A person's life is the result of your own judgments, and you must bear the consequences of those judgments.

Judgment is the Ability to Make Decisions

Judgment is omnipresent – choosing a school, changing jobs, starting a business – which job to take, which school to attend. A person's ability to make decisions is called judgment.

If you have poor judgment when making decisions, you will often make the wrong ones. When a feeling comes, and you follow it to make a decision, it is almost 100% carnal. Some say they feel at peace when making a decision, and then disaster strikes. Lot also felt at peace when he decided to leave Abram and go to Sodom, but disaster followed.

Today, we cannot walk by feelings; we must walk by judgment. With every judgment we make, we must constantly improve our judgment. Start with small judgments in small matters, and then move to big judgments in big matters. If this judgment can determine your life or death, then practice on matters that cannot determine life or death. Judgment needs constant practice. A person without judgment, unable to make prompt decisions, always indecisive, has weak judgment.

During World War II, British pilots were trained with an escape manual, but it was later discovered that those who followed the manual died, while those who didn't survived. After investigation, it was found that the problem was not with the manual itself, but with the judgment of the people. Because during the escape process, in enemy territory, you need to constantly use your judgment to decide which direction to go.

There is a saying in The Art of War: Do not transmit it beforehand. The Art of War provides guiding principles for warfare. But when actually fighting, you must make judgments, just like playing chess. Knowing the rules of how each piece moves does not guarantee winning the game; the key is making the right judgment at each step.

There is a book called The One Thing, which emphasizes that you must judge which move you should make. A person's life is the result of your own judgments, and you must bear the consequences of those judgments. Some judge well, others judge poorly, so some live well, and others do not.

A person's judgment is very important. Why were pilots able to escape successfully? Because they adopted a flexible approach, adapting to local conditions and making correct judgments based on the situation at the time. If you only engage in theoretical discussions, it is useless.

Today, the training that brothers and sisters receive in the church is how to make judgments in limited situations and with limited resources. With limited resources or by utilizing all possible resources, what kind of judgment should you make? Do not give up on yourself, complaining that your parents are not national leaders; that is useless. The only thing that is useful is to exercise your judgment.

Learn to Make Judgments Through Information

Education in the past solved the problem of knowledge but did not solve the problem of judgment. I have been thinking about how, in our church, to help everyone continuously have a correct understanding of God's word, and I also very much hope that everyone lives prosperously. You must possess these abilities.

If you only read the Bible your whole life, you will become a very foolish religious scholar. If you do not study mathematics, no matter how familiar you are with the Bible, you will still be unable to do math. If you are in finance, and you don't read finance books and understand how it works, and you just pray all day, you will definitely lose money. You must understand and learn, for example, human resource management, financial management, investment management, real estate management.

So I do not approve of people being lazy. Thank God for allowing us to work six days a week and setting aside one day to worship Him, because working is also a key component of life. This is how God created it.

The focus of quality education, which China is constantly emphasizing in its education reform, is to build up people's qualities, including their character, thinking ability, ability to collect information, and ability to digest and organize information. If you have done well in collecting, digesting and organizing information, you still must make a judgment, make a decision through this information.

Recently, I made a judgment: Although many people say China is not good, my judgment is that in the next twenty years, China will enter the ranks of developed countries. This judgment will only be confirmed twenty years from now.

More than a decade ago, Jack Ma made a judgment: he would do internet e-commerce. Today his judgment is accurate. Back then, when Jack Ma was doing e-commerce, everyone was watching and laughing. Can I buy clothes without trying them on? But now people buy them that way.

Making Decisions with Incomplete Information

The core issue of education is the issue of ability, including the ability to think, the ability to collect information, the ability to digest and organize information, and also the ability to make correct judgments in a state of incomplete information.

Everyone has different judgments about opportunities. I find that the fatal problem for people is rigidity and being conservative. If a person lives to be fifty years old and is living prosperously, that person's judgment should be good. If a person lives to be five or sixty years old and is not doing well, afraid to make decisions, you know that their judgment is very poor.

Brothers and sisters should cultivate a habit, which is judgment. There are several important parameters to grasp in judgment: First, make judgments in the present moment when information is incomplete and things are uncertain. Second, make judgments when resources are insufficient.

So don't think that opportunities can be saved forever. Opportunities are only useful at that moment; once passed, they are not very useful. If you want to build Taobao today, forget about Alipay. Today I see an opportunity to do online education. Medical care and education are both big businesses. Making judgments in situations where resources are limited is called judgment.

