All kinds of inspirational books are dazzling, yes, successful people like to preach the truth.
We have never thought about why they like reasoning. ……
They really realized the magic of truth, and earnestly implemented it, and then became successful people.
90% of the pain and anxiety in life is rooted in people's ignorance of how to live the meaning of life, how to ignite the enthusiasm of life and how to succeed in their careers. Fortunately, kazuo inamori provided the answer in Living Law.
This book is divided into four chapters:
First, realize the ideal.
Second, consider the problem in principle.
Third, spend your life with altruism.
Fourth, hone the soul and improve the mind.
First, realize the ideal.
The pointer that kazuo inamori said in his answer is what we call "philosophy" of life. He believes that the more talented people are, the more they need the guidance of life, because if they lack this "philosophy", they will not be used in the right path, not only will they not succeed, but they may also bring disaster to the world.
? 1. Change your way of thinking and your life will turn 180 degrees.
Kazuo inamori summed up the relationship between philosophy and life into two formulas:
① Personality = Personality+Philosophy
② The result of life and work = mode of thinking × enthusiasm × ability.
The first formula shows that the innate character, together with the philosophy learned on the road of life, add up to form a personality. The so-called philosophy, to put it bluntly, is people's answer to "what is right as a person".
Everyone has the opportunity to have a solid philosophical foundation, because in our childhood, parents and teachers taught us not to lie, not to bring trouble to others, to be honest, not greedy, not selfish and so on. It's just that people grow up, fall in love with the inertia of society, gradually forget it and become disapproving.
The second formula shows that a better and happier life outcome depends on the product of three elements. Note that it is multiplication, not addition. This coincides with the view of Fukuzawa Yukichi, a famous Japanese thinker and educator. Fukuzawa Yukichi once said: A philosopher with far-reaching thoughts, a noble and upright mind, a warrior in Yuan Lu, together with the talents of small officials and the physique of local people, can become a hero in the industrial circle.
In fact, the ability and enthusiasm, no matter what kind of people, the score is above 0. People who are capable but lack enthusiasm are likely to have bad results in life. But my ability is relatively weak, but I work hard and am full of enthusiasm in my life and work because I realize my own shortcomings. Such people may achieve results far ahead of the former.
The most important of the three elements is the way of thinking, that is, the philosophy of life, which determines the upper and lower limits of life results, because it has positive and negative, and its score range is negative 100 to positive 100. Even with high ability and enthusiasm, as long as the way of thinking is negative, the result is negative.
2. Mind decides fate
At the moment when I changed my mind, my life changed for the better. It turns out that fate is not fate, but can be changed with the change of mentality. Therefore, Eastern philosophy pays attention to "establishing life".
? Only what you actively pursue can be obtained.
? You can do it if you want to. It's important to think first in everything. Desire is the beginning of everything. A very important significance of realizing one's wishes is that the heart does not call for things, and things do not arrive. Desire is the seed, the beginning of everything and the most important factor. A strong and unusual desire can give birth to the power of action and break the so-called "common sense". Many people regard strong desire as a very simple thing, thinking that they just don't want to, just want to. But in fact, being able to remain passionate about something is an important quality similar to talent.
4. The state to be achieved is presented in "color" in the mind.
Many people regard the statement that strong desire equals the mother of success as spiritualism and think it is not scientific enough. But when you have been passionate about something, it shows that you are thinking about it continuously and thoroughly. You may have "seen" the result before it happened. In the most extreme state, the realization of this dream, as in front of us, is extremely vivid, and the details and pictures are even colorful.
If you can describe the process and scene of success and form a clear logical impression, your probability of success is extremely high. The so-called "impossible" is just that you are impossible now, but you may be in the future. As long as you persevere, make persistent efforts every day.
? 5. Always pay attention to life and keep working hard.
? Continuous thinking is not aimless thinking, but constant attention. The so-called intentional attention is to "intentionally" condense one's consciousness and focus on a certain detail of something, which is contrary to the conditioned reflex that relies on inertia.
Intentional attention means continuous efforts, and it also means focusing on every ordinary moment. When many people think about the future, they often find the huge gap between their dreams and reality disturbing. However, life is the continuous accumulation of "today" and the continuous continuation of this moment of "now". No matter how eager for quick success, tomorrow can't come before today. Earnestly live an ordinary today and work hard for tomorrow, then you can recognize an extraordinary tomorrow.
