The movie "The Pianist of the Sea" has been well received and awarded numerous awards for more than 20 years since its release. The film tells the legendary life of a pianist in 1900.
1900 was an abandoned baby abandoned on a luxury cruise ship, raised by the coal coal workers on the ship, because the year he was picked up was 1900, and the coal workers named him 1900.
Growing up in 1900, he showed an extraordinary talent for piano, and everyone who heard him play was deeply moved.
So he naturally became the pianist on the luxury cruise ship, playing the piano for the distinguished first-class guests who were both rich and expensive.
Because of his abandoned baby status, he was raised by hiding and tucking since he was a child, so he stayed on the boat and did not dare to go to land, until one day, he fell in love with a girl...
Will he follow his beloved girl off the cruise ship to start a new life for love?
Every time I re-watch, I look forward to 1900 being brave enough to get off the boat... But the ending is always regrettable, so good pianist, the ending is so tragic...
I can understand that what stopped 1900 from getting off the ship was probably his uncertainty about the unknown world and his deep inner insecurity. If I had been 1900, I might have made the same choice as him.
After all, in the face of a new, challenging new world, everyone has the feeling of expectancy but at the same time fear.
As it is said in the book "Lifelong Growth": In the face of the unknown world, everyone has their own fear zone in their hearts. People are used to being in their comfort zone and are reluctant to walk into the learning zone and the fear zone unless necessary.
However, this psychology is quite detrimental to a person's lifelong development.
While it's hard to challenge ourselves, "in the comfort zone we can recuperate, but in the learning zone we can improve our abilities, and the fear zone allows us to know where our limits are." ”
The "fear zone" of 1900 is the world outside the ship, he grew up on the boat, and the boat is his "comfort zone". He hadn't learned how to face the world on land, so crossing the "fear zone" was particularly difficult for him.
In the era of rapid development, why didn't we face the "fear zone" every minute? Digitalization and artificial intelligence are constantly changing our work and life, and if we stay in our comfort zone every day and do not learn, we will easily be abandoned by the giant ship of the times.
In "Lifelong Growth", the three people of student Ben, Katarina and Yasimin have encountered bottlenecks in their work, and in the face of unknown market environment and needs, they all realized that they needed to make some adjustments and changes, but they did not know how to change, so they found the author and asked for help.
The author, Bush Holfield Catherine, has been helping individuals and businesses solve workplace problems for nearly a decade. She also wrote this book to help readers dispel their fear of uncertainty and make them active planners for their future careers.
In the book, the author communicates and guides the three people through different problems encountered, and finally helps them find ways to change and realize their respective life values.
The book uses seven chapters to describe the seven core competitiveness of the future workplace.
01 Ways to eliminate fear of the future – envision the worst-case scenario that could happen in the future
In the book, Katarina envisions the worst-case scenario:
His position will be laid off due to the restructuring of the company and the application of new technologies.
After being fired, she felt that she was no longer needed, the children began to look down on her, she could not cheer up and apply for a new job, her apartment was mortgaged and confiscated... She felt like her life was ruined.
At this point, the author gives Katarina a task: in the face of such a terrible situation, what can you do now to prevent this terrible result from happening? Suppose you have felt the consequences of all this badly as it really is.
At this point, Katarina switched roles and made a plan as a future designer:
I will keep abreast of the specific situation of the company and start actively seeking opportunities for other jobs, as well as the possibility of other positions, etc...
In the process of making plans, she realized that she still had a lot of room to maneuver to prevent the worst from happening. And that's exactly what she needs to do right now.
"Nothing is more important than acting." Fear is the biggest obstacle to change. No change means safety, while positive change means an expansion and expansion of the comfort zone.
If you don't succeed, you may enter the fear zone. At this point, our comfort zone may shrink.
At this point we have to go back to the starting point and try to achieve a smaller goal than before.
The book talks about the "small step forward" strategy.
In order to succeed, small steps are necessary because it will be easier for us to take the first step and not give up on the plan because of fear. The student book in the book uses this method and ultimately succeeds.
