Day 61 · Fri, Dec 18, 2026 · Five editions

Fri, Dec 18, 2026

Five emails a day: 00:00 Night / 07:00 Morning / 12:00 Noon / 17:00 Evening / 21:00 Figures

00:00 Night · Health · Chinese classics

管仲(舊題):Guanzi, 第64篇形勢解, Entry 42

管仲(舊題)《管子》· 第64篇形勢解 · Health · Cognition · Human nature · Growth

海不辭水,故能成其大。山不辭土石,故能成其高。明主不猒人,故能成其衆。士不猒學,故能成其聖。飺者,多所惡也。諫者,所以安主也。食者,所以肥體也。主惡諫則不安,人飺食則不肥。故曰:「飺食者不肥體也。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E7%AE%A1%E5%AD%90/%E7%AC%AC64%E7%AF%87%E5%BD%A2%E5%8B%A2%E8%A7%A3
第64篇形勢解·第42则

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Today's question

What does this passage say about your body or mood today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

王永彬:Weilu Yehua, Passage 31

王永彬《圍爐夜話》· 第31段 · Health · Decision · Character · Philosophy

須使人不忍欺我,勿使人不敢欺我 但責己不責人,此遠怨之道也。但信己不信人,此取敗之由也

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8D%E7%88%90%E5%A4%9C%E8%A9%B1
第31段(按原排版相邻两行合并)

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Today's question

What does this passage say about your body or mood today?

12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 3, 輕重第十四, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷3·輕重第十四 · Philosophy · Wealth · Investing · Character

文學曰:「禮義者,國之基也,而權利者,政之殘也。孔子曰:『能以禮讓為國乎?何有。』伊尹、太公以百里興其君,管仲專於桓公,以千乘之齊,而不能至於王,其所務非也。故功名隳壞而道不濟。當此之時,諸侯莫能以德,而爭於公利,故以權相傾。今天下合為一家,利末惡欲行?淫巧惡欲施?大夫君以心計策國用,構諸侯,參以酒榷,咸陽、孔僅增以鹽、鐵,江充、楊可之等,各以鋒銳,言利末之事析秋毫,可為無間矣。非特管仲設九府,僥山海也。然而國家衰耗,城郭空虛。故非特崇仁義無以化民,非力本農無以富邦也。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E9%90%B5%E8%AB%96/%E5%8D%B703
卷3·輕重第十四·第2则

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Today's question

Does this passage change one judgment about money or risk today?

17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 199, Entry 5

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下貞觀二十二年(戊申,公元六四八年) · Leadership · Growth · History

五月,庚子,右衛率長史王玄策擊帝那伏帝王阿羅那順,大破之。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7199
卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下貞觀二十二年(戊申,公元六四八年)·第5则

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Today's question

What does this passage say about how you work today?

21:00 Figures · Career · Modern investor letters

Jeff Bezos:Always Day 1

Jeff Bezos《2016 Letter to Shareholders》· “Day 1 vs. Day 2” · Leadership · Growth · Decision

Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1.

Source: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/2016-letter-to-shareholders
Letter to shareholders, section “Day 1 vs. Day 2,” paragraph beginning “Day 2 is stasis...”

Reading

Organizations decline slowly from stasis to irrelevance and death.

Context

Bezos used the contrast between “Day 1” and “Day 2” to describe organizational vitality and decline. Day 2 begins with stasis, slides into irrelevance, then into painful decline and death; the slide can be slow enough to be mistaken for stability. His answer is to keep the company in a permanent Day 1, centered on customers and rapid decision-making.

Today's question

What was the most recent “Day 2” symptom in your team—more process, or fewer conversations about customers?