Breakthrough point of self-discipline related concepts

The breaking point is the key point to shake the overall situation in one fell swoop, thus realizing the growth rate of 10 times.

Grove put forward the concept of breaking point in Only Paranoia Can Survive.

The turning point has two key elements:

The first is the key point to incite the overall situation.

Second, it has achieved a growth rate of 10 times.

The turning point of life has two characteristics:

First, it should be simple, so that it can be copied on a large scale;

Second, we must have the potential to build a system to prevent being copied by others.

Mother's breakdown point:

A foreign mother held a photo exhibition, which caused quite a stir. The theme of the photography exhibition is very common, but the photographer is shooting the daily life of his children, and there is nothing clever about photography technology. But there are still many people rushing to town to have a look.

So, where is the magic? The secret is that the mother took a photo of her every day from the birth of the child to the child's adulthood, and never missed a day. Therefore, even if every photo is so ordinary, it is really shocking to string together thousands and nearly ten thousand photos.

This mom, it's easy to see every little move. Maybe amateur photographers don't shoot well, but the "photo exhibition" put together will have an effect beyond the whole, which is the "breakthrough point" of this mother.

How to find the breakthrough point in our life?

For example, there are two kinds of people in this world who want to get rich:

1. One is the first prize, and you will get rich once in your life;

2. There is another one. I just wanted to win a small prize of 100, but I found the pattern and then I bought it again and again. I win 100 yuan many times and win every day.

Buffett made an analogy between these two ideas in a sentence, which is very appropriate. The first person who wants to win the grand prize is "trying to cross the seven-foot railing"; The second one is willing to win a small prize every day, which is equivalent to "crossing a foot-high railing."

Let's compare these two methods:

Method 1: Step over a 7-foot-high railing.

This is probably a learning method suitable for extremely talented people, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Bill Gates. They can learn quickly and switch freely between different subjects. Unfortunately, for most people, adopting this method is extremely risky and difficult to replicate.

Method 2: Cross the railing 1 ft high.

In other words, find "simple actions" that can be repeated. For most ordinary people, the probability of success is far greater than the first method. If you find this method, you only need to repeat and persist, and you will get unexpected returns.

How does Buffett choose?

Buffett said: "The reason why we are very successful in investment is that we concentrate on finding 65,438+0-foot-high railings that we can easily cross and avoid those 7-foot-high railings that we can't cross."

There is also a subtext in this sentence: you must find those railings 1 foot high that can be copied on a large scale, or it will be too hard to find them one by one.

Therefore, our problem is not to do a great thing well, but to find a bunch of repeatable little things.

How to achieve this? You need to do three things:

First, seize the opportunity. You can choose where you are, but you can't choose the times. So it is very important to do the right thing at the right time and seize the opportunity of the times.

Second, rely on endowment. What is endowment? It means talent and the resources you already have. For example, Zhang Yong in Haidilao was endowed with "knowing and doing service" to build a cultural system.

Third, form a major. It is not enough to have the above, it needs to be constantly improved and polished, and then form its own professional moat.