Wild horse effect
Principle: There is a vampire bat on the African grassland, which often bites on the legs of wild horses to suck blood. Many wild horses will die after sucking blood. Zoologists say: Bats suck very little blood, which is far from enough to kill them. The real cause of death of these wild horses is rage and running.
Revelation: Be furious because of trivial matters, and just punish yourself with other people's mistakes; People who know how to manage their emotions are wise.
Examples in life: mistakes, after quarreling with your partner, you have been trapped in emotions, angry and wronged. Correct. After quarreling with your partner, get out of the emotional whirlpool in time and solve the problem rationally. Don't let 10% in your life be uncontrollable and ruin 90% of your controllable life.
flywheel effect
Principle: In order to make the stationary flywheel rotate, you must first push it round and round with great force. At the critical point, the flywheel will turn faster and faster, and it doesn't take much effort to turn by inertia.
Revelation: At the beginning of anything, we have to work hard to make it turn smoothly. Once we embark on the fast lane of steady development, everything will be fine.
Example in life: X runs 5km for fitness, and it feels so hard to run for two days. I want to run 5km fitness for my life, and I have been gritting my teeth for a month, and I feel relaxed. Keep doing it, work hard, and the light is ahead!
Candy effect
Principle: Psychologists test whether a group of 4-year-old children can stick to eating sugar after 20 minutes. After decades of follow-up research, it is found that children who persist in completing 20 minutes are more likely to succeed in their careers.
Revelation: take a long-term view and don't be eager for quick success; Learn self-control and cultivate self-control; Be patient and learn to delay satisfaction.
Examples in life: mistakes, studying for half an hour, playing mobile phone for 5 minutes, it is difficult to get into the state. Correct. Study 1 hour and play mobile phone 15 minutes, and the learning effect will be better. Reject instant happiness and learn to delay satisfaction.
Grandma Moses effect
Principle: Moses was born on a farm in new york and got married at the age of 27. Since then, housework and farm work have occupied her whole life. At the age of 73, because of an accident, she picked up a brush and began the second half of her life as a painter legend.
Revelation: Age is not the threshold of dreaming. As long as you love life, age is not a problem. Don't set limits on your life. As long as you want to do it, everything is within reach.
Example in life: Yes, there are some things I really want to do. I always use age or other as an excuse for laziness. If you are wrong, do what you want at once, without internal friction, and tap your potential. The best time to plant a tree is ten years ago, followed by now.
Caterpillar effect
Principle: put the caterpillar on the edge of the flowerpot, so that it is connected with the first place. Scatter some pine leaves not far from the flowerpot. The caterpillar circled around the flowerpot day and night, and finally died of hunger and fatigue.
Enlightenment: If we just step by step in our work and life, without considering the changes in the external environment and taking the initiative to think, we will be like caterpillars, and even if we try harder, we will eventually fail.
Example in life: this matter has been done in the past, but it can't be done. If you can't do it, try another method. I didn't expect the effect to be much better. Don't blindly follow, it may be better to think from another angle.
Spotlight effect
Principle: It means that we always inadvertently enlarge our problems, and when we feel that we are making a fool of ourselves, someone is paying attention to us, as if we have become the focus of the crowd for people to watch.
Revelation: never overestimate yourself, in fact, you are not that important; The more you care about others, the easier it is to suffer internal friction; Accept your imperfections and find inner peace.
Example in life: It's embarrassing. They must be laughing at me. Who do you love? Anyway, I'm not embarrassed. It's others who are embarrassed. A four-word spell: "None of your business" and "None of my business".
Festinger's law
Principle: 10% of life is made up of what happened to you, and the other 90% is determined by your reaction to what happened, so we can't decide 10% of life, and we can control 90%.
Enlightenment: We can't decide the occurrence of some things, but we can decide the attitude towards it, keep a good attitude to face it, and solve problems if there are any, so as to maintain a good state of the day.
Example in life: Being late due to objective factors affected the morning work. Being late cannot be changed. Handle other work well and avoid more mistakes. Your attitude determines whether things happen well or not.
Melon seed effect
Principle: When you are eating melon seeds, once you start, you will finish eating them. Even if you just want to eat one, you can't help eating it. This is timely satisfaction.
Revelation: A big goal is broken down into many small and easy goals. Complete a small goal at a time, give yourself positive feedback and reward yourself. Clear long-term goals, constantly affirm your efforts, and stay away from the "melon seeds" of "eating, drinking and having fun".
Example in life: If you want to get into the habit of reading, ask yourself to read a book every two days. When you start reading, you can ask yourself to read for half an hour every day, which is easy to finish. Low-level happiness is indulgence, and high-level happiness depends on self-discipline!