Everyone else is making progress, but you are stagnating —— Some thoughts on reading The Smarty-pants Thermometer

The thermometer is always at home. It thinks that only it knows the change of temperature, and others have to follow its instructions.

One day in early spring, it was very cold. The thermometer saw a little yellow duck, preparing to swim in the water. It shouted, "You idiot, the water is even colder in such a cold day." Be sure to ask me if the temperature is right before going into the water in the future. "

"You hide in the house all day, where do you know the temperature in the water?" The little yellow duck said, "When it is cold, the temperature in the water is higher than that on the ground, because the water is not easy to dissipate heat."

Hearing this, the thermometer stopped making sound. The next day, he saw a chicken fly to a big tree and shouted, "Fool, it's so cold. Isn't it even colder when the wind is strong above the tree?" Come down quickly, or you'll catch a cold. Wait until summer, and then go up to enjoy the cool. "

"You don't understand this," said the chicken with a smile. "You stay in the house all day, you don't know the temperature change outside. When it is cold, the ground temperature is the lowest, and the temperature in trees and water is higher than the ground, so it is warmer. People often say,' When the chicken is cold, it will climb the tree, and when the duck is cold, it will go into the water.' This is the reason. In summer, the temperature on the tree is higher than that on the ground, and only a fool will climb the tree to enjoy the cool! "

The thermometer is silent.

Zhao Kuo, an armchair strategist, is a well-known figure, because he only talks about theory, has no practical experience in directing wars, and will not apply theory to practice, which will not only harm himself, but also the whole army.

The thermometer is enthusiastic and confident. It believes that only one person knows the weather changes, and everyone else has to listen to it. People who don't listen will regret it and do something wrong.

Have you ever met such an enthusiastic person in your life? When you want to do something, they will jump out to give you enthusiastic advice and teach you how to do it with their backward experience and outdated knowledge. If you don't do this, you will suffer losses, make mistakes and go the wrong way. ...

What should we do in the face of such enthusiastic people? Should I refuse his kindness after thanking him, or just point out his mistakes like the chicken and the little yellow duck in the story?

There is no doubt that the thermometer makes sense in theory, yes, but don't forget that practice comes from life. For example, some researchers can't succeed if they blindly follow the book theory divorced from reality. The set of things he meditated in the room, experienced farmers, practitioners who love and care about life, have long understood and are simple and applicable.

The result of standing still is: everyone else is making progress, but you stick to the old theory of the past and make no progress, but you don't know it yet.

Get out of the narrow world of self and observe and understand life; To learn, to feel and to know the world; Don't live in the glory and aura of the past, make progress and grow; There is no end to learning, whether it is the study of books or the study of life, it is an essential study of life!