自我提升|将日记作为解决问题的工具(2)
So instead of thinking things through in my head, I tackle those big, hairy problems by writing them through. Thinking can often become circular, and our brains have a tendency to overgeneralize; i.e. we’re always looking to simplify things by classifying them according to patterns. However, sometimes it’s important to consider the raw facts of a problem without trying to prematurely pattern-match it to a previous problem we’ve already solved. For example, if you run your own business and experience a temporary sales drop, which happens to be a problem you experienced and overcame once before, you may still need to consider the possibility that this sales drop has a unique cause and cannot be overcome by re-applying the previous solution.
因此,我没有在脑海中思考问题,而是通过写下思路来解决这些大问题。思考经常会兜圈子,我们的大脑倾向于过度概括; 即我们总是希望通过根据模式对事物进行分类来简化事物。然而,有时,重要的是要考虑问题的原始事实,而不是试图过早地将其与我们已经解决的先前问题进行模式匹配。例如,如果您经营自己的业务并遇到暂时的销售下降,这恰好是您之前遇到的问题并且曾经克服过一次,您可能仍需要考虑此销售下降具有独特原因的可能性,而不是套用以前的解决方案。