Alright, let's delve into the business of getting things done, starting today. The first topic is Finding Joy in Toil.

I. Joy in Labor as a Gift from God

You know, when it comes to life, many people just don't know how to live it. Why can't they? And why do they wear such a sour expression, like a bitter gourd? Isn't it so? Their faces are filled with world-weariness and sorrow. One look at their face, and their entire history is written all over it. Whether they are rich or poor, you can tell from their countenance whether they are filled with sorrow, depression, and entanglement, or whether they are filled with joy. Learning how to live is a must, isn't it? It requires study.

Today's first lecture is actually an introduction to the upcoming series on getting things done. I really want everyone to listen carefully to what I have to say. If you don't know how to live, you'll end up living a life filled with anxiety and pressure. When you're in school, it's all about competition and pressure, striving and striving, until you finally get into a top-tier university. And then, even in university, it's the same thing all over again. In the end, you see these people living lives that... well, they barely resemble a human life. They're neither human nor ghost. It's essential to learn how to live.

Some people, like myself, have it as a gift from God. I've known how to do it since I was a child, though I can't really explain why. School was never stressful for me, and I did quite well academically. And when it comes to work, you rarely see me stressed. You might ask, How can you not be stressed? Believe it or not, I solve a lot of problems in my work, but I truly don't feel that sense of pressure. In fact, I often alleviate the stress and sorrow of others.

So, I'd like to go through how I get things done, and summarize my approach. Upon reflection, I'm truly grateful to God. This might sound a bit boastful. But it's hard not to be, isn't it? God has chosen me to share my experiences with everyone. He simply likes me. What can you say to that? I enjoyed studying when I was a student, and I enjoy working now. Once I start working, I get addicted. It's simply... well, that kind of joy and satisfaction is truly wonderful. Sometimes, even doing chores, like cleaning or fixing things, and accidentally scraping or bumping my hand, is delightful. Is this joy? Yes, it is. One of my traits is that after a day's work, covered in dust and dirt, I drink a bottle of cola and find the food especially tasty, almost heavenly. And when I go to sleep, the bed feels incredibly comfortable, and I'm filled with gratitude, marveling at how well-designed and comfortable the bed is. Yes, it’s simply too good. This kind of lifestyle is filled with joy.

If a person doesn't know how to enjoy life, their daily state is bound to be terrible. Isn't it so? Frowning at work, frowning in bed, frowning in interactions, everything is filled with sorrow. So, isn't it tragic for a person not to know how to get things done? Today, let's discuss whether it's a misfortune not to know how to get things done. I tell you, the lazy are in pain. The lazy live in pain. If you're lazy, I can say for certain that you're a person in pain. No need for divination, even a fool could tell you that the lazy live in pain.

Why? Because they're lazy. They're lazy, and they don't even realize it. They look at the pile of dishes in the sink and think, Oh my, so much work, when will I ever finish it? What's this? It would only take a few swipes to finish, but they see it as too much work. They look at the closet and think, Oh my, it's all piled up. They look at the floor and think, Oh my goodness, when will I ever finish that? They see the work as too much. This fills them with pain, so they endure the day. But the work doesn't disappear, the mess doesn't go away, it's still a chaotic pile. They just suffer every day. The teacher gives them some homework, and they think, Oh my, so much homework! What kind of person is this? They've finally come into this world for a brief time. Isn't it so? Look at how they behave, living a life that's neither human nor ghost. And then they're poor. Laziness leads to poverty. And what do you think happens when they're poor? Twenty-something girls, lazy, poor, and stupid, think the first thing they need to do is to find a Prince Charming to marry. But why would Prince Charming choose you? What for? You're foolish and incompetent. Isn't that a matter of concern? Even looking at you is depressing.

So, when you come to Chinese Mingding Doctrine, I believe the first thing to address is your laziness. That laziness. And you know what? Just thinking about marrying, a whole scam. And then solve the problem of scammers. Oh my goodness, what a life of misery. In life, the most important thing is getting things done. The most important thing is being able to get things done. If you can get things done, you'll have money. If you can solve problems, you'll be valuable, right? Recently, we've been training one of our sisters in drawing for full-house customization. She told me, Teacher, you know, the hardest tasks are design and measuring. Many people don't want to do it, but those who do earn at least two to three thousand dollars a month.