Judgment is the ability to make decisions. Many people are hesitant when making decisions. Today I am teaching everyone to make friends with people who have strong judgment, and definitely not with people who are indecisive. Also, try not to seek their opinions; if you do, your faith and future will be shaken.

Brothers and sisters, cultivate a habit of making judgments, and even making friends requires making the right judgment. If you often associate with losers, you will probably be a loser. What kind of friends you make determines what kind of person you are. Today we all need to have judgment.

As a pastor, I often evaluate people. I will judge during ministry to know if you are a talent. I think there are many places to use judgment, including making friends. If you made friends with Jack Ma before he was successful, you would be formidable today.

How to Improve One's Judgment

Practice More in Small Matters

How to improve one's judgment? Be sure to do your homework, and then start practicing. In healing and deliverance, I encourage everyone to practice on colds, headaches, and minor ailments. Some say that small illnesses do not need to bother God; they will only bother God when they get cancer. I believe that if you don't exercise faith in small illnesses, you will die when you get cancer.

Whether it is faith, judgment, or thinking ability, they are all developed through practice. You will gain through constant practice; it is useless to just watch without practicing. Every day you will face some decisions and judgments, such as what to use this time for. Many people don't know why when making decisions, so they follow their feelings. People who follow their feelings cannot develop any ability.

Everything needs to be practiced from small beginnings. Improve a little bit every day, read faster, judge better and more accurately. You need to make judgments on how to use your resources, such as what to do with your income for this month.

Practice Grasping Future Trends

Do you have a grasp of future trends? To practice grasping future trends, you can take a book and make a prediction before you read it. Skim the table of contents and guess what the book uses. When you turn to the corresponding place and it is indeed so, that is practicing your predictive ability. Reading can practice predictive ability. People with foresight are trained.

With this book Uber in my hand, I had a judgment before reading it: It talks about the basic qualities that successful entrepreneurs need to possess. When you read this sentence, you will probably think about what the first, second, and third points are. When you read it and find that your judgment is different from what they say, then you carefully consider why they say so.

Among the factors that affect the success or failure of entrepreneurship, there are naturally objective factors, such as the environment of the times, social atmosphere, regional characteristics, and product characteristics. Occasionally there is an element of luck, but to a greater extent, the outcome is determined by everything the entrepreneur possesses personally.

This is the same as my view. Only by obtaining abundant personal resources can entrepreneurship proceed as planned and designed to the greatest extent possible. It means you personally, without Jack Ma, there could be no Taobao. In addition to having basic start-up capital, what other important factors and qualities do successful entrepreneurs need?

First is the vision and ability to discover the right product. Without a good product, even the biggest dream can only be a pipe dream. Today's entrepreneurial products are no longer limited to physical entities; they may be a new service, a new concept, or even a new relationship. It must bring value to a sufficient number of people. In addition, to reduce resistance, there must be a certain foundation in related fields.

Finding this kind of entrepreneurial product is not simple. It requires years of accumulation by the entrepreneur. Being able to become a true expert in certain fields, gambling-style entrepreneurship that uses the advantage of information asymmetry, or taking a follow-the-trend adventure entrepreneurship, is difficult to succeed in the Internet age. Baidu's Robin Li, Tencent's Pony Ma, and Xiaomi's Lei Jun are all Kalanick-like figures. They have relevant technical backgrounds and have been immersed in the industry for many years. In terms of their understanding of technology and products, they are also leaders in the industry, and entrepreneurial success is a natural outcome.

Secondly, there is ample leadership ability. Entrepreneurship is different from working. A good employee in the workplace can perhaps achieve promotion through their own efforts, but an entrepreneur must build an excellent team. To gain superb leadership skills, self-confidence is indispensable.

Every moment needs to maintain full confidence in the future, believing that difficulties can be overcome with the efforts of oneself and partners. In addition, good interpersonal relationships, lasting patience, independent judgment, rich management experience, and, more importantly, the entrepreneur's ability to be happy to be responsible for the dreams of a group of people are also required.

I think it's quite like me. I also like to be that kind of person. I want everyone to start constantly practicing their judgment skills. Judgment is gained through practice. That is, in the industry, can you become an expert in the industry you operate? Do you want to do tutoring? Do you want to teach Chinese as a foreign language? Or make clothing? Decades of accumulation is key, because the waters in every industry are very deep.

