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Book Introduction
Even more powerful cheat keys, a bomb of poisonous facts!
A bestseller for 50 consecutive weeks, it changed the lives of 400,000 readers.
The Retrograde is back with an expanded edition.
“Never read it!
If you want to live a normal life until you die!”
95% of humans live as puppets of their innate genes and nature.
These are the 'natural people' who live their entire lives bound by money, time, and fate, unable to escape from mediocrity and living unhappy lives.
But 5 percent of people are different.
They go against their innate genetic nature and gain complete freedom from money, time, and fate.
Those who go against nature to achieve happiness are the 'retrogressors'.
The book "The Retrograde," which contains the secrets of life hacking to break free from the control of fate and instinct and achieve economic freedom and happiness, has returned with an expanded edition just one year after its publication in 2022.
As a 'serial entrepreneur with no capital', he achieved automated income in his early 30s. His book 'The Retrograde', which contains the '7-step retrograde' model that he discovered through 10 years of trial and error, achieved the 'No. 1 overall bestseller in all bookstores' and 'sold 400,000 copies in one year' immediately after its publication in 2022, and brought about the 'Retrograde Syndrome' in Korea.
The expanded edition of "The Retrograde" includes a whopping 100 pages more than the first edition, including more substantial factual information, hard-hitting case studies, and the author's secret know-how, the "7-step formula for starting a business with no capital."
Not only does it capture the author's vivid voice, but it also includes the vivid experiences of readers who have met "The Retrograde" and are living completely different lives, making it impossible for readers not to become the Retrograde.
With the expanded edition of 『The Retrograde』, which has become even more powerful, you too can achieve complete freedom from 'money, time, and fate' along with the author.
* This book is a revised and expanded edition of 『The Retrograde』 published in 2022.
A bestseller for 50 consecutive weeks, it changed the lives of 400,000 readers.
The Retrograde is back with an expanded edition.
“Never read it!
If you want to live a normal life until you die!”
95% of humans live as puppets of their innate genes and nature.
These are the 'natural people' who live their entire lives bound by money, time, and fate, unable to escape from mediocrity and living unhappy lives.
But 5 percent of people are different.
They go against their innate genetic nature and gain complete freedom from money, time, and fate.
Those who go against nature to achieve happiness are the 'retrogressors'.
The book "The Retrograde," which contains the secrets of life hacking to break free from the control of fate and instinct and achieve economic freedom and happiness, has returned with an expanded edition just one year after its publication in 2022.
As a 'serial entrepreneur with no capital', he achieved automated income in his early 30s. His book 'The Retrograde', which contains the '7-step retrograde' model that he discovered through 10 years of trial and error, achieved the 'No. 1 overall bestseller in all bookstores' and 'sold 400,000 copies in one year' immediately after its publication in 2022, and brought about the 'Retrograde Syndrome' in Korea.
The expanded edition of "The Retrograde" includes a whopping 100 pages more than the first edition, including more substantial factual information, hard-hitting case studies, and the author's secret know-how, the "7-step formula for starting a business with no capital."
Not only does it capture the author's vivid voice, but it also includes the vivid experiences of readers who have met "The Retrograde" and are living completely different lives, making it impossible for readers not to become the Retrograde.
With the expanded edition of 『The Retrograde』, which has become even more powerful, you too can achieve complete freedom from 'money, time, and fate' along with the author.
* This book is a revised and expanded edition of 『The Retrograde』 published in 2022.
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Expanded Edition Preface | The Expanded Edition of "The Retrograde": Beyond "The Retrograde"
Prologue | In my early 30s, I achieved automatic income of 100 million won per month without working.
If life had a strategy book
The 7-Step Retrograde Model
There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
CHAPTER 1 How I Achieved Financial Freedom
Act 1/ Three Walls_ Things I Believed I Could Never Overcome in Life
Act 2 / Two Hours a Day, The Beginning of a Miracle_ The Retrograde's First Clue
Act 3/ Bae Soo-ui's Jin_ "19,000 won has been deposited."
Act 4 / What's Hidden Behind Luck_ 'Could There Be a Worst Situation?'
Act 5/ Human Vessel_ In the end, people accumulate as much money as their vessels.
Finale/ Going Back_ Achieving Complete Freedom from Money, Time, and Mind
CHAPTER 2: The Retrograde Stage 1: Dismantling Self-Consciousness
Why Self-Consciousness Ruins Humanity
People I cherish so much
Three Stages of Self-Consciousness Dismantlement
A special way to waste your life
CHAPTER 3: The Retrograde: Step 2: Creating an Identity
If you could format my head
Installing Identity Software
On the belief that there is no free will
CHAPTER 4: Retrograde Stage 3: Overcoming Genetic Malfunction
How did the brain evolve?
The purpose of evolution is survival, not perfection.
The Retrograde Mindset of Overcoming Genetic Malfunction
Overcome the malfunction and take 3 billion
CHAPTER 5: Retrograde Stage 4: Brain Automation
If you grow your brain through welfare
Brain Optimization Step 1_ 22 Strategies
Brain Optimization Step 2_ Concave Theory
Brain Optimization Step 3: 3 Ways to Boost Your Brain
CHAPTER 6 Retrograde Stage 5_ Retrograde Knowledge
The Giver Theory: When a giver receives 1, he gives 2.