I said, Is that so? I often do that work. That’s what I do. Nobody can replace me. They probably can't do these things either. How to solve that problem, how to handle the epidemic, these are all my jobs. So, I want to tell everyone that you can learn to get things done. Today, I'll teach you how to learn to get things done. First, find joy in your work. You see, finding joy in labor is a gift from God. Don't you think I should thank God? I must thank my God. Why? Because I have found joy in labor, and that is a gift from God. God delights in me, he makes me love work, which is indisputable. So, what's the problem? The problem is, what is the purpose of work? I'll tell you why work makes people miserable. Do you know why work makes people miserable? Because they make earning money the goal of work. Then they become anxious. I have studied this problem very deeply. They just want to make money, they only think about making money, right? Then, if you don't make money after working, isn't it sad? Is it unpleasant? It is, hard to bear. Even if you make money, it's still unpleasant because you always feel like you earned less than you expected.

Then the wrong target is wrong. Then find joy in labor and because work is grace and work in itself is a grace. For example, for me, if work makes me joyful but I do not earn money I earned joy isn't it? If I earn money as well l earned joy. What is there that I complain of? So, I like to work because of a simple reason. I found the first opportunity for work and it was in a challenge situation. As a result of finding the work I worked hard. Why work hard? Because the platform solved the problems in my work for me. So, what did I earn? I earned joy.

Why? Because I grow at work. If you learn networks then it is not useful if you learn this thing at home isn’t it? But it is no joke if you learn the network to give use to 10,000 people. Ten thousand people on a network versus 2 on the network is not the same. Although between people the word network cannot be divided but the word itself is two different things. Is it so? Without the environment how can you do. It can’t be done therefore I hold firmly to this job opportunity. Where is the problem? I know it is the grace of God. But you know what. I work till a certain level, I do not work overtime to the point of being tired so I would return to church. I would attend group sessions and group bible studies and the other moments I increment it. I can also tell you I have a talent about work. Isn’t it work ends at 6? Work ends at 6. Then I study around 6:30. You thought I am doing work but I am learning. I learn to the point of life, even to 8, 9, 10 at night. The boss thinks I am working hence the boss wants to cry.

This is something to bring joy where people give me money and also give me the platform and at the same time give me the instrument to use Isn’t it? Thinking back about it I feel sorry for the brothers and sisters. Why? One day, the car that was doing customer service, was solving one matter to the next everywhere leaving the legs and hips tired. The rare chance to study the card was left to be learnt and some others do not even want to teach you, I created a very good learning environment for the brothers and sisters and they can be helped. This is a place to Learn and this is a training Institution. Here you are trained to be like God! And as a result, it is not well used and to learn something is very hard. One time, I wanted to bring a Sister to Singapore and my fellow worker taught them. It was too little to learn but not not not till eyes shed tears and said but it was still not. It died but I was only thinking if a person does not find work to bring joy in. Until now I have not found an answer thus joy in Labor is the grace of God!

II. Constantly Persuade Yourself to Be Joyful in the Process of Working

Let’s say you are a management role or a technical role or an administrative role or a Business man or opening up a small store. A person’s problem lies in following his own feeling not because I love to work otherwise. Since I was very young I was thinking if I don't go to school, and let me see if I was studying very very tough, and I if I mum does not like me and the teachers do not like me. This is what I must do right? And it is same when working. When I find a job as customer service and the computer is broken then I would go under the table and under the table is smelly socks and a badminton racket.

If encountering a very clean customer and getting under to repair IT isn’t it blessing there is no smelly socks here no smelly odors here. Therefore I need to enjoy in the work I am doing and I need to enjoy the work I am doing. What happens? Later I really enjoy doing the work. Why is it because I deal with many customers. It does not matter if it is broken English but learn to speak where the customer likes you and I will learn how to speak. So, you are able to go through but if there is no joy then there will be nothing that can be done. Learn how to find something can be delighted by and of course there will always be bad things to see so. Learn how to go through with it so it happened one time, an IT teacher’s excel could not be read. I went on and took on what I could not read and asked for and then the teacher felt happy.

