“Who Touched My Cheese”: Really strong people have “dynamic thinking”
The weight of a drop of water is about 50 times that of a mosquito. Do you know why mosquitoes are not killed by raindrops when it rains?
A doctor from MIT used a high-speed camera to film the scene of mosquitoes escaping in the rain:
If a drop of rain hits one side of the mosquito’s wing hard, it will tilt 50 degrees to the hit side, allowing the raindrop to slide down the wing.
If it hits the body, the mosquito will not resist, but will quickly fall to the ground together with the raindrops.
At the same time, look for the opportunity to separate sideways from the raindrops, then fly straight to save your life.
No matter how heavy the raindrops are, mosquitoes can escape. Because it changes as the surrounding environment changes, this thinking is dynamic.
I have heard a saying: “The biggest constant in life is constant change.” In life, if you allow yourself to think dynamically, you will have more choices.
In the fairy tale “Who Moved My Cheese”, the story of two dwarfs humming and chirping, two mice sniffing and hurriedly searching for cheese in the maze, describes the survival rules for adults:
The real job is to keep changing yourself.
If you are also worried about life, you might as well read this book and find a new way out.
No job, just an iron rice bowl
The dwarfs Hem and Haw have no fixed source of food, so they can only go to the maze to find cheese to satisfy their hunger. Fortunately, they soon found Cheese Station C at the end of the corridor.
The two little guys were very excited and rushed to their destination for a delicious meal every morning.
There was a lot of cheese here. Slowly, Heng Heng and Chirp stopped running so hard. They got up later every day and walked slowly to eat.
They think, the cheese is there anyway, why bother putting themselves through as hard as they did in the beginning?
From then on, as soon as they arrived at Station C every day, Heng Heng and Haw took off their sportswear and running shoes, put on slippers, and enjoyed the delicious food.
They naively thought that they were guaranteed for the rest of their lives and that the cheese here was enough for them to last a lifetime.
They even moved their home nearby to eat cheese more conveniently and often held parties with friends.
What they don’t know is that the surrounding environment is quietly changing.
At Cheese Station C, they are not the only ones who come to eat the delicacies, but there are also others. The stock is decreasing little by little, and they will soon lose their food source.
Sure enough, when the day came, the cheese was gone.
The terrified grunt roared at the top of his lungs: “Who touched my cheese?”
Because they were unprepared, what awaited them was endless despair.
In life, pay attention and observe, examples like this are very common:
I was admitted to a company, thinking that I would be able to sit back and relax from now on, but in my middle age I encountered layoffs;
Once you get married, you think you will be with your partner until old age, but in the end it is all in vain;
Playmates who had known each other since childhood thought they would support each other, but they broke up while walking.
No job can last a lifetime; no life can last forever.
It’s just that we want stability so much that we ignore change.
In reality, many people are trapped in life and miserable, but they still convince themselves over and over again to get by.
However, just like the cheese will always run out if we settle for the status quo, we will not make things better but will make the situation more passive.
Real stability is not a job or a stable life, but a state.
No matter how many ups and downs there are in life, we have the power to turn things around.
Your ability is your confidence
The terrain in the maze is complex, and getting lost is common.
The little mouse sniffed in a hurry. Due to a lack of ability at first, it took a long time to find Cheese Station C.
There are many delicacies at Cheese Station C, and they dare not completely relax their vigilance.
Because of careful observation, the two little mice quickly discovered the clue: the cheese was gradually decreasing.
To this end, they continue to plan.
To respond to changes immediately, they hang their shoes around their necks so that they can run at any time.
After the cheese disappeared, they were well prepared and did not complain about the unfairness of life. Instead, they responded quickly and went deeper into the maze to find new resources.
After surviving the difficult days and holding on until hope comes, they are constantly transforming.
Finally one day, they walked to a new area in the maze and were surprised to find a lot of fresh cheese there.
During this process, the little mouse became more sensitive to environmental changes, and its skills also improved step by step.