? Kazuo inamori said, I don't appreciate talented people very much, because talented people often ignore today with their own talent and specious understanding of the future. On the contrary, ordinary people, with the power of tirelessly and silently focusing on one thing, are desperately living today and making a little progress every day. When they looked back, they found themselves standing on the top of the mountain unconsciously. Of course, the premise is to consciously and constantly improve yourself, rather than repeating it casually.
Second, consider the problem in principle.
We tend to think things are too complicated, but in fact the essence of things is extremely simple. Just like a very complicated problem in physics, it will be transformed into a very basic knowledge point through decomposition. Everything in the world is like this. At first glance, a complex thing is just a combination of several simple things. Grasping the simple essence behind complex phenomena is an extremely important way of thinking. Getting used to thinking from the principle is the most important way to understand the essence of a thousand things.
1. It makes sense to implement it only if you know it can't be done.
As mentioned above, for life, the so-called principle, in the final analysis, is the answer to a question: what is right as a person? The answer is familiar to everyone, that is, we have been listening to what teachers and parents have been saying since childhood, be honest, don't lie, don't be greedy ... The correct answer is known to everyone, so why do most people deviate from the line?
As Lieutenant Colonel Frank, the protagonist of A Woman's Smell, mentioned in his popular speech in the movie: At the crossroads of life, I know which way is right, but I never take it. Why? Because it's too bitter.
Acting according to philosophy needs to restrain and standardize one's behavior and desires, which is accompanied by a lot of pain, and sometimes brings temporary losses and pains to oneself. But even so, kazuo inamori suggested that we choose the road of "not smooth" and "irrelevant", because even if there is a temporary loss, the behavior under the guidance of correct philosophy will be rewarded later.
The key for kazuo inamori to avoid the trap is that he always believes that only when his forehead sweats, the money he earned is the real profit. Under the guidance of this belief, he never wavered in the face of huge profits.
People are very fragile, not deliberately alert, self-alert, even if they know the truth, they will unconsciously become prisoners of desire and temptation. Principles are the source of correctness and strength, but they are also easily overlooked. If you don't think about it all the time, it's easy to be shelved.
2. Listen to the "Voice of God" at the workplace.
Experience is more important than knowledge, which is an important principle in life. "Knowing" is not necessarily "meeting". Just like recipes, you can understand them as long as you can understand them, but you may not be able to make delicious dishes according to the recipes, because only in the process of repeated experiments on the spot can you gradually understand the subtle essentials. Everything needs knowledge and experience to "know". Before that, it was just "knowledge". In the information society, knowledge is at everyone's fingertips, but not everyone will "know", because this gap can only be filled by on-site experience.
Indeed, experience is in your work site, otherwise, it is just the experience of others. There is a god on the construction site. At the scene, you may try hard again and again, but you have been hitting a wall until you are at the end of your rope. But stick to it and you will find that when you feel desperate, things have just begun.
Kazuo inamori concluded that the answer is always on the spot. But to get the answer from the scene, first of all, you must be as enthusiastic about your work as anyone else, and secondly, you must spend every day extremely seriously.
3. "Like" ignites enthusiasm
Only those who spontaneously combust can persist in paying as much as anyone else's efforts and achieve their own career. The so-called spontaneous combustion type is a person who can burn his own passion. In the world, substances can be divided into three types according to their combustion characteristics: combustible substances that can be burned by ignition; Incombustible substances that cannot be burned by ignition; Spontaneous combustion substances that can burn by themselves. People are the same.
Some people can burn enthusiasm without any encouragement. Some people can burn slowly under the encouragement and request of the outside world. Some people are indifferent and do not burn. For organizations, incombustible type is very harmful. Not only numb yourself, but also take away the energy of others. The person who is most beneficial to the organization and most likely to achieve himself is the spontaneous combustion type. They not only burn themselves, but also transfer energy to the people around them.
However, people are different, how can they become spontaneous combustion people? Kazuo inamori said that the most effective way is to like your job. Liking will release powerful energy and urge people to do things well, thus generating a sense of accomplishment and self-confidence and forming a virtuous circle.
However, some people can't like their jobs. What should we do?
Kazuo inamori said, let's stay focused and work hard. In this process, pain will give birth to joy. "Like" and "devotion" are two sides of a coin, and there is a causal cycle between them. You will like it because you are good at it, and you will be good at it because you like it
4. Abandon selfish interests and simplify complex problems.
There are often disputes about work between Kyocera employees and departments. Although they are serious about each other, they always argue endlessly, which slows down the pace of work.
