Can our future be predicted and grasped? Can our destiny be changed? People who believe in the theory of destiny will defini
Can our future be predicted and grasped? Can our destiny be changed? People who believe in the theory of destiny will definitely say "one life, two fortunes and three winds". No one can escape fate. Personally, I think it is right or wrong. Some fates can't be changed, such as what family you were born in. No one can decide our birth. You may be born in a peasant or a worker's family, or you may be born in a wealthy businessman or an official's family (the second generation of rich second generation officials). These are facts that we can't change, but although I can't decide my birth, I can make a choice for the rest of my life! In other words, there are many things in the world that I can't control and grasp, but I can control and grasp my own choices. If I control and control myself, I will control my life. This is also the first habit mentioned in Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Initiative. Everyone understands the truth, but how to grasp it? How to control it? Can the future really be predicted?
First, understand the trend and see the development clearly.
Trend actually refers to the general law of the development of things, which is divided into hard trend and soft trend. A hard trend means that no matter what our will is, it will inevitably happen. Soft trends are variables that can be changed through selection control. For example, there are four seasons in a year, the sun rises and sets in the west, the stock market rises and falls, the number of human beings continues to grow, non-renewable energy is constantly exhausted, and the digital development speed is getting faster and faster. These are hard trends, which will have the characteristics of periodic or linear changes. Another example: the market share of products, income growth, popular phenomena in a certain period, etc. These are soft trends, which are not inevitable, but can be artificially changed. For example, you find that your company is constantly laying off employees, because everyone's work can't help the development of the enterprise, but if you actively predict and then actively transform yourself, maybe the layoffs will not fall on you (of course, you can choose to resign). We often confuse these two trends, which leads to the theory of "fate". Originally, you could make choices and changes, but you gave up choices and changes, that is, you obeyed the soft trend and let "fate" arrange it.
Second, conform to the hard trend and change the soft trend.
? In fact, there is a way to change "fate", which is simply pleasing to the eye and hard trend. There are seven main principles for making choices to change soft trends: 1, grasping certainty; 2. Insight into opportunities; 3. Change is not just change; 4. jump out of the current problem; 5. Do it backwards; 6. Redefinition and re-creation; 7. Vision dominates the future.
1, grasp the certainty: that is to say, we need to know what we have at present, what we can and can't do. We must be clear about this. For example, we can't change the general law of periodic changes, such as the rise and fall of the stock market (short-term rise and fall is a soft trend, long-term view is a law), population growth, and the continuous evolution of digital intelligence. We can't change these things, so we have to adapt to them and follow them. What we can do is just like our busy work every day, endless things and endless classes. Because we live at the bottom, we can change the present situation and the future by changing our thinking and efficiency and doing more preventive work.
2. Insight into opportunities: Seeing the law, we can gain insight into opportunities and find things that change periodically or linearly around us, such as: several things we need to do every year, fixed work arrangements, the continuous growth of social development, the continuous improvement of efficiency requirements, the continuous development of network informationization, the continuous development of products, the continuous enjoyment of knowledge, and the continuous virtualization of social life. These are the rules. How to gain insight into opportunities? If it is an institution, you can consider where the future opportunities are. With the increasingly developed technology and the accelerated development of computing power, storage and bandwidth, we can consider where the future opportunities of our organization are (Ma Dad has determined that e-commerce will inevitably rise, and Jobs has also seen that mobile phones will inevitably move towards high aggregation, light weight and portability, etc. Personally, what problems will I encounter in the next few weeks, months and years? What happened to my wife and children? Don't wait for a problem to happen, you should be creative and solve it first, which is also the second habit of "starting from the end" mentioned in Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Summarize the "routine" of the regular things happening around you, so as to formulate the optimal solution, then such things can be completed more efficiently, and nip in the bud is to gain insight into opportunities.
