If you are planning to go to japan recently, be sure to read...

If you are planning to go to japan recently, be sure to read this article. I believe everyone knows that when traveling abroad, you must fill out the white card (immigration card). At that time, I had a few colleagues who looked at the Xiaohongshu guide. Before going to japan, you can fill out this white card (Visit Japan Web) online. So when you reach the immigration checkpoint, you don't need to squeeze with others to fill it out. I was originally going to fill it out with them, but I was too busy at the time and forgot. So after getting off the plane, I filled out the white card by hand there. I originally thought filling out this white card would be difficult. Because I saw my colleagues who did it online always had to take pictures of this and that, fill in addresses in Malaysia, and register for vaccines. It took them 15-20 minutes. In the end, I only spent about 3 minutes to fill out the white card. (Because they provided both Chinese and English versions, so there wasn't a problem with understanding). Then, I took the white card, dragged my luggage, and lined up to check in at customs. The whole process, including waiting and getting luggage, took less than 15 minutes? Smooth entry~ Okay, here comes the most exciting part. I was waiting outside for my colleagues, and then some of them came out one after another. Then, I noticed: "#Why haven't those who filled out online come out yet?" After about half an hour, one of my colleagues who had filled out online finally came out. He complained to me that the queue for scanning the QR Code filled out online had almost twice as many people as the handwritten form. At that time, I was thinking, "Online should be faster than offline, right? Why is it the other way around?" I guess the main reason should be information overload. Whether it's Xiaohongshu or Facebook, there's too much information about filling out the white card online. Everyone ends up doing everything online, causing the Electronic queue to be longer than the Manual queue. This incident made me realize something: "#Don't go where there are lots of people." In fact, many emerging industries will encounter the same problem as this white card incident. Once everyone knows about a lucrative opportunity, everyone rushes in. What used to be a profitable business ends up not making money. Whether in entrepreneurship, investing, or traveling, this should be the priority. And the Pareto Principle determines that by following the crowd, you will most likely always be like the majority. The same goes for the stock market. You will find that most people invest in stocks when the stock market is hot. Those who have not participated in the market at this stage usually have a feeling of "if I don't buy now, I'll miss out," and then rush in. The end result is often that the most people and the most money buy at the highest point of the bull market and end up deeply in the red. Like in 2007, 2015 during bull markets. The higher the bull market rises, the more people open accounts. In the stock market, when there are many people, it often means it's no longer cheap. Since this "white card lesson," our travel in japan has been much smoother. For example, we choose to have dinner at 5 p.m., and then go to see the night view after the peak tourist hours. For next year's employee trip, we have also decided to stick to this concept. From now on, we will travel on weekdays, avoiding crowds and not wasting time on unnecessary queues. Don't go where there are lots of people - it can really become a mantra for investing and living~