Grasping future trends is very important, so you must grasp the big trends to grasp the small trends. For example, PL wants to teach Chinese as a foreign language. Chinese will become a very important language in the new era. Even Malaysians regret that they do not understand Chinese and therefore cannot use Taobao.

When you have a grasp of future trends, you need to make some correct judgments under this trend. I have been in the education industry for more than twenty years, and my understanding of education is not ordinary, it is very deep. Listening to my sharing, you will know that sisters YX, PL, and many church brothers and sisters are my success stories. This is how I teach and train them.

Today, we must have a grasp of future trends and an attempt to allocate your resources. Constantly try to allocate your resources – your time, money – how to use and combine them, and then use your faith.

The Greatest Enemy to Improving Judgment is Fear

Throughout the entire process, the greatest enemy to improving judgment is fear. People who are fearful dare not do anything, and when they do, they always say it cannot be done. Using faith, rejecting fear, and rejecting regret are key to practicing judgment. Throughout the process, you can manage your risks. Today, we need to understand the operational principles of many things. Let me give you an example: some people have a very low-risk index, but their returns are also very low.

Today, I will tell you a key concept: if you want to be financially independent, you must get involved in real estate. To buy a house, you must study houses. To study houses, you must study major trends, and then you must make a judgment. What is the economy? People are the economy. Where people flock, the economy grows. Ten million people create an economy for ten million people; twenty million people create an economy for twenty million people. Real estate is not related to its price, but to whether people are flocking to that location. Anywhere with rapid population growth is an opportunity. We chose Hangzhou because, as we understand it, Hangzhou's population is still expanding. Any place with population expansion is an opportunity.

Reject fear and regret, and make judgments within your capabilities. Do not speculate, as speculation can ruin your life.

Learn to Put Effort into Judgment

Making judgments often has a profound impact on your life. There was a young man whose father did not get into a prestigious university. His father's only hope was that his son would get into a prestigious university, immediately pushing his son into debt.

A degree at Singapore Management University costs $128,000. A student who completes polytechnic can start working and earn money to continue studying for a degree. But the problem was that the child's father had a dream, which ruined his child's dream. The child did not listen to advice and insisted on pursuing this degree.

If his father were wealthy, it would be fine to study anything. But his father was not wealthy, so he took out a loan to study. With tuition and living expenses, $200,000 Singapore dollars disappeared, and now he has $100,000 in debt, which will take three to five years to repay. This is a case of people making judgments based on illusion.

That is why I ask everyone to do their homework. Create a table and estimate what your life will be like in five years. Sisters YX and Brother HF did not study further, but they have degrees and work experience. When I later went to China for inspection, many returnees had both degrees and work experience.

Today, we all need to do our homework. The father's dream ruined the son's dream, which is a problem of judgment. The question is whether the son should listen to his father, which requires first judging whether the father is a person with good judgment. If not, you need to make a better judgment yourself.

Today, everyone needs to grow continuously in the church and train your abilities. Judgment is very important. If a person does not know how to judge, it can be terrible. For example, when I was working at the polytechnic, there was a shortage of IT talent. The bank found me through a headhunting company. They offered me multiple salary increases, but I did not go because I did not understand the banking industry.

Later, I focused on education. I wanted to understand the processes and key parameters of educational institutions. So today, I am very clear about how to do things in the education industry. When I reached that position, I could learn from my colleagues. If I didn't understand something, I would ask, and then learn, take notes, and accumulate knowledge. Thank God for giving me such perseverance.

Greed can darken your heart. Do not fall for it, or your life will be miserable. Thank God, my judgment is no worse than the average person. At that time, I made a judgment to stay in the education industry and continue to explore. Later, I became the CIO of another polytechnic, the highest position in the IT industry. People often make judgments. The process of practice is the allocation of your resources, what you use your time for.

Learning How to Learn is Very Important

I have a good habit of never stopping learning in my life, so I found that even in my fifties, my IQ is still growing. I do not want to retire and enjoy a comfortable life. My mind is very clear. I want to maintain strong work enthusiasm, which is closely related to my internal logical system. Because I live to dedicate my life and bless many people. I want to be a blessing to those around my bed even at the last moment of my life.

I allocate my time to the things I do. In the past five or six years of building the church, I dare say that I have grasped the key to building the church industry. The reason is that I constantly judge what to do, judging things one by one.