Whenever they disagree and are at loggerheads, they will say, then go to the president, put the problem in front of kazuo inamori and let him decide. Kazuo inamori listened carefully to the statements of both sides, and the answers he got were always unanimously recognized by both sides, and he returned with ease and satisfaction.
In this regard, kazuo inamori said that this is not because his subordinates are hindered by his authority, and it is not because he is smarter than everyone else, but because he can transcend tangled interests and calmly analyze problems. Disputes between departments seem complicated, and often they are only caused by small reasons, mostly because of self-interest. Make the problem clear and return to the essence of "what is right as a person", and the problem will be solved.
Hironaka Heisuke, a famous mathematician, once said that seemingly complex phenomena are actually just projections of simple things. He once solved a problem that has puzzled the mathematics community for hundreds of years by upgrading a dimension. Regarding his own thinking of solving problems, he explained, "Suppose there is a level crossing at an intersection, and there is no signal light. Cars come from all directions, some have to turn, some have to go straight, and there is chaos." From the binary point of view, this kind of chaos is unsolvable. But what if you add RMB "height"? If the intersection is turned into a three-dimensional intersection, traffic can be unimpeded without traffic lights. "
To make a fair and accurate judgment, the key is to have a pair of pure and impartial eyes, not blinded by details, and go straight to the root of the problem. Observing problems from this angle can not only be used to manage enterprises, international problems and family disputes, but also be properly solved.
When people get rid of the shackles of selfishness, get out of the strange circle of interests and persistence, and start from altruism, they can do this.
Third, spend your life with altruism.
The word "altruism" sounds a bit serious and lofty, but it is actually just a very common thing. I want to create a good living environment for my children, buy a massager for my mother, and make my wife's anniversary happy, all of which are altruistic performances. Any behavior, as long as it is out of love for the people around it, is already altruistic.
1. The difference between heaven and hell is determined by mentality.
A Buddhist elder once told kazuo inamori the story of heaven and hell, which we have all heard. The elder said that the difference between heaven and hell is not as big as people think. From the appearance, the two are even identical. They are all a group of people, holding long spoons and eating delicious hot food around the cauldron. The difference between the two is only the difference of people's hearts. Everyone in hell wants to eat first, scrambling to hold the food, but the spoon is too long to reach the mouth, so no one can eat the food, and they are dizzy with hunger. In heaven, on the contrary, everyone gives food to the people around them, and as a result, everyone can eat delicious food.
2. Meet the beauty of people's hearts in begging and charity.
? People will be filled with deep, pure and ultimate happiness at the moment when altruistic behavior bears fruit, not at the moment when selfish desires are satisfied.
Altruism is the starting point and end point of business.
The reason why business appears is to meet the needs of others, exchange what they don't have, and achieve a win-win situation for both people and me.
4. Rich countries in Japan have moral personality education.
? In the adolescence of physical and mental growth, children must learn how to be a man, which can give them a chance to think slowly and seriously, but they must carry out comprehensive personality education.
Fourth, hone the soul and improve the mind.
Whether educating children or guiding people, it is actually based on the question "What is the meaning of our life?". . If the answer is different, the strategy will be the opposite. Kazuo inamori believes that the answer to this question is to improve the mind and temper the soul. Being trapped by desire is the nature of human beings as animals, but as human beings, we don't come to this world to live like animals. Of course, life needs plenty of food and clothing, and the yearning for a better life is also the driving force for progress. These should not be completely denied. But those are just external things. When we face our own mind and death, we need a purer soul than before and when we came.
1. The requirement for leaders is that virtue is more important than talent.
In this world, sometimes we really need to emphasize ourselves and stick to our ideas, but the corresponding modesty is completely discarded, which is also incredible.
2. "Six Diligences" to sharpen the mind
How can we avoid the outcome of these leaders? Is to use a variety of methods to hone the mind and purify the mind.
Pay as much as anyone else's efforts
② Modesty and arrogance
3 reflect every day.
(4) Be grateful to be alive.
⑤ Accumulate good deeds and think altruistically.
6. Don't be emotionally troubled.
? Get into the habit of being grateful at any time.
? At any time, in addition to gratitude, you should also show your joy frankly. No matter how small things are, as long as they are happy and grateful, they should be expressed frankly. Don't beat around the bush or pretend to be deep.
We are really controlled by a force called fate, and fate is not equal to fate, so we need to learn how to change our own destiny and benefit others' destiny. Pretending to do what people should do and carrying it out in the right way will surely usher in a brilliant future.