Games of Chance_ The contrarian bets only on the odds.
Titan's Tools_ Reverse the craftsmanship imprinted in your genes
Metacognition: Subjective judgment is the exclusive domain of rationalists.
Execution power level and inertia
CHAPTER 7: The Six Steps of the Retrograde: A Specific Path to Financial Freedom
The fundamental principles of making money
How to Crack Down on the Castle of Economic Freedom
Whether you are a working person, unemployed, nineteen or fifty,
5 Study Tips for Financial Freedom
How did young rich people study?
Designing Algorithms for Economic Freedom
What is the essence strengthening that made me rich?
CHAPTER 8 Retrograde Stage 7_ Retrograde Hamster Wheel
The retrograde turns Sisyphus' punishment into an opportunity to level up.
When will we achieve financial freedom?
Epilogue | Become a Retrograde and Enjoy Perfect Freedom
Reference | List of books that made me a retrograde
Special Supplement | Instant Money-Making, No-Capital Startup Ideas
Reader's Review | "People Who Regressed in Life"
Prologue | In my early 30s, I achieved automatic income of 100 million won per month without working.
If life had a strategy book
The 7-Step Retrograde Model
There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
CHAPTER 1 How I Achieved Financial Freedom
Act 1/ Three Walls_ Things I Believed I Could Never Overcome in Life
Act 2 / Two Hours a Day, The Beginning of a Miracle_ The Retrograde's First Clue
Act 3/ Bae Soo-ui's Jin_ "19,000 won has been deposited."
Act 4 / What's Hidden Behind Luck_ 'Could There Be a Worst Situation?'
Act 5/ Human Vessel_ In the end, people accumulate as much money as their vessels.
Finale/ Going Back_ Achieving Complete Freedom from Money, Time, and Mind
CHAPTER 2: The Retrograde Stage 1: Dismantling Self-Consciousness
Why Self-Consciousness Ruins Humanity
People I cherish so much
Three Stages of Self-Consciousness Dismantlement
A special way to waste your life
CHAPTER 3: The Retrograde: Step 2: Creating an Identity
If you could format my head
Installing Identity Software
On the belief that there is no free will
CHAPTER 4: Retrograde Stage 3: Overcoming Genetic Malfunction
How did the brain evolve?
The purpose of evolution is survival, not perfection.
The Retrograde Mindset of Overcoming Genetic Malfunction
Overcome the malfunction and take 3 billion
CHAPTER 5: Retrograde Stage 4: Brain Automation
If you grow your brain through welfare
Brain Optimization Step 1_ 22 Strategies
Brain Optimization Step 2_ Concave Theory
Brain Optimization Step 3: 3 Ways to Boost Your Brain
CHAPTER 6 Retrograde Stage 5_ Retrograde Knowledge
The Giver Theory: When a giver receives 1, he gives 2.
Games of Chance_ The contrarian bets only on the odds.
Titan's Tools_ Reverse the craftsmanship imprinted in your genes
Metacognition: Subjective judgment is the exclusive domain of rationalists.
Execution power level and inertia
CHAPTER 7: The Six Steps of the Retrograde: A Specific Path to Financial Freedom
The fundamental principles of making money
How to Crack Down on the Castle of Economic Freedom
Whether you are a working person, unemployed, nineteen or fifty,
5 Study Tips for Financial Freedom
How did young rich people study?
Designing Algorithms for Economic Freedom
What is the essence strengthening that made me rich?
CHAPTER 8 Retrograde Stage 7_ Retrograde Hamster Wheel
The retrograde turns Sisyphus' punishment into an opportunity to level up.
When will we achieve financial freedom?
Epilogue | Become a Retrograde and Enjoy Perfect Freedom
Reference | List of books that made me a retrograde
Special Supplement | Instant Money-Making, No-Capital Startup Ideas
Reader's Review | "People Who Regressed in Life"
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Into the book
Throughout my school years, my life was blocked by three big walls.
Study, money, looks.
As the last student in school and the worst student in life, I lived like a zombie, trapped within these walls, without a single thought.
…omitted… I had no hope in life, and I was convinced that I would never be able to earn more than 2 million won a month until I died.
My only dream was to get a job at a factory in Banwol Industrial Complex, live in a studio apartment, and spend my life playing games.
I hated reality and loved the game world.
Actually, when I was in middle and high school, I spent all my waking hours playing games.
--- From p.21~22 "Prologue"
What happened after that? From here on out, it's as everyone knows.
At the age of 31, I created a structure that allows me to earn 50 million won per month without doing any work.
My body fully recovered and I started enjoying sports.
At the age of thirty-two, I founded a company called 'Strange Marketing'.
At the age of thirty-three, monthly net profit began to exceed 80 million won.
He started YouTube under the nickname 'Jacheong' and retired after gaining 160,000 subscribers in just 6 months.
… Omitted… At the age of thirty-four, profit synergy began to emerge on a scale that was difficult to imagine before.
As the business grew, we began hiring a large number of employees.