Therefore in the process of do a job constantly persuade yourself to be joyful. Do not choose not to be joyful you must choose to be joyful. In the work understand and be happy learning new points. Of course there are points that are not joyful in work that are there by the thousands. I tell you back in the day no matter how I worked. I will get the customer to like talking to me. I will do my very best customer’s customer service. It seems that the customers seemed to like me since there are no complaint against this. Thus as I continue moving on, I slowly become Manager but find that if doing management job is not good like having others under you where and it can get quite annoying. Then you have the finance related things for example, their receipts all require me to approve. I hate it, it is very annoying to do yet if is a high paying job I still have to do it and encourage to do the job.

Some people do not know why do you think the manager is doing something and I find it not as pleasant. Working as a technical person is still not that bad. I sat on the desk everyday but I have to love my job and I have to love the work. I am using these methods. I also read the how to manage reading material and books at the library.

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Agitation, always agitation. But I have studied this problem for a long time. You know what I have figured out? I have come to a conclusion: how can I get him to work properly? Up until today, isn't it? I am capable of persuading people, able to get them to work properly, doing ideological work. Isn't that right? We are trained to do this, aren't we? Those who are trained must know how to do ideological work. Later, I found it, found a way. I won't say what the way is, otherwise, we can't have today's class. What does this mean? After working for half a year, I started to like this job. I really started to like this job. Why did I start to like this job? Because I began to grasp the essence of being a manager: how to manage people, how to manage things, how to manage people. Oh, let me tell you, it's great! Luckily, I didn't quit at that time. Luckily, I didn't switch back to doing technical work. It's great! I often persuade myself, I rejoice. I will never forget that I rejoice in all circumstances. Isn't that right? Rejoice in all circumstances. Isn't that a joyful person? Isn't it? It's not about rejoicing when you encounter joyful things and not rejoicing when you encounter unpleasant things. If that's the case, you don't know how to live. You will be crestfallen and look unsightly if you don't know how to live. People who do things look crestfallen, and things are done messily. What does that look like? Isn't that right? Working with a grimace. These are all colloquial expressions, a description of aiya, aiya.

## III. Grasping the Essence of Things in Doing Things
Recently, I saw some people's work and exclaimed, Extremely ugly, what is this thing? Extremely ugly. Later, they said, Teacher, your words are extremely penetrating, very penetrating, extremely ugly, what is this thing? I said, What does this mean? It means that grasping the essence of things is still very important, very important. First of all, grasp the essence of things in doing things. You must carefully ponder the lesson I am giving today, carefully ponder it. You must know how to live. What does it mean to know how to live? It means achieving the image of God. With the image of God, God absolutely grasps the essence of things. Therefore, knowing Jehovah is intelligence, and fearing God is the beginning of wisdom. These words are very important.

Secondly, in the past few years, with my customer service experience, I tell you, I have grasped the essence of customer service. My customer service language is first-class. I absolutely know how to face all types of customers, whether they are difficult customers or ordinary customers. Yesterday, I was still teaching one of our sisters how to handle these difficult situations. For example, her mother-in-law is nagging, or her child is crying. How do you stop the child from crying? It's not just saying Don't cry, don't cry all the time. Half an hour has passed, and they are still crying. You come to me, I have customer service skills, I have the essence of customer service. I say, Cry, keep crying. He says, I cry, I cry. I say, Then cry if you want to cry. Then I crack sunflower seeds and laugh and chat. After two minutes, the child stops crying. Why did they stop crying? This is the importance of grasping the essence.

Not only must we do things, but we must also know how to live, and guide our behavior with theological wisdom. Knowing Jehovah and fearing God is the beginning of all wisdom. They all discovered that he was crying there, and I was cracking sunflower seeds there, which made him feel particularly uncomfortable. Isn't that right? Particularly uncomfortable. When you encounter your mother-in-law nagging, let her nag. Mother-in-law, Mom, I especially like your nagging. You really like her, especially like her. I haven't heard you nagging today. Does she still nag? She doesn't nag anymore. She nags to make you happy. If she makes you happy, that is not her purpose. Her purpose is to make you uncomfortable. Do you understand? Where did I learn this from? I learned it from doing customer service in the early years.

The customer service is very excited, and the customer is very excited. I am good at pacifying. In English, it's called pacify, for those who have studied English. I know how to pacify my customer. Pacify, so grasp the essence of things. Today, I must tell you, you must do things. Do, do, do... ah... isn't it? If you do property management, you must thoroughly understand what it is. What's going on? See church, what is church, what's going on? What does a pastor do, what's going on? Grasp the essence. So you see, pastors enjoy doing it, can you see it? Can you feel the enjoyment? Some pastors don't know how to do it. They haven't grasped the essence, so they think being a pastor is a bitter job. You come to me, how can it be bitter? It can't be bitter.

