How to break the thinking stereotype?

If we are in the same environment and atmosphere for a long time, we will form a thinking stereotype.

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Let's first understand what a mindset is.

Under the condition of the environment remains unchanged, the stereotype enables people to apply the mastered methods to solve problems quickly. When the situation changes, it prevents people from adopting new methods.

Thinking stereotypes are characterized by two things: a pattern of thinking; and a strong inertia or stubbornness.

The stereotypes can be divided into the following categories:

Traditional stereotypes: the fixed framework of a large cycle, each era has the thinking of each era, for example, from the industrial revolution to the Internet revolution, there are countless companies and individuals fell in the era of the transition stage in each era, but also the achievement of a large number of people.

Book stereotypes: from the book inside the extracted thinking mode, such as: dead books, read dead books, paper, according to the cat drawing tiger and so on.

Experience/quotations stereotypes: learned from past events and thinking stereotypes, as well as from celebrity quotes in the thinking stereotypes

The crowd stereotypes: group intelligence and group stupidity, as the saying goes, people can be afraid of, three people into a tiger.

Numbness stereotype: rigid thinking, fixed thinking, antonym growth mindset.

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Thinking stereotypes can also be divided into positive, negative. Under the condition of the environment remains unchanged, the stereotype enables a person to apply the methods already mastered to solve problems quickly. But when the situation changes, it prevents people from adopting new methods.

A famous experiment in which flies and bees were placed in a bottle at the same time, and the bottom of the bottle was rushed into the sunlight, resulted in the death of the bees in the bottle, while the flies escaped. The reason for this is that the bee's habit of thinking that light is the exit keeps rushing to the bottom of the bottle and eventually dies of exhaustion in the bottle.? And the fly has no logic and flies around and finally escapes the bottle.

Thinking stereotypes confine us to our own world, and we are used to doing things without realizing it. For example, brain teasers, a type of game we are very familiar with. The answers to each question are actually very simple, but we rarely answer them correctly. Every time we listen to the question, we begin to think hard, and when the answer and answer ideas are announced, we realize that "it's so simple, but I think wrong, how come I think it's complicated?" The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you want to do, and how you want to do it.

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So, there are many implications of breaking the mindset.

1, enhance cognition. Have a broader cognition and perspective, a clearer understanding of the world. Form a complete and correct worldview.

2, enhance the ability. Very often, we have the ability and do not know it. A small chain can lock the elephant. Sometimes it is not the short board that traps us, but our long board, also known as the ability to trap. Be brave and bold enough to try and tear down the walls in our thinking, and our abilities can be enhanced and released.

3. Have more confidence. We are limited to their own prison, a lot of things can not do, and break the stereotypes of thinking, so that we have more confidence.

4, have more opportunities. Boldly try, brave trial and error. There is no road in the world, walking more people, into the road. There is no boat in the world, there is no car, we just need to find a way, we will be able to build cars, boats, airplanes, cannons.

Of course, not all stereotypes need to be broken, depending on the environment has not changed. For example, the oil seller, "no other hands are familiar with the" such only need a momentum, non-stop practice and consolidation of things, the momentum is the best way, do not engage in fancy, in accordance with a fixed way of thinking, the method of skilled to do it. If you have to get fancy, you can only end up getting half the result with twice the effort. Be sure to figure out what is not required to break the fixed thinking things, even if it is a simple fitness, seemingly fixed routine. If you really fall into a fixed set, then you will inevitably encounter bottlenecks, because the fitness method, order, time is changing.

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Back to the change of environment, breaking the mindset is the most critical, then how to proceed?

First, the mindset:

1, whenever the thinking, thinking, have a place for humility and optimism.

Confucius said: "Three people, there must be my teacher." The more successful people work harder, and what we know is just the tip of the iceberg, don't let the mindset become a trap for yourself.

2, optimistic, believe that they can overcome the stereotypes, a thing can not be solved, learn to put a release, sometimes the more entangled, but the more not get the answer, take a break, may be the answer appeared.

Second, action:

1, the first to understand what they have stereotypes, find a friend, or with the people around you to do a small survey to see what others observe you.

It is best to find those who can give advice, listen to their opinions. Then, appropriate to express their own views, such as their own encountered difficulties and difficulties, each express their views, collision. After the expression of communication to do a reflection, to see if there is a need to adjust the practice, as well as other things on the need to change the idea.

2, do not indulge in what they are good at, the workplace tends to be the fastest growth in the early stages, once familiar with the skills began to become repetitive. Avoid competency traps and keep yourself consistently refined.

3, notice if the environment is changing. For example, you go to work in a restaurant to brush dishes, that is certainly not the same as brushing dishes at home, to be aware of, and find ways to adapt, how to do well in the new environment.

4, don't just think, action is the most important. Many people are always careful planning before doing something, of course, can not say that it is not correct. But if it is completely new to the field, how to plan it, try it first. When you do open to know, think and do is not the same, and methods and results are not the same.

In this way, our thinking will slowly break down the stereotypes, hit the wall and then reflect back to find a more appropriate path. Of course remember to do a summary and feedback, you will get a better experience.

This week's caseworker: Yang Lin

White Hat: Lu Fulong

Red Hat: Zheng Yandan

Yellow Hat: Zhang Yawei

Black Hat: Zixiao

Green Hat: Li Siyu