This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 2 Li Ka-shing is a legendary businessman who has achieved tremendous success in his life, but he also relied on his deep belief in feng shui to help him make the right decisions. Let’s look at how the richest man in Hong Kong met his ...
As parents, we need to remember that instead of leaving our children a fortune, we need to help them develop good habits from an early age. Here is a story that illustrates the point: There were three fathers who frequently visited the temple to pray for their sons. After a long time, they moved the ...
Fan Li, a great statesman in the late Spring and Autumn period, was known as a literati, wealth god, and business saint. Fan Li gave his wealth away three times and then rebuilt his fortune three times. The first time dispersing his wealth Fan Li, a civilian of the State of Chu, was dissatisfied with ...
Fame and wealth are what most people are looking for; however, it does not come from anywhere. Here are two short stories that help to explain the source of fame and wealth. Precious words in the chamber During the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Xiongluo, a native of Henan, married a beautiful young lady from his village. ...
Kkevin Gates said: “True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind.” Many years ago in China, several peasants staged a mass exodus out of a village plagued by prolonged drought. Lao Wang joined the ranks of refugees with his only worldly possession, a sack of potatoes. While on ...
There is a famous saying in the West: “Man plans, and God laughs.” Though man may compete and strive for things like wealth or a prestigious position, what actually determines if he will have these things in his lifetime? It seems that just because someone wants these things, it does not mean that he will have ...
In this current cycle of time and space, many things around us, including poverty and wealth, follow certain laws. The criterion our ancestors used to measure wealth and poverty aligned with these laws, especially as far as virtue was concerned. This was quite different from that of our modern thinking. If we look beneath the ...
The rich and the poor were once at the same starting line, but the final result was quite different — what is the reason for this? This is a story about how three men’s futures were decided by what they did with some apples. Three men went out together to search for opportunities to make a ...
As the old saying goes, time flies, and as 2022 approaches, many people will be considering how to make changes for the New Year. Superstitious or not, the first day of the New Year may be a better time to stick to your wishes if you enjoy foods that bring good luck. To celebrate the arrival of the New Year, people everywhere eat their traditional good ...
To define being rich can be separated into two parts. The first part is to be rich by having a lot of money. The second part is to be rich in large quantities. Schwab conducted a Modern Wealth survey in 2021 and found that Americans believe you need an average personal net worth of US$1.9 million to be ...