Have you ever tried walking at night on an open, unobstructed road, with your eyes closed. How many steps do you dare to take?
126 steps – my highest record.
In fact, the first dozen steps are very bold, but the further back I go, the more my heart is filled with fear of the unknown: "Am I walking in a straight line?" Will it fall off the road? Will there be someone in front of you? What if there is a small pit along the way and it is empty......”
Because the brain does not receive feedback from vision, it is difficult for the average human brain to make optimal judgments based on hearing, touch, and smell alone. As a result, all kinds of conjectures, hesitations, and fears came to my heart.
Although life is different from walking at night with our eyes closed: we can make reasonable decisions according to the existing phenomena of the state of affairs, combined with historical experience, and take every step correctly".
However, when we want to enter a new field alone and carry out a new exploration, as small as a hiking hike, as large as manned spaceflight and deep-sea exploration, it will objectively lead to asymmetry of information feedback and lack of historical experience, forming a state of "walking at night with our eyes closed".
When this happens, it's often overwhelming.
The reasons for this are, first, from the fear of the unknown: in the face of the unknown, there may be various uncertain risks, and the panic of the risk itself has formed an instinctive fear;
The second is the lack of ability to face risks: most of the ability comes from experience, whether it is learned from oneself or accumulated from the outside world, the lack of experience will also cause psychological panic, and at the same time will hinder the attempt at risk. If there is no external stimulus, it is easy to form a vicious circle of "lack of experience - dare not try - more lack of experience";
The third is the particularity of the thing itself: going to a new city and a new country also lacks historical experience and relevant references, but the degree of unknown between the two is different, and the degree of panic brought about by it is of course not the same.
The formation of such a situation is often prone to cause harm in two major aspects.
One is falling behind. There are always risks, and there are always people to do difficult things, but it is not that these people have a noble spirit and like to overcome difficulties, but they know that in this world, risks and benefits are often proportional.
The greater the risk, the more likely it is that the harvest will be abundant. This harvest is either material wealth, spiritual honor, or both. Just like Columbus, who crossed the Atlantic and discovered the New World, he not only plundered great wealth, but also won the honor of the present and future generations.
From the perspective of Native Americans, this may be the starting point of the disaster. Why the calamity? Because it is lagging behind Western Europe! The great man warned us that if we fall behind, we will be beaten. Of course, in today's highly developed civilization, naked oppression and plunder may not be common, but the gap formed by development is filled with more advanced and hidden forms.
This kind of squeezing and plundering in the style of boiled frogs in warm water should arouse people's vigilance.
The second is to fall behind yourself. If you don't dare to break the window of fear, you won't be able to blow the stormy waves of risk to you. Just make a thin-skinned and tender flower, the flower in the greenhouse, its range of movement will always be limited by the size of the place. Over time, it will only create a paper-based thinking model and a frog-like rat at the bottom of the well.
Getting out of this predicament requires a corresponding sacrifice.
The first step is to overcome fear and manage risk. Overcoming fear comes from the inside out: this may require external encouragement, but the victory over your own fear is the fundamental motivation for the next step when you close your eyes and walk at night.
Controlling risk is from the outside in: risk cannot be eliminated, but it can be grasped and mitigated. The dilemma of walking at night with your eyes closed is caused by the failure of the feedback mechanism and the lack of historical experience.
However, failure does not mean that there is no failure at all. If the vision fails, the senses of hearing, touch, smell, and intuition can be mobilized, and even with the help of external forces, find a small wooden stick to grope forward (if you can find it). Isn't this the way a blind man walks?
Similarly, lack of experience depends on excavating, collecting, and collating information. Again, be willing to sacrifice time, energy, and money.
In addition, the measurement of risk is also crucial. It is also a night road, if you can do a rough distance measurement and calculate the approximate number of steps before walking with your eyes closed, you will be more calm and calm when walking.
Secondly, it is necessary to strengthen the body and withstand beating. At the beginning of training, some boxers have to do endurance training in addition to practicing basic skills, so that they will not be knocked out by their opponents in the arena.
It's the same when you close your eyes and walk at night, and you come to the end safely, and everyone longs for it. However, falling into the ditch and getting up to the end is a necessary skill for every brave man. In fact, this is the tolerance for risk.
Finally, it is necessary to take advantage of the situation and make a specific analysis. Walking at night with your eyes closed is just a simple example, but in reality, there may be more factors that affect a thing, and the types of risks may be more complex. This requires analyzing the pros and cons from different perspectives, weighing each other, and finally making a relatively optimal decision.
The difficulty of starting to do one thing lies in the "first step", and the difficulty of doing one thing successfully lies in the "next step". Take a little more and life may surprise you unexpectedly. --end---
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