It is 11:00 PM on a Tuesday. I have just stepped off a late-night flight, landing back in Shenzhen after three non-stop days of negotiations. My luggage is in the trunk. Most people my age would head straight to bed with a cup of hot tea. Instead, I grab my gym bag and head directly to the squat rack.
Why this relentless passion for the barbell at midnight? Because in the gym, gravity never lies. You cannot flatter a 100kg bar into lifting itself. There are no shortcuts, no political maneuvers, and no excuses. It is pure, honest physics.
If you can run alone before dawn for thirty consecutive years, you understand a quiet joy that crowds will never comprehend. I have run through the misty boardwalks of Shenzhen Bay, along the quiet shores of Lixin Lake, and through the waking dawn of Qianhai. In 2016, running the Shenzhen International Marathon, I wrote down a personal mantra: "We are runners. We are fighters. We are winners."
In the corporate world, people love to talk about strategy, AI, and business models. But I have learned over decades of building manufacturing enterprises that every great endeavor requires an unshakeable physical foundation. If your body collapses, all your ambitions turn to zero.
Late Night at the Iron
Midnight barbell training and heavy lifting after transatlantic flights.
The Long Run — Decades on the Road
Road running across Shenzhen Bay, Lixin Lake, and the International Marathon.