Later, someone said, Teacher, you just made others cry. Where do you have time to cry? Actually, it's not that way. I make you rejoice. I make you rejoice. But it's very difficult for you to make me cry, very difficult. So, this matter, grasp the essence of things in doing things. Over the past few years, overcoming computers, networks, software development, project management, and corporate team building... these are all... accumulated over the past few years, a lot. In the management position at work, you have to write, but your English is not good, and the content is not very proficient, so you have to write and write. At first, writing was not good, but today, if you listen to me carefully, you, an engineering student, have made this language thing quite clear. If you don't understand the language, can you be a pastor? Moving your upper and lower lips, you have to understand. Now, some of us are doing live streaming. You must thoroughly understand the essence of live streaming. Don't just do it every day and be very sad. That's meaningless.

I often remark that I am not a person who relies on feelings. So emotion is a very negative term for me. I feel very tired, then you won't feel not tired. I feel unhappy, then you won't feel happy. It is this right? What's the use of your feelings? What is it worth? It's not worth anything. So, in learning, in this exploration, grasping the essence of things, it's not about feelings, it's about perseverance and patience. Doesn't it rely on perseverance and patience? Which industry doesn't have deep waters? Which industry doesn't have deep waters? So, make the essence of things clear. Have you understood recently? I have been talking about this Mammon thing recently. I have finally understood this thing about Mammon after studying it. How many years has it taken to figure out this thing about Mammon? It's not that I only knew the word Mammon this year. I had known it for a long time, but I wasn't clear about what it was saying.

Therefore, in pastoring, gradually, I began to clarify things one by one and grasped the essence of things. An old pastor told me that when you build a church, the first thing is to be self-sufficient. I said, Oh my, self-sufficient. Spreading the gospel to each person and training each person is very difficult. But this is correct. What he told me was invaluable advice. Second, Daodegao (多道高). So, in doing things, you will definitely have bad feelings. Isn't that right? There will definitely be opportunities to discern good and evil in doing things. This thing is inexplicable. I woke up in the morning with a buzzing in my head, a stuffy feeling in my heart, extreme irritability, and a feeling of emptiness. A strong sense of emptiness, not wanting to do anything. What to do? I tell you, pray. Pray, and that feeling will disappear, it is so magical. So I feel very good. You said you don't rely on feelings, but I don't rely on feelings.

Did you think I felt bad? You're wrong. I don't rely on feelings, I feel good, that is the truth. So I often advise everyone to pray more, it doesn't delay things. That strong sense of emptiness, lying still for a day. If you pray that day, think about it, wouldn't you not have to lie down the next day? How great! Having the grace of prayer and thinking you are suffering a loss. Some people say to me, Teacher, look, I have come to the prayer meeting, and I have come to the Bible study. What else do you want from me? the question I hear is what else do you want from me, I don't want anything from you, I just want you to rejoice. Isn't that right? You have turned it upside down, thinking that coming to pray is for me. If you pray more, I will have strength. If you pray more, I will preach better. Is that so? Not really, I don't really need that. I have not seen Jesus with ten thousand prayer warriors behind him. I really haven't seen that. I also haven't seen Paul going out to serve with a prayer team. No, really no. Nonsense, pure nonsense.

One pastor said that after speaking on the stage, do you know why I preach with such power? He pulled up the curtain, and there were two hundred people behind him praying for him. I said Jesus didn't use this trick. His trick is more divine than Jesus. Nonsense. Why? Because the flesh of man is self-dead through the Holy Spirit. That feeling comes from the flesh. It's that simple. If we concentrate on doing things and that feeling comes up, how do we get rid of it? Through the Holy Spirit, mortify the deeds of the flesh, isn't it? Then continue to learn, continue to explore, continue to do things, and then grasp the essence of things in doing things. Now, you see, for example, software, right? Later, what do I do? Hands-on renovation. Oh, have I thoroughly understood these things? I have understood them quite thoroughly, not just generally thoroughly. This is key. You say, can I not rejoice doing things like this? I can, I will definitely rejoice.

