"Insight" is a book written by Wu Jun. It is still a little difficult to summarize what this book is talking about. Although it is expounded around the knowledge, the content is relatively scattered and divided into multiple themes, which are related and related to each other. It's not strong, and it can't link the previous and the next. The title of the book is changed to "26 things you should know as a young man", which also corresponds to the content. However, for a practical book, it is not appropriate to be demanding step by step, linking the previous and the next.
Its content is very good, but for this type of book, it does not make much sense to summarize 26 things. The main reason is that I can't remember it. It is very likely that I will forget half of it tomorrow, and I will forget it in a few days. Half of it, and only one or two things are left in the end, so I also remember two things that I think are very important.
When someone slaps you
The reason why I bought this book was because I saw a problem mentioned in the preface.
How would we react if someone slapped us in the street? There are three ways to deal with it.
1. Slap back with a slap;
2. Admit cowardice, cover your face and walk away;
3. Calmly analyze first, maybe we should be slapped, then accept the lesson, maybe the other party is an asshole, we should call the police to take care of him.
When I saw this problem and how it was dealt with, it was like seeing a gem, this problem is so general and so useful! Slap is just a metaphor. In real life, many of our things are like being slapped.
The way we think about problems and deal with them is also one of these three. The first way is to be refreshed for a while, and the second way is to escape. Neither of these two ways can solve the problem, and similar problems will come again. The result of this is that people who are used to slapping back will slap others all their lives, and those who admit they will slap them all their lives.
The third way is better, because we still want to solve the problem. Calmly analyze whose fault it is, whether there is a real problem with yourself, and whether the other party is really unreasonable, is there no reason at all? If in the end it is the other party who makes outrageous words and makes trouble unreasonably, it is not too late to deal with it.
So, after being slapped, think calmly first, this is not cowardice, but growth.
The importance of insight
Second, I want to remember that things are about knowledge. After working for 5 years, I deeply realized the importance of knowledge. Your knowledge determines the class you are in.
As a software developer, many people are often used to only do the work assigned by the boss, and ignore the rest. Sometimes they don't understand why they are doing those things. They only know that I will do it if you ask me to do it.
Of course, it is good to be able to do your job well, but it is not enough. If you want to grow and break through the ceiling of your career, you have to think about the problem from the perspective of a manager. What is the reason for him to propose these tasks? What is it, can I have a better solution. Don't limit yourself to what you do. Look at the big picture. We often call this the big picture.
In addition, staying in one place for a long time will limit your knowledge. If you have little knowledge, you think you have done enough. When you go beyond the limitations of your knowledge and go to another world, you will find that you have not done enough.
There is not much else to say about the other content, a book can make people understand a truth, it is enough.