In order for a person to build an operating system in which he or she has a competitive advantage, he must also focus on a healthy body, mental improvement, cognitive improvement, emotional management and improvement of thinking style.
In my article in honor of Charlie Munger the other day, I had this thought:
I hope that I can understand the underlying logic of reverse thinking, empathy, and dialectical analysis, which is to break the way of thinking from a single perspective and allow myself to solve problems with systematic thinking.
Some friends have feedback, the systematic thinking you mentioned is too abstract, can you give some concrete examples?
Today, I will summarize my two practical cases in this year and share them with you.
Let's start with the first case - the Flower of Life system.
What is the "Flower of Life"?
It is to divide one's life experience into 8 key dimensions: career development;Financial Situation;Personal health;Entertainment & Leisure;Family Relations;Networking resources;Personal Growth;Self-realization.
These 8 dimensions are like the eight petals of a flower, which together form a beautiful picture of life.
Why can it be called a system?
Because they interact and depend on each other, I have to clearly record the whole picture of my life experience, and review and adjust it in time to achieve a structural balance.
For example, last year, I had some problems in my career development, my work performance was not satisfactory, I lost my sense of purpose for a while, and even experienced extreme psychological symptoms such as anxiety and nervousness.
Now, judging from this flower of life system, it is my physical and mental health and family relationships that have problems.
In particular, personal health problems affect the whole body:
If you don't have enough time, you give up rest, or even sacrifice your sleep timeIf I am too busy at work, I will no longer exercise, and even delay the time to go to the doctor for work;In order to pursue more money and wealth, he will not hesitate to pay the price of his health.
Therefore, I will not only focus on those external dimensions, such as career development, financial situation, personal growth, self-realization, etc.
Instead, make a global inventory of your health, career, family, finances, connections, entertainment and leisure, self-realization, etc., so that the system structure can be balanced as much as possible, rather than a single point optimum.
For example, I need to pay attention to my personal health, so I need to do less than 1 hour of aerobic exercise five days a week.
For example, I want to deepen my relationship with my family, so I made a plan for myself to keep communicating with my family for more than half an hour every day.
In short, the goal of balance is to make your "flower of life" bloom longer and healthier.
Let's look at the second case: the closed-loop system of doing things.
What is a "closed loop"?
The first concept is called "beginning", which means to think in advance, to have a preliminary idea, to think clearly about vague things in advance, and then to come up with a targeted action plan. The second concept is called "there is an end", that is, everything must be done to form the management of the goal, be responsible for the final result, and speak with the result!Why can it be called a system?Because, in the process of doing things, the initial idea must be imperfect, and there will inevitably be uncertain accidents and unsatisfactory places, strictly speaking, deviations.
This bias is often not due to a lack of intelligence, but to a limited input of information, or to be fed with false information.
What's more, over time, things evolve in a much more complex way than you conceived yourself at the beginning.
Therefore, deviations are inevitable, and even mistakes are inevitable, and in the case of inevitable deviations, rapid response and timely adjustment become very important.
Finally, to sum up:
At the moment, I want to advocate inward-looking, loving myself, choosing more than hard work, and thinking systematically. In particular, it is necessary to allow yourself to think about the problem from the perspective of system relationships, because the problems caused by the interdependence of system structure are the essential problems.
If I just Xi a single point of inertia, then it will be difficult for me to see the internal workings of the system.
It also inspired me that in the uncertain moment, the most important thing for me is not just the improvement of abilityCapability is just a module on my personal "operating system", and ability alone is not enough to reflect my competitive advantage. If a person wants to build his own "operating system" with competitive advantages, he must also pay attention to the improvement of the mind, cognition, emotional management and thinking mode.