## IV. Exercising Creativity in Doing Things
A person needs to be creative. When you exercise your creativity and solve problems, I tell you, it will be very joyful. One day, a colleague, a peer, someone in my circle, called me. He said, That, that, Teacher Liu, do you have this problem? I said, What problem do you have? Uh, that, that. What problem did he have? He said that he had tendered for a project, spending nearly ten million Singapore dollars. This project he was doing was developing software for internal school staff to use. As a result of the school's internal staff using it, the project, once signed, started like a renovation; asking for more money for this and more money for that, for this and for that. But the money had already been spent. The customer said, This is not what I want. Wasn't it what you wanted originally? Originally, it was what I wanted, but later I changed my mind. Then he had to find the supplier, Can you change it to this? More money. Isn't it that everyone else is just adding oil ( 加油, keep going), but he is adding money, driving him crazy. Is it painful? Ah, painful. Ha, painful. Later, when I managed it, I was originally a manager below, but later, I became an information director supervising this stuff. Oh, I managed it, I have a way. He said, What way do you have? I grasped the essence of this matter.

Having grasped it, I exercised my creativity. I established a healthy relationship with my suppliers, more work, more gain, less work, less gain, no work, no gain. If I said I would give him ten million if there was any leftover, that would be a dog-eat-dog situation. But if I gave him one million, and then another 500,000 for another job, and then another 500,000 for another job, that would be two million. The relationship is healthy. Don't you agree? I understood this matter clearly. So today, everyone, when you want to do renovations, be very careful. If you don't have the skill, don't do a full package. You think that after a full package, all the troubles will be packaged out. No, the troubles are all packaged back. Do you understand?

Our neighbor's face turned green during the renovation. A contract of 150,000 has now reached 200,000. Why? This board is warping, what to do? Add a tendon. How much per tendon? 200. Great, adding 200 tendons, 2.4 million is gone. Where can you reason? There's no way you can think everything clearly. If you can't think everything clearly, won't people cheat you? Let me tell you, doing business ah.

If you want to do business, is it right? Ah, doing business, ah, it's best to earn the money of people who don't understand. Later, when I talked to people, the talks broke down. Why? People see that this kid can't earn his money. Not can't earn my money but can't swindle my money. Isn't it true? People made a living by swindling money. So what I mean is not about making money or not making money, saving money or not saving money. I mean when I was managing these things, I exercised my creativity.

So in the past few years, one thing I used creativity, two things I used creativity, three things I used creativity, so you never see me busy. You really can't. You can't even figure out why you don't see me busy. For example, meetings, how to hold them? How to hold meetings? I understand this matter very well. Isn't that right? Bible study, for example, study it this way. All these things, you grasp the essence, and then you exercise your creativity. This thing, this creative thing, is restoring the image of God. If you have creativity, I tell you, even cleaning can be creative, you know? Cleaning. I tell you, many people just do it this way every day, just do it this way, but I tell you, this is wrong.

Tools are constantly developing. Tools change, processes change. Tools change, processes change, and the entire way of thinking changes. The way of doing things is constantly changing. So there was a guy who wrote something called Ten Times. Ten Times, 10X, 10X, Ten Times. Why is it called Ten Times? It's because there's a ten-fold difference in efficiency between doing things method one and doing things method two. Especially in modern times, the difference is huge. This difference of ten times is called creativity. For example, cleaning the toilet. How long do you clean it for? I clean it fast. I clean it fast, how do I clean it fast? I clean it clean and fast. I have a trick, I have a trick. So, it's all creativity. Whatever you do, you have to exercise your creativity. Once you exercise your creativity, you have to be joyful. Be joyful in doing things, because you’re the one who has created it, you’re the one who designed it, you're the one who has birthed this product. How do you look at it, how do you feel it's all wonderful, you know? Then you know, when I'm renovating our house, the creativity that could be used was used to the fullest, low cost.

Easy to use ah. Today, I'll tell you a little bit about my principle of hands-on. The things you do with your hands must be used by people, so they must be easy to use. If it is not easy to do? Not easy to do, cost will be high. So firstly, it must be easy to do, and then easily to use, and it must look good, a three-good student. Easy to do, easy to use, good looking. Yes, creativity, you can slowly think about it. Oh, if you let me see those things on the market? I went to see other people's things that day? I just like to talk Ah. I said, it has problems ah. As a result, the homeowner shot the picture and sent it to the contractor, Here's a problem ah. I said, is not correct, also. And photographed it again for the contractor. I said, What's up with that, turning it to be like this ah? When I see Ah, a lot of things, don't regard it as a tradition, but it is wrong. Traditions, are wrong. Because I'm a cleaners, I hate corners and dirt the most.

