Title Page
Triad: How Classmates, Coworkers, and Kin Shape Destiny
By Hairprofessor Young
✂️ Introduction
Every haircut begins with a consultation. Before the scissors touch hair, you ask: Who do you want to be? Life is the same. Your destiny is cut not in solitude, but through three inevitable partnerships—classmates, coworkers, and relatives.
They are the three scissors trimming your fate. Classmates spark your beginnings, coworkers shape your career, relatives root your foundation. Together, they cut the design of your life—sometimes sharp, sometimes jagged, sometimes elegant.
But scissors alone don't decide. Rules do. Just as barbershops run on systems—consultation, cut, finish—life runs on rules, incentives, and equilibrium. Change the rule, change the outcome. That's the lesson of game theory, stress mastery, and infinite play.
This book blends chair-level stories, business case studies, celebrity journeys, and hair psychology philosophy to help you cut through confusion and style your life with clarity.
Pull up a chair. The mirror is ready.
�� Table of Contents with Descriptions
Chapter 1 – The Three Scissors That Cut Destiny
Life orbits three kinds of partners: classmates, coworkers, and relatives. Learn why they are the unavoidable scissors of destiny, and how to judge them as good or evil through the lens of science and spirituality.
Chapter 2 – The Classmate Factor: The First Draft of Destiny
Classmates are your beta version—unfinished but formative. Shared hobbies become bonds, bonds become passions, and passions can grow into professions. From dorm-room startups to Hollywood scripts, classmates light the first sparks.
Chapter 3 – The Coworker Factor: The Hidden Family
Coworkers are your daylight partners. Success comes not from sameness, but complementary ability: IQ, EQ, and VQ. Discover how coworkers become business partners, anchors, and hidden family.
Chapter 4 – The Kin Factor: Relatives as Roots
Relatives are roots you didn't choose. Geography, language, and time shape family paradigms. Learn how to love all but choose wisely which kin to keep close, and how to avoid being trapped by inherited mindsets.
Chapter 5 – The Game Theory of Trust
Trust isn't built on what people "should" do—it's built on what they will do. Perspective-taking beats wishful thinking. Learn how to predict motives, test trust, and see through human nature.
Chapter 6 – Common Knowledge: The Glue of Collaboration
True collaboration requires shared definitions and public signals. Explore how fairness, emotion, and dignity shape trust, and why equilibrium—not temporary wins—reveals the true endgame.
Chapter 7 – Beyond Win or Lose: Rewriting the Rules
Winners play inside boundaries. Masters redraw them. Learn why rules decide results, how incentives change behavior, and why infinite players shape history while finite players fade.
Chapter 8 – Rewriting the Rules of Content: The Chair Philosophy
Positioning cuts the shape, content does the finish. Discover the Content Chair Philosophy: persona, scene, and topic as the triangle of attention. Learn how Netflix and Beyoncé rewrote rules to win loyalty.
Chapter 9 – Stress as Ping Pong Opponent
Stress isn't the enemy—it's the opponent. Learn to play against life's 42 stressors, using ping pong for body and billiards for mind. Discover how play turns bad stress into good stress, and how to embed resilience into culture.
Chapter 10 – Reverse Retirement Destiny
Don't wait 30 years to live. Reverse retirement means living joy first, so every day after 50 feels like bonus time. Learn why compounding happiness early is smarter than hoarding it late, and why legends like Richard Branson and Jackie Chan embody this philosophy.
�� About the Author
Jack Li, widely known as Hairprofessor Young, was born in Hong Kong and stepped into upscale salons at just 14. By 17, he immigrated to the United States with nothing but scissors and a dream.
With over 44 years behind the chair, he built seven successful salons, cut over 500,000 heads, and gave more than 4,000 free haircuts to unemployed men—helping them not only look sharp but land jobs and rebuild confidence.
A pioneer of Hair Psychology, Jack teaches that a haircut shapes more than appearance—it shapes mindset, confidence, and even destiny. As an author of over 40 books, he blends philosophy, business, and chair-level stories to help men find passion, purpose, and meaning.
His mission is simple: look good first, feel good after—because a haircut costs less than a shrink, and works faster.
✨ Poetic Quote for the Whole Book
Three scissors trim the man you'll be,
Classmates, coworkers, kin cut thee.
Rules rewrite, stress turns play,
Reverse retirement lives today.