3. Change is not just change: change and change are fundamentally different. Just like our current traditional enterprises, when we are still taking the traditional development route, no matter how you change yourself, such as customer service, sales ability, and increase investment, it may not help, because now is not the era of overeating, but the era of eating slowly. On the Internet, why can Diaosi enterprises beat the big companies in Gao Fushuai (360 antivirus software highlights the first subversive mode for free), but in reality, many small companies have fought back and become the global hegemon (Apple has created brilliance by grasping the trend of science and technology from the brink of bankruptcy). These are all because of fundamental subversion and change, so sometimes change alone is not enough. Maybe you should jump out and have a look. Maybe it's time to completely subvert and change. We often fall into this strange circle: it can still be used now, and the effect is very good. Isn't the old (equipment/method/process) a waste after subversive changes? In fact, we always thought, "If it still works, keep using it. Don't waste it. " It is this kind of thinking that has led to many tragedies. There are too many cases. For example, Toshiba continued to develop desktop computers, record companies were forced to close down by Apple stores, and BlackBerrys continued to close down. There are countless corporate cases, but what about individuals? We do the same thing every day, repeating the same pain, and we will let it go after a while. Have you ever thought about completely subverting your own thinking? Maybe my method is wrong, or even my direction is not right at all? All these things need to be completely subverted and changed. It is not a small change that can solve the problem. Just like even if you do things well through change, your thinking logic has not been subverted, so you still don't know how to solve the next problem. This is not a problem, but a problem of your life!
4. jump out of the current problem: maybe the problem we are facing now is not the real problem at all. It's quite possible. For example, in the market competition, we may judge that we don't have the money of our competitors and can't compete with them. When the problem of money is solved, the problem will be solved. Is that really the case? Maybe there is something wrong with your product? What about the business model? Why did so many people disapprove of Ma Yun's e-commerce at that time and finally succeeded? Isn't he rich, too? Was the competitor not strong at that time? There are 360 anti-virus software, which is the first to realize free software. When so many anti-virus softwares are popular, why can 360 still use deus ex? Isn't he rich, too So some questions must be skipped. Maybe the problem you are facing now is not the real problem. Personally, I think we have many thorny problems at present, but are the current problems really our problems? Not necessarily. There is something wrong with our way of thinking, and our ability is not up to standard. What I should do is not to solve this problem, but my own ability and way of thinking. When we encounter a long manuscript to be processed and a table to be analyzed, when we think that the manuscript content is too complicated to be processed, have we considered that it may not be this problem, but the usage problem? How many people know the convenient processing function of the software, for example, word has the function of automatically generating abstracts? EXCEL table has the function of batch processing perspective? Therefore, it is very important to think out of the current problems (I have seen a colleague use EXCEL tables to check data one by one, but he didn't know that the tools actually have convenient perspective and comparison functions, which led to extremely low efficiency).
5. Do the opposite: Many times when others are looking at the same place, we should learn to look in the opposite direction. There is a story, when people are discussing how to reduce the resistance of ships in the water, many people put forward a plan to reduce the resistance by making the bow sharper. Only one person looked at the stern and successfully reduced the original resistance by reforming the shape and propulsion mode of the propeller. Another story is that when many people in the United States consider wind power generation in remote mountainous areas but have no solution to transmission loss, some people think reversely about embedding wind power generation into urban roofs, reducing the volume of wind turbines and collecting more points, which is also a successful pioneering work. There are many similar examples: the United States produces large cars to promote safety, Japan has found another way to produce light and small family cars to promote energy conservation, and so on. These all use the power of reverse thinking, and our own enterprises and organizations should learn to think like this: when we are constantly thinking about how to increase the investment in operating projects, have we considered ways that can be done well without investment at all? For example, through mass media publicity. When we start our own business in the early stage, we may think that we have no funds, or we may not need funds at all. How about crowdfunding through pre-project design? Anyone can get different results from different angles. The same is true for individuals. When we are competing with our colleagues for performance, have we ever thought about cooperation? Maybe we can stick together, consult with each other, communicate with each other and share all the problems we encounter. Will it be different? When others flock to you, you should know how to stop in time. When people who know reverse thinking make suggestions, 2% of them will find it interesting, but it is impossible. Another 98% will object. Sometimes the truth is really in the hands of a few people.
