* The ability to acquire knowledge is more important than the knowledge itself *
Author: Liu Run
Founder of Runmi Consulting, former director of strategic cooperation at Microsoft, manager of 5 Minutes Business School, former strategic consultant of Tencent, Baidu, Haier, Henderson Real Estate, COSCO International, Morningside Capital, Herbalife and many other enterprises, independent director of Hengfu Holdings, an independent director of Hong Kong listed companies, and an internet transformation expert. 2 million readers Liu Run WeChat public account manager.
He is the author of the best-selling books "Everyone's Business School" series, "5 Minutes Business School" series, "New Retail", "2012, Buy a Ferry Ticket to Antarctica", "Life, is a Sudden Trip", "Internet +: Xiaomi Case Edition", "Trend Dividend", "Business Insight", "A Brief History of Business" and so on.
The biggest difference between people, on the surface, is the difference in ability, but in fact, the underlying logic is different, which determines the height of a person's development.
Underlying logic refers to the thinking method of finding a way to solve a problem from the bottom and essence of things. The stronger the underlying logic, the stronger the problem-solving ability.
When we think about a problem, the first thing is to find an entrance and draw a line, that is, to think about the path. This is the basic principle of thinking, but here ignores an essential problem, that is, from the thinking itself, in fact, there will be many entrances, the so-called road through Rome, nothing more than which one is smoother, each entrance will open a different path of thinking, the problem is unfolded, and whether it is around the essence of the problem is another problem that needs to be judged.
Core content
The "underlying logic" comes from the same in the different, and the unchangeable behind the change. Only by mastering the underlying logic, only by exploring the invariance in the ever-changing, can we dynamically and continuously see the essence of things.
In this book, Liu Run, a famous Chinese business consultant, summarizes the content of the underlying logic described in "5 Minutes Business School", and shares with you the underlying logic of right and wrong, thinking about problems, individual evolution, understanding of others and social cooperation, and takes you to see the bottom card of the world.
The "underlying logic" is not confined to the business world. I hope that after seeing the ever-changing world, you can still have a calm and non-anxious mind, and you can continue to create new methodologies through "underlying logic + environmental variables", and you will always be successful in work and life.
The underlying logic of right and wrong
In a person's mind, there should be three "views of right and wrong":
1) Jurists' view of right and wrong
2) Economists' view of right and wrong
3) The businessman's view of right and wrong
Judge who should be blamed after the loss occurs, depending on who has lost the most. When a bad result occurs, blame, complaining, and regretting are useless, and they cannot change the result.
If you have some losses, you can only blame yourself, and only you can change the final result of things, relying on yourself, self-reliance is strong.
Human nature, morality and law:
Human nature comes from the gene of "selfishness". Morality is a "social contract" reached by everyone for the prosperity of the group and finally the promotion of the survival and reproduction of individuals.
Morality is often anti-human.
Law, a subset of morality, is the moral bottom line for maintaining the existence of the group.
The three layers of wisdom in life: game, concentration, and choice
Where does the gap between people come from? It comes from whether you have wisdom and what level of wisdom you have.
In life, the game is the third layer of wisdom, concentration is the second layer of wisdom, and choice is the first layer of wisdom. How to game, how to maintain concentration, how to make choices, all determine the direction of life, choose to do something, form their own concentration with long-termism, and repeat the game with the world.
Think about the underlying logic of the problem
Facts, opinions, positions and beliefs
We often say that a person's expression can be roughly divided into two types: facts and opinions. Facts are true or false, and there is no right or wrong opinion.
But on closer inspection, it can also be subdivided, at least it can be divided into four types:
1) Facts: Judgments that are independent of people exist objectively
2) Opinion: Opinion of the facts
3) Belief: A logical system of complete self-consistency within
4) Position: A view influenced by position and interests
When a person holds not a point of view but a position, you should say to him: It is good for you.
In turn, we must always reflect on ourselves: what I say, what I express, is it a fact, is it a point of view, is it a position, or a belief?
The gap between ordinary and excellent is different in the way of solving problems
Whether a person is excellent or not depends on how he solves the problem. Ordinary people can only see the phenomena of things, and excellent people can always see the essence of things through phenomena.
When encountering problems and difficulties:
1) Abandon experience, give up assumptions, don't jump to conclusions easily, and look at problems with an empty mind.
2) Can be used: hypothesis --" verification --" conclusion --" adjustment. That is, when encountering problems, first boldly assume, then verify, draw conclusions, and finally make adjustments according to the conclusions.
3) Don't be swayed by interests and positions, but discuss things on the spot.
How to have insight
Ordinary people observe appearances, excellent people perceive the system, and when analyzing problems, remember five key steps:
1) Find the core stock
2) Find the key causal chain
3) Find the enhancement circuit
4) Find the adjustment circuit
5) Consider the lag effect
Five kinds of mathematical thinking
Find certainty from uncertainty, see problems with a dynamic eye, axiomatic systems, directionality of numbers, and global optimality and win-win results.
Systems thinking
Everything in this world is acting on by laws, existing in a way called a system. Elements are what you can see in the system; relationships are the laws of interaction between elements that are invisible in the system. We see the elements, we see the relationships between the elements, and we have to see the laws behind these relationships.
The underlying logic of individual evolution
Life business model = ability x efficiency x leverage
Success depends on how much power you have, how efficient you are, and what leverage you use. Some people exchange them for the whole world, while others get nothing.
A person's most important ability is the ability to acquire ability. If figuratively speaking, it is: how can it take only 2 years to acquire the ability of others for 5 years?
With the ability, you also need to improve the efficiency of doing things, how to use 1 hour for 3 hours? In fact, there is a systematic methodology--- choices, methods, tools, and choice is the first meaning of improving efficiency.
Having the ability and gaining the efficiency is still far from enough, because you only have 24 hours a day, there is always a limit to what you can do, and you can never go beyond your boundaries. Therefore, if you want to succeed, you need to use - leverage, specifically: team leverage, product leverage, capital leverage, influence leverage.
The essence of networking is to give value and exchange equally
As much value as you can create for others, you have as much value as you can. The essence of networking is equal exchange.
When you have no money, no resources, no background, only your strength, performance, and work are the best weapons to make you stand out in a desperate situation. When you make yourself good enough, praise, recognition, networking, everything you want, will come to you.
Healthy connections are a win-win situation for both parties, not a one-sided consumption.
Reason & Thinking
What is the underlying logic? In fact, it is a big topic, it involves how to observe, how to think, not only a methodology, but also a global view. Only by mastering the underlying logic, only by exploring the invariance in the ever-changing, can we dynamically and continuously see the essence of things.
In other words, the underlying logic is the "Tao" after thousands of "techniques", and it is also the underlying law behind thousands of phenomena.
From this, we can conclude that the "underlying logic" has four main characteristics:
The first is abstract:
The more abstract it is, the more it is at the bottom.
The second is concise:
"At the beginning of all things, the avenue is simple, and the derivation is complex", "the avenue is simple" and "the avenue is simple" is that the basic principles, methods and laws of things are often extremely concise.
The third is motivation:
The underlying logic is the driving force behind the emergence of various phenomena.
The fourth is versatility:
The underlying logic is not aimed at a particular problem, but at a class of problems or phenomena, and some can even be applied to everything.
Therefore, thinking about the "underlying logic" behind common problems or phenomena can make us have the ability to learn from each other and understand them, and become more transparent and accurate when looking at problems.
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