Over the years, I have also been in investing and have learned many things. I always say that in investing, you need to think clearly about what money you want to make, because once you understand that, you will have trade-offs, your heart will be very certain, you won't follow market trends, and you won't care about what others say.

In fact, life also requires us to think clearly about what we truly want.

People are easily influenced by external evaluations. Generally speaking, in Confucian narratives, being considered overly ambitious or too eager to achieve results is not a compliment.

Thus, as soon as a person expresses a bit of sharpness, it is easy to attract criticism. Over time, people will learn to "self-prune" in this cultural inertia—daring not to state their goals, daring not to express their desires, fearing being seen as too focused on results or too passionate about success.

This is, of course, absurd. Working seriously and pursuing results, as long as it doesn't affect others, is legitimate.

However, suppressing goals will not make you freer; it will only make you increasingly uncertain about why you started. In the end, you may even forget what you truly want.

Do not be afraid of being judged as "so-and-so is too focused on success, fame and fortune are too important to so-and-so". First of all, wanting fame and fortune is not a bad thing. On the other hand, if you genuinely believe that something is worth doing, you don't need to worry about whether it's respectable, whether it will be misunderstood, and you certainly don't need to wait for others to affirm it.

Be aware that, many times, others’ judgments of whether you are "ambitious enough" or "worth it" are not based on fairness, but merely from their own interests.

Others' yardsticks cannot measure your life.

It is very important to remain clear about your goals at all times; do not stop to ask yourself. Investing is like this, and so is life.