We always have to face the ubiquitous routines in life, and then produce routine reaction patterns: for example, we are always easily moved or even deceived by familiar things; it is difficult to correct our own old ideas; for example, the overwhelming and exciting things

?Marketing God Copywriting?, even though we know it is a routine, we still have uncontrollable consumption impulses; for example, we are easily misled, and it is easy to make quick conclusions based on one-sided information, and swing back and forth with public opinion; for example, we can't help but

Falling into "stereotypes" and inadvertently adding "labels"; why does the more experience, the more difficult the choice?

Why are smart brains more likely to be tricked?

Why do we believe in unlikely events so much?

We always emphasize that we must learn to change our thinking and overcome "taken for granted" and "preconceived" stereotypes.

But can we really recognize the moments when we involuntarily fall into inertial ways of thinking?

When people face choices, they tend to be conservative and unwilling to change the status quo. Is it just because it takes a lot of effort to make changes? Are we naturally afraid of trouble?

In fact, many times, we are "blinded" by the way our brains think.

In our usual thinking mode, we ignore some important "invisible logic", leading to the inference of wrong logical relationships and misunderstandings; or it is easy to fall into the fixed thinking of the past, which is difficult to reverse and innovate.

In this set of "Brain-expanding Thinking Improvement Books", there is one book that specifically talks about the "implicit logic" behind the routines: the author Carl Norton is also a cross-border slash hard-core talent? Linguist

, a lecturer in the field of educational psychology, has been engaged in teaching and research at the University of Cologne for more than 10 years.

He is also the founder of Brain Check, whose clients include: Audi, BMW, Coca-Cola Germany, Daimler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, FAW Group, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Opel Group, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Swiss Post, etc.

At the same time, he is also an actor with more than 20 years of stage experience.

Therefore, if your thinking is different and your vision is different, your experience and life will be completely different. It is such a rich life experience.

When a person thinks, the brain usually uses familiar thinking patterns and is likely to fall into thinking traps.

Only by understanding the working principle of your own brain's thinking, being familiar with various thinking traps, and using thinking tools correctly can you think correctly and efficiently.

I chose two scenes that I feel deeply about and are working hard to practice.

(1) Why are you still unwilling to change/break up even though you know there is a problem?

Does the brain tend to be inert? It is expected that in uncertainty, it is better to maintain the status quo than to spend energy and time making changes. Anyway, it cannot get worse.

So in other words, if we don't have strong evidence that if we don't change, we'll lose, or won't gain more, it's easy to muddle along.

People have another human weakness: even if they know that they have made an inappropriate or even wrong decision, they will desperately look for reasons to convince themselves that it is good, that they can make do with it, or that it will never be better than it.

, thereby getting psychological relief; or do you accept your fate prematurely and everything is irreversible? Faced with a partner who is inappropriate or even cheating, most people are reluctant to break up. The reasons why most people are struggling are due to the above two categories.

This short question and answer in the book allowed me to discover my own universal model for dealing with the tangled "difficulty of choice" syndrome: 1. Think deeply about the meaning of my insistence on changing, and seek the motivation for the root cause.

Strategic diligence is more important than tactical effort.

If we want to persist in something difficult, we must find enough motivation to convince ourselves that change is necessary.

Otherwise, there is not only the risk of giving up halfway, but even if you persist, it will be unnecessary torture that consumes too much willpower.

For example, I often lose weight intermittently, but always give up half-way due to body anxiety, which leads to a heavier psychological burden and the problem cannot be improved? Perhaps because the appearance anxiety has been reduced, I don’t have a particularly strong desire for a slim appearance.

However, since the special stay-at-home period, I have gone against the normal trend of people staying at home and losing weight. I have still lost ten pounds a month without leaving home. This is because I have changed my motivation to lose weight from looking good to exercising and being healthy.

Eat properly?.

So for me, being greedy for food or entering a bottleneck period in terms of weight no longer affects my mood, because I know that I am still making progress towards health and happiness.

This makes it really easier for me to persist.

2. Don’t cover up your mistakes easily, make excuses for yourself at every turn, and muddle along easily.

In the book "Lifelong Growth", two completely different modes of thinking are analyzed on how to face one's own failures: Those with a fixed mindset will focus on the feeling of failure itself.