I work with 130 members, including 35 full-time employees and part-time workers.
A total of six businesses, including the main companies such as 'Strange Marketing', 'Atrasang', and 'Foodfoo', and four equity investment businesses are generating automatic profits.
--- p.76~77 From “Chapter 1 How I Achieved Financial Freedom”
Even if you teach them practical methods for making money right in front of their eyes, they say, “I think there are values more important than money.
“You don’t have to tell me,” he says, acting elegant.
Even those who want money more than anyone else, who deprive themselves of their freedom in life because of money, and sometimes even act fatally in front of money.
But he does not admit that he has such contradictory thoughts.
Most people are played by the puppet strings of their own self-consciousness.
Only by cutting this string can we move forward freely.
Self-consciousness is an essential psychological mechanism for humans, yet it hinders people at almost every juncture on the path to freedom.
--- p.84 From "Chapter 2 Retrograde Stage 1 - Dismantling Self-Consciousness"
As countless people who have achieved great success will tell you, these defining events often become life-changing moments.
Those who turn extreme misfortune into a turning point often have dramatic stories.
But the chances of all of us experiencing such a major change are extremely slim.
…omitted… So what if we could artificially create the kind of profound, identity-altering events that self-made people experience? If we could create the kind of catastrophe that only 0.1 percent experience, wouldn't it dramatically alter my own identity? I believe it's possible, and I call it "identity creation."
This identity theory is a very important skill to have in becoming a retrograde.
--- p.113 From “Chapter 3: The Retrograde, Stage 2 - Creating Identity”
How would life change if we became aware of the Cluj virus?
With the YouTube craze, there are over 100 people who say, “I’m going to start YouTube too,” but only about 3 people actually start.
Why do people make resolutions but fail to execute? It's because humans evolved to avoid new challenges.
If a primitive person had gone into a remote area or attacked a tiger to take on a new challenge, he would have suffered serious injuries or died.
… Omitted… Such a cautious gene was essential in the past, but today it remains inferior, that is, a cliché.
In the past, taking on new challenges was directly linked to survival, but that is no longer the case.
Even if you fail while trying a new platform like YouTube or a blog, you won't die.
--- p.156~157 From "Chapter 4 Retrograde Stage 3 - Overcoming Genetic Malfunction"
The '22 Strategy' is the best brain optimization method.
How do people with such massive muscles achieve their physiques? They do it by repeatedly performing "strength training" several times a week for years.
As a result, I was able to build great muscles.
To grow muscles, you must 'constantly stimulate the muscles'.
… Omitted… Likewise, reading books and writing are the most effective ways to develop the brain.
I can confidently say that there is no better way than this.
Strategy 22 is nothing special.
It means reading and writing for two hours every day for two years.
Thanks to this, I was able to develop my brain.
Even though I entered college at the age of 23, I successfully started my first business in the winter of my 24th year by practicing the 22 strategy for two years, and earned 30 million won in net profit every month.
It was a reversal that seemed to bounce back from the bottom.
--- p.181 From "Chapter 5 Retrograde Stage 4 - Brain Automation"
What do you think life is? I see life as a kind of game.
That is why this book has the concept of being a life strategy book for those who go against the grain.
But the game called life is a bit unique.
The game of life is a long-term game where you log in when you are born and log out when you die.
You can't quit midway, and you can't suddenly change teams.
Some people seem to be very successful in the beginning, but then they completely fail after a few decades.
There are also cases like mine where the opposite is true.
That's why it's fun, and that's why it's difficult.
--- p.223 From “Chapter 6: The 5 Stages of the Retrograde - The Knowledge of the Retrograde”
Then someone else says this.
“Those people are super popular YouTubers.
“I have a special talent for creating great content.” So let’s look at my close friend and YouTube subscriber, Seungho Jeong.
This guy spent all the money he earned while working at the company for 7 years.
Then, for some reason, I started studying investment and saved up seed money for two years.
I wanted to buy a good property with seed money, but I didn't have enough money.
So, I created a study cafe in an old, well-located place.
This unmanned study cafe was a huge success, and expanded to 13 locations in just two years, currently generating over 100 million won in monthly revenue.
--- p.272~273 From “Chapter 7: The 6 Steps of the Retrograde - A Specific Route to Financial Freedom”
When will financial freedom come? Let me tell you the answer.
Let's say you are level 1.
At this time, if you go through 7 steps and reach the point of failure, you will get a result of '+Level 1' and become Level 2.
By repeating the 7 steps, you will level up, and by repeating the trials and failures, you will eventually reach level 20.
… Omitted… If you keep repeating the 7 steps, you will reach level 50 at some point, and when you look back, you will be able to confirm that you have already achieved financial freedom.
Because everyone has different talents, some will reach it in a few years, while others will reach it in 10 years.
There's no need to complain.
Because you will achieve results at least three times faster than if you lived by instinct.
Study, money, looks.
As the last student in school and the worst student in life, I lived like a zombie, trapped within these walls, without a single thought.
…omitted… I had no hope in life, and I was convinced that I would never be able to earn more than 2 million won a month until I died.