That water tap, the washbasin tap, was right against the wall, and then there was the basin. It was the worst design, but... everyone did it that way for years. Oral hygiene, right? I've got no blind spots, right? How wonderful, how wonderful. Well, I've done a lot of this sort of thing, what you might call creativity in action. If you don't do anything, where does your creativity come from? Right? All you do is eat and sleep, sleep and eat; you don't need creativity. Just raise you like a pig, right? Right? Just a bunch of piglets, that's enough, right? So, brothers and sisters, we need to learn that work is a blessing, work is a blessing. Management, management is the same; it all depends on creativity, all depends on creativity. Now, if I'm so creative, if I'm so creative, can he be short of money? He cannot be short of money. He cannot be short of money, he has his state of affairs no matter what he does. Why? Because they talk about doing, they don't talk about joy, they talk about doing. Talk about doing this and doing that, but after all that talk, they never get to the essence. Like me, I've compiled a lot of reference material. I read it and read it, and actually, I do read it. After reading it, well, I'm not very satisfied, not very satisfied, so I'll just put something together myself. So, this is about exercising creativity in action.

## V. Mastering the Method of Doing Things by Doing Things
Mastering the method of doing things by doing things, come, let me tell you why. The reason is very simple. There is a method to doing things. Why are people not joyful? Their method is wrong. The method is unfixed. So, what is this method? Today, I'll just say a little something to everyone. What is this method related to? This method is a kind of righteousness. But many of us are not familiar with the word righteousness. Actually, what is righteousness? It is the whole method of doing things to get the thing done. This is the method of coercion in theology, called craftsmanship. So, what is craftsmanship related to? Craftsmanship is related to tools. Tools, materials. Isn't it the case that when these three—tools, materials, and craftsmanship—are combined, and then you add one more thing called skill? Everyone, write this down, okay?

Tools, Craftsmanship, Materials, and Skills. Doing many things are like this, many things are like this. If you want to do artificial intelligence, you need artificial intelligence tools, which is what we call GPU graphics cards today, right? Those tools. What about the materials? Materials, you don't need materials for programming? Programming does need code. But programming also has materials; the libraries you are referencing from others, right? Referencing other people's libraries. So, what is data? Data is also a kind of material, right? Then, you have the tools, you have the materials, and then you have the whole process of processing, how to process these data, how to use these tools, how to put these materials together, to make sure they don't get twisted together, that requires your skill.

Now, in doing things, if you can't master the method, what does the method include? It includes finding a good tool. For example, if you're drilling a hole in the wall, drilling a hole in the wall, are you going to use your finger to chip away at it? If you use your finger to dig, you won't be able to dig it out even after the Year of the Monkey, right? Isn't that the wrong tool? That's definitely the wrong method. Right? You need to get a pneumatic drill. But as soon as you use a pneumatic drill, the dust goes everywhere. Get a dust-free pneumatic drill. Right? Dust-free. Then the dust-free one makes noise, so you get one that makes no noise. So, people aren't allowed to do construction on Saturdays and Sundays, but it doesn't matter; we can do construction secretly; we have one that makes no noise, but no one has invented a pneumatic drill that makes no noise yet. If someone invents it, that will be amazing. Do you understand? Then I'll make one in the future. That is, in doing things, you master the method of doing things: tools, materials, craftsmanship, and the method changes accordingly. So, gradually start adjusting our method. Adjusting our method in today's information age, the information age, using an information-age style of doing things, a method of doing things. Don't go back to the Stone Age or the era of drilling wood to make fire. Now you know what? Oh my, let me tell you, the technology is so good now, so good.

For example, the oldest microwave oven has a very disgusting design, with a plate that rotates inside, right? Now they are flatbed. Can the flatbed heat evenly? The flatbed heats evenly. Why? Because of the microwave drill inside. Right? The microwave drill. Oh my, let me tell you, do you still use that rotating plate? No need, no need. Is it easier to clean? It's easy to clean; just wipe it with a cloth and it's clean. Isn't that the case that if the tool is good, there's less work to do? Who still chops firewood or carries coal now? No one does. So, constantly adjusting tools, craftsmanship, materials, skills. Using tools is a skill, materials are a skill, everything is a skill. If the method is right, ah, it's so refreshing. Go to Taobao, Alibaba, click, take a look around. This tool is good, click, the efficiency increases tenfold. Right? Let me tell you, if you can master the most advanced tools now, I think your work efficiency will definitely increase, not just one or two times, but even eight or ten times. How is it possible that you wouldn't be joyful? Let me tell you, in this generation, we are born in this generation, if we compare it to any previous generation, we are blessed.

