His achievements are entirely due to his unique learning, thinking and decision-making methods.
This series aims to learn the wisdom of Charlie Munger and use it to guide life decisions!
The fourth day of reading poor Charlie's collection
Charles Munger spoke highly of "honesty". He said: Honesty is not only a virtue, but also a strategy!
Next, let me talk about my understanding:
Ten benefits of honest strategy!
1. Honesty can reverse ability.
Observing a phenomenon, there are generally two types of people in the company.
One kind of person speaks well, but his ability is not so good; There is a kind of people who are very capable, Daniel, but they speak directly and even ugly.
Once you choose honesty, it means that you don't want to take the first road. This will also force you to improve your ability!
Therefore, in the long run, honest strategy is conducive to promoting yourself and improving your personal ability!
Honesty can save energy.
Lying is a very tiring thing.
Before you lie, you should consider what kind of lies are more true and convincing.
When you lie, you blush and your heart beats, worrying about whether you will be heard by him, and controlling your expression and acting skills.
After telling a lie, you should remind yourself several times that you have told a lie here. Don't make mistakes yourself, and worry about whether he will find out later.
Do you see it? I'm so tired.
Lying is like putting a chain on your back.
Therefore, those swindlers will be relieved when they confess. It's so simple!
Therefore, in the long run, honest strategy saves a lot of internal energy and can be used in more critical places.
3. Honesty makes the mind healthier
China people often say a word called "EQ", but many people call it "EQ" because of flattery, hypocrisy and listening to beautiful Mandarin.
In fact, the scientific definition of "emotional intelligence" is the ability to perceive and manage one's own emotions and the ability to perceive and influence others' emotions.
That kind of hypocritical "high emotional intelligence language" is a denial and suppression of one's true emotions, so it is destined to exist only in short-term contact.
If you pay attention to the observation, you will find that those so-called "high emotional intelligence" people are either very angry in private, or have dark hearts, and some even have acts such as domestic violence, infidelity and disharmony between children.
Because emotions are like running water, they must be dredged from time to time. If it is blocked blindly, there will be a flood sooner or later.
People who are always honest will not have this problem, and because they are always consistent inside and outside, they will make their minds healthier and more creative!
Therefore, in the long run, honest strategies will make people psychologically healthier.
4. Honesty is beneficial to personal brand.
If you treat everyone as a company, you will find that everyone has his own personal brand.
The better your personal brand, the more people know it, and the greater your value. Especially in this internet age, many circles cooperate, cross-border cooperation, and personal brands become more and more important.
Every time you lie, every time you are unreliable, it will hurt your personal brand.
Therefore, an honest strategy will strengthen your personal brand in the long run.
5. Honesty is conducive to individual differentiation.
There is a strange phenomenon: everyone has been taught to be honest since childhood, but most of them can't be honest.
Why?
Because adults tell us to be honest with their mouths and tell us that it is nonsense with their actions.
But they didn't consider the long-term benefits of honest strategy. At the same time, if you really know someone who keeps his word, they are very powerful!
But what should you do in the face of the fact that most people are dishonest?
Be a minority, because it will form differentiation. Why is Venus hot? Why is Xiao S so hot?
It is because of the poisonous tongue that I dare to say it.
Therefore, in the long run, honest strategy is conducive to the formation of individual differentiation!
6. Honesty can save communication costs.
Little C did something wrong, but he was a bit blx. As his boss, how can you tell him?
Do you choose to say it directly, or do you want him to understand by innuendo?
Most people don't like to offend people, so they often choose the latter. The result is not only a long communication time, but also when you think he understands, he still doesn't get to your point.
But if you give clear feedback directly, the communication time will be shorter, and secondly, you can accurately point out his points and understand whether he understands.
Therefore, in the long run, honest strategies can improve the efficiency of communication with others!
7. Honesty improves the reliability index.
Xiao and Xiao B are colleagues. Xiao is honest and Xiao B is smart.
The boss wants to know the ideological trends of his subordinates and can only choose one person. Who will he choose?
This is a sub-topic. Obviously, a small A will greatly reduce the cost for the boss to consider whether the words are true or false!
If a person is always honest, it will greatly reduce the cost of information transmission between him and others.
There is a saying, get along with smart people and work with reliable people!
Therefore, in the long run, an honest strategy will make more people willing to form an alliance with you.
8. Honesty is a straightforward character.
Many people worry that if they are too honest, they will not fit in. Actually, it depends.
For example, you have known your friends for more than ten years and drink at every party. Today, you suddenly said, I don't drink. What would your friends think? You're pretending.
So, if you insist on not drinking at the first party from the first day you meet your friends, what will your friends think? You are a non-drinker, and you won't dislike you because of this.
Honest and direct, if you are always like this, then others will even think you are frank and easy to get along with, so you don't have to guess!
Therefore, in the long run, honest strategy is not so unsociable, as long as you are consistent!
9. Honesty is conducive to organizational atmosphere.
We have all seen the concubines in the palace, and many people said after seeing them: If I had to choose, I would rather be a village girl than go into the palace and intrigue with them.
Every organization has its own culture, and some organizations need to intrigue, because the people inside are such people.
However, some organizations are very simple, such as Bridgewater. The culture advocated by the company is, frankly, useless and not ridiculous. So they became one of the most profitable fund companies in the world.
In the past, the competition between enterprises was not fierce, and there was still room for intrigue within the organization. Now such a company is doomed!
Therefore, from the organizational point of view, an honest strategy will make the organization stronger and more cohesive!
10. Honesty is beneficial to strategic direction.
The actor has worked so long that he even wrote himself. Many people are afraid to be honest with themselves.
Many people are afraid of being alone, because they have to face themselves when they are alone, but they don't like the real themselves.
However, Ladario, the head of bridgewater, said: The starting point of all success is being honest with yourself. People who don't realize this are bound to suffer constant blows.
In fact, the reason is very simple. You are a rabbit, but you don't accept this fact. You lied to yourself that you were a monkey and climbed trees every day. This is not torture yourself?
Therefore, in the long run, honest strategy is conducive to understanding the true self and defining the direction of progress!
Small bowl said:
Actors have been doing it for a long time, and even they will lie to themselves!
Be honest with yourself, know yourself, accept yourself and realize yourself!