Everyone else is making progress, but you are stuck in your ways - Thoughts after reading "The Smart Thermometer"
A thermometer stays in the house all the time. It thinks that only it knows the changes in temperature, and others have to act according to its instructions.
One day in early spring, the weather was very cold. The thermometer saw a little yellow duck and was about to swim in the water. He shouted loudly: "You fool, if you go into the water in such a cold weather, it will be even worse." Is it cold? You must ask me whether the temperature is suitable before going into the water. "How do you know the temperature of the water when you hide in the house all day?" When it's cold, because water doesn't dissipate heat easily, the temperature in the water is higher than the ground temperature. "
The thermometer listened and stopped making any sound. The next day, he saw a chicken flying to a big tree again, and shouted loudly: "Fool, it's so cold, wouldn't it be even colder if there was a strong wind on the tree? Come down quickly, be careful of catching a cold. When summer comes, You go up to enjoy the cool air."
"You don't understand," Chicken said with a smile, "You stay in the house all day long, how do you know the temperature outside when it's cold? It is the lowest. The temperature in the trees and in the water is higher than that on the ground, which means it is warmer. People often say that "chickens go up to the trees when it's cold, and ducks go down to the water when it's cold". This is the truth. In summer, the temperature on the trees is the opposite. Higher than the ground, only fools would climb trees to enjoy the shade in summer! "
The thermometer was speechless.
Zhao Kuo is a well-known figure who talks about military affairs on paper, because he can only talk about theory and has no actual experience in commanding wars. He cannot connect theory to practice and learn and apply it. Therefore, he not only harms himself. , and also harmed the entire army.
The thermometer is very enthusiastic and confident. It believes that only it knows the changes in the weather, and everyone else has to listen to it. If they don’t listen to it, they will regret it or do something wrong.
Have you ever met such an enthusiastic person in your life? When you want to do something, they will jump out and enthusiastically guide you, using their backward experience and outdated knowledge to enthusiastically teach you how to do it. If you don't do this, you will suffer a loss and make mistakes. You will take the wrong path...
What should we do in the face of such enthusiastic people? Should I express my gratitude and decline his kindness, or should I point out his mistake directly like the chicken and the duck in the story?
There is no doubt that in theory, what the thermometer says makes sense, yes, but don’t forget that practice comes from life. Like some researchers who are divorced from reality and blindly follow book theories to conduct research, but they cannot succeed. The things they meditate in a room have been understood by experienced farmers and practitioners who love life and care about life. , and it’s simple and applicable.
The result of being stubborn is: others are making progress, but you stick to the old set of theories in the past and make no progress, and you are still standing still without knowing it.
Come out of your own narrow world, observe and understand life; learn, comprehend and understand the world; do not live in the honor and halo of the past, make progress and grow; learn There is no limit to the sea, whether it is book learning or life learning, it is essential learning in life!