What is "great wisdom and foolishness"? The etymology explains: "Very intelligent but not sharp, intelligent at heart, but seemingly stupid on the surface." ”
In order to protect themselves, in order to wait for the opportunity, in order to show their ambitions, they will deliberately cover up their talents, and even pretend to be crazy and sell stupid, for example, Sun Zhen evaded Pang Juan's trap by "pretending to be crazy", and Liu Bei avoided Cao Cao's sharp edge by "selling stupidity", which is "great wisdom and foolishness". Generally speaking, people who are really intelligent often have three characteristics below, and they look stupid, but they are actually "wise and foolish"; people who are really wise and foolish often also have these three characteristics, do you have them?
First, be good at choosing
In real life, there is such a person, they usually look very ordinary, even appear a little stupid, in small things often make some confusion, the ability seems to be very general, but at a major juncture in life or some other critical moments, but always can make the right choice, giving people a good feeling of luck, but in fact, this kind of person does not rely on luck, but they themselves are smart enough, always able to make the right choice at the key, this kind of person is a wise and foolish person.
We all know that choice is greater than effort, especially a few key choices in life, as long as you do it right, then, do everything with half the effort, success is not difficult. If you are not good at choosing, or always make the wrong choice, then, the harder you work, the more confused you are, and the harder you work, the farther away from success. Although the wise people who are "wise and foolish" look a little stupid, and they are not as good as some people, they can speak the Tao, left and right, but such people often have a more overall view, look at the problem more deeply and long-term, so they are more objective and rational when making choices.
Second, know how to show weakness
People who are truly "wise and foolish" often know the benefits of showing weakness, are good at being soft and strong, and are strong with weakness, rather than being strong everywhere, and always appear very humble when getting along with others, so they can often win good popularity, and will also avoid many unnecessary troubles, and will not easily make enemies for themselves. Therefore, knowing how to show weakness is not cowardice, but a clever way to protect yourself.
On the contrary, some people who think they are smart prefer to fight strongly and win, to be preoccupied, to compete for the upper hand in everything, and to know no way to show weakness and give in. As everyone knows, there are stronger hands in the strong, blindly fighting strong and winning, sooner or later will touch the nails, and even touch the head and bleed, seemingly shrewd, in fact, smart but mistaken by smart. In addition, know how to show weakness, but also pay attention to managing their own mouth, can not just think of the ability to tongue, otherwise they will lose more words, it is easy to cause trouble from the mouth, to provoke trouble for themselves.
Third, live in the moment
Some people are living in the past, caught in the memory of the difficult to extricate themselves, some people are fantasizing about the future, doing unrealistic dreams, and the real "wise as foolish" people, but know how to live in the present, they will not be entangled in the past, obsessed with the future, they know that the past has passed, is irretrievable, as for the future has never come, can not predict at all. You can say that they "do a day as a monk and hit the clock for a day", but you don't know that for the monk, it is already a precious thing to hit the bell every day, and it is already a kind of happiness.
Zeng Guofan once said: "The future is not welcome, the present is not complicated, and the past is not in love." "Really smart people are often focused on living in the moment, doing everything well in the moment, enjoying the happiness of the moment, no matter how outsiders look at it, living their own current life is the last word."