�� Final Quote for the Entire Book to Remember
"Classmates spark you, coworkers sharpen you, kin root you—but masters don't just play the game, they rewrite the rules and live joy now." – Final Quote
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Triad: How Classmates, Coworkers, and Kin Shape Destiny
By Hairprofessor Young
✂️ Introduction
Every haircut begins with a consultation. Before the scissors touch hair, you ask: Who do you want to be? Life is the same. Your destiny is cut not in solitude, but through three inevitable partnerships—classmates, coworkers, and relatives.
They are the three scissors trimming your fate. Classmates spark your beginnings, coworkers shape your career, relatives root your foundation. Together, they cut the design of your life—sometimes sharp, sometimes jagged, sometimes elegant.
But scissors alone don't decide. Rules do. Just as barbershops run on systems—consultation, cut, finish—life runs on rules, incentives, and equilibrium. Change the rule, change the outcome. That's the lesson of game theory, stress mastery, and infinite play.
This book blends chair-level stories, business case studies, celebrity journeys, and hair psychology philosophy to help you cut through confusion and style your life with clarity.
Pull up a chair. The mirror is ready.
�� Table of Contents with Descriptions
Chapter 1 – The Three Scissors That Cut Destiny
Life orbits three kinds of partners: classmates, coworkers, and relatives. Learn why they are the unavoidable scissors of destiny, and how to judge them as good or evil through the lens of science and spirituality.
Chapter 2 – The Classmate Factor: The First Draft of Destiny
Classmates are your beta version—unfinished but formative. Shared hobbies become bonds, bonds become passions, and passions can grow into professions. From dorm-room startups to Hollywood scripts, classmates light the first sparks.
Chapter 3 – The Coworker Factor: The Hidden Family
Coworkers are your daylight partners. Success comes not from sameness, but complementary ability: IQ, EQ, and VQ. Discover how coworkers become business partners, anchors, and hidden family.
Chapter 4 – The Kin Factor: Relatives as Roots
Relatives are roots you didn't choose. Geography, language, and time shape family paradigms. Learn how to love all but choose wisely which kin to keep close, and how to avoid being trapped by inherited mindsets.
Chapter 5 – The Game Theory of Trust
Trust isn't built on what people "should" do—it's built on what they will do. Perspective-taking beats wishful thinking. Learn how to predict motives, test trust, and see through human nature.
Chapter 6 – Common Knowledge: The Glue of Collaboration
True collaboration requires shared definitions and public signals. Explore how fairness, emotion, and dignity shape trust, and why equilibrium—not temporary wins—reveals the true endgame.
Chapter 7 – Beyond Win or Lose: Rewriting the Rules
Winners play inside boundaries. Masters redraw them. Learn why rules decide results, how incentives change behavior, and why infinite players shape history while finite players fade.
Chapter 8 – Rewriting the Rules of Content: The Chair Philosophy
Positioning cuts the shape, content does the finish. Discover the Content Chair Philosophy: persona, scene, and topic as the triangle of attention. Learn how Netflix and Beyoncé rewrote rules to win loyalty.
Chapter 9 – Stress as Ping Pong Opponent
Stress isn't the enemy—it's the opponent. Learn to play against life's 42 stressors, using ping pong for body and billiards for mind. Discover how play turns bad stress into good stress, and how to embed resilience into culture.
Chapter 10 – Reverse Retirement Destiny
Don't wait 30 years to live. Reverse retirement means living joy first, so every day after 50 feels like bonus time. Learn why compounding happiness early is smarter than hoarding it late, and why legends like Richard Branson and Jackie Chan embody this philosophy.
�� About the Author
Jack Li, widely known as Hairprofessor Young, was born in Hong Kong and stepped into upscale salons at just 14. By 17, he immigrated to the United States with nothing but scissors and a dream.
With over 44 years behind the chair, he built seven successful salons, cut over 500,000 heads, and gave more than 4,000 free haircuts to unemployed men—helping them not only look sharp but land jobs and rebuild confidence.
A pioneer of Hair Psychology, Jack teaches that a haircut shapes more than appearance—it shapes mindset, confidence, and even destiny. As an author of over 40 books, he blends philosophy, business, and chair-level stories to help men find passion, purpose, and meaning.
His mission is simple: look good first, feel good after—because a haircut costs less than a shrink, and works faster.
✨ Poetic Quote for the Whole Book
Three scissors trim the man you'll be,
Classmates, coworkers, kin cut thee.
Rules rewrite, stress turns play,
Reverse retirement lives today.