My only dream was to get a job at a factory in Banwol Industrial Complex, live in a studio apartment, and spend my life playing games.
I hated reality and loved the game world.
Actually, when I was in middle and high school, I spent all my waking hours playing games.
--- From p.21~22 "Prologue"
What happened after that? From here on out, it's as everyone knows.
At the age of 31, I created a structure that allows me to earn 50 million won per month without doing any work.
My body fully recovered and I started enjoying sports.
At the age of thirty-two, I founded a company called 'Strange Marketing'.
At the age of thirty-three, monthly net profit began to exceed 80 million won.
He started YouTube under the nickname 'Jacheong' and retired after gaining 160,000 subscribers in just 6 months.
… Omitted… At the age of thirty-four, profit synergy began to emerge on a scale that was difficult to imagine before.
As the business grew, we began hiring a large number of employees.
I work with 130 members, including 35 full-time employees and part-time workers.
A total of six businesses, including the main companies such as 'Strange Marketing', 'Atrasang', and 'Foodfoo', and four equity investment businesses are generating automatic profits.
--- p.76~77 From “Chapter 1 How I Achieved Financial Freedom”
Even if you teach them practical methods for making money right in front of their eyes, they say, “I think there are values more important than money.
“You don’t have to tell me,” he says, acting elegant.
Even those who want money more than anyone else, who deprive themselves of their freedom in life because of money, and sometimes even act fatally in front of money.
But he does not admit that he has such contradictory thoughts.
Most people are played by the puppet strings of their own self-consciousness.
Only by cutting this string can we move forward freely.
Self-consciousness is an essential psychological mechanism for humans, yet it hinders people at almost every juncture on the path to freedom.
--- p.84 From "Chapter 2 Retrograde Stage 1 - Dismantling Self-Consciousness"
As countless people who have achieved great success will tell you, these defining events often become life-changing moments.
Those who turn extreme misfortune into a turning point often have dramatic stories.
But the chances of all of us experiencing such a major change are extremely slim.
…omitted… So what if we could artificially create the kind of profound, identity-altering events that self-made people experience? If we could create the kind of catastrophe that only 0.1 percent experience, wouldn't it dramatically alter my own identity? I believe it's possible, and I call it "identity creation."
This identity theory is a very important skill to have in becoming a retrograde.
--- p.113 From “Chapter 3: The Retrograde, Stage 2 - Creating Identity”
How would life change if we became aware of the Cluj virus?
With the YouTube craze, there are over 100 people who say, “I’m going to start YouTube too,” but only about 3 people actually start.
Why do people make resolutions but fail to execute? It's because humans evolved to avoid new challenges.
If a primitive person had gone into a remote area or attacked a tiger to take on a new challenge, he would have suffered serious injuries or died.
… Omitted… Such a cautious gene was essential in the past, but today it remains inferior, that is, a cliché.
In the past, taking on new challenges was directly linked to survival, but that is no longer the case.
Even if you fail while trying a new platform like YouTube or a blog, you won't die.
--- p.156~157 From "Chapter 4 Retrograde Stage 3 - Overcoming Genetic Malfunction"
The '22 Strategy' is the best brain optimization method.
How do people with such massive muscles achieve their physiques? They do it by repeatedly performing "strength training" several times a week for years.
As a result, I was able to build great muscles.
To grow muscles, you must 'constantly stimulate the muscles'.
… Omitted… Likewise, reading books and writing are the most effective ways to develop the brain.
I can confidently say that there is no better way than this.
Strategy 22 is nothing special.
It means reading and writing for two hours every day for two years.
Thanks to this, I was able to develop my brain.
Even though I entered college at the age of 23, I successfully started my first business in the winter of my 24th year by practicing the 22 strategy for two years, and earned 30 million won in net profit every month.
It was a reversal that seemed to bounce back from the bottom.
--- p.181 From "Chapter 5 Retrograde Stage 4 - Brain Automation"
What do you think life is? I see life as a kind of game.
That is why this book has the concept of being a life strategy book for those who go against the grain.
But the game called life is a bit unique.
The game of life is a long-term game where you log in when you are born and log out when you die.
You can't quit midway, and you can't suddenly change teams.
Some people seem to be very successful in the beginning, but then they completely fail after a few decades.
There are also cases like mine where the opposite is true.
That's why it's fun, and that's why it's difficult.
--- p.223 From “Chapter 6: The 5 Stages of the Retrograde - The Knowledge of the Retrograde”
Then someone else says this.
“Those people are super popular YouTubers.
“I have a special talent for creating great content.” So let’s look at my close friend and YouTube subscriber, Seungho Jeong.
This guy spent all the money he earned while working at the company for 7 years.
Then, for some reason, I started studying investment and saved up seed money for two years.
I wanted to buy a good property with seed money, but I didn't have enough money.
So, I created a study cafe in an old, well-located place.
This unmanned study cafe was a huge success, and expanded to 13 locations in just two years, currently generating over 100 million won in monthly revenue.
--- p.272~273 From “Chapter 7: The 6 Steps of the Retrograde - A Specific Route to Financial Freedom”
When will financial freedom come? Let me tell you the answer.
Let's say you are level 1.