In life, we may be like them. We have no irreplaceable skills at the beginning and are destined to make a living in ordinary positions.
However, being ordinary does not mean there is no way out.
If you’re stuck in the past way of thinking, your ability to survive can become a hindrance that defeats you.
We have to jump out of the existing experience, get rid of path thinking, develop a pair of eyes to discover opportunities and make corresponding preparations so that we can seize good opportunities at any time.
As Kazuo Inamori said: “Even if it is something that I can’t do, it is because I can’t do it now, but I will be able to do it in the future. It’s important to think in the future continuous tense.”
No one is omnipotent from the beginning.
When we are still weak, when faced with obstacles, we may only cry. However, as our abilities accumulate, we can overcome obstacles through continuous practice.
Each stage is not enough to represent a person’s life, because no matter how late it starts, there is hope.
If you are excellent, go see the scenery further away; if you are still ordinary, start working hard from now on and accumulate energy for tomorrow.
In the second half, use “fickleness” to cope with impermanence
After Cheese disappeared, Haw was also shocked and painful.
At first, he and Heng Heng beat their chests together, complaining about the unfairness of fate, hoping that the lost cheese would be returned.
However, all that awaited them was disappointment.
Life has to go on. He wants to change and asks his companions to start over.
As a result, because of the fear of getting lost and the unknown, he was persuaded by Heng Heng to stay where he was again and wait and see.
As time went by, hunger and anxiety tormented them.
Haw understands that change is inevitable. He once again persuades his companions, but Heng Heng roars angrily.
In desperation, he took out his sports equipment and wrote inspirational quotes to motivate himself: “If you don’t change, you will be eliminated.”
Chirp took a deep breath, said goodbye to Hem without hesitation, and began to struggle to survive.
Although he achieved nothing for a long time, Jiji did not get discouraged. Even after repeated setbacks, he did not give up. Instead, he kept adjusting his mentality.
He realized in action: “As long as you are prepared, change will not panic you.”
Finally, Jiji went through a lot of hard work and found Cheese Station N.
He no longer indulges in the happiness in front of him as he did in the past, but instead prepares for changes every day: he takes off his shoes, ties the laces
Be prepared and you will no longer be confused about the future.
In the beginning, Chirping was not the same as before. We were depressed about life and knew that the work in hand was in jeopardy, but we did not dare to change because of unknown difficulties.
As everyone knows, when the times are about to eliminate someone, they won’t even say hello.
Many times, the faster you adapt to changes, the more stable your job will be.
“Evolutionary thinking means accepting that the world is constantly evolving and forcing yourself to evolve together.”
Times are changing, and if we remain unchanged, we can only be abandoned.
Life is a superimposed arena. We participate in the competition actively or passively. Only by adjusting our mentality and taking the first step can the unknown world no longer become unfamiliar.
Looking for a new way out in the ever-changing world, all the imitations in the past can be found.
“There is no sudden change in anything in the world. Only when we are not wise enough will we see that something is sudden. There is an antecedent lurking there.”
This is true not only of work but of everything.
It can be as small as a mobile phone screen suddenly breaking, or as big as a relationship falling apart, everyone should follow this rule. Every fact in life is foreshadowed from the beginning.
Those who seek change will always be strong, and those who are fickle will remain stable.
Life is like chess, you need to plan and plan the game well, take one step, watch two steps, and think three steps.
The more difficult you are to replace your skills, the more stable your job will be;
Renew yourself and become outstanding, and opportunities will come your way;
If you practice your mentality and keep up with changes, you will not be afraid of changes.
Many times, the core of the so-called stability is not stability for a lifetime, but no matter how unpredictable our destiny is, we can upgrade ourselves, keep up with the changes of the times, and have core competitiveness.
May we not be afraid of the changes of time, feel the passion of steering the ship in the wind, and enjoy the tears in our eyes that our efforts will eventually be rewarded.
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