Day 93 · Tue, Jan 19, 2027 · Five editions

Tue, Jan 19, 2027

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

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 298

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第298则 · Health · Cognition · Learning

伏久者、飛必高、開先者、謝獨早。 知此、可以免蹭蹬之憂、可以消躁急之念。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%8F%9C%E6%A0%B9%E8%AD%9A
第298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

王阳明:Chuanxilu, 卷中 156

王阳明《傳習錄》· 卷中·第156条 · Health · Cognition · Philosophy · Decision

來書云:「周子曰『主靜』,程子曰『動亦定,靜亦定』,先生曰「定者心之本體」。是靜定也,決非不睹不聞,無思無為之謂,必常知常存,常主於理之謂也。夫常知常存,常主於理,明是動也,已發也,何以謂之靜?何以謂之本體?豈是靜定也,又有以貫乎心之動靜者邪?」 理無動者也。常知常存,常主於理,即不睹不聞、無思無為之謂也。不睹不聞、無思無為,非槁木死灰之謂也;睹聞思為一於理,而未嘗有所睹聞思為,即是動而未嘗動也。所謂「動亦定,靜亦定」、「體用一原」者也。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%82%B3%E7%BF%92%E9%8C%84/%E5%8D%B7%E4%B8%AD
卷中·第156条

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Today's question

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

12:00 Noon · Investing · Western classics

Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter V, Paragraph 1162

Adam Smith《The Wealth of Nations》· Book IV, Chapter V · Investing

Bounties upon exportation are, in Great Britain, frequently petitioned for, and sometimes granted, to the produce of particular branches of domestic industry. By means of them, our merchants and manufacturers, it is pretended, will be enabled to sell their goods as cheap or cheaper than their rivals in the foreign market. A greater quantity, it is said, will thus be exported, and the balance of trade consequently turned more in favour of our own country. We cannot give our workmen a monopoly in the foreign, as we have done in the home market. We cannot force foreigners to buy their goods, as we have done our own countrymen. The next best expedient, it has been thought, therefore, is to pay them for buying. It is in this manner that the mercantile system proposes to enrich the whole country, and to put money into all our pockets, by means of the balance of trade.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Book IV, Chapter V, paragraph 1162

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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 194, Entry 2

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀十一年(丁酉,公元六三七年) · Health · Decision · Action · Leadership

辛卯,以吳王恪為安州都督,晉王治為并州都督,紀王慎為秦州都督。將之官,上賜書戒敕曰:「吾欲遺汝珍玩,恐益驕奢,不如得此一言耳。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7194
卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀十一年(丁酉,公元六三七年)·第2则

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Today's question

What does this passage say about how you work today?

21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Jack Ma:Passing On Leadership and Culture

Jack Ma《2018 Letter to Investors》· On leadership succession · Leadership · Character · Growth

企業領導層和組織文化的傳承一直是任何企業的最大挑戰。

Source: https://www.alibabanews.com/mwc-aliyuntech-change-changyiyikejiyingduiquanqiutiaozhan-2/
2018 letter to investors, paragraph beginning “此刻我充滿驕傲和欣慰...”

Reading

Leadership and cultural succession are the hardest challenge any company faces.

Context

Jack Ma (1964–) was an English teacher in Hangzhou before founding Alibaba in 1999. In his final letter to shareholders as chairman, he handed the company to Daniel Zhang and the partnership, arguing that leadership and cultural succession are the hardest tests any company faces. The letter frames succession as the real measure of an institution's maturity.

Today's question

If your company replaced its founder tomorrow, which mechanism would keep its culture and judgment intact?