The Complete Works of Wolf Road

Chapter 20 Positive Thinking Like a Wolf (1)
Wolves have infinite intelligence, even surpassing humans.We can get a glimpse of it from the hunting behavior of wolves.They are always able to make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and overcome the enemy to win; they have keen eyesight, are brave and tenacious, and are good at strategies; they have a strong ability to adapt to changes... These often make us humans feel inferior.It is this kind of wisdom that makes the wolf who is not very powerful become the "overlord of the rivers and lakes" and laughs proudly at the rivers and lakes.

1 Think positively before taking action

Wolves never hunt by luck. They always think carefully about their upcoming actions, and only take action after they are fully sure.Wolves can always find food no matter what harsh environment they are in.Some problems do not lie in their hunting skills, but they can all observe, think positively, and apply what they have learned.It can be seen that the wolf is an animal that is good at positive thinking.We humans are higher animals, and the main factor that distinguishes us from other animals is that humans have thinking and can think about problems.

Each of us actually thinks every day, but the way and content of thinking are different.Some people think positively while others think negatively.

Positive thinking is the most important of the laws of success.Cultivating positive thinking is the most important part of a person's life.

Positive thinking can cultivate our self-confidence, hope, optimism, courage, generosity and resourcefulness.

Ainuo and Bu Nuo were employed by a supermarket at the same time. At the beginning, everyone was the same, starting from the bottom. But soon Ainuo was favored by the general manager and promoted to department manager.But Bu Nuo is still at the bottom.Bu Nuo always felt that the general manager was unfair, that the hard-working people were not reused, but those who liked to brag.

The general manager also knows Bu Nuo very well, thinks that he can endure hardships, and has a good impression of him, but he always feels that there are some shortcomings in him, and he can't explain clearly in a few words.One day, when the general manager saw Bu Nuo's aggrieved face, the general manager suddenly had an idea and said kindly: "Mr. Bu Nuo, go to the market immediately and see what's on sale today."

When Bu Nuo ran to the market, he saw a farmer pulling a cart full of potatoes for sale. He didn't take it seriously, and immediately went back to report to the manager.

"Approximately how many bags of potatoes are there in that cart?" the general manager asked.

Boono ran back again, and after a while, panting, he reported that there were 10 bags.

"how much for a kilogram?"

Bu Nuo ran out again, when the general manager stopped him and said, "You can rest for a while and see how Ainuo does it."

The general manager called Ainuo and told him, "Go to the market to see what's on sale today." Ainuo went out and came back after a while to report: "Mr. General Manager, so far there is only one farmer who sells potatoes. 10 bags, the price is moderate, and the quality is very good.” He also brought back some potatoes to show to the general manager, and said that the farmer will get a few baskets of tomatoes on the market in a while, according to him, the price is still cheap, and he can buy some goods.

Bu Nuo left the general manager's room blushing.

For us, many times it is not just strength, but mainly our minds.It is very important to be able to think positively when doing one thing.This story reflects the relationship between a person's thinking habits and abilities.

In work and life, if we don't think positively, then our work and life will be like a pool of stagnant water, without vitality, let alone creativity.At work, if we don’t think positively, we won’t be efficient at work, because we always work in the old way, without positive thinking, and without looking for ways to improve work efficiency.This kind of person will not have much promise for his whole life.They are always imprisoned and controlled by their own thoughts.

A positive thinker, they are able to work creatively.At work, they often come up with some new ideas, effective solutions to problems, etc., and they also know how to improve work efficiency.People who think positively are also happier at work.

In fact, each of us is born with the enthusiasm, integrity, confidence, determination and other qualities of positive thinkers, but these qualities are sometimes overwhelmed to some extent by the environment.For example, after we have suffered repeated setbacks, we finally look at the world with a pessimistic attitude, so negative words such as "Don't do that, and you will not succeed if you do it again" will linger in our minds, and we begin to doubt and deny yourself.As Dennis Waitley said: "The creation and destruction of champions are determined by people's concepts and attitudes." Therefore, in order to make yourself a successful person, you must think positively.Positive thinking can re-examine our perception of our own character, can encourage us to work with confidence, enjoy the joy of work, so as to achieve the highest potential in the work.

Human potential is first developed in human thinking.Because it is your beliefs that can change you!Let’s carefully analyze two people who are basically in the same situation. They have the same background, the same body, the same income, and neither have a house, but one is happy all day long, and the other is sad all day long. What is going on?It's simple, one thinks positively and one thinks negatively!
Positive thinking people believe that the house will be available soon, and the money will be earned. The background is not very good, but it is not bad to be able to reach today.

People who think negatively think, I am so old that I can't even buy a house, how did I get to this point.

