extreme store density within county towns, with franchisees crazily competing against each other for the already scarce customer flow.
At the beginning of 2025, Guoquan was forced to close more than 1,600 stores, and the trust crisis among county franchisees fully erupted; the same script also happened in the new tea drink track, where the once widely opened franchise HEYTEA also encountered a Waterloo in county towns. HEYTEA's cumulative store closures reached more than 400 by 2025, a large part of which were county franchisees who actively stopped losses after struggling.
Many county franchisees have exhausted their parents' retirement funds or their own wedding savings, only to end up with a mess. In addition to the expansion disputes of regular brands, county towns are also filled with a large number of scams from imitation fast-food brands, which have no core technology at all, with a closure rate exceeding 50%, completely turning county town franchises into an unfathomable "gold-consuming black hole."

February 2026: Bull Market Path Map → Bear Trap
March → Accumulation Breakthrough
April → Shanzhai Season Explosion
May → Create Historical New High
June → Bull Market Trap
July → Crash Begins
August → Bear Market Starts

On March 8th, Iran's First Vice President Arif and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps jointly announced: Forcing the United States to completely withdraw from the Middle East and closing all military bases is Iran's core strategic goal in the region!