In reality, you will find that the more successful people are, the more interested they are in Feng Shui and the more convinced they are.
In business circles, such as Ma Yun, Li Ka-shing, Zong and others all believe it.
Champion joe louis must wear a left-handed condom before the competition. In cazorla, Spain, he must step on the court with his right foot, while Delared is his left foot, so he can't step on the line. NBA star Kidd must touch his ass, lick his fingers and compete with the basket when making free throws, so that he can rest assured of making free throws. ...
Second, what is superstition
Superstition refers to people's obsession with things, a state of trust and confusion.
Self-confidence itself is a kind of enthusiasm, and self-confidence is a positive attitude in self-evaluation. .
Third, why are people superstitious?
Commercial competition is a highly complex and uncertain game environment. When starting a business, you actually put yourself in an endless, complex and uncertain game environment. Any change in business, and other changes caused by it, are incalculable and unpredictable. If competitors get ahead at a convenient time, we may panic, the variables are increasing and the geometric multiples are increasing. Then in the implementation of the company, the action may become more and more out of shape.
What do you need most at this time? It is to roll up your sleeves and work hard, not to be paranoid. You need something to stop cognitive complexity, and the most cost-effective tool is superstition.
For example, let me walk on a cliff. The road is about two meters wide and there are cliffs on both sides. Dare I go? Dare not. Actually, you think, if you draw me a two-meter wide passage on the flat ground, I can walk there without any problem. But if there are cliffs on both sides of the passage, it will not affect the road itself, nor my walking ability, but my cognition. My cognition will have a lot of complexity and entropy increase. What is stuck in my mind is not how to walk, but what to do if I fall. Too many ideas. Then there is no way out.
What should I do at this time? Add fences on both sides. In fact, I don't need to hold the two-meter wide road and fence. It didn't play any practical role in supporting me to go there. Just drew a boundary for my cognition. With this boundary, my cognitive complexity is greatly reduced. I'm not afraid, I will walk steadily.
Think about it. If I didn't help this fence, how would I know it existed? It may be weak, like paper, or even not a video image at all. To me, it's just a scam. But it doesn't matter, the effect is the same. As long as I think it's true, I can be saved from the complexity of Wang Yang sea. Isn't this superstition?
Not because it is effective, it is true, but because of its existence, it has helped me shield the complexity in my action scene, and it has helped me. This is the answer to the topic we are discussing today-the role of superstition.
Don't think this is a special case.
Broadly speaking, without this superstitious ability, we can't live and work in modern society.
For example. You go out to attend a meeting today. An ordinary action, right? Well, if you want to have this meeting calmly, you actually need to have a lot of superstitions.
For example, if you want to believe that it is enough to go out half an hour in advance, you will definitely get a taxi, or the subway bus will be on time. You should believe that the road is normal. You should also believe that most people in the meeting have your good luck, have a car, have normal road conditions and can get to the meeting in time. You should also believe that there is water, electricity and wifi in the venue. Wait a minute.
Do you really know that they can't make mistakes? You don't really know. There is no evidence, and there have been many counterexamples in history, such as traffic jams and taxis, but you believe it. Isn't this superstition?
Yes, living in a modern city, we just live in great complexity. You can successfully hold a simple meeting, and the system complexity behind it is enormous. However, it would be crazy for us humans not to live in such great complexity. We must rely on some unreasonable beliefs to shield these complexities. This is superstition.
Religion is ubiquitous even in modern society, even among people who claim to be scientific and rational. Think about it, thousands of people work in a skyscraper every day. Everyone believes that the building will not collapse, the facilities on each floor are normal and running in order, and thousands of people in the building are in normal spirits and will not attack each other. In fact, this can't rely on any evidence, but on unreasonable beliefs.
From a big perspective, all the prosperity of human society is achieved through division of labor, and division of labor means trust in others. This kind of trust is often unverifiable, and it is likely to collapse once it collapses. However, without this superstitious belief, people will easily fall into endless doubt and consumption, resulting in what we call a complex disaster today.
Let's turn to the personal situation and see the role of this superstition.
In the past, we thought that only by improving our cognitive ability could we grasp the complexity. For example, if you are a financial investor, you must know more and see the dimensions of facts and variables before you can do it well.
But in fact, there is another way of thinking in reality, that is, relying on some unreasonable beliefs to narrow one's cognition and action in a narrow channel.
For example, if a writer insists on writing all the year round, he must believe that the more he writes, the better he writes. Sooner or later, readers and the market will treat him fairly, give him the rewards and honors he deserves, and even win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Is it true?/You don't say. That's not true. A writer actually lives in a very complicated environment. The theme of his works, the trend of the market, the operation ability of the publishing house, the performance of similar works and the mood of the judges will all affect his final result. But the problem is that if he really wants to grasp this complexity, no matter how his cognition is upgraded, he can't grasp it and can't do anything.
So you will find that anyone who has achieved something actually has a characteristic, that is, he believes that his efforts can be related to a certain result. He drew a narrow causal path from his efforts to the results that did not actually exist. He used this belief to shield the complexity trap. This is a superstition that we all need.
Fourth, what should be done?
Cognitive complexity is unavoidable.
There are two ways to cope: one is to upgrade cognition and grasp it with wisdom; The second is just the opposite, cognitive narrowness, which is shielded by a superstition.
So in this world, cattle people and fools have their own blessings and opportunities, that's all. Just choose a strategy that suits you to deal with the immeasurable uncertainty in the real world.
References for this article:
Lao Liang's worldview
Luo Zhenyu.
Xinhua dictionary
The road to Bofanri