#215 Quality and Internal System Improvements, Poor Allocation of Resources Between First and Second Halves of the Year (19/07/2026)

Recently, I've had some insights at work. I've realized that in this world, people often present you with different goals or various distractions, telling you to do this and that. But ultimately, you are responsible for your own work. You have to decide the priorities, what to do first, and what to handle later. Do you want to sacrifice quality/customer satisfaction for quick business profits, or are you willing to sacrifice immediate business, perhaps even causing yourself pain, to solve problems that need solving, ensuring quality, long-term development, and customer satisfaction? I think this is somewhat similar to the psychological experiment on delayed gratification. And during this process, different people will tell you different things, which might confuse you, making you unsure if you're on the right path or if it's a dead end. I've seen different seniors choose different paths, and they've all had different outcomes. I believe that, generally speaking, those who are truly willing to endure hardship, sacrifice business and immediate profits to do the right thing, are often the ones who last the longest. If you only focus on the immediate, or prioritize profit, you might indeed see more short-term gains, but ultimately, it won't be sustainable. Therefore, looking back at the past six months, the first few months were spent on automating and improving internal systems, using technology to assist management and production, laying a solid foundation for the future. And in the past few months, I've been focusing on improving product quality, aiming to offer better products and experiences at the same price, or ensuring a reduction in production errors, making the brand more reliable. These are the things I've been doing. In addition to this, behind the scenes, I've also been working on the design and research of new products, which has somewhat resulted in fewer new product launches in the past six months. It feels a bit unbalanced between the first and second half of the year, as many products prepared in the first half will be launched in the second half, which isn't ideal. However, it's been like this for the past few years. Needs improvement.