My favorite saying is this.
"The quickest way to ruin your life is to listen to people who were born to succeed." How many of those who boast of their success truly understand why they achieved it? Perhaps their success stems simply from being born into wealthy families and inheriting good genes? They claim to have achieved their dreams through some formula, but are they simply living lives superior to others due to their innate intelligence? If you've ever chased after these people, writing gratitude journals, memorizing affirmations, and shouting "You can do it!" in your dreams of success, I urge you to stop this terrible self-comfort.
Unless you are willing to burn yourself out and work hard, listening to stories of successful people all day long will never change your life.
---From "Intro"

I've been curious about this for a long time.
Why do some people work harder than anyone else, yet live mediocre lives and die, while others, despite putting in the same amount of effort, end up enjoying extraordinary lives, in the top 1 percent? I've counseled over 7,000 people to date.
Among them were people from various walks of life, including professionals such as lawyers and doctors, as well as day laborers, part-time workers, and the unemployed.
However, the colorful aspects of their lives could be categorized into just two categories.
One, a group that lives the life of a villain.
Two, a group that lives a life without being evil.

---From the "Prologue"

After about three months of writing my anger diary, I felt like the evil persona that had been dormant inside me was being liberated.
He had total power in my head.
And then, one by one, I began to destroy the viruses that were quietly eating away at my life: useless relationships, a lazy attitude of being content with everything, and the cowardly habit of avoiding problems by saying that good things are good things.
When I set my goal as 'I don't need anything else, I just want to succeed,' I realized that my life was filled with so many unnecessary emotions that were packaged as 'being human.'
Guilt, pity, self-comfort, hypocrisy… these too were torn away one by one.

---From Chapter 1

This may be very uncomfortable for some, but I feel compelled to say this at this point.
I think the biggest obstacle blocking the path of humanity is 'parents'.
The wicked must be free.
You shouldn't live in collateral with someone.
It means that you should throw away anything that interferes with your judgment and conviction.
Even if it's your parents.

---From Chapter 2

My day starts at 2pm.
How can a self-help book author wake up so late? It's both a valid and unfair point.
It's true that I wake up late, but it's also unfair that I go to bed earlier than anyone else.
I go to bed before midnight.
And then the mental illness starts to take hold.
This formula is so accurate that I have never been off track since I started college.
(Omitted) I have lived this life, am living this life, and will continue to live this life.
There are probably people who started out poorer than me, and who lived in more difficult circumstances than me.
But I don't think there's anyone who has lived with more negative thoughts than I have.
Let me ask you this.
Are you truly worse off than me? If you're hesitating even when it comes to getting a good night's sleep, then you haven't yet become angry with the world.
So, let's get started.

---From Chapter 2

I don't get nervous no matter how many people I speak to.
Because the mindset that people who hate me will hate me anyway and people who like me will like me makes me feel comfortable.
I am confident that if you speak with this mindset, people will be able to focus on your speech.

---From Chapter 3

There are advantages to being anonymous.
I am free because others cannot define me.
You can write what you want to write with confidence and intensity, and your mentality is not shaken by any kind of critical feedback.
Anyway, I feel relieved that they don't know who I am, and that gives me confidence.
No matter how pathetic the writing is, I have never heard anyone say that Son Soo-hyun is stupid.
My writing skills improved by leaps and bounds through a virtuous cycle of 'writing without worrying about what others think → not being hurt by negative feedback → calmly accepting only the areas for improvement and writing again.'
---From Chapter 4

I hope there is no misunderstanding.
It is completely different from deceiving others with false acting.
When you practice letting yourself be immersed in your emotions and expressing them, you actually experience a difference in the depth of your emotions.
Not long ago, I received congratulations from my employees at an unexpected moment.
This is because the second e-book I wrote, despite its high price of 290,000 won, recorded sales that surpassed the first e-book as soon as it was released.
I was so touched by the congratulatory message that tears streamed down my face.
These weren't forced tears.
As I was practicing letting my emotions run wild while imagining various things, tears naturally flowed.
People were taken aback, but they must have felt vividly how touched I was.
It must have been a welcome thing for them too.
---From Chapter 5

(Omitted) By classifying and analyzing all the people around me, I designed a board that would never cause me harm.
What if I had been a moderate follower and then arrogantly chosen the path of "entrepreneur"? I would have failed miserably.
Of course, you could have been lucky and achieved great success.
But I didn't want to leave my life to chance.
(Omitted) Some may object, saying, 'Starting a business with no capital literally costs no money at all.'
In fact, if you go to a bookstore, you will see a flood of books on starting a business without capital.
But where do these "ideas" that can secure profitability without capital investment come from? It comes from the experience gained while working as a follower.
It is no coincidence that office workers start their own small businesses as a side job and succeed in starting a business without capital.
The odds of an inexperienced unemployed person suddenly becoming a leader and making a business a success overnight are close to zero.
Please wake up from this dangerous illusion!
---From Chapter 7

This may be hard to accept, but I'm going to tell you an uncomfortable truth.
There are classes of people.
It's the same principle as the CSAT grades.
Just as a student's average grade is determined by combining the grades in each area of ​​study, such as language, math, and foreign languages, our lives are also leveled based on several abilities.
In addition to the five essential abilities of a villain discussed above, there are also levels of innate intelligence, appearance and charm capital, charisma, and decision-making ability.
Your level is determined by the average of all these factors.
(Omitted) What is important is not whether it is outside or inside the company.
What we must keep in mind is that no matter where we belong, we must run without rest so as not to be caught by an invisible hand and eliminated.
The wicked work tirelessly, believing that this honest and upright principle is with us 365 days a year.
Rather, the fact that 'the invisible hand is merciless' gives the wicked a sense of peace of mind.
It's the psychological security that if I just work hard and achieve a high rank, even if fate misunderstands and I end up in the wrong place for a while, someday an invisible hand will pull me back to where I need to be.

---From Chapter 11