Recommendations for Fan Deng’s reading often appear on the Internet, whether it is Dangdang, Douyin or various platforms. People on the Internet often say that he is good at marketing and matrix.
But I see it differently. Because human energy is limited. If a person studies top-level thinking, he still doesn't have enough energy to practice it. What's more important is that most top-level thinking demonstrates the same thing from different angles, and even contradicts each other. There is no single approach that can fully encompass them.
The premise that knowledge is power must be practice and application. I remember that Fan Deng talked about a lot of running books before he started running, which was quite talkative. Later, after a running expert saw his video, he took the initiative to find him and told him, "You will know you have never run before." And took the initiative to teach him to run by watching his heart rate. Fan Deng also said that he insisted on running with this method and lost more than ten kilograms. The audience must be very excited! I guess I will have to spend money to buy the book he recommended soon. But for me, there was a deeper observation. Because this kind of observation is so easy, you can guess how long he has persisted just by looking at whether his body shape has changed in a few months. In fact, after more than half a year, I feel that he has become fatter and does not look like he is exercising. Secondly, in my circle of friends, people who promote milkshakes often post a video of teacher Fan Deng about losing more than ten pounds by drinking milkshakes. But he still hasn't changed. So real success definitely comes from focus and simplicity. If Teacher Fan's direction is to make money, then he is indeed very focused, but if his direction is to study, then I think it is a failure.
? Secondly, it is not difficult to meet people. He often spoke to share ideas about life. What I especially noticed is that his eyes often contain contempt and arrogance. The most iconic thing is his laughter "ha". Whenever this moment comes, I feel that he has not completed the process of inner humility. Using other people's knowledge to make money and using knowledge became popular in 2016. But we need to understand the root of things.
Perhaps it would be better for a book to lie there quietly, waiting for people with the same frequency to absorb it based on their inner understanding. As long as people participate, they will bring their own breath. The most difficult thing for a storyteller to do is to maintain his own purity and transparency and the distinction between the origins of knowledge. Otherwise, not only will we not be able to spread civilization, we will actually pollute it.
From a spiritual perspective, most people are at a relatively low level. In other words, most people are most susceptible to mental hypnosis and guidance. Regardless of whether a certain book is useful to them or whether it is what they need, as long as the sharer finds a way to relate some knowledge to life, he may have the urge to buy it. Secondly, we have no ability to distinguish between true and false. Most people in this world want to take shortcuts, so some people like to collect methods, but they don't like to take action. This is a world where methods are more important than actions. Paradoxically with this, methods must be practiced in order to become one's own.
We always pay attention to what we say but not what we do. Methods are not equal to facts themselves. The unity of knowledge and action is the most difficult thing. Books are chosen and read by oneself, and the path is walked by oneself. People nowadays are too impetuous. The dumbest way may be the best way. To achieve success too easily, think about the real difficulties and obstacles in achieving your goals. Optimism means believing that you have a higher probability of success, but it does not mean that success is easy. Blind confidence is worse than envisioning all the problems and obstacles from the beginning, and overcoming and crushing them in a strong way, instead of being unprepared and believing that you will succeed.