Hance Zhang
中文

Writing

Mindsets

15 essays on Mindsets.

2026

  1. Interpretive Authority Is a Form of PowerWhoever controls the interpretation of their own words holds the upper hand.5 min read
  2. Managing Your Decision RightsMost people don’t lack judgment. They lack the room to exercise it when it matters.7 min read
  3. Stability Is One of the Most Expensive Commodities in the WorldMany business relationships appear to trade products, labor, or services. What’s actually being traded, underneath, is stability.5 min read
  4. Good Business Is Sustainable AltruismA business model isn’t an arithmetic problem. It’s a behavioral training machine. Whatever it rewards, that’s what your company becomes.12 min read
  5. Do Long-Term Relationships Actually Compound?Modern culture has moralized ‘long-term’ into political correctness. But time doesn’t compound by default. It only amplifies existing structure.9 min read

2025

  1. Reality Bends You Before You Bend RealityWhy ‘seek truth from facts’ is not about honesty, but about letting reality rewrite your beliefs10 min read
  2. Why Smart People Fail at Social Interactions: The Value-Accessibility BalanceThe smart person’s social problem isn’t being too smart—it’s not knowing when to shut up6 min read
  3. Repetition Over Perfection: Why Showing Up Beats TalentThe real challenge isn’t doing things well. It’s doing them at all.9 min read
  4. The Futility of AttributionWhy psychological theories don’t make you happier, and how the illusion of control creates more anxiety than ignorance ever did8 min read
  5. Domesticated by TechnologyEfficiency gains don’t create leisure because technology is selecting what kind of humans survive9 min read
  6. Mimetic Desire and the Performance of ContrarianismIn the AI gold rush, ‘being contrarian’ has become its own consensus; the real move is choosing the life that fits you.3 min read
  7. The Scorecard Fallacy: How Promotion Decisions Are Really MadeYour stellar performance review isn’t the key to promotion; the real secret lies in understanding the humans making the decision.4 min read
  8. Corporates Hire by Abundance, Not by NecessityBig-tech hiring is driven by excess, not necessity.3 min read
  9. The Heresy of SimplicityThe best businesses make complexity invisible.5 min read
  10. Does Proactive Design still mean anything in the world of randomness?Great design is not about predicting the future but about crafting the antifragile system5 min read