1. What knowledge point did I learn?

? First principles thinking can be colloquially called "chef thinking", which requires taking out core facts and observations and drawing conclusions from their collision, just like a chef trying various ingredients to create new recipes.

? Analogical thinking can be colloquially called "cook thinking", which is to imitate things based on the way they already are, adding a little personal element to the modeling process, just like cooking according to a ready-made recipe.

2. What did I think before?

? I have never been exposed to what chef thinking and cook thinking are. If I understand it literally, I think the difference between the two is like a craftsman and a worker.

Workers spend most of their time repeating the same job, and their requirements are that it is completed.

Craftsmen will put more thought into their work, think about how to make it better, and have higher requirements for themselves.

Workers are common but craftsmen are not common, and there are only a few people who can also think like a cook.

3. What did I think before?

? Not entirely accurate.

My original idea was that craftsmen were an upgrade from workers, pursuing the ultimate and perfection in their work.

But compared to a chef's thinking, a chef's thinking is not just about thinking about how to make the dish in front of him better.

Chef thinking requires thinking like a scientist, and requires overall thinking from a higher perspective.

Chefs with a chef's mindset can see the characteristics of various ingredients and constantly think about how to give full play to their characteristics to create a more delicious meal.

A chef's thinking focuses on creation rather than imitation and simple improvement.

4. What should I think?

? Related experience: ? I remembered that when I filled out my application for the college entrance examination, I almost filled in petroleum colleges and petroleum-related majors.

I made this choice because petroleum is a popular industry in my hometown, and many students around me chose to apply for petroleum majors.

And I also chose to imitate and follow the crowd, and filled out the major application with a chef's mentality, which almost caused serious consequences in the end.

? In addition, I was chatting with my undergraduate classmate last week, and he mentioned various problems he encountered when he was looking for a job after graduation.

He believes that the biggest reason for these problems is that when he chose his major, he followed the trend and chose the popular civil engineering major.

However, I did not know much about the civil engineering industry, and ultimately faced a huge gap between expectations and reality when looking for a job.

? My classmates and I all used chef thinking when choosing a major, without much independent thinking, and eventually encountered many problems.

Regarding the extremely important issue of major selection, you should think with a chef's mind, carefully study the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of each major, and find the one that suits you best, instead of just following the trend when you see a popular major.

5. How should I use it?

? Optimize decision-making: ? Chef thinking has benefits that chef thinking cannot match, but it requires people to invest a lot of time and experience. In reality, I cannot think of everything according to chef thinking.

Chef thinking and cook thinking are two ends of the spectrum. What I need to do is to first judge the importance of this matter, and then choose whether to tend to create or imitate in this matter.

? For example, things like what to eat and wear every day are not particularly important to me. I can choose a chef’s mindset to deal with these things.

However, when faced with major issues such as where to live in the future and what career to choose, I can no longer be lazy with a chef's mentality. I must analyze various realities and find the best choice for me.