Now this generation is the age of artificial intelligence. Next, the technological revolution has reached the age of artificial intelligence. Will artificial intelligence be intelligent? Let me tell you how amazing artificial intelligence is. Translation, the translation is so good; it directly outputs sound. I'm telling you, in the future, I'm going to make one in English. After I finish speaking in Chinese, it immediately outputs in English, with my voice. Those words and characters, that's artificial intelligence. It's amazing. That and the original translation are not the same thing anymore. The previous Google Translate was not good. This is our method. Like our voice recording to text, it's slowly disappearing. So, what are we going to do? We start to constantly improve our skills in using tools. There are many ways to clean, right? There are many ways to wash dishes. Slowly think about it. Let me tell you, any matter in the hands of a creative person is an opportunity, right? Any matter in my hands, the method will be picked. The other day we went to an electrical store, and some people talked about dishwashers. Our family bought a dishwasher, but that was really...a terrible thing because it washes slower than me. It washes slower than me. People who have used it know, people who haven't used it don't know. I'll slowly tell you, buying that thing will definitely accumulate, definitely accumulate. Some time ago, one of us bought a handheld vacuum. It doesn't need him to sweep, but it's quite troublesome for him to sweep, and it doesn't sweep up the things that need to be swept up. In the end, I have to sweep it again. Is it interesting? That's...people don't understand things, don't understand.

## VI. Interacting with People While Doing Things

What bothers me the most is, in the morning, right? I took a holiday. When I came back, my mom also got up, and I also got up. Mom, have you eaten? I have. Did you sleep well last night? I slept well. The next morning again, Mom, have you eaten? I have. Did you sleep well? I did. On the third day, my mom directly said to me, “I've eaten. I slept well.” Isn't that annoying? It's annoying. It doesn't mean anything. Right? So, do you think it's annoying to watch? It's annoying. Then, ah, what to do? Right? What to do? Can't do anything. But if two people do something together, it's different. Right? Mom, let's make dumplings today. I'll wrap them for you to see. What kind of filling do you want? I want to make this kind of filling. Well, I think this filling is not good. I'll make one with my filling, you make one with your filling, I'll make one with my filling, how about that? Hey, my mom said that's good. Let's add some shrimp, some shrimp meat, some pork belly, some vegetables, and stir-fry some eggs. Then I secretly chop some ginger, chop some ginger into small pieces. I said, Mom, I have a secret weapon. My secret weapon is ginger and scallions. After wrapping them, I eat my mom's, and it's really delicious. I ask you, do the mother and son have anything to say? There's a lot to say. Son, when did you learn to make dumplings? I watched you wrap them when I was little, and I secretly learned it. You little rascal, you secretly learned, and I didn't even charge you tuition. See, we're chatting, right? Interacting with people while doing things.

Do you understand? This is my conversation with my mom. Then at night, when there's nothing to do, buy two sausages, two bottles of beer, and we mother and son open them, drink and talk. How wonderful, discuss, there are many things to discuss. So the problem is, people go bad when they have nothing to do. When I have nothing to do, I like to create things. If you want me to do something, there's a lot to do, endlessly. There's endless work in our family. Why is there so much work? The work I create, why? Doing things enables you to interact with people, and then you transmit, transmit that influence. I think that's quite interesting, right? Now there's a word for it called grabbing attention, right? When you do things, you tell people, you say I want this, I want that, this software should be like this, like that, then there's a sense of existence.

Interacting with people while doing things. Then, it forces you to explore, explore things, communicate, understand. For example, if I want to teach everyone listening, speaking, reading, and writing, teach everyone how to speak, teach everyone how to write articles, then we'll have more topics, right? Like there's a sister, her boss always gets together for lunch, and everyone eats at the door. Eating at the door, our sister said, Teacher, my boss also likes to eat with us, but as soon as we eat, everyone's face is buried in their bowl, and then they just eat and eat, only hearing the sound of swallowing things, nothing else. She said, It's uncomfortable to eat. She said, Teacher, how come there's always something to talk about when you eat with us? I do a lot of things, understand? I do a lot of things. It's so awkward. I said it's nothing else, it's just that the things he's thinking about he can't tell you. Do you know what he's thinking? Thinking about doing more work and giving you less money. He can't say it, can't say it. Do you understand? But when we do things, you see, you grow, and I grow.