At this time, if you go through 7 steps and reach the point of failure, you will get a result of '+Level 1' and become Level 2.
By repeating the 7 steps, you will level up, and by repeating the trials and failures, you will eventually reach level 20.
… Omitted… If you keep repeating the 7 steps, you will reach level 50 at some point, and when you look back, you will be able to confirm that you have already achieved financial freedom.
Because everyone has different talents, some will reach it in a few years, while others will reach it in 10 years.
There's no need to complain.
Because you will achieve results at least three times faster than if you lived by instinct.
--- p.333~334 From "Chapter 8 Retrograde Stage 7 - Retrograde's Hamster Wheel"
Publisher's Review
- Bestseller for 50 consecutive weeks, #1 in all bookstores
- Best-selling books of 2022 (non-fiction)
- The Book of the Year 2022 that sparked the "Retrograde Syndrome"
Record-breaking sales! 400,000 copies sold in just one year.
“It was the worst life ever.
But I found only one strategy book
“My life has become a fun playground!”
The formula for a life-changing career path for lifehacker Ja-Cheong, a serial entrepreneur with no capital.
Look at the chickens on the farm.
Can we say they have free will? These chickens live their entire lives in confined enclosures, acting according to genetic dictates.
They mate, lay eggs, and even fight with other chickens.
The chicken will think that it has 'freedom'.
But from a human perspective, this chicken's fate is determined from birth.
Human life is not much different.
We think we have 'free will', but it's all an illusion.
Humans, too, live ordinary lives and die, trapped within the fences of genes, the unconscious, and self-consciousness.
That is the way of the 'Sunrija'.
But 5 percent of people are different.
They go against their innate genetic nature and gain complete freedom from money, time, and fate.
Those who go against nature to achieve happiness are the 'retrogressors'.
"The Retrograde" is a book that contains the life hacker Ja-cheong's formula for turning his life around, from a humble otaku to an automatic monthly income of 100 million won.
Jacheong says that life is like a game, and that anyone can break through the barriers of genes, the unconscious, and self-consciousness and seize the opportunity to turn their life around with just a life strategy book.
Jacheong is an abbreviation for 'self-made youth', and he created 'automated income' by earning 100 million won per month in his early 30s through starting a business without capital.
But the twenty-year-old volunteer was also just a natural person.
His looks, money, and education were all at the bottom, and his lifelong dream was to get a job at Banwol Industrial Complex, earn 2 million won a month, and live in a studio apartment playing games.
However, around the age of twenty, he realized that 'life, like a game, has a strategy book' and his life began to change 180 degrees.
By using the life hacks I learned from reading over 200 books, I was able to start a series of successful businesses and achieve financial freedom in just 10 years.
Through countless trials and errors in the process, he completed his own '7-stage retrograde' theory.
『The Retrograde』 contains the '7-Step Retrograde' model that the author discovered after 10 years of trial and error.
With the powerful weapon of the "7 Steps of Retrograde" that can break down the barriers of genes, the unconscious, and the self-conscious, anyone, whether employed or unemployed, nineteen or fifty, can enjoy financial freedom and live a happy life.
This book introduces not only the theory of 'how to make money' but also specific methods.
The book is filled with contents such as “3 stages of self-consciousness dismantling”, “Installing identity software”, “The retrograde mindset that overcomes genetic malfunction”, “Brain optimization and brain automation”, “Retrograde knowledge that organizes concepts such as giver theory, probability games, tools of titans, and metacognition”, “Fundamental principles of making money”, “Specific routes to achieving economic freedom”, “List of books that made me a retrograde”, “No-capital startup items that make money right away”, “Reader reviews of people who went backwards in life”, etc.
“It’s amazing how much can be new here!
"An expanded version of 『The Retrograde』 that surpasses 『The Retrograde』"
The legendary self-help book that changed the lives of 400,000 readers in just one year.
Reborn as an expanded edition in 2023!
“I’ll acknowledge you for your business or YouTube, but never for your book.
“It’s very rare for a first book to become a bestseller.” Before the publication of “The Retrograde,” the author’s acquaintances shook their heads.
However, 『The Retrograde』 immediately rose to the top of the bestseller list after its publication, recording unprecedented sales and creating the 'Retrograde Syndrome' in South Korea.
At the 『Retrograde』 review contest held in early 2023, over 400 people participated, competing to testify about how much their lives had changed and how much happiness they had experienced over the past year.
Even now, countless people are moving forward into new lives by practicing the self-help formula for success.
The expanded edition of "The Retrograde," now back with a spicy twist, will teach those struggling to escape the shackles of money, time, and fate what true happiness and freedom are.
This book is an 'extended edition' of the original 'The Retrograde' with approximately 100 additional pages, and is filled with the author's sharp and direct expressions, as well as the experience gained over the past year.
The '7-Step Theory of Retrogrades' has been further strengthened, and the author's bold expressions are preserved without editing, and the author's new experiences and secrets are filled in throughout.
In particular, the appendix includes the special secret of Ja-cheong, also known as the ‘No-Capital Serial Entrepreneur’, the ‘7-Step Formula for Starting a Business with No Capital’.
