Why do some people seem to have opened their third eye, always catching the right moment at critical life decisions? Meanwhile, you keep choosing the wrong major, entering the wrong industry, or buying the wrong house?
Choice is greater than effort, but it depends on your “predictive ability.”
Looking at Yang Zhenning’s life, he is a perfect example of avoiding pitfalls.
In the 1950s, he stayed at Princeton to focus on academics.
In the 1970s, he was among the first to visit China, helping to rescue domestic scholars.
In the 2000s, he returned to China to settle down but retained his
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