Subtraction in life, this is how I understand it
mind Mapping
When it comes to subtraction, your first impression is that the product manager makes a product and makes a subtraction for the product, but Lao Wang will not talk about how to make a product today, but will talk about Lao Wang's views on things through subtraction.
The Spring Festival holiday is coming soon, and everyone's energy has shifted to the topic of the Spring Festival holiday. But the day before yesterday, a fan friend of Lao Wang asked Lao Wang to chat, saying that 2016 has passed, and I have done a lot of things and learned a lot of knowledge. In the end, I still feel that my head is empty, and I can't do it like Taijiquan.
After listening to this friend's words, Lao Wang suggested to her that she should do subtraction in her life and "reduce the burden" for herself. There are three specific:
1. Things don't lie in many, but in essence. To be able to discover your strengths, forget your weaknesses, focus on one thing, and make it the best.
2. Too much knowledge is a burden for a person, because you can't master it, let alone use it. Knowledge does not lie in much, but in the systematization and flexible application of knowledge, so as to truly integrate simple knowledge with yourself. Eighteen kinds of weapons, as long as you are proficient in one, you can be invincible in the world.
3. Fragmented learning is flickering, a pseudoscience. The real learning is to read valuable books and systematize knowledge through reading books, but to use fragmented time to learn, so that knowledge cannot be systematized at all. Or give up your dream of fragmented learning. Remember, read the book, and then make a mind map of the ins and outs of the book and the main points of knowledge. This kind of learning will be meaningful and valuable to you.
This is the subtraction that Pharaoh himself understands.
In actual life and work, you will find that you know a lot and know a lot, but you are not proficient in it, let alone apply it systematically. In the end, you will not know anything, and you will not understand why you don’t know it for half your life. Because you know too much and think that these are your strengths, don't forget that these are your weaknesses. You mistake your weaknesses for your strengths, and this is the source of your failure.
What is the advantage? The advantage is that you can use a certain skill systematically to solve practical problems. Let's think about it, what systemic capabilities do we have? Take language as an example, many people think that they can be successful if they are proficient in several languages. Language makes them a successful person and achieves financial freedom. There may be such a possibility, but what Lao Wang wants to say is that language is only a tool for communication, and it does not mean that you have the potential for success. Only language, and no other survivability, cannot succeed. Remember that sometimes the more knowledge you have, the more conservative you will be, and the less knowledgeable people are, the more they are born with "not afraid" and dare to fight in society. There is a special thing about people who dare to fight. He is very good at one, and that is sales. They made the best use of sales through interpersonal communication and exchanges, and finally achieved success.
A friend of Pharaoh is that he did not graduate from technical secondary school, but he is now starting a business in Shanghai and has also received angel investment. I heard that the company is preparing for an IPO! Why he was successful, because he was really, really good at sales and training, and made sales to the extreme. This kind of person is not afraid by nature, but is hardworking. When Lao Wang communicated with him, he said that there is only one thing in life , and if one thing is done to the extreme, it will definitely succeed. Pharaoh admires and respects this friend from the bottom of his heart. In him, Pharaoh sees the model of successful people. This kind of successful model must not be the barrel principle. Pharaoh hates the barrel principle the most. He will kill people.
If you watch a martial arts TV series and see that a certain knight is proficient in a certain martial arts, he is invincible in the world. In addition to his own character, he is the leader of the martial arts alliance. In real life, you find many lecturers or successful managers, entrepreneurs, etc., they are all proficient in a certain skill, and finally succeeded.