Have you noticed a strange phenomenon?
Most poor people work very hard, but they don't earn much money all year round. Most of the wealthy are idle, but their wealth is growing exponentially. There are a few top rich people who make money in one day, and the poor can't earn it for 100 years.
Why is this happening? Doesn't it always mean that hard work must pay off?
Why is it that the poor do not have much reward for their efforts, while the rich have unlimited rewards for not working hard?
Because there is one thing that the rich do right from the beginning, and the poor go from youth to old age, and that is "according to the law."
What is a pattern?
Everything has its own laws.
Is it because a green plant can produce flowers because the plant works very hard? Of course not, that's because it conforms to the growth laws of the plant, and it has the ability to bloom itself. There are also plants that can't bloom, and no matter how hard you try, you still can't produce flowers.
Is it because a bird can fly freely in the sky because of the bird's efforts? Of course not, that's because birds have wings, which conforms to the growth laws of animals. No matter how hard a turtle tries, there is no way to fly in the sky.
It's the same with people, if a person wants to achieve his goals, can he get it by hard work?
Of course not! Hard work is only one element of success, and what really makes you achieve your goals is that your behavior conforms to a certain law of success.
For example, a man can win the love of many girls, not because the man works hard, but because his behavior conforms to the laws of human emotions. A businessman can make a lot of money, not because of his hard work day and night, but because what he does conforms to the laws of business.
Therefore, when we call a person a strong person, the fundamental reason is not his efforts, but because he has mastered the objective laws of something.
When we grasp the law, we can follow the development trend of the law, so that the results will appear naturally.
So, what do we do to grasp the laws of things? Here are 2 ways to do it.
First: imitation.
The fastest way to succeed is to imitate success.
The underlying logic of imitation is this, "Although I don't know why you succeeded, but since you can succeed in doing this, if I can do exactly the same thing as you, then I will most likely succeed too." ”
There's a word in the workplace called "benchmarking", which essentially means imitation.
When we watch videos, we often get similar copywriting, but we read it by another person, which is a kind of imitation.
There are also many live broadcast rooms with similar lines, "The original price is 299, the current price is 99, I will give you more than one, but two, three, and four." At this time, the boss of the manufacturer was about to jump out and say, "No, I have to lose money if you sell it like this." Then the anchor said righteously, "I have the final say in my live broadcast room, which is to benefit my family!" ”
Many times we don't know why a way is successful, but when we see that others are successful in doing so, we try to imitate others, and there is a high probability that we will succeed.
This is a quick way to grasp the rules, but it is important to note that when imitating, it is necessary to imitate the essence of things, not just the form.
Taking bringing goods as an example, the reason why the above method is effective is essentially to take advantage of people's psychological mechanism of being greedy for cheap. If you can create an atmosphere where customers are "taking advantage", then it will still work even if you change the format.
Of course, in addition to business activities, there are many aspects of life that can be quickly grasped by imitation.
For example, if you go to work listless every day, then imitate the routine of an energetic person and you will be able to slowly regain your energy. If you don't understand the world, then imitate how people with good popularity entertain friends, then your popularity will gradually improve.
Why is imitating others so effective?
Because many things are useless no matter how many times you hear them, you can only understand them when you experience them yourself. Many people will say, "I know everything, but I just can't do it." "It's because of the lack of hands-on experience.
In the process of imitating others, we are forced to do things that we would not otherwise do, which triggers some new experiences.
For example, when we imitate the exercise of fitness experts, we can experience our body becoming stronger, our muscles becoming fuller, our heart and lungs becoming stronger, and we can really feel the process of our body from weak and sick to healthy. As a result, the phrase "exercise more will make your body healthier" is no longer a "truth that everyone understands", but a law that you have really mastered.
Therefore, because of imitation, we will do things that we would not otherwise do, and have more experiences that we would not otherwise have, and it is these personal experiences that make us understand the "law" more thoroughly.
Let's look at the second way to grasp the law: the law of covert integration.
It's easy to learn some rules, just read more books. However, if we want to thoroughly grasp a certain law, it is much more difficult, and we also need to secretly match this law between words and deeds.
For example, when you know the rule of "exercise and diet can lose weight", if we want to lose weight successfully, our behavior must be consistent with this law.
After seeing the food, if you control it and don't eat more, it is in line with the law. If you don't control and eat a lot, it is not in accordance with the law. If you match the law, you will increase the probability of success, and if you do not match the law, the probability of success will decrease.
The law provides us with a guiding ideology, and our behavior should be based on this guiding ideology and approach the law.
For another example, if you understand a rule, "If you want to catch up with your beloved girl, you have to let her get used to your presence in life." Then, you can try to do this in behavior, "take a detour to accompany her to and from work", "eat and watch a movie together", etc.
On the other hand, if you understand a certain law, but for various reasons cannot implement it according to the law, then no matter how many rules you know, it is useless.
In short, the strong know how to "conform to the law" when doing things, such as the law of human nature, the law of wealth, the law of business, the law of feelings, and so on. The efforts of the strong are also different from ordinary people, their efforts mainly lie in two aspects, the first is to "strive to find the law", and the second is to try to make their specific behavior closer to the law. Efforts have a direction, and we should strive to master the law and practice the law, instead of trying to use our physical strength to move bricks and build walls.