information is surplus, iteration is rapid, knowledge explodes, everything is in uncertainty, all of which makes us feel anxious. But is this really the root cause of anxiety?
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both desire knowledge and overwhelming
Under the digital way of survival, everyone is a knowledge worker. Almost everything is marked with knowledge—study, work and life.
In the face of the digitalization of daily life, people need to understand the changes brought to life by new knowledge and new technologies; changes in work and learning methods require people to have new knowledge and new skills; if new knowledge does not appear, it is not easy to resonate through communication between friends.
People's desire for knowledge is more intense than in any past, and the degree of explosion is more abundant than in any past. There are 5 reasons why we are both eager for knowledge and overwhelmed:
First, uncertainty has become the norm
is in an environment of uncertainty. Only by improving cognitive abilities can people find the possibility of living with it and find their own certainty. Continuously acquiring knowledge is the key to improving cognitive abilities.
Second, iteration is accelerated, and new knowledge is constantly emerging
Once the end of the year, I will ask undergraduate students to do something to list the latest 50 words they think this year. At first I could know half of the words, but after 3 years I could only know three of them. Only then did I realize that I am very far from young people, innovative words and new phenomena. This kind of iteration and accelerating the added knowledge brings challenges to many people, and I am one of them.
Third, cognitive surplus, selection obstacles
In recent years, the question I have been asked the most by managers is not the question of "not knowing", but the question of "not being able to make choices". The inability to make a choice is not because the information is insufficient, but because there is too much information. This leads to the inability to make decisions when facing problems.
Fourth, time is scarce
People have become more accustomed to "fragmentation". On the one hand, this means that time is increasing - time is divided more; on the other hand, it may mean that time is reduced - focusing and focusing becomes more difficult.
Fifth, the requirements for knowledge verification are getting higher and higher
In the past, teachers were often very confident when teaching, because there would be "knowledge difference" between teachers and students. But it is difficult for teachers to be so confident today. The information and even knowledge that teachers have may not be as "more" as students, because students have stronger ability to use digital technology . At this time, the teacher will find it becomes difficult to verify the knowledge taught. This series of challenges in
makes us feel deeply anxious and lonely.
may have so many choices, but I don’t know which choice may be related to myself, so people fall into deep anxiety; because iteration speed is too fast and information is overloaded, and I feel that I can’t keep up with the pace of change, a kind of sad loneliness arises naturally.
Ask yourself four questions
Overcoming the two states of "deep anxiety and sad loneliness", you need to ask yourself four questions first.
1. Is it the discriminating mind or the discriminating force?
Discriminal mind refers to people treating people and things differently based on the surface of things (beauty and ugliness, rich and poor, etc.). Discrimination refers to people's ability to analyze, observe and independently judge people and things.
In life, people often say that "appearance is important", and this judgment reflects the discriminatory mind, not the discrimination. People with discernment will not use their appearance as the benchmark, but will make a choice after truly identifying their value.
2. Is it self-limitation or is it a lack of cognition?
"I can't do this". People who say this are not really unable to do this, but are setting their own limits.
Many students asked me why I could write 5000 words every night, which is very difficult. I told him: You start by writing 50 words every night, and slowly you will write 500 words and 5,000 words. The key to the
problem is not whether it can be written, but that you do not seriously understand the matter of self-limiting and cognition, and do not understand what the real reason for self-limiting is.
3. Is the world changing rapidly, or has it not changed?
People who are familiar with me know that in the Weibo era, I did not participate in too many activities, and later I found that if I didn’t move, I would be eliminated. When the WeChat of
appeared, I started to participate and opened the "Spring Flowers Bloom" official account. With the help of this official account, I have the opportunity to communicate with millions of readers, which drives me to better understand the impact of digitalization on corporate development.
For us today, what is important is not the speed and slowness of the world's changes, but the speed and slowness of our own changes.
4. Is it caused by inertia, or is it impossible to deal with it?
Many people feel it is difficult to deal with the challenges brought by information fusion and continuous iteration. The fact is that it is not the challenge that makes people difficult to deal with, but the inertia that makes people unable to deal with it.
In an environment where online and digitalization have become a must-have, I hope everyone can ask themselves these four questions, find out the direction to solve the problem, and thus truly have knowledge.
Really have knowledge, you will have discernment, not discriminating mind; if you can improve your cognition, you will no longer set limits; you will take the initiative to change yourself and dance with changes; you will take the initiative to face challenges, no longer adapt to inertia, and no longer be self-sufficiency. (End of this article)
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