Tips for starting a business without capital are the most frequently requested content by existing readers of 『The Reverse Traveler』, and are a must-read for readers who dream of financial freedom but lack immediate capital.
At the end of the book, excerpts from the 20 best reviews from among the 400 readers who participated in the 『Retrograde』 review contest are included.
According to 『The Retrograde』, “Humans have mirror neurons, so when they read someone else’s story, they project themselves onto it.”
As you read the 20 stories of life's ups and downs in this book, you will find yourself on the first step of the life of a person who has gone backwards.
〈B〉“The method to automatically earn 10 million won per month is simple!
“I hope your self-consciousness doesn’t kick this book away!”
Free from the control of fate and instinct
The Secret to Life Hacking: Achieving Financial Freedom and a Happy Life
There are definitely guidebooks out there that can help you succeed.
If you believe this, you just have to move in order.
What I can say for sure is that while this book may not teach you how to become a multi-billionaire, I'm confident it will offer some hints on how to achieve freedom.
The author named these special methods, which he considered a guide to life, "The Seven Steps of the Retrograde Model."
Step 1: Dismantling Self-Consciousness The reason most people cannot achieve complete freedom in life is because of excessive self-consciousness.
No matter how successful a person is next to you, no matter how good a book you have in front of you, no matter how many methods you are taught, it is useless.
Most people block out information of a lifetime with all sorts of defense mechanisms to protect their self-consciousness.
No progress can be made unless self-consciousness is dismantled.
Change begins when you let go of your inferiority complex and accept your situation.
Step 2: Creating Identity Decisive events often become life-changing events.
Those who turn extreme misfortune into a turning point often have dramatic stories.
So what if we could artificially create the kind of profound, identity-altering events that self-made people experience? If we could create the kind of cataclysmic event that only 0.1 percent experience, wouldn't we be able to dramatically transform our own identities? The author believes it's possible, and calls it "identity creation."
Step 3: Overcoming Genetic Malfunctions With the YouTube craze, out of 100 people who say, “I’m going to start YouTube too,” only about 3 actually start.
Why do people resolve things but fail to act? The cautious gene, once essential, has become a detrimental trait today—a kludge.
Thus, today, doing nothing results in 'deprivation of freedom'.
It means living your whole life bound by money and time, unable to take control of your life.
Only by consciously overcoming these genetic malfunctions can we achieve success unlike anything we have experienced so far.
Step 4: Brain Automation Just as a boxer can earn money for the rest of his life by exercising and achieving ‘physical optimization,’ humans can also optimize their brains once and stay ahead for the rest of their lives.
An optimized brain upgrades itself day by day and becomes even more powerful as it ages.
Furthermore, by optimizing your brain, you can achieve 'automatic income', where you automatically earn money without doing anything.
This step introduces these 'brain optimization methods'.
Step 5: Knowledge of the Retrograde One If you know the knowledge that goes against your nature, you cannot help but live a life different from that of a natural person.
The author, too, has made a difference each day through the knowledge of the retrograde, and has been able to transform from the worst life to a life of 'complete freedom.'
Of course, becoming a retrograde won't grant you freedom overnight.
The chances of gaining freedom in just one year are extremely slim.
But in 3, 5, or 10 years, there will be a significant difference from the average person.
Step 6: A Specific Path to Financial Freedom Making money may seem incredibly complex and difficult, but the principle is simple.
All money-making activities converge on two things:
"Making others comfortable" or "making others happy." Are you feeling disheartened because these are the fundamental principles of making money? It's not.
These two things are the beginning and the end of business and investment.
In this step, I intend to propose a concrete formula for achieving economic freedom.
It doesn't matter whether you're an executive at a large corporation, an unqualified worker, or an unemployed person.
We will tell you the 'Tech Tree to Economic Freedom' considering all possible scenarios.
Step 7: The Hamster Wheel of Retrogrades There is no tennis player who has never lost a single match.
There is no soccer player who has never lost.
The world's best athletes grow through thousands of defeats.
And then it reaches its prime.
By repeating defeat, athletes earn the title of 'the best in the world'.
By repeating failures according to the retrograde model, ordinary people gain the title of 'freedom'.
In fact, the game called life is not much different.
Because the 'next target' has to be of a higher level than the enemies we've faced so far.
You can only press the 'Level Up' button if you fail.
There are people who try their hardest but never achieve freedom.
If you look closely at them, you will see that they either focus on a specific step out of the seven steps or have a problem skipping some steps.
So, although they work hard, they are hindered by their self-consciousness and have a strong aversion to the very idea of ‘making money’ (Stage 1), or they are stuck in the identity of ‘this is my limit’ and only do their share of work (Stage 2).
Or, they are unable to make rational decisions due to the sway of their genes and nature (Stage 3), or their brains are no longer developed and cannot process new information (Stage 4).
Instead of playing the game of chance, you may be playing the 'losing game' repeatedly (Step 5), or you may know Step 5 but not know the specific route to financial freedom (Step 6).
Most people just put in effort without realizing the chain reaction of their efforts, so they end up exhausted and giving up after putting in effort in the wrong places.
Or they retreat back to where they were, rationalizing things like, “Money isn’t really that important in life.”
