Self-Improvement Guidelines

1. Read Extensively

  • Read more books, including those on history, literature, social sciences, psychology, economics, philosophy, etc.
  • Well-read people who read often have more thorough thinking.

2. Watch Documentaries

  • Watch more documentaries and less variety shows and TV series.
  • Focus on self-improvement over entertainment as getting out of poverty is more important than getting out of being single.

3. Act and Plan

  • Do more and think less. Write down plans instead of keeping them in your mind.
  • Focus on the current task, complete one goal before moving to the next, and don’t always think about the next goal. In a period, focus on one thing and be present for high efficiency.

4. Focus on Self and Lifelong Learning

  • Develop the habit of lifelong learning with internal drive.
  • Internal drive is a strong motivation that drives action. A strong internal drive helps overcome boredom, stay focused, face setbacks in self-discipline, and avoid indulgence.
  • Stimulate internal drive for self-discipline as transformation is from the inside out.

5. Keep Exercising

  • Exercise benefits physical and mental health and shapes the brain.
  • Exercise increases levels of important neurotransmitters (serotonin etc.) related to thinking and emotions.
  • Depression is related to serotonin deficiency. Exercise can reverse this and maintain brain structure.
  • Kotman’s 4-year study found education and exercise are factors in minimal cognitive decline. Exercise improves learning efficiency.

6. Face Your Fears

  • Do things that scare you to grow. Each accomplishment increases growth value by 5%.
  • Example: If afraid of talking to strangers, start with a daily hello; if afraid of public speaking, speak once per meeting.

7. Save Your Attention

  • “90% of everything is garbage.” Don’t waste time on meaningless things.
  • Focus on yourself, clear invalid social circles, streamline information sources, and reduce attention on irrelevant things.

8. Continue to Abstain

  • Give up short-term addictive activities like gaming, staying up late, and watching TV series.
  • Long-term beneficial activities like reading and fitness may be initially painful but bring more long-term happiness.

9. Buy Time with Money

  • Learn to spend money to buy time within your financial ability instead of wasting time.

10. Build a Strong Foundation

  • A rich knowledge reserve, economic foundation, emotional stability, controllable pace of life, and unbeatable self support you.
  • Find a niche hobby, study it deeply, make it a resilience driver, and part of your uniqueness.

11. Don’t Wait Until Ready

  • Completion is more important than perfection.
  • Just do what you want without being burdened by perfectionism and don’t wait to regret.

12. Things Are Accomplished Secretly

  • Don’t shout about your plans before completion. Quietly doing things earns admiration.

13. Take the Initiative to Suffer

  • Suffering here means long-term persistence and dedication for a goal, restraining enjoyment, and overcoming laziness.

14. Learn Financial Management

  • Learn financial management knowledge, establish a correct consumption concept, and start saving money.
  • Luxury products don’t give identity recognition. Vanity satisfaction is temporary. Start financial management early.

15. Don’t Link Self-Worth to Work

  • Linking self-worth to work gives evaluation rights to superiors. Most work evaluations are subjective and not reference-worthy.

16. Work with Leaving in Mind

  • Work with the mentality of leaving the job for smoother work.
  • Say what needs to be said, push work forward, don’t force performance, refuse to waste emotions, and don’t question or force if unsuitable.

17. Don’t Get Too Involved in Work

  • Work to learn and get paid.
  • Don’t fight to the end. Work for promotion or job change after getting resources. Don’t lose yourself in praise.

18. Entrepreneurial Thinking

  • Have entrepreneurial thinking to distance yourself from workplace intrigues.
  • Don’t complain about overtime and losses as you’re paving the way for entrepreneurship.

19. Live Like an IP

  • Working depends on the company is passive. Make money independently like an IP.
  • Sell yourself directly without intermediaries.
  • I started personal IP building after leaving my company. Self-media entrepreneurship is my backup career.

20. Forever “Plan B”

  • As you age, understand no one’s promise counts except what you can decide.
  • Have your own Plan B as plans may change.

21. Review Regularly

  • Review is the fastest way to grow.
  • Look back on the past, reflect on shortcomings, summarize experience, look forward to the future, seek opportunities, and find success secrets.

22. Change Mindset

  • Change “Why did this happen to me” to “What will this teach/achieve for me” to be closer to success.

23. Enjoy Alone Time

  • Enjoy alone time, reduce ineffective social interaction, and learn to think independently and deeply.
  • Schopenhauer: Only when alone can a person be completely himself.

24. Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously

  • Don’t get carried away by praise.
  • Focus on work that brings accumulation (wealth, experience, etc.).

25. Take Action

  • Everyone’s views are temporary. Only your own experience and achievements last a lifetime.
  • Worries and fears often come from imagination. Do it to find happiness.

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