11. Do not complain about your fate or blame others for your misfortunes. Whether you choose a world filled with love and gratitude or one filled with dissatisfaction and suffering, it all lies in your own mind.
12. In all matters, proceed with a practical approach, avoiding empty fantasies and arrogant noise, and strive for truth with a solid and honest attitude. With this attitude, one can understand truth in study and achieve success in action.
13. A person's achievement is not measured by money, but by how many people you have treated kindly in your life and how many people remember you. A businessman's ledger records income and expenses; subtracting the two gives profit. A person's life ledger records love given and love received; adding the two gives achievement.
14. Every individual is unique and should recognize their own unique endowments and value. Do not overestimate yourself with blind pride, attempting things beyond your capability, nor underestimate yourself, failing to unlock the potential in your life's endowments.
15. When things are going well, prepare a backup; when things are going poorly, find a way out.
16. Even if a mouse falls into the ocean and struggles, it cannot be called a sailor.
17. The success of a strong person does not lie in defeating opponents, but in ultimately defeating oneself.