The British Library has built a beautiful new building and is going to move there as a whole. But you know, with so many books, moving is a very heavy workload. It is estimated that this will cost $3.5 million, which is a lot of money.
If you are a curator, how can you move a large number of books to the new library with as little money as possible? Hire a cheaper one? Mobilize all employees and their families? Ask the builder of the new building to undertake this obligation?
It may be difficult to find a better solution under the inherent thinking mode of "moving books".
What will the top excellent people do? A young man said to the curator: I'll help you move it, as long as1.50 thousand.
The young man posted a message in the newspaper: "From now on, the British Library will borrow books from the public free of charge, provided that they are borrowed from the old library and returned to the new library ..."
Young people have changed from the thinking mode of "endorsement" to the thinking mode of "returning books" As a result, it took them less than a fraction of time to complete this seemingly impossible task, and they themselves became millionaires.
You see, people with different thinking modes do the same thing, and the effect will be completely different.
For some time, the quality of Microsoft's lunch and dinner has been bothering the management. The company advocates the system of not working overtime, so there are generally more people having lunch than dinner. After all, not everyone has to work overtime at night, so the supplier who makes lunch is more profitable.
Only sometimes, the lunch is badly cooked ... what should I do? Send someone to tell him not to cut corners and keep an eye on him? Change chefs every once in a while? Tell them to update their recipes? These methods are useless to Microsoft. Microsoft came up with a system:
1. Select two suppliers, one for lunch and one for dinner;
2. Make a satisfaction survey every 3 months. Do you prefer lunch or dinner?
3. If you like more dinners, exchange lunch and dinner suppliers;
If you win lunch for six months in a row, change the supplier of dinner.
Since the implementation of this system, those suppliers who say "they have done a good job" and "the cost of changing tastes will increase greatly" ...
Will soon be able to provide much better service than before. The satisfaction of employees has also been greatly improved.
This is the way that the best people came up with. Faced with this problem, the thinking mode of ordinary people is to ask suppliers to improve their level. If not, I will replace you.
The best people, their thinking mode is to introduce competition mechanism, let competition replace labor, supervise suppliers and provide better services.
Well, with so many examples, how can we become, or at least get close to, top talents?
How can we solve problems like them?
You need to change your mind. Thinking transformation is to change the way you understand the world.
If we only want to make minor changes, we can just focus on our attitudes and behaviors, such as emptying cups.
But if you want to make substantial changes, you need to "change your mind" and maybe even change the cup.
How to convert? I'll give you two suggestions.
The first suggestion: read more books, make more friends and travel more.
Every book is a set of "thinking mode".
The more books you read, the more different modes of thinking you will know, and the more helpful it will be to turn on the switch of "thinking transformation".
Everyone is also a set of "thinking modes".
The more people you know, the more you will understand the limitations of your "thinking mode". It is recommended not to miss every opportunity to chat, eat or socialize with others to exercise yourself.
Travel can also be of great help to you.
If you want to turn on the switch of "thinking transformation", you have to read thousands of books, and if you take Wan Li Road, you have to read countless people.
Second suggestion: put yourself in others' shoes.
Every argument is a particularly good opportunity to practice "thinking transformation"
Try to convince yourself with the other person's point of view. That is: put yourself in others' shoes.
Zhang is the first personal trainer in China.
Once, he was invited to chair an entrepreneur debate.
These entrepreneurs, who are usually concentrated in their own companies, are getting more and more excited, and I think they are about to fight.
Zhang stopped the debate and said: The next step is to exchange views and continue the debate. At that time, everyone was stunned.
After a pause, everyone got angry again and began to help each other defend.
This is a profound lesson for hundreds of entrepreneurs present.
Put yourself in the other's shoes, and you will understand that you used to defend your own point of view, or just your own dignity.
Sometimes, if you don't understand this world, it may not be this world. What's wrong is the way you understand the world.
Ordinary people change the results, excellent people change the reasons, and top excellent people change the model.
I hope we can all be the best people in our minds.
A person's thinking will form a set, which is also a manifestation of habit.
So how to change the way of thinking?
It is impossible to change the way of thinking overnight, only step by step. Remind yourself at all times in your life, carefully observe other people's ideas in your interactions, and write down what is good. Only when new habits are gradually formed can the way of thinking be gradually formed.