"Most people are willing to do anything to escape real thinking." This is a sentence said by entrepreneur Wang Xing.
Thinking is to open and enliven one's own thinking, and to avoid thinking, thinking can only be like a dry balloon, can not bring fundamental improvement to one's own life.
Sometimes, we feel that we are struggling, and it is not the environment that restricts us, but our old thinking that becomes a shackle on the way forward, leaving us like prisoners, trapped in it, unable to extricate ourselves.
"Prisoner thinking", painting the ground as a prison
There is a story of a "cave metaphor" in the book "Republic", which is very heartfelt and meaningful to read.
Many of the prisoners were trapped in a cave, unable to move their bodies, their backs against the wall, their eyes fixed on the wall in front of them.
Behind this wall, there are special people holding something like a shadow puppet, creating some illusory images and projecting them in front of the prisoner's eyes.
Let the prisoner mistakenly believe that the scene in front of him is the real world.
They have always lived in this illusion.
Later, one of the prisoners escaped and saw the real world outside from the mouth of the cave.
He kept looking at the entrance of the cave, extremely excited.
The escaped prisoner secretly swore in his heart that he would never go back to that false life again, and at the same time he wanted to save his companions.
But when he returned to the cave and told his companions about the bright world outside without a word, they not only did not believe it, but also thought that he had gone out, and his eyes were burned by the sun, and he did not recognize the "image" on the wall as before.
So, he was murdered.
When one's mind begins to solidify, one becomes ignorant, originally in a "cage," but thinks that this is the whole world.
And believe that whoever speaks of a new scene is an outlier.
As everyone knows, people with "prisoner thinking" are difficult to have new changes in their lives.
The thinker Emerson once said:
"Mediocre people are mediocre because their thinking is too stubborn."
In life, don't live with an unchanging attitude, because there are always some changes beyond our cognition that appear inadvertently.
Rigid people often linger in their own cognition, get trapped in a cage, and indulge in it, even thinking that their persistence is right.
In fact, a person who is too stubborn to adhere to old ideas is not a virtue of adhering to principles, but a manifestation of ignorance.
Because he voluntarily rejected his own growth and progress, the future road will become narrower and narrower.
Insight into the "prisoner's thinking" in order to get rid of the "prisoner's dilemma"
Everyone has a prisoner's mind, but to varying degrees; some people don't even find themselves as a prisoner of thought.
To have insight to discover, consciously to get rid of, and take the initiative to seek change, in order to get out of the predicament bit by bit and harvest the new self.
There is a plot about selling mushrooms in the TV series "Mountains and Seas", which is very interesting when you think about it.
Professor Ling, a mushroom cultivation expert, led the villagers to get rich by growing mushrooms, but as more and more mushroom farmers grew, the price was also lowered and lower by mushroom dealers.
From the beginning of 3 yuan 5 a pound, fell to the end less than 1 yuan a pound.
Looking at the falling mushroom prices, the villagers want to wait a little longer.
But at the same time, because a large number of fresh mushrooms were not sold in time, they began to rot and rot.
In the face of the predicament, the villagers only thought of two ways: one was to throw away the rotten mushrooms in vain, and the other was to let the mushroom sellers buy them at a low price.
Either way, the mushroom people were heartbroken.
Looking at the current mushroom harvesting environment, the villagers shook their heads and sighed, unable to think of any other way.
Professor Ling, who led the villagers to grow mushrooms, was also trapped for a while.
But fortunately, he considered how to extend the storage time of mushrooms and proposed a method for building a cold storage.
Professor Ling was the first to realize the crux of the current predicament, and he knew that there were more than two solutions to the villagers.
He stepped out of his confined thinking and found answers to questions from another perspective.
After the cold storage was built, it also gave time to find new sales channels.
If the mind is compared to a circle, when encountering problems, instead of just looking inward, it begins to look outward and expand the area of the circle;
Then we will not only find new ideas, but also have a gradual broadening of minds and insights on the road of life.
The philosopher Schopenhauer said:
"The largest prison in the world is the consciousness of the human mind."
I have to admit that sometimes it is our own thinking that restricts us.
No matter what you do, if you only admit death, it will definitely be thankless, and you will fall into constant internal friction.
But many people are caught up in it without knowing it, so it is crucial to be able to gain insight into their own "prisoner thinking".
As the saying goes: "The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear." ”
Learning to get out of the way and be able to see yourself through the eyes of a bystander will turn into a sword that breaks through the fog.
