Linear thinking is a trap that can cause one to fall into a whirlpool of emotions. And it's not easy to detect, leading to repeated falls into it. For example, if a mom sees that her child is not studying well, she will associate it with not being able to get into high school, not being able to get into college, not being able to find a good job, having to rely on physical labor to make money, and living a very fortunate life ....... Mom's brain can not afford to associate the results, producing fear and anxiety, this emotion may be vented on the child.

It looks like this long chain, as if it is very reasonable. But ignores the complexity and uncertainty of real life. I'm in a very high-quality group, and I know a groupie whose parents divorced in middle school, and who slept all the way through his high school exams and got a 0 on the test. Now has his own guitar music studio, has a very good cash flow, and will soon immigrate to Japan. Some may say he is survivor bias. But in fact, if you understand, there are many people around you who had bad grades in the past, but are doing well now. I'm an example myself. I didn't do well in school growing up either. Always in slow classes in middle school, then paid for an undergraduate degree and got a hydrology hire. I also known a stand-up comedian who scored over 200 points in the college entrance exam, and then went to Tsinghua to give special performances to students who scored over 700 points in the college entrance exam.

There is no 100% correlation between whether you study well or not, and whether you can live your life well later, not even 50%, not even 30%, maybe 1%? Maybe. Because the process between the current point and the “future” is full of many other variables, with great uncertainty and complexity. If you stop and think about it, you can see the holes in this linear thinking.

It's just that we all rely on the path we can see in front of us, and are used to following the path given to us by others. And do not want to think of ways to find a belong to their own, currently can not see the road. Relying on oneself to find to create a road out, too much pressure, high risk, but also full of difficulties and challenges. The average person is afraid to go, preferring to squeeze to death with others on the visible path.

Enjoy the uncertainty and complexity, develop a good general strategy, then focus only on the present moment, do the things in front of you, encounter problems to solve the problem, do not create anxiety and problems in the brain, and leave the rest to time.

Linear thinking is a trap that can cause one to fall into a whirlpool of emotions. And it's not easy to detect, leading to repeated falls into it. For example, if a mom sees that her child is not studying well, she will associate it with not being able to get into high school, not being able to get into college, not being able to find a good job, having to rely on physical labor to make money, and living a very fortunate life ....... Mom's brain can not afford to associate the results, producing fear and anxiety, this emotion may be vented on the child.

It looks like this long chain, as if it is very reasonable. But ignores the complexity and uncertainty of real life. I'm in a very high-quality group, and I know a groupie whose parents divorced in middle school, and who slept all the way through his high school exams and got a 0 on the test. Now has his own guitar music studio, has a very good cash flow, and will soon immigrate to Japan. Some may say he is survivor bias. But in fact, if you understand, there are many people around you who had bad grades in the past, but are doing well now. I'm an example myself. I didn't do well in school growing up either. Always in slow classes in middle school, then paid for an undergraduate degree and got a hydrology hire. I also known a stand-up comedian who scored over 200 points in the college entrance exam, and then went to Tsinghua to give special performances to students who scored over 700 points in the college entrance exam.

There is no 100% correlation between whether you study well or not, and whether you can live your life well later, not even 50%, not even 30%, maybe 1%? Maybe. Because the process between the current point and the “future” is full of many other variables, with great uncertainty and complexity. If you stop and think about it, you can see the holes in this linear thinking.

It's just that we all rely on the path we can see in front of us, and are used to following the path given to us by others. And do not want to think of ways to find a belong to their own, currently can not see the road. Relying on oneself to find to create a road out, too much pressure, high risk, but also full of difficulties and challenges. The average person is afraid to go, preferring to squeeze to death with others on the visible path.

Enjoy the uncertainty and complexity, develop a good general strategy, then focus only on the present moment, do the things in front of you, encounter problems to solve the problem, do not create anxiety and problems in the brain, and leave the rest to time.