7 Successful Habits

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Be yourself, believe in yourself, have your own attitude ——Chen Kunxi

1. Core Concept 🔗︎

1.1 You are your own CEO 🔗︎

  • Core Idea:
  • Never blame others. If you feel you haven’t done well, that’s because of your own reasons.
    • The CEO can’t blame others, because he is the final decision-maker and responsible party.

1.2 Take Ownership（Take Responsibility） 🔗︎

  • Guideline:
  • Be responsible for your actions, choices, and outcomes.
    • Don’t shirk responsibility; take the initiative to solve problems.

1.3 Accept Failure（接受失败） 🔗︎

  • Key Point:
  • Only needs to succeed once.
  • Failure is part of the path to success, accept it and learn from it.

1.4 What You Do at 8 PM Matters（晚上 8 点到 12 点至关重要） 🔗︎

  • Time Management:
  • 8 PM to 12 PM every night is your daily 4-hour golden time.
    • How you utilize this time determines your growth rate.

1.5 Success is a Lonely Road, While Failure is a Crowded Highway（成功是孤独的路，失败是拥挤的高速公路） 🔗︎

  • Independent thinking:
  • Watching videos and playing games are things ordinary people do.
    • You need to spend time thinking and acting independently to stand out.

1.6 The Last 10% is the Hardest. Finish It（坚持完成最后 10%） 🔗︎

  • Execution:
  • Many people cannot complete the project and give up halfway.
  • Remember, only a few can persist to the end and become that 10%.

1.7 Know Why You Want It (Clarify Your Goals) 🔗︎

  • Intrinsic Motivation:
  • No one is forcing you; all motivation comes from within.
    • Be clear about why you want to do this, find your intrinsic drive.

1.8 Continuously Learn（Continuous Learning） 🔗︎

  • Learning Direction:
  • Learning new languages, new frameworks, new design methods, investment methods.
    • Starting your own business, continuously exploring and growing.

2. Practice Areas 🔗︎

2.1 English 🔗︎

  • Enhance language skills to open more doors of opportunity.

  • Persist in practicing listening, speaking, reading, and writing every day.

2.2 Stretching Exercises 🔗︎

  • Good health is the foundation of success.

  • Spend time every day doing stretching exercises to maintain flexibility and health of the body.

2.3 Coding 🔗︎

  • Programming is a universal skill in the modern world.

  • Learn new technologies, new frameworks, to improve your technical skills.

2.4 Entrepreneurship 🔗︎

  • Entrepreneurship is both an adventure and a form of growth.

  • Through entrepreneurship, you can put your ideas into practice, create value, and achieve self-fulfillment. Values in life based on principles:

Principle 1: Uphold Values 🔗︎

Lu Qi listed “Uphold Values” as the first principle.

He placed integrity as more important than work ethic and professional skills.

Principle 2: Always Positive Energy 🔗︎

Maintain a positive mindset and always spread positive energy.

Principle 3: High Self-Discipline 🔗︎

Strictly demand yourself and achieve high self-discipline.

Principle 4: Learn Every Day 🔗︎

Lu Qi has a famous saying:

“Life is not linear, don’t think that one bus can take you from your current position to the position you desire.” Therefore, he insists on learning every day. His motto is:

“Do more, know more, be more” — Do more, know more, achieve more.

  • Persist in learning English every day.

  • Persist in reading the latest papers every day. He often compares himself to a piece of software:

“Today’s version must be better than yesterday’s version, and tomorrow’s version must be better than today’s version.”

Principle 5: Treat the Company as Your Own Business 🔗︎

Lu Qi once said a famous quote:

“I can honestly tell everyone, if you treat the company’s mission, the company’s business, as your own personal business, Own everything, your career will definitely progress the fastest.”

  • See an opportunity without needing to ask others, just do it if you have the chance.

  • Don’t ask others when you see a problem, just Fix it.

  • Start with every little thing around you.

Principle 6: Start with Me 🔗︎

Lead by example, start with yourself, and influence others.

Principle 7: Humility and Sincerity 🔗︎

Always maintain a humble and sincere attitude.

Personal Understanding 🔗︎

  • The most important quality for programmers is self-taught
  • Dreams are an indispensable part of life, not only a longing for the future but also one’s own expectations of oneself
  • Entrepreneurship, at its core, is the desire for opportunity and the organizational ability to seize it; everything else is bullshit. As long as a company still has a strong desire for new opportunities and the ability to seize them, it has an entrepreneurial spirit.
  • Completion is more important than perfection
  • it is what you do that defines you
  • Don’t repeat yourself

1. Sense of Responsibility and Dependence 🔗︎

  • A strong sense of responsibility is the reason for dependence:

    • A sense of responsibility is a powerful internal driving force.

  • When you are responsible for something or someone, you may develop a sense of dependence, but this is not bad; it is an extension of a sense of responsibility.

2. Inner Strength 🔗︎

  • What is inner?

    • Inner is your understanding of the world, the depth and breadth of your thoughts.

  • Inner richness makes you feel happy:

    • Inner growth not only helps you face external changes with more ease but also brings deep satisfaction.

3. Take every opportunity seriously 🔗︎

  • Take every opportunity to interact with others seriously:

  • Every interpersonal interaction can bring unexpected value.

    • Don’t underestimate any seemingly ordinary opportunity, as they could be significant turning points.

  • Treat important events seriously:

    • If you approach work or life’s matters casually, it’s difficult to have a promising future.

  • To take it seriously and work hard, that is the correct attitude.

4. Belief is the Cornerstone of Success 🔗︎

  • Faith（Belief）!

    • Belief is the driving force that propels you forward.

  • No matter how great the difficulties, firm belief can help you find direction and persevere to the end.

5. Abstract Thinking and Efficiency Improvement 🔗︎

  • Abstract Thinking:

    • Abstract thinking can help you extract general solutions from complex problems.

  • Reuse: Reduce repetitive work through abstract thinking, avoid unnecessary overtime.

6. Core Elements of Entrepreneurship 🔗︎

  • Entrepreneurship is not just about good ideas:

    • Entrepreneurship requires a good team and execution.

  • An excellent team and efficient execution capabilities are the key to entrepreneurial success.

7. Action and Uncertainty 🔗︎

  • Bias for Action（Emphasis on Action）:

    • When facing choices, prioritize taking action rather than excessive hesitation.

  • Action is the first step to solving problems.

  • Deal with Ambiguity（处理不确定性）：

    • Life and work are full of uncertainty and unexpected situations.

    • Learning to adapt quickly to changes and make decisions in ambiguous environments is an important skill for growth. “Not proactive, not rejecting, not taking responsibility” is a passive, neutral, and avoiding-responsibility state.