At this time of year, a large number of college students enter the society and start a new stage of life. But within a few years, the personal development of these students who seemed to be at the same starting point became obviously different. Why is this? The answer is simple,

At this time of year, a large number of college students enter the society and start a new stage of life. But within a few years, the personal development of these students who seemed to be at the same starting point became obviously different.

Why is this? The answer is simple, it is "wisdom" that stratifies them. Graduates initially competed for knowledge and grades in school, but once they entered society, they competed for personal abilities and survival wisdom.

Dr. Wu Jun, in the book "Yuan Wisdom", compares knowledge to "skills" and wisdom to "Tao", which can control skills. However, many people only value knowledge and ignore wisdom. They are very knowledgeable but not good at thinking. They have not formed their own knowledge structure and have no judgment. As a result, they live a very hard life.

Are people who have "skills" but not "dao" hopeless? Of course not. In this book, the author shares his own experience and shares many methods with young people to help us rebuild our cognition and become a person who thinks, acts and is wise.

. From knowledge to wisdom, there is a bridge called "thinking"

Knowledge can be obtained through books and school education, but wisdom needs to be obtained through "enlightenment". Everyone has different levels of understanding, and the acceptance, digestion and integration of the same knowledge The degree is different. This understanding is actually the ability to think deeply. A person's thinking ability determines the level of his wisdom to a certain extent.

This is like sitting under an apple tree. If an apple hits Newton's forehead, he can discover the force of gravity. But if it hits you and me on the head, the most may be a few curses. This is the stratification of wisdom caused by the difference in thinking ability. .

New Oriental Dong Yuhui's popularity is partly due to his profound knowledge reserve. More importantly, he has formed his own things through thinking about the knowledge he acquired, so he can easily grasp it. Knowledge needs to be integrated through thinking in order to be productive.

When analyzing the reasons for college students’ entrepreneurial failure, the famous investor Cuban put “too lazy to think” at the top of the list. He believed that people who can proactively think and solve problems are highly adaptable, but many people are Without the habit of active learning and thinking, even if they encounter basic problems, they have to ask for help from the outside world. Such people will never succeed.

2. Everyone should master the most basic wisdom - "meta-wisdom"

Dr. Wu Jun once said that as people grow older, the value of pure knowledge will depreciate, especially in the workplace. How far you can go depends mainly on Your wisdom, and the most basic knowledge, is called "meta-wisdom."

In fact, it is not difficult to find that most of those who live better than those around them do better at various turning points in their lives. For example, after graduation, some people can settle down quickly, while some people are slow to settle down; some people value the development of the platform when looking for a job, while some people just find a job to make a living. The gap between people is like this. Pulled away.

This book focuses on the various basic wisdoms needed for a person to live a good life and realize career ideals and personal values, such as identity transformation, thinking upgrade, pattern improvement, time planning, etc. These "meta-wisdoms" They all have one thing in common: they all need to improve their cognition.

There is a saying that has been very popular in recent years, "You can never make money beyond your knowledge." , Because knowledge is the key factor that determines our abilities and thinking. A wise person is first of all a self-aware person, who knows his own strengths and weaknesses, where his strengths lie, and what his goals are, and then he can find effective ways to achieve them.

3. How to obtain "meta-wisdom"?

We must first change our identity and thinking mode , which is what this book says, and we must face society as a mature adult.

What is the posture of an adult? It does not mean that you are over 18, but it refers to psychological maturity, such as being independent and responsible, planning for the future, having goals and focusing on the present, doing things in a down-to-earth manner, being strict with yourself, and being lenient to others.

Dr. Wu Jun’s advice to graduates is to settle down as soon as possible, cut off the “umbilical cord” with the past, focus on the key points, be prepared to meet the test at any time, arrange your spare time reasonably, take the initiative to improve yourself, constantly expand the pattern, and expand your own Expansion capacity.

Secondly, break through the existing circle and contact more experienced and experienced people.

Once a person stays in a certain circle for a long time, his thinking habits begin to become rigid. If he does not take the initiative to break out of the circle, he will never see the excitement of the outside world. The proverb "Insects in the summer cannot be talked about in the ice" refers to the individual differences between people. If you are in contact with people who are the same as you, then your knowledge will always stay at this stage, which is what we often call the "comfort zone" .

Zhou Ling, the author of "The Awakening of Man", believes that good growth is always in the "comfort edge zone", and the best learning area is in the comfort edge zone and the stretching zone, and unfamiliar , excellent circle, people who are better than us all belong to this category.

In fact, whether it is "upward socialization" or "comfort edge zone", it actually means that I have the courage to contact the outside world, expand my own boundaries, and learn from people who are more experienced than us.

Another point is very important. Take the initiative to improve the self-system.

People are a whole system. As long as the method is scientific, we can make improvements. With appropriate goals, timely feedback, methods and tools, we can change our habits. , and make progress.

Small rivers can merge into the sea. Once you know your goals and direction, you must start accumulating from now on and build your own knowledge system through systematic learning.

The most basic method is to read more, read different books, treat different viewpoints with a rational and objective attitude, listen extensively to other people's viewpoints, and then integrate them into our own knowledge tools and practice them on different occasions. use.

The high-level method is to learn how to look at the same problem from different perspectives, how to use the existing knowledge system to gain insight into the essence of things, and how to find the optimal path to the goal.

When a person has a clear overall understanding of himself and uses scientific methods to make deliberate changes, then he is already better than most people.

There is this sentence on the cover of the book "Yuan Wisdom": There are no shortcuts in life, but there are methods.

The method can be explored by oneself, but a more efficient method is to learn from experienced people. Dr. Wu Jun once worked at Tencent and is also a famous investor in Silicon Valley . His wisdom and achievements are beyond the reach of most of us. It is difficult to achieve, but the life inspiration and pitfall avoidance guide he summarized from his own experience are worth our time to learn.

If you also want to seek self-development, it is recommended to read and study together with Dr. Wu Jun's other book " Soft Capabilities ".