Successful people are positive thinkers—always thinking in the right direction.They always think that everything happens for a purpose and helps me; what matters is not what happened, but what can be done to improve it.Take full responsibility for your own life; if I can't, I must; if I must, I can; I must, act now, never give up.Success is only a matter of time; gather more positive thinking beliefs to encourage yourself.

Among the salesmen, there is such a story widely circulated: two Europeans went to Africa to sell leather shoes. Due to the hot weather, Africans have always been barefoot without shoes.Seeing this situation, one of the salesmen was very disappointed: "People here walk barefoot, who will buy my shoes?" So he returned to Europe in frustration.But another salesman was very happy when he saw that the Africans were barefoot: "No one here has shoes to wear. The market for leather shoes is huge!" made a fortune.

This is the different reactions to things, or the different results of treating the same thing with different attitudes.In the same African market, there are also Africans who don’t wear shoes, but due to different views and attitudes, one person is discouraged and loses without a fight; the other is full of confidence, and the result is a complete victory.

If you can think of your thoughts as a piece of land, through diligent and planned cultivation, this land can be cultivated into a productive field; otherwise it is barren and overgrown with weeds.To reap the rewards of thinking requires effort and commitment, all of which require active thinking.All plans, goals, and achievements are the product of positive thinking.

2Thinking power with problem awareness

In order to continuously pursue social progress, people must have the so-called problem awareness.However, after most people step into the society, especially after they get familiar with the work, this kind of problem awareness will be weakened unknowingly.

A weak awareness of problems will naturally lead to a decline in thinking ability.Where everything that exists is affirmed, nothing new is created.

In terms of thinking, everyone has many crises.As social experience becomes richer, people's balance ability will also become stronger.This balance ability can be said to be the most important ability for people to survive in society.

This mentality of seeking balance will suppress the self who tends to be biased towards extremes, always thinking that there must be other directions, and try to find a direction that will not cause problems in real life as much as possible.This psychology of seeking balance is a major obstacle to social development, especially when engaging in new ideas or creative work, it is the biggest stumbling block.

When imagining things that have never existed before, we must be like wolves, daring to stride in extreme directions.You can't break new ground if you're afraid to take a bold step forward.Of course, before the new idea is put into practice, it is necessary to reconsider the balance problem.But if you prioritize balance beforehand, you won't be able to take off, you won't be able to get out of the old box.

Our society has gradually been dominated by "chronic busyness", in a state where it is difficult to have enough time to think.

Because I am often required to draw conclusions as soon as possible, I am often forced to stop thinking before the idea is formed.However, an excellent idea or plan requires sufficient time to brew.

In fact, sometimes, some companies, and even society, do not want people with real thinking ability.Because those who can't think carefully, can only do what they are told, or can only do things according to orders, and obedient people are the easiest people to order.Whether it is an enterprise or a society, once there are more and more people without thinking ability, they will soon embark on the road to decline.

Emphasis on experience tends to make the mind rigid.Due to the influence of education and their own experience, older people tend to fall into the tendency to value experience, so that they can't let go of their thinking.Because I value personal experience too much, I am reluctant to accept other people's ideas.This attitude fully demonstrates that these people never thought of the so-called personal experience, but a narrow worldview, which is not representative.In such a rigid mind, it is difficult to generate any creative ideas.

In order to innovate, it is sometimes necessary to place oneself in a situation that no one expected to determine new countermeasures.In fact, every member of the society needs to develop his own unique ideas. Individuals or companies without creativity will be left behind by the pace of the development of the times.Thinking power is the only power to survive and develop.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for people to accept new things.When you start to doubt your original understanding, it usually takes a long time.Consequently, those who make new discoveries are often persecuted by prejudice.Much of the knowledge we have now is actually wrong.So we have to let go of the idea that everything we've learned in the past is infallible.Having this attitude is integral to being an innovative thinker.To become a person who is good at thinking, one must also get rid of the serious prejudice that there is only one so-called answer to everything.

In human society, there are always some people who only believe that they are absolutely right and never acknowledge other people's opinions.This is also a manifestation of serious prejudice.It is almost impossible to be a good thinker who believes that he is infallible.

Times are changing rapidly. What was popular a year ago is now outdated, and the speed of change is getting faster and faster.Therefore, you must be keenly aware of the changing times.The ability to keenly grasp the changes of the times is an important factor supporting creative thinking.

Memory is the power that generates ideas.Many people think that creativity and memory are opposite abilities, which is not correct.

It is impossible for a person to think of something new right away in an empty place.Based on the knowledge or experience accumulated in the past, changing the combination and improving it, or adding new ideas can create things that have never existed before.Memory is the wellspring of creation.The more knowledge the better.

Many people think that they lack creativity, but in fact, human creativity is unlimited.In the past, it may have been because school education hindered creativity, but as long as we continue to exercise, creativity can also be developed.People should have greater expectations and confidence in their own potential.

