"1. Things I realized when I turned 50"

This is a post from Professor Yoon Jung-gu of Ewha Womans University.

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Early success is actually a poison in life.

A big success in life is a shortcut to a big failure.

When you go to a reunion after a long time, you find that there are more friends who have turned their lives around than you thought.

The connections you made by only focusing on their benefits are not actually very beneficial.

97% of people throw away your business card.

You need to work for at least 20 years to be considered an expert.

As people get older, their memories and recollections become like rubber bands.

No matter how much you achieve, the company will soon forget you the moment you retire.

The only person you can trust in life is your spouse.

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2. The secret to overcoming

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So, is there a secret to achieving a happy old age after overcoming all these problems?

I believe there is. If I went back to my youthful 30s, I would advise myself to live like this.

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1. Be successful later than your friends, if possible. Because all the misfortunes before the happy ending will be transformed into a prelude to happiness.

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2. Accept your big success humbly. If you are unlucky, there is no chance of a big success. The moment you believe that luck is inevitable, a big failure becomes inevitable.

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6. The person who focuses on the world for an hour longer than anyone else with a long-term perspective becomes a true expert.

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3. Barbe's Review

Absolutely right.

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They say that early success is one of the three curses bestowed by Heaven.

Arrogance, self-importance, and pride.

These are created by early success.

People who have been successful since their early years.

Except for the second-generation chaebols who inherited their family business.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett?

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The rest followed a path of bankruptcy and expulsion.

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It's similar to early success.

Business and investment YouTubers and bloggers these days.

When they make 100 million won a month.

When they make 1 billion won a month.

Everyone is talking about the big success of their lives.

It's something that has been happening every 10 or 30 years.

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Thinking they will continue to make a big fortune, they play rich, but in the end.

They lose all their assets and end up gambling, scamming, and becoming homeless.

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Reunions are a place where people who want to show off their life turnarounds.

And people who want to sell insurance, give lectures, and whatnot.

They meet up there.

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It's a connection you made with the purpose of finding benefits, so it's only natural that it wouldn't be very beneficial.

You have to be beneficial first, and if you can give and take with other valuable connections.

That's called matching, and.

We call it a trade or a deal.

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Connections, when used well, can be multiplied, and the prerequisite for that is give and take.

It's called the principle of mutual benefit.

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For takers who only want to take.

Connections are never valuable.

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5. 97% of people throw away your business card.

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You're right.

One of the most useless expenses is the cost of disposing of business cards.

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6. You need to work for at least 20 years to be considered an expert.

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I've been in one field for 20 years.

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I agree, but.

After 10 years, the rate of development slows down considerably, so.

I think 10 years is enough to be considered an expert.

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Park Hyun-joo, the founder of Mirae Asset, also believes in the law of 10,000 hours.

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2 or 3 years of experience makes you look like a newbie.

But 10 years of experience definitely makes you look like an expert.

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You're right.

The good fortune that comes.

Like the saying, “A flower does not bloom forever; a king's reign lasts not ten years.”

It doesn't last more than 10 days or 10 years, so.

We should never lose our humility and modesty.

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8. As people get older, their memories and recollections become like rubber bands.

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I haven't thought much about this.

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Only office workers don't know this.

Whether they are civil servants or corporate employees.

Without their rank, they are just ordinary uncles and aunties in the neighborhood.

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All the power they enjoy now is.

Not because of who they are, but because of what they have.

It's the world's flattery and sycophancy.

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Therefore, you need to have your own personal brand outside of work to.

Maintain your presence for a long time.

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One could be a blog or YouTube channel, and.

The other is a book.

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Even though Barbe has retired.

The reason I can still speak up a little is because.

I have those two things.

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I don't agree with this.

Perhaps Professor Yoon has a good relationship with his spouse.

I think so.

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It's not just about becoming a stranger, it's about.

Becoming an enemy. You haven't seen this happen around you.

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If you are a professor, you earn a good living and.

Thanks to your steady pension, you are more likely to be safe with your spouse.

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The only thing you can trust in life is.

Not your parents, not your children, not your spouse, but.

Only yourself.

That's what I tell my adult daughters.

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I've seen countless people who were comrades who promised to be together tomorrow.

Leave overnight because of their own self-interest.

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The person who worried about me the most.

Suddenly becomes my biggest worry.

That's our life.

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You should not trust anyone.

Then you won't be betrayed.

You will love yourself and develop yourself.

And make others trust you.

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