The first top mindset for success is the "sweet spot" mindset.
The second top mindset for a master to succeed is:
principles".
What is a principle?
This is a mission that we must adhere to when we do things, and we can't do it if we violate it.
A principle-based mindset is a principle-oriented approach to decision-making that emphasizes adherence to a set of core principles in life and work to guide our actions and decisions.
Bridgewater**'s founder, Ray Dario, is the epitome of this way of thinking. In his book, Principles, Dario elaborates on his principles and explains how they have helped him succeed in investing and in life.
His principles mainly include "pain + reflection = progress", "authenticity and transparency", "weight in decision-making", and so on.
Take "pain + reflection = progress" as an example.
Dalio believes that pain and failure are an inevitable part of life, but we can learn to Xi and grow by thinking about pain and failure.
When we encounter difficulties and setbacks, we should accept them and then think deeply about the reasons for them and how we can avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future.
In this way, we should make progress from pain and failure.
Dalio founded and led Bridgewater**, becoming the world's largest hedge**.
It is precisely because of adhering to these principles that more principles have been summed up in the continuous work.
He also developed an application specifically for the company's employees for collecting principles and methods of productive work.
The principled mindset is successful because it helps us make decisions quickly.
From a psychological point of view, there are three reasons:
1. Reduce decision-making fatigue: We need to make a lot of decisions every day, which will consume our energy and attention. If we have a clear set of principles, we can reduce the thinking time at each decision point, and thus reduce decision fatigue.
2. Improve decision-making consistency: If our decisions are based on a clear set of principles, then our decisions will be more consistent, which is very important for our long-term success.
Credibility is the key to success, because consistency helps us create credibility.
I want to be short ** today, I want to be Xiaohongshu tomorrow, and I want to be an official WeChat account the day after tomorrow. This is the lack of consistency and specificity in decision-making, and it is difficult for any industry to go deeper. What does it take to succeed?
3. Provide a long-term perspective: Principles are often based on our long-term goals and ideas. Therefore, a principled way of thinking can help us maintain our focus and pursuit of long-term goals in the face of short-term goals and challenges.
Principles are dogmas under faith, and if you look at those eminent monks, they practice under faith and dogma, and finally achieve positive results.
The principles of life and work of each of us are not imposed by religion, but are solidified through practice to guide our lives, work and feelings to achieve positive results.
So how can you get your own principles?This requires everyone to do a deep self-reflection, identify our values and goals, and then develop a set of principles based on those values to guide everyone's behavior.
So, our principle is to be sure to screen customers and make sure that we only serve the right people.
03 Breaking the game.
Sometimes, no matter how hard we try, it feels like we're going in circles.
For example, if you want to apply for the exam, you have brushed 30 sets of test papers, but your results have not changed, and after brushing 30 sets, your grades have not improved.
At this point, enter a game the way you are, and no matter how hard you try, you can't change it. There are similar bureaus at work.
If you want to increase sales, send WeChat, do activities, hit **, and try everything you can't raise sales.
In the end, you have to give up.
Another example is that you are poor and you want to increase your income, so you work part-time after work every day, deliver fast food, run Didi, and want to increase your income quickly in the short term.
At this point, all efforts are inefficient.
The breakthrough is to find the key chain, cut and reshape, so that it can enter the efficient "positive cycle" track.
In terms of increasing income, breakthroughs first come from thinking, first stopping, putting aside the scope of one's own cognition, and analyzing from the basic principles.
There are no more than three ways to make money, through one labor time in exchange for one income, one labor in exchange for multiple incomes, and investment in other people's time to obtain income.
Then analyze it in combination with your own situation. For example, if you don't have much money and don't have much experience, and if you want to make a profit on your investment in the short term, it will be very difficult, so you don't think about it.
Relying on a working time in exchange for an income, when you are not as energetic and physical as before, you have no advantage at all.
Therefore, if you work in a company, even if you become a CEO, you will also exchange your working hours for an income, and your personal business model is only at the lowest end.
How to upgrade your business model, from one labor for one income, to one labor for multiple incomes, and then to invest other people's time in exchange for income, this is your "thrilling leap" from ordinary people to masters.
When you complete this mindset shift, your life will be different from now on, and the beginning of a thrilling leap can begin with me!