�� Final Quote for the Entire Book to Remember
"Classmates spark you, coworkers sharpen you, kin root you—but masters don't just play the game, they rewrite the rules and live joy now." – Final Quote
Triad: How Classmates, Coworkers, and Kin Shape Destiny
Title Page
Triad: How Classmates, Coworkers, and Kin Shape Destiny
By Hairprofessor Young
✂️ Introduction
Every haircut begins with a consultation. Before the scissors touch hair, you ask: Who do you want to be? Life is the same. Your destiny is cut not in solitude, but through three inevitable partnerships—classmates, coworkers, and relatives.
They are the three scissors trimming your fate. Classmates spark your beginnings, coworkers shape your career, relatives root your foundation. Together, they cut the design of your life—sometimes sharp, sometimes jagged, sometimes elegant.
But scissors alone don't decide. Rules do. Just as barbershops run on systems—consultation, cut, finish—life runs on rules, incentives, and equilibrium. Change the rule, change the outcome. That's the lesson of game theory, stress mastery, and infinite play.
This book blends chair-level stories, business case studies, celebrity journeys, and hair psychology philosophy to help you cut through confusion and style your life with clarity.
Pull up a chair. The mirror is ready.
�� Table of Contents with Descriptions
Chapter 1 – The Three Scissors That Cut Destiny
Life orbits three kinds of partners: classmates, coworkers, and relatives. Learn why they are the unavoidable scissors of destiny, and how to judge them as good or evil through the lens of science and spirituality.
Chapter 2 – The Classmate Factor: The First Draft of Destiny
Classmates are your beta version—unfinished but formative. Shared hobbies become bonds, bonds become passions, and passions can grow into professions. From dorm-room startups to Hollywood scripts, classmates light the first sparks.
Chapter 3 – The Coworker Factor: The Hidden Family
Coworkers are your daylight partners. Success comes not from sameness, but complementary ability: IQ, EQ, and VQ. Discover how coworkers become business partners, anchors, and hidden family.
Chapter 4 – The Kin Factor: Relatives as Roots
Relatives are roots you didn't choose. Geography, language, and time shape family paradigms. Learn how to love all but choose wisely which kin to keep close, and how to avoid being trapped by inherited mindsets.
Chapter 5 – The Game Theory of Trust
Trust isn't built on what people "should" do—it's built on what they will do. Perspective-taking beats wishful thinking. Learn how to predict motives, test trust, and see through human nature.
Chapter 6 – Common Knowledge: The Glue of Collaboration
True collaboration requires shared definitions and public signals. Explore how fairness, emotion, and dignity shape trust, and why equilibrium—not temporary wins—reveals the true endgame.
Chapter 7 – Beyond Win or Lose: Rewriting the Rules
Winners play inside boundaries. Masters redraw them. Learn why rules decide results, how incentives change behavior, and why infinite players shape history while finite players fade.
Chapter 8 – Rewriting the Rules of Content: The Chair Philosophy
Positioning cuts the shape, content does the finish. Discover the Content Chair Philosophy: persona, scene, and topic as the triangle of attention. Learn how Netflix and Beyoncé rewrote rules to win loyalty.
Chapter 9 – Stress as Ping Pong Opponent
Stress isn't the enemy—it's the opponent. Learn to play against life's 42 stressors, using ping pong for body and billiards for mind. Discover how play turns bad stress into good stress, and how to embed resilience into culture.
Chapter 10 – Reverse Retirement Destiny
Don't wait 30 years to live. Reverse retirement means living joy first, so every day after 50 feels like bonus time. Learn why compounding happiness early is smarter than hoarding it late, and why legends like Richard Branson and Jackie Chan embody this philosophy.
�� About the Author
Jack Li, widely known as Hairprofessor Young, was born in Hong Kong and stepped into upscale salons at just 14. By 17, he immigrated to the United States with nothing but scissors and a dream.
With over 44 years behind the chair, he built seven successful salons, cut over 500,000 heads, and gave more than 4,000 free haircuts to unemployed men—helping them not only look sharp but land jobs and rebuild confidence.
A pioneer of Hair Psychology, Jack teaches that a haircut shapes more than appearance—it shapes mindset, confidence, and even destiny. As an author of over 40 books, he blends philosophy, business, and chair-level stories to help men find passion, purpose, and meaning.
His mission is simple: look good first, feel good after—because a haircut costs less than a shrink, and works faster.
✨ Poetic Quote for the Whole Book
Three scissors trim the man you'll be,
Classmates, coworkers, kin cut thee.
Rules rewrite, stress turns play,
Reverse retirement lives today.
�� Final Quote for the Entire Book to Remember
"Classmates spark you, coworkers sharpen you, kin root you—but masters don't just play the game, they rewrite the rules and live joy now." – Final Quote
Triad: How Classmates, Coworkers, and Kin Shape Destiny
By Hairprofessor Young
✂️ Introduction
Every haircut begins with a consultation. Before the scissors touch hair, you ask: Who do you want to be? Life is the same. Your destiny is cut not in solitude, but through three inevitable partnerships—classmates, coworkers, and relatives.
