[Video/podcast content included.]
Buy the authentic book here.
As shared in episode 5 of the “One Cigarette” series on the Easy Knowledge Channel, after a painful loss on the forex market, I, The Fool, lost the entire profit of my company back in 2022.
After that, I fell into a severe psychological crisis and dealt with Anxiety Disorder for several months.
My Anxiety Disorder kept getting worse because I couldn’t overcome the tangled mess of emotions swirling through my thoughts:
- Why is it that during the same crisis, some people can earn billions and support their families, while I failed like this?
- Why did I nearly lose everything all at once?
- Why can people who exploit scandals for fame, creating “trashy” content, so easily win widespread support — while my genuine efforts to build content ended in such a shocking failure?
…
I tried many ways to make my thinking more positive, and by chance I came across a book that helped change that: “Balancing Your Emotions Through the Storm,” which had a few quotes that made me realize things and become more resilient about my upcoming goals in rebuilding Big E Co.
- If you keep comparing yourself to people you consider talented, you’ll only ever see yourself as worthless.
Truthfully, driven by a desire to get rich quickly and achieve what talented people achieve — earning billions even during a financial crisis like this one — I rushed into the world of forex investing with very little experience, and made mistakes. At the time, I hadn’t stopped to think:
— What did they go through to reach that kind of success, and how long did they try?
— What was their family situation and financial resources like, what assets did their business have, and how did that help them stay afloat through the storm?
— What knowledge did they equip themselves with to avoid getting caught in a financial spiral?
Those very questions pushed me to go learn from them through events and workshops, and to work harder at building my knowledge of business financial management — eventually putting together a basic revenue–cost–profit table for my own company, thanks to the knowledge from this book.
- At certain points, everything in your hands can suddenly vanish — you can’t change what happened, but you can change how you receive it.
This quote made me realize that everything we lose has a reason. Instead of sitting in a corner, sulking, and dragging myself into an even worse state, why not go find the root cause of the failure and try to fix it?
- No one bathes in the same river twice — so treat this loss as a lesson learned, so you won’t fall into the same trap and lose financially again.
- If I get to know another woman next, I’ll listen and care for her more, so I don’t repeat the same mistakes as before.
- I’ll learn to care more about my family, try to notice when they’re struggling, and be there to support and help them more.
• Effort isn’t for others to see and acknowledge — you can pretend to fool other people, but you can never fool yourself.
This line made me question myself a lot — my direction wasn’t wrong, but was my effort genuine enough?
All of these quotes appear in the book “Balancing Your Emotions Through the Storm,” linked in the cart right below this video. Order the book through the Easy Knowledge Channel to get extra perks from the book’s publisher!