Xiaowei is one of the army of postgraduate entrance examinations. This year is her fourth time participating in the postgraduate entrance examination, but she still failed. She either complained about the unfair fate, or used excuses to say that she was not the material, and never said that she seemed to have learned it after buying the review materials. She either went shopping with friends or had dinner with colleagues at night, and had to organize tours around the country on weekends. She didn't make any effort at all. How could she pass the exam?
has not passed the exam, and I have to make excuses for myself and say: I am not that material myself, and there is no "postgraduate entrance examination factor" in my genes. Then I feel so at ease that it is not my fault.
"Don't use genes as an excuse" tells us: Don't let genes take the blame if something bad happens. The genes are not that "strong". Genes are more like switches to whether our entire life potential can be released. Used correctly can stimulate our infinite potential and make us look "talented".
Author David Schenk, formerly a correspondent for " Atlantic Monthly ", and also a writer for " New York Times ", " National Geographic ", and National Public Radio and other institutions. He has written well-known works such as "Amnesia", "Information Smoke and Dust", and "Immortal Chess Game".
The book says: Small and continuous environmental stimulation subtly shapes the expression of gene traits. Intelligence and talent are never traps falling from the sky, but a dynamic process of the interaction between the environment in which we live and the genetic gene . It can be seen that genes are not destined blueprints, but carefully designed knobs and switches.
The author and book summary will be briefly introduced here. Below, I will talk about my understanding of the book from two aspects.
1, our misunderstanding of the role of genes
Mozart can tour Europe at the age of seven; Flyingman Jordan jump shot "suspended time" seems to be out of gravity; Williams 's judgment on baseball is unmatched. We will sigh that these people who have "special skills" in music and sports: They are really talented, they are simply geniuses!
However, we just attribute their success to being born like this, but we don’t see their efforts and efforts.
Jordan's athletic talent in high school was mediocre. How did he finally become a "Flying Man"?
The book says that successful people have strong internal driving forces. It is this inner ambition that drives them to constantly change themselves and stimulate their inner potential. The role of genes in this process is to regulate potential switches.
of course, it also has the stimulation effect of a complex environment.
Take Jordan as an example. In high school, Jordan's playing skills were not even better than his brother, but his failure after being rejected by the high school team stimulated its strong desire to move forward. From then on, he began to persist in continuous high-intensity training, which was called "Flying Man".
It can be seen that only by stimulating the external environment and unremitting efforts can one achieve something. It is not a gene that determines talent. If you have talent, you will be worry-free for the rest of your life.
2, Seven guiding principles for cultivating talents
We know that genes are just regulators of the potential that interact with the environment. However, as long as human beings exist, we will still rely on the myth of gifts, which can bring comfort to us. Then, the following seven guiding principles can help us become talented people better.
1. Find your motivation. Positive motivation or ambitious motivation is the continuous motivation that prompts a person to pursue.
2. Strictly criticize yourself. It means constantly correcting, criticizing, reflecting and proofreading the results of your own behavior. Whether you are doing academic research, research, or sports, you must reflect on your research or behavior to make progress and make mistakes.
3. Pay attention to negative factors.Sometimes it is not about making your strengths longer, but about making your weaknesses longer, so as not to make a breakthrough in defeating you. Remember to remember, don’t think badly that you have bad genes. The more you think like this, the more likely it will be your biggest obstacle.
4. Recognize your own limitations and ignore them. Age, experience, knowledge, and background may only become your limitations. Recognize these influencing factors and ignore them. Because of different limitations, different you are created. For example, an unmarried person at the age of 20 is obviously more likely to persist in a few hours of strong and intense exercises every day than a 45-year-old married person with two sons and under heavy loan pressure. However, the connections and experiences that 45-year-olds have are not comparable to those of 20.
5. Delay satisfaction, resist satisfaction. We must calm down and enjoy the process, and use the small achievements and small satisfactions that we have along the way to constantly give ourselves confidence, so that we can have enough motivation to continue moving forward.
6. Set a heroic role model.
7. Find a good mentor. The role of famous teachers in guiding the way cannot be underestimated. This is an external resource that a person has. A teacher who constantly encourages, guides and encourages you can further stimulate a person's "ambition" and strengthens his "willpower".
or above seven guidelines apply to anything.
3. Summary
We understand that genes and the environment "co-manage" our human potential passwords. We inherit stable genes and variable expression genes. We inherit language, thoughts, and attitudes, but we can also change them. We inherit an ecosystem and can also influence it.
We come from history and are creating history. Everything around us creates us, and in turn, everything can be created by us. We are born with the ability to change ourselves and the world.
So, don’t always use genes as an excuse to find excuses for your laziness and stinginess in giving. We should use the switches of genes to make ourselves a better self.