The small step forward mode is suitable for most people.
1900 was the lack of this attempt to "take small steps" into unfamiliar territory. If every time the ship docked, he could get off the ship with the passengers to feel the outside world, and each time he stepped forward a little, maybe the ending would be different.
But he didn't, and he chose to stay in his comfort zone (on the boat).
So, back in life, how do we prepare for the diverse world of the future?
02 Envision the future and try a whole new way of working: the loud work method
Today, digitalization is part of how we live and work. Artificial intelligence is playing an unprecedented role, and the images that used to appear in science fiction have now become a reality in many fields.
The world changes fast, so how to work in a whole new way in the face of unpredictable new worlds?
The book gives a new model of teamwork: the work out loud method
This method has been applied by well-known companies in more than 50 countries and regions, including Bosch, Daimler and Siemens.
A loud work group is a peer support group of 4 to 5 people, where you can ask yourself the following 3 questions:
What am I trying to achieve?
Who is relevant to my goals?
How can I deepen our relationship?
This lasts about 3 months and will help you expand your network and be more productive.
Trainee Ben also launched a loud work group at his company. Through this group, Ben's digital abilities have been significantly improved, and his network has expanded rapidly. Most importantly, he learned to look at collaboration among colleagues from a new perspective.
Working loudly can help us build trusting working relationships and improve rigid management systems. Working methods must also keep pace with the times and keep up with the pace of the times, so as not to be eliminated by the times and realize the dreams of life.
03 Pursue the ultimate meaning of life - be true to yourself
Those who find their mission and dreams in life often say, "I love my job, and I know what positive impact I can make on the world through it." ”
As Ben, Yasmin, and Katarina have experienced, they begin to take the future into their own hands and suddenly realize that the possibilities in life are far greater than they had always thought.
IELTS's initial motivation for counseling was to find a career option that suited her and to overcome her fear of the future of the workplace. Fear causes her to procrastinate.
The author asked her to use her mobile phone to set an alarm reminder for each task, and when the alarm rang, don't think much about it, and use this method to change the delay. And gave her a psychological construction: "Don't do it at this time, when will you stay?" ”
With the help of the author, all three trainees achieved their wishes, not only making great breakthroughs in their own fields of work, but also finding the meaning of life.
The discussion of the meaning of life is also expressed through the story of the three masons who built the cathedral:
A passerby saw three masons concentrating on their work next to a construction site.
He asked the first mason, "What are you doing?" The mason said, "I'm building a stone." “
He asked the second mason, who replied proudly, "I'm making a window with a pointed arch."
The same question, the third mason replied with a shining eye: "I am building a cathedral, a place of worship where people gather to sing and pray." ”
This story shows the importance of a holistic view. How big the heart is, how big the world is. No matter what industry we are in, we should think about the meaning of work for us, and learn to give work a higher meaning.
As the film says in 1900: "Take the piano, for example, the piano has 88 keys, the keys are finite, you are infinite." The music you create on the keys is infinite. I like this, I can live like this. "That's the real 1900, and he loves to be that way of himself.
So, what about us? Are there endless possibilities for work and life?
Write at the end
1900 said: "I was born on this ship, the world passes by my side, but there are only two thousand people on each voyage, and there are people's dreams here, but the scope of dreams is also between the bow and the stern, you can express joy, but the piano must be limited, I have only learned to live like this." ”
It's a bit like the 36-year-old unloaded female worker at the toll booth who says, "I don't know anything but charge." ”
So, what would have happened if 1900 had chosen to get off that ship?
Like the line that 1900 muttered in the film:
"What stopped me was not what I saw, but what I couldn't see.
For me, the land is too big a ship, too beautiful a woman, too long a journey, too rich perfume, a piece of music that I don't know how to play. ”
Life is not a movie, life and work require us to give our all.
Reading the book "Lifelong Growth" can help us find the skills and methods to cope with change in this rapidly changing world, so that we can calmly face the future.