Before You Charge: Four I Ching Lessons on the Slow Path to Real Strength

After Bitcoin crashed in November, a number of stories were published on how much money some people had lost nearly overnight.

Their words were similar, that it was crazy time before the crash. Many people were borrowing huge amount of money to buy in, trying to get on that train and becoming insanely rich fast. They ended up in ruins.

This is a lesson that all of us can use: real strength is almost never fast. This is the essence of my latest e-course, Before You Charge: Four I Ching Lessons on the Slow Path to Real Strength.

I hope e-course can help someone pause a little, and wait a bit.

This e-course selects four hexagrams which are arranged in the exact order life actually demands:

1. 需 Waiting – How to sit still when every instinct screams “do something”  
2. 同人 Fellowship – Why your classmates are a good start but never enough  
3. 剥 Stripping – How empires, companies, and portfolios die from one small tolerated wrong  
4. 大壮 Great Power – What genuine, unbreakable strength actually looks like (spoiler: it’s slow)

People I have in mind who can benefit from reading this e-course are: 

• Those company leaders who are burning cash to beat rivals;
• Those investors who are investing heavily on AI related companies;
• Those workers who feel they’re falling behind if they’re not hustling harder;
• Anyone whose toes are tingling with power to charge forward right now.

Because we are surrounded by voices shouting “faster, braver, first.”  
The I Ching, as always, answers with a calm smile: “deeper, truer, slower.”

This e-course is finished. The four lessons plus their practical step-by-step guides are now bundled into a single, short ebook (about 35 minutes to read).

Ideally, people can consult I Ching directly, or any other ancient Chinese classics, as these books are widely available everywhere. For those whose Chinese is not that good, I hope I can build a tiny bridge with my e-courses.

Each e-course, including this one, is HKD 29.9. Or it is free to barter. Details are here: https://www.mslmaster.com/index.php?view=article&id=249:msl-master-e-courses&catid=11 

This e-course now joins my other e-courses as wonderful holiday gifts! Through them, ancient Chinese wisdom will continue to help people today. 

As for this latest one, Before You Charge, I hope it can turn the terrifying urge to run into the quiet confidence to wait, to choose allies wisely, to notice the first crack before the mountain falls, and finally to move with power that cannot be stopped.

If you are chasing something right now—if your toes are tingling—start with the first lesson on 需. It might save you more than money.

Before You Charge: Four I Ching Lessons on the Slow Path to Real Strength. Four hexagrams, one deliberate journey.