Without considering immutable factors such as family origin, the gap between people is often reflected in the depth and breadth of thinking. The real effective competition is a deep game in the cerebral cortex, a "battle of the heart". And whoever can master advanced strategic thinking will be able to devise strategies in a higher dimension, so as to achieve dimensionality reduction and attack on lower dimensions. The author has studied the art of war strategy for more than 20 years, and believes that although there are many schools of strategy, in terms of dimensions, it is nothing more than five dimensions, also known as the fivefold realm.
1. A double realm - "point" shape thinking
"Point" thinking is the basis of strategy, and geometry is also called one-dimensional thinking. The characteristic of this kind of thinking is "dissecting sparrows", that is, the "focused" research and analysis of key people and experimental subjects in public. Sun Tzu's Art of War emphasizes this point by "knowing the opponent and knowing oneself." If you thoroughly study the opponent as an individual, you will be able to "have a definite aim"; if you thoroughly study your own individual, you will be able to exploit your strong points and avoid your weaknesses, and use your own strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings. In this realm, the key lies in the fact that specific problems cannot be analyzed according to the individual, and "individual characteristics" cannot be replaced by "universal phenomena".
2. The dual realm - "line" thinking
"Line" thinking is not limited to the study of isolated individuals, but the study of the main relationships formed by the main actors (including enemies, friends, and me), especially the interests and interests. Mr. Li Zongwu, a master of strategy, summed it up as "psychomechanics". The author agrees with this point of view very much, and also recommends that you refer to the method of force analysis in physics to study the relationship between people, as well as the attraction and repulsive forces generated by interests, and have formed a joint force in an organization or team. If you want to study this well, it is recommended that you watch more "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to see how the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu united and struggled (friends who are interested in mathematics can also recall the "trigonometric functions" in middle school).
3. The Triple Realm - "Flat" Thinking
In addition to the main relationships between enemies, friends, and China, there are many secondary relationships that seem to be neutral, but are actually involved in them, and have a certain degree of influence that affect the success or failure of competition, and these relationships crisscross each other to form a "plane". As a strategist, what you have to do well is to "settle" the "relationship" in all aspects, try to make your friends "many", make the enemy "few", and let other characters remain neutral and don't get in the way of their own affairs.
4. Fourfold realm - "three-dimensional" thinking
The previous study of the threefold realm mainly focused on the "human" aspect and did not consider the "material" aspect. Materials, documents, utensils, and spatial locations are all tools used by strategists to achieve their goals, and they are also influencing factors that must be calculated in the planning process. Only by taking into account these "dead" things that may be ignored by ordinary people can we have "three-dimensional" thinking and be more thoughtful than others. For example, Di Renjie emphasized the "physical evidence" very much in the process of solving the case, and judged whether the other party was lying or not through some clues, and even solved the puzzle.
5. Fivefold realm - "current situation" thinking
The ancients said: "The world is like a new chess game." "There are no eternal friends, and there are no eternal enemies, feng shui takes turns, and any relationship and situation changes with time. In the fifth realm of strategy, we need to consider the factor of time, predict the change of the situation, estimate the probability of various different possibilities, and then "bet". The reason why Zhuge Liang was able to become the main representative of strategists is the most powerful evidence is the "Longzhong pair". "The fledgling knows that there are three parts of the world", it is indeed because he can really "judge the situation", and he has reached the fifth realm of strategist cultivation at a young age.
Seeing these five-fold strategic realms, you will have a general orientation of your strategy level, and you will also be able to improve your strategy level in a targeted manner. Remember, only you can truly plan for yourself without reservation!
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