They are the three scissors trimming your fate. Classmates spark your beginnings, coworkers shape your career, relatives root your foundation. Together, they cut the design of your life—sometimes sharp, sometimes jagged, sometimes elegant.
But scissors alone don't decide. Rules do. Just as barbershops run on systems—consultation, cut, finish—life runs on rules, incentives, and equilibrium. Change the rule, change the outcome. That's the lesson of game theory, stress mastery, and infinite play.
This book blends chair-level stories, business case studies, celebrity journeys, and hair psychology philosophy to help you cut through confusion and style your life with clarity.
Pull up a chair. The mirror is ready.
�� Table of Contents with Descriptions
Chapter 1 – The Three Scissors That Cut Destiny
Life orbits three kinds of partners: classmates, coworkers, and relatives. Learn why they are the unavoidable scissors of destiny, and how to judge them as good or evil through the lens of science and spirituality.
Chapter 2 – The Classmate Factor: The First Draft of Destiny
Classmates are your beta version—unfinished but formative. Shared hobbies become bonds, bonds become passions, and passions can grow into professions. From dorm-room startups to Hollywood scripts, classmates light the first sparks.
Chapter 3 – The Coworker Factor: The Hidden Family
Coworkers are your daylight partners. Success comes not from sameness, but complementary ability: IQ, EQ, and VQ. Discover how coworkers become business partners, anchors, and hidden family.
Chapter 4 – The Kin Factor: Relatives as Roots
Relatives are roots you didn't choose. Geography, language, and time shape family paradigms. Learn how to love all but choose wisely which kin to keep close, and how to avoid being trapped by inherited mindsets.
Chapter 5 – The Game Theory of Trust
Trust isn't built on what people "should" do—it's built on what they will do. Perspective-taking beats wishful thinking. Learn how to predict motives, test trust, and see through human nature.
Chapter 6 – Common Knowledge: The Glue of Collaboration
True collaboration requires shared definitions and public signals. Explore how fairness, emotion, and dignity shape trust, and why equilibrium—not temporary wins—reveals the true endgame.
Chapter 7 – Beyond Win or Lose: Rewriting the Rules
Winners play inside boundaries. Masters redraw them. Learn why rules decide results, how incentives change behavior, and why infinite players shape history while finite players fade.
Chapter 8 – Rewriting the Rules of Content: The Chair Philosophy
Positioning cuts the shape, content does the finish. Discover the Content Chair Philosophy: persona, scene, and topic as the triangle of attention. Learn how Netflix and Beyoncé rewrote rules to win loyalty.
Chapter 9 – Stress as Ping Pong Opponent
Stress isn't the enemy—it's the opponent. Learn to play against life's 42 stressors, using ping pong for body and billiards for mind. Discover how play turns bad stress into good stress, and how to embed resilience into culture.
Chapter 10 – Reverse Retirement Destiny
Don't wait 30 years to live. Reverse retirement means living joy first, so every day after 50 feels like bonus time. Learn why compounding happiness early is smarter than hoarding it late, and why legends like Richard Branson and Jackie Chan embody this philosophy.
�� About the Author
Jack Li, widely known as Hairprofessor Young, was born in Hong Kong and stepped into upscale salons at just 14. By 17, he immigrated to the United States with nothing but scissors and a dream.
With over 44 years behind the chair, he built seven successful salons, cut over 500,000 heads, and gave more than 4,000 free haircuts to unemployed men—helping them not only look sharp but land jobs and rebuild confidence.
A pioneer of Hair Psychology, Jack teaches that a haircut shapes more than appearance—it shapes mindset, confidence, and even destiny. As an author of over 40 books, he blends philosophy, business, and chair-level stories to help men find passion, purpose, and meaning.
His mission is simple: look good first, feel good after—because a haircut costs less than a shrink, and works faster.
✨ Poetic Quote for the Whole Book
Three scissors trim the man you'll be,
Classmates, coworkers, kin cut thee.
Rules rewrite, stress turns play,
Reverse retirement lives today.
�� Final Quote for the Entire Book to Remember
"Classmates spark you, coworkers sharpen you, kin root you—but masters don't just play the game, they rewrite the rules and live joy now." – Final Quote
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| BN ID: | 2940184301587 |
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| Publisher: | Sai Kuen Li |
| Publication date: | 09/29/2025 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 407 KB |
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