Chen new recruits a company, work hard. A few days, orders soared, leading workload doubled, Chen order to maintain performance, take the initiative to work overtime, two days before the over-done. As more and more orders, Chen overtime more and more. Plus classes a week later, Chen physical collapse, listless during the day and low efficiency, even the normal workload are able to fulfill.
Zhang thought much work to be able to multi-task, which is linear thinking, he saw only a one-way relationship between things straight, his strategy can only be effective in a short time. If Chen continue to work overtime, the body is getting worse, unfinished work will be bigger and more, a vicious circle.
How the Chen out of this dilemma it, the problem involved a "customer growth", "work", "overtime", "efficiency" and other factors, the use of simple linear thinking of converting one of these factors can not solve the fundamental problem .
Thinking corresponding linear system is thinking. Systems thinking is from more dimensions, more long-term perspective the problem. On the whole local problem, not only see the trees See also the forest; now question the long run, the trend seen through the phenomenon.
Use systems thinking look at the issue of Chen, Chen may suspend the current job, take the time to upgrade their skills, work skills to enhance the efficiency of natural coming up, after the completion of the remaining time to continue to enhance the ability, capacity building will enhance the work efficiency, such forward-cycle capabilities let Zhang is growing.
This case is typical of a fundamental mode of our growth limit, the more efforts to grow the loop, the more likely it turned vicious cycle.
For the above cases, we sometimes do not want to face the reality of growth factors, affect the efficiency of their own skills is, only inhibition of growth factors get rid of in order to make this loop faster rotation and enhance a virtuous circle.
Whether it is personal or business managers or business owners, as well as in our personal business enterprise operations, will again appear to inhibit the growth of a loop the loop once and mutual restraint systems thinking can help us make better decisions to find the road of least resistance.
-----陈思杰 系统思考：第五项修炼讲师及顾问