Rather, there must be a clever effort.
Through countless trials and errors and reflections, the author discovered that these efforts must have a certain pattern and arrangement.
And in his first book, The Retrograde, he reveals this secret properly.
So, are you ready to have some fun and find some freedom? Let's get started.
- Best-selling books of 2022 (non-fiction)
- The Book of the Year 2022 that sparked the "Retrograde Syndrome"
Record-breaking sales! 400,000 copies sold in just one year.
“It was the worst life ever.
But I found only one strategy book
“My life has become a fun playground!”
The formula for a life-changing career path for lifehacker Ja-Cheong, a serial entrepreneur with no capital.
Look at the chickens on the farm.
Can we say they have free will? These chickens live their entire lives in confined enclosures, acting according to genetic dictates.
They mate, lay eggs, and even fight with other chickens.
The chicken will think that it has 'freedom'.
But from a human perspective, this chicken's fate is determined from birth.
Human life is not much different.
We think we have 'free will', but it's all an illusion.
Humans, too, live ordinary lives and die, trapped within the fences of genes, the unconscious, and self-consciousness.
That is the way of the 'Sunrija'.
But 5 percent of people are different.
They go against their innate genetic nature and gain complete freedom from money, time, and fate.
Those who go against nature to achieve happiness are the 'retrogressors'.
"The Retrograde" is a book that contains the life hacker Ja-cheong's formula for turning his life around, from a humble otaku to an automatic monthly income of 100 million won.
Jacheong says that life is like a game, and that anyone can break through the barriers of genes, the unconscious, and self-consciousness and seize the opportunity to turn their life around with just a life strategy book.
Jacheong is an abbreviation for 'self-made youth', and he created 'automated income' by earning 100 million won per month in his early 30s through starting a business without capital.
But the twenty-year-old volunteer was also just a natural person.
His looks, money, and education were all at the bottom, and his lifelong dream was to get a job at Banwol Industrial Complex, earn 2 million won a month, and live in a studio apartment playing games.
However, around the age of twenty, he realized that 'life, like a game, has a strategy book' and his life began to change 180 degrees.
By using the life hacks I learned from reading over 200 books, I was able to start a series of successful businesses and achieve financial freedom in just 10 years.
Through countless trials and errors in the process, he completed his own '7-stage retrograde' theory.
『The Retrograde』 contains the '7-Step Retrograde' model that the author discovered after 10 years of trial and error.
With the powerful weapon of the "7 Steps of Retrograde" that can break down the barriers of genes, the unconscious, and the self-conscious, anyone, whether employed or unemployed, nineteen or fifty, can enjoy financial freedom and live a happy life.
This book introduces not only the theory of 'how to make money' but also specific methods.
The book is filled with contents such as “3 stages of self-consciousness dismantling”, “Installing identity software”, “The retrograde mindset that overcomes genetic malfunction”, “Brain optimization and brain automation”, “Retrograde knowledge that organizes concepts such as giver theory, probability games, tools of titans, and metacognition”, “Fundamental principles of making money”, “Specific routes to achieving economic freedom”, “List of books that made me a retrograde”, “No-capital startup items that make money right away”, “Reader reviews of people who went backwards in life”, etc.
“It’s amazing how much can be new here!
"An expanded version of 『The Retrograde』 that surpasses 『The Retrograde』"
The legendary self-help book that changed the lives of 400,000 readers in just one year.
Reborn as an expanded edition in 2023!
“I’ll acknowledge you for your business or YouTube, but never for your book.
“It’s very rare for a first book to become a bestseller.” Before the publication of “The Retrograde,” the author’s acquaintances shook their heads.
However, 『The Retrograde』 immediately rose to the top of the bestseller list after its publication, recording unprecedented sales and creating the 'Retrograde Syndrome' in South Korea.
At the 『Retrograde』 review contest held in early 2023, over 400 people participated, competing to testify about how much their lives had changed and how much happiness they had experienced over the past year.
Even now, countless people are moving forward into new lives by practicing the self-help formula for success.
The expanded edition of "The Retrograde," now back with a spicy twist, will teach those struggling to escape the shackles of money, time, and fate what true happiness and freedom are.
This book is an 'extended edition' of the original 'The Retrograde' with approximately 100 additional pages, and is filled with the author's sharp and direct expressions, as well as the experience gained over the past year.
The '7-Step Theory of Retrogrades' has been further strengthened, and the author's bold expressions are preserved without editing, and the author's new experiences and secrets are filled in throughout.
In particular, the appendix includes the special secret of Ja-cheong, also known as the ‘No-Capital Serial Entrepreneur’, the ‘7-Step Formula for Starting a Business with No Capital’.
Tips for starting a business without capital are the most frequently requested content by existing readers of 『The Reverse Traveler』, and are a must-read for readers who dream of financial freedom but lack immediate capital.
At the end of the book, excerpts from the 20 best reviews from among the 400 readers who participated in the 『Retrograde』 review contest are included.
According to 『The Retrograde』, “Humans have mirror neurons, so when they read someone else’s story, they project themselves onto it.”
As you read the 20 stories of life's ups and downs in this book, you will find yourself on the first step of the life of a person who has gone backwards.
