Let's first tell a little story that makes Shushan Jun remember deeply. In a small aboriginal tribe in Australia, an American professor of cultural psychology asked a 5-year-old girl next to her to point out the north. She pointed it out right away. Later, the professor also did this quiz with the audience when giving speeches in Harvard, Princeton, London, Beijing and other places. However, those outstanding scholars and top students in the audience first thought for a while, and then pointed in any direction. They couldn't find the north at all. Why is that? The answer will surprise you: maybe because of language. The language of that small Australian tribe is not "left" or "right", but "East", "south", "West" or "North" regardless of the scope. For example, they would say "the boy standing south of Mary is my brother", which is obviously different from the expression habits of Chinese or English culture. This story shows that the language we usually don't pay special attention to may actually affect our thinking. In other words, what you say, you are likely to become what kind of person. Li Xiaolai, who shares this issue, has similar feelings on this point. Therefore, he summarized 10 simple sentence patterns and made us smart through the function of language. I often say in my composition class, "the language we use limits our thinking." For example, in the stock market, people often lose a lot of wealth because of improper words when thinking - when the price of stocks held by investors falls, they should have used the word "Book Loss" instead of "loss" or "actual loss" to describe the shrinking market value. However, some people do not have thinking training. They use the word "loss" or "actual loss". Therefore, some investors can't bear the psychological pressure (actually frightening themselves) and sell their stocks. "Book Loss" really becomes "actual loss". Conversely, in other cases, some people miss the opportunity to reduce losses by mistaking "actual losses" as "Book losses". Since language may limit our thinking, we have a way to make language "limit" us to go in a good direction. Here are ten very simple sentence patterns that can make us smart - real smart, not just "smart".

1. Really? When you encounter any previously unknown concepts, theories, phenomena, reports, etc., you can ask, whether you ask others or yourself, or Google, the biggest God on the Internet. Anyway, you have to ask, and ask more than once: really? This step is indispensable. Without it, you have no heart. In fact, seeking truth should have long been a basic habit.

2. Isn't it the same thing? Marriage and love are not the same thing, are they? Reading and going to school are not the same thing, are they? History and history books are not the same thing, are they? This sentence pattern is only used to distinguish the differences between concepts, whether huge or subtle, but there are always differences between important concepts. If it is the same thing, there is no need to have several names. Of course, life is really strange. The same thing often has two names, such as fruit and fried dough sticks

3. What else? What else to consider? What else didn't you consider? Why else? What's the conclusion? What other facts? What else? Ask a few more times and you'll never lose. We should not only ask more times, but also repeatedly, every few days and years. This sentence pattern will make a person involuntarily "think more comprehensively".

4. Not necessarily? Uncertainty is the essence and truth of the world. The only invariable thing in the world is that change will always exist, and the only certainty is that uncertainty will always exist. This sentence pattern is particularly important when dealing with causal logic. When someone concludes that a occurs because of B, you might as well use this sentence pattern as a starting point: "not necessarily"? Then you can continue to think. What else could it be—— This is a combined variant of the third and fourth sentence patterns.

5. Unless This is a sentence pattern that is much more difficult to use than it looks. You need to use the third sentence pattern, "what else?"; Not only that, but also check one by one, and finally find the most important factor that may not have been taken into account... Every time you can use this sentence pattern correctly, it means that the brain has completed a series of difficult actions.

6. Can't compare? Definition, classification, comparison and cause and effect are the basic logical framework used repeatedly and combined in daily life. "X and y can't be compared, can they?" It is used to deal with the core of comparison: the two sides to be compared should belong to the same category and have the same attributes. Apples and oranges are both fruits (the same category) and can be eaten (the same attribute). Therefore, we can compare which is more delicious. Apples and socks can't be put together, nor can they be put together to compare

7. In essence Seeing through the appearance and the essence is the most important thinking skill. If you often use this sentence pattern correctly, you will involuntarily force yourself to think more (think further). "Well, it seems so... But actually?" Or, "well, that's a superficial understanding, so what's going on in essence?"

8. The most important thing is This sentence pattern is too important. Repeated use of this sentence pattern can even temper your values. In causality analysis, we should find the most important reason among many reasons; In the use of concepts, we should find the most mistakes we should not make; In comparison, we should know what is the most important judgment standard; When analyzing the phenomenon, we should see the most essential content (variant of the seventh sentence pattern)

9. It's not that simple, is it? Some things are really simple, but more often, people like to oversimplify. The second sentence pattern (isn't it the same thing?) The reason why it is useful is that people tend to oversimplify, even confuse the concepts with important differences (lazy or easy), and even fall into a trap unconsciously. If everything goes too well, ask yourself, "isn't it that simple?" There may often be unexpected gains.

10. What's so complicated? Some things are really not that complicated. Complicating simple things is an important way for many people to "brush their sense of existence", because it will appear very smart. Interesting to say, many complex things can be very simple after in-depth study. The premise here is that simplicity is meaningful only after in-depth research. Before in-depth study, the ninth sentence pattern is more applicable; After in-depth study, if there is no application of the tenth sentence pattern, it may turn out that the research is not in-depth enough. … To sum up, these ten sentence patterns are worth using repeatedly in life, and finally "can be used freely inadvertently". Mental strength, like physical strength, can gain more strength through a lot of "exercise". Really? It's not the same thing, is it? What else? Not necessarily? Unless Can't you compare? In essence The most important thing is It's not that simple, is it? What's so complicated?

