The author is E.F. Schumacher, a famous thinker in the 1960s. He handed over the manuscript of this book only five days before his death. He gave the manuscript to his daughter and said: This is my lifelong pursuit. His lifelong pursuit is to awaken more people to a conscious life.

In this book, the author tells us that there are two kinds of problems in this world, one is called convergence problem and the other is called divergence problem.

What is the convergence problem? A problem that we can find a unified way to solve is called a convergence problem. All problems that can be solved using scientific means, including chemistry and physics, are convergence problems.

What is a divergent problem? Divergent problems have no unified answer or unified solution, which are called divergent problems. For example, is it better to be stricter or more liberal with your children? Is it better to have complete trust in the teacher or to be skeptical? This speed cannot be controlled.

The biggest mistake we made in the past was that we always wanted to solve divergent problems in the same way as convergent problems, so we could never solve them. The result was that we made more and more mistakes, so we would Pain, anxiety.

This book tells us that if you want to solve divergent problems, the answer must come from a higher level, not from the same level. That is what we often say, we must jump out of the problem level to solve the problem.

To illustrate this point, Fan Deng also gave an example of his own. He said, "I talk about leadership, and I have put aside the tools of "Replicable Leadership" because I think tools can't simply help a team become better. What I'm talking about now is a manager's cognition. I often tell you here, what is the absolute basis for leading a team? It’s not about you picking them up carefully, staring at them, and then writing reports every day, and using some kind of time card to record their behavior... No, the more you do this, the more employees will be able to deal with you, as all of you who have been employees must know. There are policies from above and countermeasures from below. The only way to lead a team well and reduce conflicts in the team is to awaken everyone’s inner growth ability.”

So, in our lives. We cannot try to solve a large number of divergent problems through the same level of means. Instead, we should change our mental model, improve our thinking pattern, and make ourselves a better person.

The author also tells us in the book that we humans have four cognitive domains.

The first kind of recognition is: what is happening in my inner world.

The second kind of recognition is: What is happening in the inner world of other beings?

The third understanding is: What do I look like in the eyes of other beings?

The fourth cognition is: What does the world around me look like?

The author believes that if you want to improve your mental model, you must start from these four aspects at the same time.

The most important thing is: we must be aware of ourselves. If you have no observation and awareness of yourself and do not understand your own heart, it will be difficult for you to understand the hearts of others.

So, the purpose of this book is to awaken the potential of self-awareness in our hearts, so that we can understand ourselves and others, and then we can improve our mental models and solve a large number of problems in life. divergent issues.

After reading this book, Fan Deng’s biggest realization is:

“Life is a Taoist place, and this is the time to practice. All the entanglements we face in life, Pain and troubles are constantly stretching us and trying to make us jump to another level to look at these problems. If you can't make yourself different and make a leap, you will always be stuck with those problems. Entangled together."

This is also my biggest insight after listening to this book!

Therefore, we should treat life as a dojo, cultivate ourselves in every moment, and constantly be aware of our own limitations. In this way, we can continue to change ourselves, improve ourselves, and give our lives more possibilities. sex.