Even if the environment is unpredictable, keep a clear mind, lead your own thinking, and be a military master on the road of your life, you will not be afraid of all dangers, and you can live out the clouds and the sun.
How to get rid of the "prisoner mentality"?
The most fatal aspect of the "prisoner mind" is that we are trapped in it and forget that we have the ability to change the status quo.
Mastering these three points will allow you to stop being a prisoner of the mind.
Have a "prisoner-breaking mindset"
If a person wants to get rid of the prisoner's thinking, he needs to have "prisoner-breaking thinking", that is, he must have the consciousness of breaking the original cognition.
"When You Fly Like a Bird to Your Mountain" tells the story of such a girl.
Tara has a macho father with a very paranoid personality, and "not going to school, not seeking medical treatment" is the loyalty and truth he asks his children to insist on.
Growing up in a garbage dump, Tara's ears are filled with the roar of a crane every day, and the surrounding environment is not a little beautiful, she thinks that her life should be like this.
However, her brother, who was away from home to study, gave Tara a strong shock, and from him, she found that she also had the potential to change her destiny.
In the encouragement of her brother and the breakthrough of herself, Tara began to go out step by step, to sort out her thinking and see the fresh world.
At the end of the book, Tara also transforms from a very ordinary girl into a high-achieving student at Harvard University.
From Tara's earth-shaking changes, we can understand a truth: only those who believe that they can change and their thinking can change, will have a new beginning in their lives.
Ji Xianlin once said: "A person becomes older, and he is most afraid of rigid thinking. ”
Rigid people are stuck in their own ways, no longer willing to accept new things, living in their own world, and eventually disconnected from the times.
As long as a person maintains the desire to learn, then his cognitive level can be improved, the pattern will become larger and larger, and the days will naturally become smoother and smoother.
Expand the boundaries of your thinking
Foreign writer Erzhicheng wrote his own growth experience into a story:
Hong Jin-so, a 33-year-old young clerk who is poor and in debt, did not understand anything when he was transferred to the sales department of a company.
Until his good friend suggested that he read, he made a plan to read 33 books in 100 days.
The more he read the more energetic the book, Hong Jin-so even found a doorway to sell in it, and after reading 33 books, he planned to read another 100 professional books.
With his continuous reading, the knowledge reserve and thinking level have been significantly improved.
Looking at problems and handling work, they have become comprehensive, and in the professional field, they have also changed from a beginner to a "big guy" in the industry.
He also said that after reading books and extending his thinking, he has a new perspective on his understanding of work and daily things.
After the mind is opened, the career becomes much broader.
What expands is the mind, but what changes is life.
As the writer Sanmao said:
"Life is not about the length, but about whether you have lived happily, and life is not about the length, but about the breadth of continuous learning."
Take learning as a habit, and in the process of moving forward bit by bit, refresh your thinking and get rid of old thoughts.
Boguan can be about to take, thick accumulation can be thin hair.
Continuous learning can benefit you for life.
Constantly review and iterate on your own life
Once upon a time, "inner volume" has become a label in our current society.
This means competition and elimination.
In fact, no matter what kind of era, the people who are at the forefront of the times are those who constantly iterate on themselves.
In "Ordinary World", Sun Shaoan is undoubtedly such a person.
As the leader of the production team, he took the lead in setting up a contract responsibility system in his hometown, so that the villagers not only had enough to eat, but also had surplus grain at home.
After that, he went to the county town to do a business of pulling bricks. In addition to the expenses of this business, he also made a net income of 2,500 yuan.
Later, when he found that the supply of bricks and tiles in the market was in short supply, he quickly decided to set up a brick factory on the land he contracted.
Every move Sun Shaoan takes is an iteration of his own life.
In the hard work step by step, the whole family slowly lived a good life.
Of course, during the period of running the brick factory, there was also a problem of capital turnover, but he did not give up on himself, but in this "pit" to recall and reflect, and finally revitalized the brick factory.
I have seen such a sentence: "Life, trying to improve yourself, is always more meaningful than looking up to others." ”
Renew yourself in your efforts, update your existing achievements, and push your life forward.
In the end, you will finally get out of the "cage" and embrace a new and wonderful new world.
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The level of a person's development and achievement is influenced by the outside world to a certain extent, but the biggest impact is still their own thinking.
With flexible and open thinking, there will be firm and effective action.
For the rest of our lives, may we all be aware of the limitations of thinking, and in real life, pry open the door of old thinking and embrace a cheerful and comfortable future.