At a press conference, a reporter interviewed Kyocera founder Kazuo Inamori: "What is the key to a person's success?"

Kazuo Inamori answered without hesitation: " Way of thinking."

Later, he explained this statement in detail in his book "Qianfa":

"In my opinion, the result of life = way of thinking × enthusiasm. ×Ability.

In this formula, the scoring range for enthusiasm and ability is from 0 to 100 points, but the thinking style is from negative 100 points to positive 100 points.

If a person wants to succeed, it is certainly necessary to have high enthusiasm and strong ability.

However, if there is one decisive factor that can significantly change your life, it is the way of thinking.

Because no matter how high the enthusiasm and ability are, as long as the way of thinking is negative, everything is negative. ”

This is the famous Kyocera Law.

People with a single way of thinking have lower levels

On Douban, there is a group called "Thinking Overwrite", and there is such a very heart-wrenching sentence in it:

“The biggest gap between people is not EQ or IQ, but the way of thinking. Without rich people’s thinking, no matter how hard you work, you will still be poor; without upper-level thinking, no matter how hard you work, you will still be at the bottom. So we spend our whole lives , are all struggling with their own way of thinking. ”

What really limits our lives is never financial poverty, but cognitive difficulties.

God wanted to change the fate of a beggar, so he turned into an old man and came to enlighten him.

He asked the beggar: "If I give you 1,000 yuan, how will you use it?"

The beggar replied: "This is great, I can buy a mobile phone." "Yeah!"

God was puzzled and asked him: "Why should I buy a mobile phone?"

"I can use my mobile phone to communicate with all areas of the city. Where there are many people, I can Where to beg?" the beggar replied.

God was very disappointed and asked again: "What if I give you 100,000 yuan?"

The beggar said: "Then I will buy a car. In this way, I will come out to beg again." It’s much more convenient, and you can get there quickly no matter how far away you are."

God felt very sad, and he said cruelly: "What if I give you 10 million yuan?"

< p> After hearing this, the beggar said with shining eyes: "Great, I can buy all the most prosperous areas in the city."

God was very happy after hearing this. At this time, the beggar added: "At that time, I can drive away all the other beggars in my territory and prevent them from taking my job."

After hearing this, God said helplessly: "You always think like this, there's nothing I can do about it," and then left sadly.

The story illustrates a truth: thinking determines destiny.

A person's thinking determines his pattern, and a person's pattern determines his ending.

The higher the level of thinking, the bigger the pattern.

Zhu Xi, a famous Neo-Confucian in the Southern Song Dynasty, once said: "If you want to see vividly and not be rigid, you will understand everything." . ”

These words deeply touched my heart.

If you stick to old customs, stick to rules and regulations, stick to old experiences and traditions, and always think about problems with a fixed mindset, what great achievements can you make in life?

When dealing with people, you should know how to be flexible and flexible, and don't let fixed thinking fix your life. Only in this way can you "lose something and gain something."

Because, people are most afraid of limiting themselves.

After watching the wonderful performance of the circus, a little boy asked his father: "Dad, elephants are so powerful, why do they only have a small iron chain tied to their feet? Aren't you afraid that they will break free of the thin chain?"

His father smiled and explained: "It's not that the elephants really can't break free of the thin chain, but they think they can't break free. I can't break free."

The little boy was even more confused and asked: "Why?"

"When the elephant was young, the trainer used this method. But the elephant was still very small at that time and was not strong enough to break free of the chains."

His father paused and continued: " After trying a few times, the elephant gives up the idea of ??breaking free. When the baby elephant grows into an elephant, it will be willing to be restricted by the thin subway chain and no longer think about breaking away. "< /p>

The elephant is like this, and the same is true for people.

Many times, it’s not that we can’t be who we most want to be, but that we are bound by the “iron chains” of fixed thinking. Over time, we become an elephant tamed by life.

And the "iron chain" that could be broken free with a little effort, with the continuous support of fixed thinking, gradually becomes a trap that traps us and makes us say to ourselves "I can't do it." The cage of "I can't do it" has even become the hardest shackles that lock up the extra possibilities in our lives.

When facing difficulties encountered on the road of life, many people are like elephants who are willing to be restricted by iron chains and no longer try to break free. They are accustomed to following experience and thinking with a fixed mindset. The result of new problems is that they trap themselves.

Therefore, never let fixed thinking fix your life.

If you stick to the old thinking, you are enclosing your own life. In the end, you will only find it difficult to move forward on the road of life.

Only by being flexible and thinking outside the box can everything go smoothly and the road be smooth.

Your way of thinking determines the upper limit of your life

There is a sentence in the 20th century American inspirational "Bible" "The Magic of Big Thoughts": People are the product of thinking. .

The thinking of the rich breeds the rich, and the thinking of the poor breeds the poor.

I read "The Logic of Making Money" before, and there was a story in the book that particularly impressed me.

In a small town in Los Angeles, the mayor commissioned two young men to deliver milk to the people in the town and paid them for a year.

The young man in front immediately took action and ran non-stop to the pasture 5 kilometers away to transport the milk, and then delivered it door-to-door.

Although he is very busy every day, there are always situations where the milk delivery is not timely or the milk delivered is not fresh.

The other young man disappeared after getting the money.

Just when people were having different opinions, he returned to the town with a few workers and a few cows.

It turned out that during the past period, he bought cows, registered a company, and hired milkmen.

After that, he spent another half month making a business plan and secured an investment.

From the day he came back, the former young man’s business went downhill.

Later, he hired the previous young man to deliver milk.

Three years later, his business grew bigger and bigger, not only delivering milk to residents in the town, but also expanding to other states.

He made a lot of money and became a local rich man.

The previous young man was still delivering milk.

Oil magnate Rockefeller famously said:

"Even if you strip me naked, leaving not a penny left, and then throw them in the heart of the Sahara Desert, As long as a caravan passes by me, I will become a new billionaire."

A person's way of thinking basically determines the upper limit of his life achievements.

If you want to change your destiny, the first thing is to change your way of thinking.

▽There is a question on Zhihu: How can a person essentially redeem his destiny?

A highly praised answer is:

"People's destiny is often influenced by their way of thinking. Only by having the courage to jump out of the original pattern and think about life in a new way of thinking Only by encountering difficulties can you truly redeem your destiny. ”

Thinking determines the pattern, and pattern determines the destiny.

When your way of thinking changes, your life will also change.