Section V — The Three-Hundred Store
That year, I spotted a gap in the three-hundred stores: shoes. Two months later, I had successfully lost all the money I had made from the internet café. I heard that the following year, everyone selling shoes in the wholesale market made a fortune.
Years later, I opened my own three-hundred store. I no longer remember exactly when. I am never good at remembering the dates of my failures. The shop lasted two years.
Whenever we went to buy stock, I sent the Portuguese manager inside to choose the clothes while I sat in a café. I often asked myself: “Do you really think you can run this business well like this?” I never answered. After it failed, I found the reason: I did not like the business. Back then, I still put a packet of sugar in my coffee. Maybe I was still young.
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Decrease
Decrease and increase, fullness and emptiness, change with the times. — Zhou Yi · Sun, Commentary on the Judgment
Sun returns decisions to their circumstances. Others profiting the following year does not prove persistence would have produced the same outcome; the future cannot complete missing information.
Lack of interest is the author’s explanation. Delegating purchasing offers a concrete point for distinguishing interest, involvement and ability; finding one reason does not settle every question.
Reading in briefA loss can be reviewed; its causes still need distinguishing.What stays with you here?
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