Let's first tell a little story that makes Shushan Jun remember deeply. In a small aboriginal tribe in Australia, an American professor of cultural psychology asked a 5-year-old girl next to her to point out the north. She pointed it out right away. Later, the professor also did this quiz with the audience when giving speeches in Harvard, Princeton, London, Beijing and other places. However, those outstanding scholars and top students in the audience first thought for a while, and then pointed in any direction. They couldn't find the north at all. Why is that? The answer will surprise you: maybe because of language. The language of that small Australian tribe is not "left" or "right", but "East", "south", "West" or "North" regardless of the scope. For example, they would say "the boy standing south of Mary is my brother", which is obviously different from the expression habits of Chinese or English culture. This story shows that the language we usually don't pay special attention to may actually affect our thinking. In other words, what you say, you are likely to become what kind of person. Li Xiaolai, who shares this issue, has similar feelings on this point. Therefore, he summarized 10 simple sentence patterns and made us smart through the function of language. I often say in my composition class, "the language we use limits our thinking." For example, in the stock market, people often lose a lot of wealth because of improper words when thinking - when the price of stocks held by investors falls, they should have used the word "Book Loss" instead of "loss" or "actual loss" to describe the shrinking market value. However, some people do not have thinking training. They use the word "loss" or "actual loss". Therefore, some investors can't bear the psychological pressure (actually frightening themselves) and sell their stocks. "Book Loss" really becomes "actual loss". Conversely, in other cases, some people miss the opportunity to reduce losses by mistaking "actual losses" as "Book losses". Since language may limit our thinking, we have a way to make language "limit" us to go in a good direction. Here are ten very simple sentence patterns that can make us smart - real smart, not just "smart".

1. Really? When you encounter any previously unknown concepts, theories, phenomena, reports, etc., you can ask, whether you ask others or yourself, or Google, the biggest God on the Internet. Anyway, you have to ask, and ask more than once: really? This step is indispensable. Without it, you have no heart. In fact, seeking truth should have long been a basic habit.

2. Isn't it the same thing? Marriage and love are not the same thing, are they? Reading and going to school are not the same thing, are they? History and history books are not the same thing, are they? This sentence pattern is only used to distinguish the differences between concepts, whether huge or subtle, but there are always differences between important concepts. If it is the same thing, there is no need to have several names. Of course, life is really strange. The same thing often has two names, such as fruit and fried dough sticks

3. What else? What else to consider? What else didn't you consider? Why else? What's the conclusion? What other facts? What else? Ask a few more times and you'll never lose. We should not only ask more times, but also repeatedly, every few days and years. This sentence pattern will make a person involuntarily "think more comprehensively".

4. Not necessarily? Uncertainty is the essence and truth of the world. The only invariable thing in the world is that change will always exist, and the only certainty is that uncertainty will always exist. This sentence pattern is particularly important when dealing with causal logic. When someone concludes that a occurs because of B, you might as well use this sentence pattern as a starting point: "not necessarily"? Then you can continue to think. What else could it be—— This is a combined variant of the third and fourth sentence patterns.

5. Unless This is a sentence pattern that is much more difficult to use than it looks. You need to use the third sentence pattern, "what else?"; Not only that, but also check one by one, and finally find the most important factor that may not have been taken into account... Every time you can use this sentence pattern correctly, it means that the brain has completed a series of difficult actions.

6. Can't compare? Definition, classification, comparison and cause and effect are the basic logical framework used repeatedly and combined in daily life. "X and y can't be compared, can they?" It is used to deal with the core of comparison: the two sides to be compared should belong to the same category and have the same attributes. Apples and oranges are both fruits (the same category) and can be eaten (the same attribute). Therefore, we can compare which is more delicious. Apples and socks can't be put together, nor can they be put together to compare

7. In essence Seeing through the appearance and the essence is the most important thinking skill. If you often use this sentence pattern correctly, you will involuntarily force yourself to think more (think further). "Well, it seems so... But actually?" Or, "well, that's a superficial understanding, so what's going on in essence?"

8. The most important thing is This sentence pattern is too important. Repeated use of this sentence pattern can even temper your values. In causality analysis, we should find the most important reason among many reasons; In the use of concepts, we should find the most mistakes we should not make; In comparison, we should know what is the most important judgment standard; When analyzing the phenomenon, we should see the most essential content (variant of the seventh sentence pattern)

9. It's not that simple, is it? Some things are really simple, but more often, people like to oversimplify. The second sentence pattern (isn't it the same thing?) The reason why it is useful is that people tend to oversimplify, even confuse the concepts with important differences (lazy or easy), and even fall into a trap unconsciously. If everything goes too well, ask yourself, "isn't it that simple?" There may often be unexpected gains.

10. What's so complicated? Some things are really not that complicated. Complicating simple things is an important way for many people to "brush their sense of existence", because it will appear very smart. Interesting to say, many complex things can be very simple after in-depth study. The premise here is that simplicity is meaningful only after in-depth research. Before in-depth study, the ninth sentence pattern is more applicable; After in-depth study, if there is no application of the tenth sentence pattern, it may turn out that the research is not in-depth enough. … To sum up, these ten sentence patterns are worth using repeatedly in life, and finally "can be used freely inadvertently". Mental strength, like physical strength, can gain more strength through a lot of "exercise". Really? It's not the same thing, is it? What else? Not necessarily? Unless Can't you compare? In essence The most important thing is It's not that simple, is it? What's so complicated?