Life & Philosophy
Being rich is a birthright, happiness is a human right, simple living, material vs. spiritual energy — CLEC is about how to live a life worth living, not just investing.
What truly teaches you is not the result, but the process
Many of life's events don't teach us through their 'goal' — the scenery on a trip, the championship trophy, the Oscar statuette, the diploma, even a pile of money in the bank teach you nothing. What teaches you is the 'process': travel teaches you to get along with people; competition teaches teamwork and grace in winning and losing. Likewise, 'getting rich' itself teaches you nothing about life, but 'the process of pursuing wealth' teaches you the most — what greed and fear are, how to control risk when the market is at its hardest, how to reach 'the market has nothing to do with me, stay calm.'
Don't Sell Your Life for Money: Once You Hit the Threshold, Stop Trading Life for Garbage
At 15× annual expenses you should start thinking about retiring; at 25× you can retire and do something meaningful; if you're past 50× and still working for money, you're 'trading your life for garbage' — the extra money you can't spend, and it just becomes inheritance. The core logic: outdoing Buffett is about living long enough, not earning fast enough — and the most effective way to extend your life is to stop working for money. Work is an option, not a sentence.
Happiness Is a Human Right: Simple Living, Refusing Mismatch, Buying Memories
CLEC isn't only about investing. Happiness is a human right — you have the right to refuse any person or thing that makes you unhappy. Simple living isn't frugality, it's thinking before you spend; material things become junk, but spiritual spending (a good meal, a trip, time together) never disappears.