EP11. Seriously, have you ever used two-point thinking?

foreword

I don’t know if you have any gains after listening to the golden circle in the last episode, that is, you can usually train your thinking through a lot of trivial matters, and then you can also think in a different way. This episode is about my own two-point thinking. .

What is two-point thinking?

As the name suggests, it is two points, point A and point B. Point A is the starting point, and point B is the end point. Usually, the end point is self-realization, which is your current self-realization at this stage. At point A, you can see your current situation. The situation, if you know what you are doing, and you are planning, then you may be at point A, because you are already doing it, then if you are not clear about what to do now, If you only start planning now, you will be at point A now. The two-point thinking is mainly about what things do you need to do between planning points A and B, even if there are several nodes in the middle, then I still use my own experience as an example.

individual case

Defining Self-Actualization Through Two-Point Thinking

Anyone who has listened to the Podcast in front of me should know that my pursuit of fulfillment is full of desire. In the other part, I also hope that I can achieve the freedom of time and wealth, so these three points add up to become mine Why, I am pursuing this matter, this is the golden circle mentioned in the last episode, why is the point in the middle of the concentric circles, then the how in the second circle, if you want to achieve these three points, for example, take the consultant as an example , My how is tentatively set as a consultant first, then the next what, the outermost circle is what I want to plan now, so before starting the two-point thinking, you can use the golden circle to verify you. Whether this line of thinking is clear, I would recommend that everyone do a specific analysis when making any planning. You can also see how much you know about this matter. For example, in this industry, if you take a consultant as an example, the consultant is my point B. I am now at point A, so I know to plan and say "I How do I get to the point of “consultant”, what things do I need to experience and how much do I need to prepare? For example, if I don’t have a background now, then I may plan to start a business, and then accumulate actual combat. Experience, on the one hand, can also accumulate my knowhow, but I still need some basic knowledge before starting a business, so I may be a business consultant before. Through these business consulting, in addition to accumulating knowhow, I can also solve the problem of my money, because part of the business consulting is to help clients write business plans, and that plan may be able to get subsidies or participate in competitions, so this is just right. It can solve the problem of my entrepreneurial funds. For the above things, I will call them dead things first, that is, you can get them through hard work, but there is no way to live things. For example, what to say? Like people, If I want to find my partner, I might want to get to know him, then I will switch, then the way I speak, and whether my analysis is objective enough, and whether what I say can impress others? I just answered the question in the last episode, "Why do you want to record a Podcast? What is my why? By doing this, I can train the structure of the entire narrative, and then I can slowly improve some of mine. Language sickness, such as saying that I can say a lot of "then", then I may gradually become "next", "next" these conjunctions, so if you think what I said, you have gained something, and there is also something you want to hear If so, feel free to ask me questions XD

Analyze and plan nodes between two points

OK, then come back to the original two-point thinking, that is, between the two points A and B, you see how fine you want to divide it, it has a key point that some things can be executed in parallel, but some of them have an order. For example, I want to give advice to the company, but I am nothing now, who will listen to me? So he must not be the first node, and the person in front of him may be a business consultant. Or you have some background. On the other hand, what can be parallelized? For example, the accumulation of knowhow, I can use the business plan, and then go to accumulate it, or I and the bosses Communicate and understand different opinions. At the same time, if you have enough ability, you can run some side businesses. That is your small business, so these three lines will not conflict with each other. They are at most time arrangements. It can be executed in parallel. The premise of starting two-point thinking is that you must first set your point B before starting planning, and the nodes in your middle will gradually become clear, and then the clarity will become shorter. The way it's set up just to give you direction, it's not meant to constrain you, you don't have to mess around if you get off track while you're setting up and going, for example, if I was just The planning I did, for example, being a consultant, and then I found that my side business was doing well, it took me a lot of time, and when I found out, I felt like, wow! I'm completely wrong, Then, do I want to resolutely suppress its growth, but in fact, it is not necessary. You can assess whether it currently meets your expectations. If it does, why do you suppress its growth? You can only see how Let’s make adjustments and see if we can reduce some opportunity costs. Just make sure that it is still on the entire planned road. I have always believed that there is no way to go in vain. I like to say this because, as I mentioned earlier The personal experience I have come to, those should be able to confirm, of course, I am just a case, so everyone can evaluate and see what is a waste of time.

Execution-variable elastic integration

If you think in a two-point way, you will have a lot of branch lines. For example, I said earlier that I would be a consultant, and then I ran to run a side business. It is a branch line. To see if you want to harvest it or not, turning it into leveraged income is the slash entrepreneurship people are talking about. , and even if it is unsuccessful, your losses will not be too large, because you have so many branches, and you have not put all your energy and time on the same line, then this is equivalent to diversifying risks, but if you Put all your energy and time on the same line, then it's not called a sideline, it's the main line, then you have to look back to see if you have deviated from the track, and also because there is no white line. The way to go, so even if you are unsuccessful, he is also a sample, it can let you know clearly whether you are suitable in this field? What are the things you are missing? You plan to make up for it, To get over it? Or should the line come here first after the evaluation? Any way is OK, at least you are mastering this matter, I have an example of a friend who observed a market and swore it. He said he went into this profession and trained himself very professionally, but after the actual operation, he found that the market did not understand this service at all, that is, he had not developed a common sense situation, so he was following Every customer feels like they are in class when they negotiate, and each needs to be educated so that you (the customer) can see where its value is. In addition to psychological adjustment, you spend all your time and energy. If you press on this line, your pressure will become very high. In the long run, your psychological condition may not be healthy. Therefore, through the two-point thinking, you can go to the branch line that diverges, and then integrate it into an oblique line. After the bar, your risk will not be so high. It's just my own thinking. It's a thinking logic of two-point thinking. I think he and the golden circle can complement each other. Two-point thinking is the node between planning and reaching the goal. , the golden circle can be verified, its value is still debugged at this stage, and even when you plan your B point, you can use the golden circle to verify and say, "My two-point thinking in this paragraph. planning, is it worth it?”.

practice experience

I will come up with this way of thinking, which is actually through the process of writing programs. Suppose I want to make a website, what may I need? I may need to buy a domain first, and then rent server space first. , and then what else do I need to do? Which majors do I need to know? These are planning nodes, so I think it is very useful to plan goals in this way, so I will slowly share it with many people, and then talk about At the end of the talk, it seemed that there was such a thing, and some people thought it was quite reasonable, so they named it, and then called it two-point thinking. A friend of mine also said that this name is very suitable for me. , because it feels like I don't start thinking until two o'clock (AM), that's when I'm alone (working time), I think it's quite interesting, and when I learn the logic of the golden circle later, I think it fits Two-point thinking can be more complete and more rigorous. I think there is a reason for doing everything. If its cost is relatively large, it is recommended to analyze the reasons and then make judgments, so that your Decisions will be more objective and rational. For example, if you are deciding your life plan, what do you think? Does the two-point thinking help you?

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