6. Redefinition and re-creation: This is an era of redefining rules. By defining rules, you are creating. It turns out that a cup of coffee in America costs only 65 cents. Who would have thought that Starbucks redefined the culture of coffee, selling coffee for 3-4 dollars, while other desserts became supporting roles. Apple turned the mobile phone into a simple, portable and multifunctional fashion device, completely subverting the definition that the main function of the mobile phone is to make calls; 360 dares to take the lead in introducing the concept of free network anti-virus, completely subverting the definition of anti-virus software charges, and creating an era of free anti-virus for all; Modern cross-border is constantly happening, more interfaces are constantly merging, many modes are redefined and subversive changes have taken place. Libraries can be cafes, supermarkets, amusement parks, airports and shopping paradise. These are the redefinition and reengineering of the industry, and people are thinking about redefining rules and reengineering. The same is true of our enterprise organization. Can we sell our products as a public service, or even as a media industry and an investment in poverty alleviation? For example, define yourself as a master of environmental transformation, create a green and comfortable environment, provide all-round services, redefine yourself in sales, do sales services, create a platform for customers to stay in the best experience, and provide a platform for sales, moving, medical education and supporting services to experience all-round services. These can be redefined. The same is true for us personally. I am an ordinary enterprise grass-roots employee. Can I redefine my position: I want to be an enterprise consultant, provide comprehensive advice and solve many problems in the enterprise, or I want to be an enterprise training tutor and provide personnel training services in all fronts. These can also be redefined. When you find that you have redefined yourself, you have recreated yourself.
7. Future Vision: Singapore's teaching philosophy is "lifelong learning". Nowadays, the trend of society is constantly changing, and knowledge is more and more enjoyable. The Internet has given us a platform to learn knowledge and opportunities to learn anytime and anywhere. Therefore, it is not what diploma you get after reading a doctor or a master's degree that will enable you to do a good job. The focus of our work now is not your diploma and how much knowledge and skills you have mastered, but how strong your adaptability is, which requires continuous learning. When we are still proud of our accumulated knowledge and our data and information, knowledge is constantly changing and will be "outdated". You should have your own wisdom in life, that is, acquire new knowledge through lifelong learning and constantly change and improve yourself. Otherwise, don't complain about your "bad life", because it is really your "life". If you don't want to change the "life" caused by this soft trend, then you must bear the consequences. No matter enterprises, organizations or individuals, they should set up their own vision and imagine themselves in three years and five years. That scene and picture is the reason that drives you to keep learning and growing.
End: control and master yourself, control and master life.
There is a very interesting phenomenon that we find that in the field of science, many researches are actually discoveries, not inventions, such as studying cosmic celestial bodies, studying history, studying material structure and so on. No matter what you do, a lot of research is discovering existing facts, and you have not invented anything. In short, you haven't really changed their essence, but people have completely different ideas. You will find that a deep study of your own thinking will help you to know more about the truth and wisdom of life. The deeper you understand your thinking, the easier it is for your surroundings to change, because thinking determines your actions. If your actions change, the results will change. Let's take an example: when we find someone hitting you, your first reaction at this time is to "strike back", but you are a quality person, so you will still ask why. When you deeply understand that he is joking, because he mistook you for one of his friends, you will laugh it off. Is it impulsive or rational thinking and asking again? This is our thinking consciousness in control, our consciousness can.
? I spent a long time studying the theory of thinking: structural thinking, parallel thinking, mapping thinking, NLP thinking mode and so on. With the deepening of my study, I understand more and more the significance of thinking to personal influence. When others have emotions, I know how to deal with them and how to control myself. When others have different opinions, I know that the first reaction is not to refute, but to accept and listen patiently, because there will be gains if there are differences. Know how to accept the differences around you and accept the differences. Maybe there are too many things in this world that we can't control, but one thing I'm sure is that we must master and control our life by understanding the trends and changes in this world from the beginning of thinking, so at this time, the future is actually predictable and the fate can actually be changed. Let's start with ourselves.