By definition, we cannot know what will revolutionize our World

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Dear Readers,

Thank you for coming there!

People believed battleships would win wars in the World War II.

Every major power had their plans.

Nations worked out their strategies and invested heavily in building their fleets centered around Battleships. For example, Japan, subject to the limitations of “Washington Naval Treaty”, decided to build Mega Battleships to prevail in the war.

And it turned out that Carriers won the war. And Battleships proved highly ineffective in battles and totally defenseless again attacks from the air.

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People could not have predicted it.

In fact, Americans only started to rely on Carriers after Pearl Harbor where they lost all their battleships.

If people had known that, the Japanese would not have built their Mega Battleships, but redirected the resources for carriers and planes.

The Japanese would have also either launched the attack on Pearl Harbor when the US Carriers were in the harbor or invested more afterwards to destroy the US Carriers.

But there is no “if” in history.

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The point is that we cannot predict what would revolutionize our World next, by definition.

Because if we could, we would have prepared for it, just as all the major powers prepared for a war of Battleships.

What we could do is keep an open mind and boost our ability to adapt.

Anyone who falls behind will risk total defeat, like Japan.

 

Till next time!

In order to get something you never had, you have to do something you never did!

 

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Dear Readers,

Thank you for coming here!

There exist different stages, in career, life and almost everything else, just like a tower with different levels.

And every level requires a different key to unlock.

For example, 

Level 1 requires diligence;

Level 2 requires intelligence;

Level 3 requires endurance;

…

Every level requires a different key.

Every key has its unique use. 

Used in the wrong place or time, it could hurt us, instead of helping us.

And it is so with good reasons, which are rooted deeply in the evolution.

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Sadly, many people unlock the first level with diligence, and just assume that diligence is the master key — one key to unlock them all.

As a result, they are trapped in the first level forever, no matter how hard they try.

As a matter of fact, the harder they try, the more firmly trapped they are.

Some of them will believe by mistake that the reason why they cannot enter the next level is that people upstairs have locked the door from the other side.

Therefore, many of them complain and become cynical, but never think of trying a different key.

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For us, do not become one of them.

We need to clearly remember and firmly believe that, as our stages change, some of the beliefs we hold dearly to our heart, whether inherited or picked up along the way, will become completely wrong and hurt us.

Every stage has its rules and we need to learn, experiment and adapt.

This world runs by its rules, which are deeply rooted in evolution. And it will not overly accommodate anyone.

Therefore, successful people are the ones with the strongest adaptability. They have no time to complain or have their feelings hurt.

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Summary

The definition of “Insanity” is repeating the same things over and over again and expecting different outcomes. 

Therefore, in order to get something we never had, we have to do something we never did!

Remember: every level requires a different key.

Also know: every time we notice how stupid and dumb we were, we have made significant progress!

Till next time!