Divine Success : If You Ask and Believe, You Shall Receive 0.1 |Preface

Preface | Success is Not a Climb, but a Return

"Success"—this word has been overused in the human world. It is printed in "chicken soup" books, written in celebrity biographies, and turned into courses, lectures, and boot camps. We believe success means:

• Having money,
• Having fame,
• Having status,
• Having others envy you.

I once thought so too. It wasn't until I truly "succeeded" a few times, and truly fell a few times—until I experienced the highlights, the lows, the betrayals, and the emptiness, as well as graces that occurred completely beyond my own effort—that I slowly realized: True success is not about where you climb up to, but about returning to the position where you were meant to be.

When a person's heart returns to its correct position:

• Their actions naturally find power,
• Their relationships naturally begin to heal,
• Their career naturally finds its rhythm,
• Their life naturally enters a state of "flow."

And no matter what you desire, if you seek a true breakthrough in your life, you will inevitably discover that true success involves things beyond your control. Success is no longer something you grind out through clenched teeth; rather, it is being "upheld" by the right power.

This book is about clarifying what that "upholding" power is, how you collaborate with it, and why, apart from it, no matter how hard you work, you will only find yourself running in circles.

I. From a $700 Salary to $1 Million a Year

First, let me share a bit of my story so you know I am not just speaking theoretically. In my twenties, I was very poor. My monthly salary was equivalent to about $700, and I lived in a small rented apartment of less than 40 square meters. At that time, I had started reading Think and Grow Rich and had encountered various "formulas for success" like the Law of Attraction, manifestation, and visualization.

To be honest, back then I had no idea what the life of a "rich person" actually looked like. To me, the full picture of "wealth" was simply: owning a car. I would lie on the floor every day and imagine:

• What color the car's interior was,
• The feeling of sitting in the car,
• The sound of the car door closing.

I didn't even know the brand; I just played the scene in my mind very earnestly. Meanwhile, I said something to myself that seemed absurd to others: "Next year, I will earn $1 million."

In China in the early 2000s, this sounded like madness. A female colleague I liked thought I was completely unreliable and misunderstood me for years; even my own brother said I had "mysterious confidence." But the strange thing was: I simply believed it. I didn't know why I believed it, nor did I know how to do it. I had no business plan, no so-called "clear path." All I could do was imagine, feel, and believe according to what the books said, and then—go help those I thought were "impressive people" for free.

Some asked for help with proposals, some asked me to help with bidding presentations, others invited me to join their companies. Most of the time, I had no idea what the result would be; I just felt: "There is a slight possibility here, so I will do my best."

What happened next was roughly like this:

• One bidding project failed, but the proposal gained industry recognition;
• I suggested taking that proposal to other provinces to try; we scraped together some travel expenses and went;
• The first provincial company unexpectedly won the bid;
• An investor who originally planned not to invest finally turned around and decided to invest because of a "scolding" I gave him;
• Through a method with almost zero cost, I became a major shareholder in a company valued at $1 million;
• The company almost died at one point, so I went to talk to a client, who casually suggested a marketing method;
• I tried it somewhat reluctantly, and the results were:
  • Month 1: $10,000,
  • Month 2: $40.000,
  • Month 3: $100.000,
  • Month 4: $150,000,...

That year, I really did earn about $1 million. In the following two or three years, I earned several million more. One day, I walked into a dealership to choose a car. The salesperson showed me a new model. The moment I opened the car door and saw the interior, I froze—it was exactly the same as the scene I had imagined in that small rented room years ago.

At that moment, I had to admit: those things written in books about "manifestation" and the "Law of Attraction" seemed to have some truth to them.