Thank God, I assess risks in the judgment process, and risk assessment is very important. If you have ten dollars, invest ten dollars. Do not invest one hundred dollars when you only have ten dollars, borrowing ninety dollars. I do not encourage everyone to gamble. Start learning to manage. The concept of management is very simple, and management can train yourself in practice.

When we read Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang farmed in Nanyang, but he studied the international situation. His analysis was very insightful. He did not lead troops in battle, but he was very skilled in war strategies. Then he was invited to join Liu Bei's army as a military advisor, and he won battles immediately. Why is this the case? Because it was practiced.

When I was in college, I liked to play Go. My approach to learning Go was different from many people. I held five volumes of Go books and read them repeatedly. I thoroughly digested the concepts in the chess scores. Later, when I played chess, all those who had not read Go books were defeated by me, and those who had read them were evenly matched with me.

Reading and learning are very important qualities. Learn to assess your risks during training. The lowest risk approach is to study. In the church, I constantly encourage everyone to learn and practice their learning ability. When we read the book Uber, we actually gain information about his entrepreneurship. If everyone develops a habit of learning and judging at the same time, then eight or nine times out of ten, you will succeed.

Risk Assessment is Very Important

This is assessing risk, but you always have to take some risks. A person without a concept of risk, unwilling to take any risks, cannot achieve anything. There is no such thing as no risk. There will definitely be risks. Can I afford such risks? This requires risk assessment.

I have developed a habit of project management. Many people doing project management do not know about risk assessment, which is very dangerous. When I do projects, there is a type of project management called PMT, which I basically do not use. I adopt my own unique set of project management methods, so the projects I do basically never fail.

My unique project management method is: I list the biggest challenges of the project, and the second and third biggest challenges. I list all the factors that affect the success or failure of the project, and then see if there are solutions and do experiments. If there are solutions to everything, my project will definitely succeed. If the first challenge of the project cannot be solved, I will not take such a risk, and I will not start the project at all.

I made an examination system, and I have my own set of design concepts. The examination must receive 100% of the papers. Those who studied at the polytechnic have used my examination system. This is the project I was responsible for. My guiding ideology is, can I solve this risk? If I cannot solve it, do not do it. The system I designed really solved the problem, not only the examination problem but also the problem of Chinese students not knowing English words.

Anything requires assessing your risk. In the church, I think I am a person with a slightly higher risk coefficient, but I never take risks that I cannot afford.

Inheriting Judgment from Books and Various Cases

Training a person's judgment ability through reading is called inheritance. Inheritance is important, and whether there is inheritance makes a big difference. I inherit from books, which record many different cases. The entire process of inheritance is actually an indirect way of learning. If someone else's investment fails, you go to understand it, find out where the problem lies, and you will have judgment.

Your boss has shortcomings, that is for sure. The boss made a wrong decision, and later the matter collapsed. You did not spend a penny, but you learned how to judge through him. When I was working, I would do the decisions my boss made myself. During meetings, I would sit below. The boss would say to do things this way, and I would think it would not work, so I would bypass the pit, but I would not point it out.

Develop a habit of making your own judgments. If you often judge things this way, you will know that you are looking at the problem from the boss's perspective. If you look at the problem from the boss's perspective, you will definitely do a good job, and you will anticipate all the problems that may occur for him. When the time comes, he will like you very much because you solve problems for him. So judgment is widely used in daily life.

Leadership is Needed in Everything

Once, JX and XF, and a photographer were going to do something. I told Brother JX that I had made a judgment: anything without a leader will completely collapse. I told him this principle and told him that he must judge whether or not he should be the leader. In the absence of a leader, whoever runs in front is the leader. The leader is the one who runs faster and does more.

Past experience has shown that anything without a leader will collapse. How can it succeed without a leader? It is impossible for everyone to be equal partners. In any environment, someone needs to take on the responsibility of leadership. But you must make a judgment whether you want to bear the cost, whether this matter is valuable, and whether you want to take on this office. If you want to be the leader, you need to do all the work at the beginning, and it is all dirty and hard work.

Judgment is Used in All Kinds of Things and Needs to be Continuously Improved

I think the concepts mentioned today are very important. Starting today, whether it is time, money, opportunities, all kinds of things, you need to learn to judge. Constantly improve your judgment, and your life will be very rich. Let us start today to develop a habit of not being rigid. Many Christians are rigid and do not know which job to choose. We need to learn to practice skillfully, understand what God's Word says, and put these words into practice in life. Do not be concerned about saving face, improve your judgment, and start learning in many aspects.