Before developing creative thinking, you must first let go of stereotypes or prejudices, as well as some incorrect ideas.Besides, what are the other characteristics of the mind of a person who is good at thinking?The minds of people who are good at thinking generally have the ability to think fluently.In fact, even for a question, it also has the ability to come up with various answers one after another.Just wanting to come up with established answers, but not wanting to think about new answers, is a lack of creativity.Therefore, if you want to have rich imagination or rich creativity, you must first have the ability to think fluently.

In addition to the ability to think fluently, creativity also requires the ability to think softly.Fluent thinking is chain-reaction thinking, while soft thinking is rethinking a problem from a different perspective entirely.Ordinary people usually stop temporarily when they have a problem and cannot find a solution, but people with soft thinking ability will seek solutions from other angles, perspectives, or levels to generate new ideas .If a person who thinks fluently is a master who can find various solutions to life problems, then a person who thinks softly is a smart person who does not ask for trouble.

There are people in the world who can come up with surprising ideas. What kind of thinking line do they use to come up with innovative ideas?This is the ability of new and unique thinking, and it is an ability that everyone who is good at thinking should possess.People who are good at whimsical ideas may want to recommend the novels "Time Machine" and "The Martian" by Wells, the writer of science fiction and the ancestor of science fiction.

Such novels, which were hair-raising stories at the time, have long been taken for granted and unsurprising ideas today.This kind of brand-new and unique thinking ability that ordinary people do not have, in fact, anyone who is good at thinking can achieve it to a certain extent.

Fluency thinking ability, soft thinking ability and strange thinking ability are not divided into three parts in the human mind, but are closely connected with each other.People who are good at thinking usually mix these thinking together and do it at the same time to exert their thinking ability.

It can also be said that these three abilities are actually one.This kind of thinking is not constrained by existing concepts, but always observes from a broad perspective.This kind of thinking is not obsessed with one idea, and always finds out the best way.People who can achieve these points are quite extraordinary, and it can be said that it is the result of raising human abilities to the apex.

The knowledge and experience stored in our minds are not only obtained in school, but also accumulated unconsciously in daily life.However, relying on the accumulated knowledge and experience alone may not be able to produce new ideas. Only by reviewing and thinking according to the actual situation will there be results.How to apply knowledge and experience according to the situation is also an important ability.People who can think softly without being bound by established concepts never ignore knowledge and experience, and use them as a stepping stone when necessary to leap to softer thinking.

When dealing with a problem, if you can't see the essence of the problem, you can't get the best solution.In insignificant places, even if many solutions can be proposed, its ability will not be highly evaluated.Therefore, the ability to understand the nature of the problem is an indispensable condition for soft thinking.If a person lacks the ability to understand the nature of the problem, even if he has a soft mind, he can only do some unnecessary ruminations.

The so-called human analytical ability refers to the ability to decompose an event into various elements, and then clarify the various elements or elements that form the event.Even if it is a complicated matter, as long as it is analyzed in detail, clues to the solution can still be found.Generally speaking, we analyze a matter in detail to find clues to solve it.But a person with excellent intuition, after seeing the whole, can immediately find the essence or the easiest part to solve.People who are good at thinking usually have this kind of excellent intuition.

The so-called compositional ability to rearrange ideas or plans into a creative work and complete them is also an extremely important ability.Only with this ability can the idea or plan have a strong appeal.Therefore, one of the important abilities that support soft thinking is this ability to reconfigure.

In the final analysis, the ability to use knowledge and experience, the ability to understand the nature of problems, excellent analytical ability, excellent intuition and ability to reconstruct, constitute the basic innovative ability of a good thinker.

Ordinary life is easier and more relaxed, but it can't create anything.It is good not to make mistakes, but without failure, no progress is possible.When I say this, I don't mean to criticize people who live ordinary lives, but let's be honest, such a life can never lead to new ideas or rich creations.In a creative life, one must often use one's mind, often suffer from headaches, and may even face criticism from others, so that one often suffers from loneliness.Only a creative life can produce creative ideas, and to have creative ideas, one must first reassess one's own way of life.

It may sound impossible to suddenly transform an ordinary life into a creative one, but it's actually not that difficult with just a few lifestyle changes.The famous author Albin Dufra said in his book "Future Shock": "For life, change is not only necessary, but change itself is life."

An ordinary person can completely change his daily life, become a different personality, and gain other perspectives.This is the basis on which you build new ideas, or generate rich creativity.So, let's go back to life in general again, and discuss ways to improve imagination or creativity from everyday life.In fact, anything can be used as an object to enhance imagination or creativity.

First, keep an eye on the briefcase you carry with you every day.Think about this briefcase, do you think it works well or not?Where is it convenient and where is it inconvenient?What kind of functionality should be added to make it easy to use?Or what kind of material to use instead?
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