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Chapter 83 The Simple But Effective Secret of Getting Rich 5
Volume 1 Chapter 5 Simple but Effective Secret of Getting Rich [-]
draw a mind map

Spend 10 minutes a day to concentrate your mind, imagine your ideal future, and form a clear picture.

——Think and Grow Rich

In life, whether facing oneself or facing the world, everyone has a certain way of thinking.For example, in human thinking and behavior, there are "five basic problems":

1 Who am I?

2 How did I become who I am today?

3 Why do I think, feel and act the way I do?

4Can I change?

5 The most important question is - how?

Continuing these five major questions, our mind tells us how to understand the world and act on ourselves.Therefore, thinking is crucial to a person's development, and it determines our attitude towards ourselves and the world.Thinking can be said to be an acronym for cognition of the world we can perceive, whether this cognition is correct or not.

We can compare the mind to a map.A map doesn't represent an actual location, it just tells us something about the location.The same is true of thinking, which is not the actual thing but an interpretation or theory of things.

Many people often encounter such a situation. When they arrive at a strange place, they find that they have brought the wrong map. As a result, it is difficult to move an inch, and they feel very embarrassed and helpless.Similarly, if you want to improve the shortcomings, but focus on the wrong point, it will be a waste of effort and run counter to the original intention.Maybe you don't care, because you follow the life philosophy of "only pay attention to the process, not the result".But the problem is that the direction is wrong, the "map" is wrong, and efforts are wasted.Efforts are meaningful only if the direction (map) is correct.In this case, "only focus on the process, not the result" has merit.Therefore, the key is still whether the map in hand is correct.

Mind maps can be roughly divided into two categories: one is about the real world, which is our world view; the other is about personal value judgments, which is our values.We interpret all our experiences with these mental maps, but never doubt that the maps are correct, or even know they exist.We take it for granted that what one sees and hears is the information from the sense organs, that is, the real situation of the outside world.Our attitudes and behaviors are derived from these assumptions, so that worldview and values ​​determine a person's thinking and behavior.

The self is constantly developing, and the world is also constantly improving, so the world outlook and values ​​of our actions should also be continuously improved and improved, and our mental map should be perfected anytime, anywhere.

For example, countless cities have changed from the old to the new, especially in recent years. If someone uses a map from three years ago, they may not be able to find the original road and do not know how to find the target. .Geography is like this, time and space are like this, let alone people's hearts?The reason why many people feel confused, frustrated, and even feel lost is that they are still using the "mind map" of the past, and they are still moving forward according to the old life track. edited.

In fact, our thinking has been developed since childhood. After long-term hard work, we have formed a self-thinking way of knowing ourselves and the world, forming a superficially useful mind map.But in fact, there may not be correct actions with a mind map.If the map is drawn correctly and accurately, we know where we are; if we want to go somewhere, we know how to go.If the picture is not right and accurate, we will not be able to judge what is right, what decision is wise, and our minds will be clouded by illusions, because the picture is false and wrong, and we will inevitably lose the way.

We cannot carry this "map" with us all our lives, we should constantly draw and revise it, and strive to accurately reflect objective reality.We must work hard to observe objective reality so that the "map" we draw can be as accurate as possible.However, many people stop drawing the "map" prematurely. They stop absorbing new information and think that their "mental map" is perfect.These people are unfortunate and pitiful, so most of them have psychological problems.Only the lucky few are able to consciously explore reality, forever expanding, refining, and filtering their understanding of the world, and their spiritual life is also rich and colorful.Therefore, we must constantly modify this "mind map" that reflects the real world, and we must constantly obtain new information about the world.If new information shows that the original "map" is outdated and needs to be redrawn, it is necessary to bravely update the "map" without fear of the difficulty of modifying it.

(End of this chapter)