〈B〉“The method to automatically earn 10 million won per month is simple!
“I hope your self-consciousness doesn’t kick this book away!”
Free from the control of fate and instinct
The Secret to Life Hacking: Achieving Financial Freedom and a Happy Life
There are definitely guidebooks out there that can help you succeed.
If you believe this, you just have to move in order.
What I can say for sure is that while this book may not teach you how to become a multi-billionaire, I'm confident it will offer some hints on how to achieve freedom.
The author named these special methods, which he considered a guide to life, "The Seven Steps of the Retrograde Model."
Step 1: Dismantling Self-Consciousness The reason most people cannot achieve complete freedom in life is because of excessive self-consciousness.
No matter how successful a person is next to you, no matter how good a book you have in front of you, no matter how many methods you are taught, it is useless.
Most people block out information of a lifetime with all sorts of defense mechanisms to protect their self-consciousness.
No progress can be made unless self-consciousness is dismantled.
Change begins when you let go of your inferiority complex and accept your situation.
Step 2: Creating Identity Decisive events often become life-changing events.
Those who turn extreme misfortune into a turning point often have dramatic stories.
So what if we could artificially create the kind of profound, identity-altering events that self-made people experience? If we could create the kind of cataclysmic event that only 0.1 percent experience, wouldn't we be able to dramatically transform our own identities? The author believes it's possible, and calls it "identity creation."
Step 3: Overcoming Genetic Malfunctions With the YouTube craze, out of 100 people who say, “I’m going to start YouTube too,” only about 3 actually start.
Why do people resolve things but fail to act? The cautious gene, once essential, has become a detrimental trait today—a kludge.
Thus, today, doing nothing results in 'deprivation of freedom'.
It means living your whole life bound by money and time, unable to take control of your life.
Only by consciously overcoming these genetic malfunctions can we achieve success unlike anything we have experienced so far.
Step 4: Brain Automation Just as a boxer can earn money for the rest of his life by exercising and achieving ‘physical optimization,’ humans can also optimize their brains once and stay ahead for the rest of their lives.
An optimized brain upgrades itself day by day and becomes even more powerful as it ages.
Furthermore, by optimizing your brain, you can achieve 'automatic income', where you automatically earn money without doing anything.
This step introduces these 'brain optimization methods'.
Step 5: Knowledge of the Retrograde One If you know the knowledge that goes against your nature, you cannot help but live a life different from that of a natural person.
The author, too, has made a difference each day through the knowledge of the retrograde, and has been able to transform from the worst life to a life of 'complete freedom.'
Of course, becoming a retrograde won't grant you freedom overnight.
The chances of gaining freedom in just one year are extremely slim.
But in 3, 5, or 10 years, there will be a significant difference from the average person.
Step 6: A Specific Path to Financial Freedom Making money may seem incredibly complex and difficult, but the principle is simple.
All money-making activities converge on two things:
"Making others comfortable" or "making others happy." Are you feeling disheartened because these are the fundamental principles of making money? It's not.
These two things are the beginning and the end of business and investment.
In this step, I intend to propose a concrete formula for achieving economic freedom.
It doesn't matter whether you're an executive at a large corporation, an unqualified worker, or an unemployed person.
We will tell you the 'Tech Tree to Economic Freedom' considering all possible scenarios.
Step 7: The Hamster Wheel of Retrogrades There is no tennis player who has never lost a single match.
There is no soccer player who has never lost.
The world's best athletes grow through thousands of defeats.
And then it reaches its prime.
By repeating defeat, athletes earn the title of 'the best in the world'.
By repeating failures according to the retrograde model, ordinary people gain the title of 'freedom'.
In fact, the game called life is not much different.
Because the 'next target' has to be of a higher level than the enemies we've faced so far.
You can only press the 'Level Up' button if you fail.
There are people who try their hardest but never achieve freedom.
If you look closely at them, you will see that they either focus on a specific step out of the seven steps or have a problem skipping some steps.
So, although they work hard, they are hindered by their self-consciousness and have a strong aversion to the very idea of ‘making money’ (Stage 1), or they are stuck in the identity of ‘this is my limit’ and only do their share of work (Stage 2).
Or, they are unable to make rational decisions due to the sway of their genes and nature (Stage 3), or their brains are no longer developed and cannot process new information (Stage 4).
Instead of playing the game of chance, you may be playing the 'losing game' repeatedly (Step 5), or you may know Step 5 but not know the specific route to financial freedom (Step 6).
Most people just put in effort without realizing the chain reaction of their efforts, so they end up exhausted and giving up after putting in effort in the wrong places.
Or they retreat back to where they were, rationalizing things like, “Money isn’t really that important in life.”
Rather, there must be a clever effort.
Through countless trials and errors and reflections, the author discovered that these efforts must have a certain pattern and arrangement.
And in his first book, The Retrograde, he reveals this secret properly.
So, are you ready to have some fun and find some freedom? Let's get started.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: May 29, 2023
- Page count, weight, size: 400 pages | 600g | 142*195*30mm
- ISBN13: 9788901272580
- ISBN10: 890127258X
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