Most book reviews have to mention a viewpoint "Scarcity Mental Model", which means that when a person is particularly scarce of a certain resource, he will devote his energy to obtaining this scarce resource to the maximum extent, and will not have leisure energy to pay attention to more important things, so that he will fall into a vicious circle. The scarcer he is, the more he values it. The scarcer he is, the more he values it.
Many interesting ideas of the author and book review readers combined with my own life also gave me some enlightenment.
I get information through the internet, which can be traced back to my college days. At that time, Nokia ruled the world, and Mr. Joe had just returned to Apple to make mp3 players. There is no WeChat, no Weibo, but all the information I got from the world connected through the computer Internet shocked me. Today, the smart phone that never leaves, the WeChat Weibo that is constantly refreshed, seem to be in the ocean of information, and the omnipotent Baidu and omnipotent Taobao in Weibo seem to be able to get what they want at the touch of a hand, but is this really the case?
So in fact, information overload refers to total overload, but the "effective information" we really need is still very scarce. Moreover, overloaded information is an obstacle for us to find "effective information".
Back to the management of people's energy, even if we have a lot of time and energy, if we assign too many urgent but unimportant tasks, it will eventually hinder the "effective tasks" that affect our lives, and this obstacle will also cause a vicious circle and make people fall into it.
In fact, I am also looking for a good way to eliminate the overload of useless information. I think the focus is still on control. For example, my circle of friends will directly block the information of some online friends, and the way to keep healthy by often forwarding chicken soup for the soul will also be blocked. It's not that I don't respect them, but because I think the circle of friends is a social tool for interaction between friends. I really don't know how to care about and interact with these friends, so I will block it. In Weibo, I always pay attention to some accounts related to my position or interests, which is a channel for me to obtain "effective information".
But even so, I still have to control myself from brushing these social software less. These softwares have a terrible harm. It not only takes up your fragmentation time, but also cuts the rest of your time into pieces until you feel that time is not enough.
The author thinks it is harmful, and I also think it is harmful most of the time through my own practice. When we are particularly busy, we always want to make good use of every minute and think that it is more efficient to handle many things at the same time. In an ideal state, yes, but the problem is that there is no ideal state. Will staying up late make your work better? Does talking about business while thinking about the plan make you deal with two things more efficiently? The answer is often no.
I forgot to read a case in that book. The customer service of London Railway Station receives thousands of consultations a day, but they seldom make mistakes in this tiring work, because they never receive multiple consultations at the same time. They always listen to one person's consultation wholeheartedly, and only listen to the second person's consultation after solving one person's consultation.
Single-line task does not mean inefficiency. My own practice shows that focusing on single-line tasks at a fixed time can make me more focused, and more focus means better completion.
Therefore, it may be more efficient to arrange time and tasks in a planned way than to carry out multi-line tasks when they are about to expire.
This is right in my heart. I heard that Virgo is the most terrible perfectionist, which I think is unscientific. If applied to me, I think Taurus is the most terrible perfectionist.
If a thing can be done ten points, most people will do it when there are six points, and I will only do it when I am sure that I can do it ten points, otherwise I would rather not do it-as a result, I have become a serious procrastinator.
Some readers have mentioned that people who are most likely to fall into the scarcity trap in scarcity are often those who are always using optimization to guide themselves.
Optimization means a perfect plan, and the best plan is often the most difficult to implement. Once the plan is disrupted due to poor implementation, it will cause anxiety and tension, which will easily lead people to give up the plan with full negative energy, and then consider a more perfect plan to make up for it, and then fall into an endless cycle.
Yes, I am such a person, and I have a deep understanding of this. At present, there is a strong prescription for treatment, welcome your advice.
The method proposed by the author is to leave a "fault-tolerant space", which ... I also know that it is still difficult to implement, and it is also sick to always think about doing it well.
There is an interesting point in the book review. He believes that the deep-seated reasons for scarcity are summed up in two points: mentality and starting point.
The mentality is really interesting. It has a great influence on things, but it is uncontrollable. There are many factors that affect the mentality. This is also a great influence factor on the differences between people. When faced with pressure or challenge, different mentality may lead to completely different results. I don't know what kind of mentality is a good mentality, but I think it may be a worthwhile way to find a way to change our mentality when we are in trouble.
The starting point refers to the resources we have when facing the same problem. If we have less resources when the problem comes, then we are more likely to fall into a vicious circle of lack of resources. The solution is naturally to master as many resources as possible before the problem arises. This is also a question worth thinking about. It is actually necessary to keep appropriate resources "idle". Don't think this is a waste. This is to ensure that when problems arise, we have appropriate leeway.
In fact, it is still a problem of energy distribution. Try to allocate your energy to something with more future return value, instead of just focusing on solving urgent things, and constantly adjust and solve important things, and you may jump out of the trap.