Isn't that great? Right? Great. Then we're all talking about substance, right? Whether you call me or I call you, we're always talking about things, right? If we're not talking about things, just asking “Have you eaten? Have you drunk?” The next day I call you and ask, Have you eaten? Have you drunk? On the third day, you just say, I've eaten. I've drunk. I just...isn't that a joke? Right? You don't even have to open your mouth on the third day. So we must do things. Let's just say that today, human resources management, a lot of it, right? Today's scientific research on how to manage human resources, that's all extremely complex science, accounting, financial management, right? Then project, how to manage the project, right? Then what we have to do, customer service, how to do customer service, e-commerce live broadcast, let me tell you, that's, that's, that's, that's, that thing is very deep in every industry, right? Now, Dong Yuhui, right? He just moves his upper and lower lips, and he does a great job with the live broadcast. Now if we talk about that, it's endless. If we talk about doing things, there's a lot to talk about. So in the process of interacting with people, can you not enjoy it? Right? Everyone enjoys it all, right?

## VII. Enjoying the Fruits of Your Labor

Enjoying the fruits of your labor. You've done something, you've done it, and you're happy. That happiness lingers for a long time. Everyone needs to know this today. A person who accomplishes nothing in their life, some in their thirties, some in their forties, some in their fifties, some in their sixties, accomplishes nothing. He cannot be joyful. Right? He feels like a piece of dog shit, and others look at him like a piece of dog shit. Do you think he can be joyful? Then some people really say he's like a pile of dog shit, and he agonizes over it for a long time when he gets home. Some people say, “Teacher, are you talking about me?” The problem lies in what? When he was young, he didn't like to do carpentry, when he was middle-aged, he didn't like to do carpentry, and when he was old, he didn't like to do carpentry. Isn't that miserable? That's very miserable. No creativity, no knowledge. The child is annoyed by him, the grandson is annoyed by him, and he's annoyed by himself, and then he grows an annoying face that looks annoying. Looking in the mirror, this face looks so annoying. Why? There are no results to enjoy.

So today, brothers and sisters, let's start adjusting our work attitude. Adjusting our work attitude, our work, the money from our work does not make us joyful. I've done experiments, giving money, giving money, giving money, it doesn't work. He's not joyful. But when he does things, does things, does things and succeeds, he's joyful for a long time. That's very divine; that's very magical. Don't tell anyone. I asked him to do a ministry. Teacher, look at this ministry I'm doing, look at these materials for the ministry, these proposals, these whatevers, I'm doing great great great. Why is he bringing it to show me? Actually, he's flexing to look good, right? Great job, go enjoy the fruits of your labor. The reaction brought about by this is very different.

For example, in human resources management, if you really invent a human resources management system, then you're amazing. You'll manage it with ease, right? If you invent a system for training employees and it's effective, not just doing superficial work, it will definitely have results. With results, with things done, people will be joyful. It's a very painful thing to accomplish nothing. If you are still young, you must adjust. If you are old, you can still adjust. Don't wait until the end of time, until your looks are gone, right? Right? Many things become burdens. Therefore, while we can still act, modern people are very strong at 70 years old, take my advice, find joy in labor, find joy in doing things, right? So it's hard not to be joyful. When you've done a lot of things in the future, one day you may meet some people, and you can teach them how to be human beings, because doing things is a very important part of being human. Alright, we'll talk about it here today. I'll summarize it in one sentence: You must find joy in doing things. If doing things is laborious or done wrong.

If doing things is laborious, the goal is wrong. If doing things is laborious, the method is wrong. If doing things is laborious, because there are no results after doing them, because doing things is laborious. Because while doing things, you interact with people. If you’re not doing anything, what are you interacting with people about? You express your creativity, grasp the essence of things, and finally live out the image of God. God wants you to become a person with His image while you are alive. Okay? May God bless everyone! Alright, we'll end here today. Brothers and sisters, goodbye.