#207 The Importance of Those Around You (24/05/2026)

Behind every company, there are people running it. Often, when we look at people's successes and failures, we spend a lot of time analyzing what they did and didn't do, trying to use a method of reverse engineering to replicate their success or avoid similar failures. But one thing I rarely mention, yet is very important, is the person by your side. This is someone many people overlook but is extremely important. The kind of person your partner is, and their attitude and approach towards you, directly impacts whether you succeed or not, even more so than perhaps what books you read, or the decisions you make regarding personnel, management, or work.

First, what I'm about to say assumes you have a partner, whether it's your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife, someone who is by your side most days. Outside of work, you spend a lot of time with this person. I must say, this person can have a huge impact on you. In a negative sense, I think everyone can imagine it: they might see you haven't made progress yet but don't understand what you're doing, so they tell you to rethink things, or perhaps they demand you do this or that, consuming your free time and preventing you from being yourself. That's the negative side, and everyone knows that if this is your partner, it's hard to succeed. But what about the opposite? I'm not here to say you need someone who is extremely supportive of you, no. Instead, I want to say that the best kind of person to find is someone who doesn't really care what you do, someone who doesn't interfere much. This type of person is the best. If, in your life, you can find someone who doesn't interfere, allowing you to continue working on your days off without them bothering you much, I think that's the best kind of person. Of course, different people click differently with different people. This is just my own perspective and the way of interacting that works for me. In the last year or two, I've become even more passionate about work than before. I think it's because some stages of worry or unease have gradually passed, or I've adapted, and combined with the development of AI and computer systems in the past year or two, I can now systemize some parts of my work and do them off-hand, allowing me to invest more of my mind and self into work and start enjoying it more. It's a bit like learning to swim; at first, even floating and moving are difficult, so how can you enjoy it? Only when you start getting the hang of it can you begin to have some fun. Sometimes I feel like I might be a strange person,

And in fact, everyone