Before reading, let's learn what the so-called principle is. Usually, when we say that a person speaks principles, we mean the rules of doing things, and we act according to the rules of knowledge default. These principles, such as not accepting other people's finances for officials, not cronyism and so on. The principles expounded by Ray Dalio in this book mainly involve personal life and work, and mainly summarize how he will think when making decisions.
Today, let's talk about the first principle he shared in his life, which I think is also the most important, and that is to embrace reality and deal with it. Literally, we will disagree, but the rule of 10 given by him is really beyond our usual thinking.
Of the 10 rules, three touched me the most.
You are lucky to feel pain, because it will prompt you to find a solution in order to move on.
Whenever you encounter something painful, you are at a potentially important node in your life: you can choose healthy and painful facts or unhealthy but comfortable illusions. If you choose the path of health, pain will soon turn into happiness. Pain is a signal. This reminds me that my fitness program hasn't started yet, and the alarm clock rings every day. However, it is really painful to climb out of the warm bed in the morning. This is an unhealthy but comfortable illusion. Looking back two years ago, I ran 5 kilometers easily every morning, full of energy. This is a healthy and painful fact. Then I'm learning English recently. Reading aloud is usually good, but reciting is really painful. I feel that my memory is really poor, and it is difficult to recite short articles. But if you want to speak fluent English, how can you not recite it, or how can you blurt it out? Therefore, even if reciting is painful, I will try to overcome it. This is the meaning of this principle.
Evolution is instinctive, whether it is the natural selection made by the animal kingdom for courtship or the constant pursuit of a better life by human beings.
I think lifelong learners are practitioners of this theory of evolution. The happiness of having a house, a car and money is temporary, and only the happiness experienced in continuous progress is lasting and long-lasting!
Consider subsequent and subsequent results.
If people pay too much attention to the direct results of decision-making and ignore the follow-up and follow-up results, it will be difficult for them to achieve their goals.
I think of my son's education. Many people say that he should study olympiad. First, it can train his logical thinking ability and arithmetic ability. Second, he will have a great advantage in the subsequent entrance examination. I have never had the motivation to let him learn Olympic Mathematics, because I think he is partial to liberal arts. Instead of spending so much time on math, I might as well give him more free time, read more books and be in a daze. Even if I am admitted to a good school, I hope I can follow his hobby in the end, instead of learning Olympic Mathematics to cater to high scores.
For another example, we are now investing some money in the blockchain, and we are also considering the follow-up and follow-up results, not the immediate interests.
The above is my overall feeling of reading the principle of life first in Principles. Daglio is a model of looking at the essence through phenomena, refining our own principles in real life, so that any decision we make is more in line with the law of development of things, thus making achievements and progress in life and work! This book is easy to understand, no wonder the teacher stressed that we should read this book several times, then understand its essential meaning, and then play a role in our own life and work!