Enjoy the uncertainty! I have gained a lot!

This week's theme is to find the root of our vacillation. In my opinion, the reason may be that we are too obsessed with certainty! But did not enjoy the benefits of uncertainty!

In life, we generally pay more attention to certainty. Think about our parents. Before we graduated from college or even high school, they began to prepare us for a life full of certainty:

Find a stable job, state-owned enterprises, institutions, civil servants, teachers, etc. The goal is one, this job is not low salary, good welfare, five insurances and one gold; Find another good girl with good looks, good figure, suitable family, good personality and good reputation; They have a big fat man together, who lives in the wedding room prepared by his parents, preferably not far from his parents' home, and even the children need their parents' help. ......

Most importantly, you can see the end at a glance. I can even see the days of walking this way, sitting in the small park downstairs, drinking tea, chatting, playing cards and smoking with my old colleagues.

In life, we also tend to pursue certainty. I remember losing my pen recently. I spent a full twenty dollars on a one-meter fountain pen. I always liked it, but it just disappeared. I don't know who took it and didn't give it back to me. This uncertainty has brought me serious anxiety. As long as I think that this pen is missing, I will be particularly sad! The same is true of other things. Instinctively, we will try to find certainty, because the risks brought by uncertainty will make us very scared and disgusted!

And this instinct for certainty will increase our resistance in some very important ways!

For example, the problem of losing weight, which everyone is basically concerned about, is often our biggest concern-is it useful? Is this method good? However, before this method is applied to yourself, it is difficult to determine whether it will be effective!

Because everyone's physique is different, some methods are good for this person, but you just can't use them, which is completely meaningless! (Unless the technology develops in the future, it is really possible to measure data and analyze what methods are suitable for what kind of people, but I feel that day is quite far away. )

So, if you don't really try, how do you know if it works? You don't even know why it works and why it doesn't. This suddenly reminds me of a well-known method in the internet world-MVP, which minimizes feasible products. If a product is good or not, you need to be an MVP and try it first. Similarly, whether a method is useful to you requires you to really try it. If you choose not to try because of his uncertainty, then you never know what the result will be.

The biggest gain from enjoying uncertainty is in reading and studying.

After watching 15' s New Year's speech by Moro Pang and being successfully brainwashed, I began to learn to update myself. I even gave up the opportunity of graduation internship, and stayed at home next semester in my senior year, studying, reading, reading!

Some people may wonder, what are you doing this for? I'm graduating soon, so why don't you go to the internship to find a job? What will you do after graduation? Why don't you find it quickly? Don't work hard to make money?

This is the problem. First of all, I didn't know what I wanted to do. Although I majored in choreography, I have no strong desire to be a real choreographer. I didn't want to find an internship in a TV station, nor did I want to be an assistant in a film and television company. So, what do I want? For me at that time, it was-I don't know!

I think this is a question that many graduates and even many people who have worked for many years can't answer. So I don't want to look for a job first, then look for it in the process of work, and then think about what I really want, just like them.

Because, what do I want to do in my life? Good one! What! What! An important question! Just like an article I wrote two days ago, "What do you live for?" I won't be happy if I can't think clearly about this problem.

I think this is one of the most serious problems under the current education system in China. I taught a lot of knowledge at school and a lot of skills at university, but no one taught me how to think, what I want to do and what I want to be.

So, since no one taught me, what should I do? My method at that time was to lengthen the time first First of all, I must realize that this problem cannot be understood in a short time! However, you can't stop thinking just because you don't understand it in a short time! (Many people may not even think about it, because they don't understand it in a short time! Then, we should cultivate our patience and study. Of course, I'm not talking about specialized courses in universities. But the so-called-reading miscellaneous books.

After reading the new year's speech, I began to buy books and take online classes (Chaos University), and began to understand many fields and knowledge that I had never thought of before. First, I must buy some books that I am particularly interested in, and then I will spread them abroad. Reading books is becoming more and more complicated and chaotic. This absolute uncertainty has brought me great gains!

Because I began to have my own complete world outlook and values, I found many connections in various unrelated fields, and many reasons came down in one continuous line. At the same time, I really began to enjoy reading and learning, and really turned it into my own habit, a habit of feeling sorry for myself and uncomfortable even if I didn't do it for a day!

At the same time, great changes have taken place in my brain. How do you think I know? I don't know, but I can feel that when I think about a problem, I am very different from before. I can think of many aspects and think more deeply about a problem. At the same time, when communicating with others, my parents and classmates are saying that it seems that I am a different person, which is very different from my previous feelings. In a better direction, of course. At the same time, I have some ideas about the future: what kind of things I want to do and what kind of people I want to be. Although I dare not say that I have thought it over, at least I am not so confused.

Enjoy the uncertainty of reading and learning, and let me have a more definite direction for my future!

I saw a sentence that I like very much today:

People don't want to buy content, but people are willing to buy services. -And vegetable heads.

Why am I willing to spend almost all the tens of thousands of dollars I earned before the live broadcast on learning behaviors such as buying books, taking online classes and subscribing? Because I didn't buy content, I bought service! What I want is knowledge, useful knowledge! Speaking of this, many people may say: useful knowledge is dry goods, right? Never cook chicken soup for the soul or useless knowledge, right?

No! All wet! Why is everyone shouting now, we want dry goods! We don't want parallel imports! Because people's purpose is very clear, I want certain results, and I need this knowledge to come in handy immediately! If you can't use it immediately, it's not dry goods! However, I think that some knowledge, although not immediately available, serves our brains and makes our thinking clearer, more comprehensive and deeper. It can even be said that its service can finally be applied to almost anything, which is the biggest dry goods! However, most people often fail to see this because of their excessive pursuit of certainty.

The content is free to share, but the service is valuable!

Try to do something worth 1000 yuan today! I shared my thoughts and ideas with the actors in our drama club, and arranged detailed rules and regulations for them to update themselves and iterate with me! Improve their thinking quality with knowledge service and let them feel the value brought by uncertainty! I also hope that through my service, they can create greater value, and our drama club can go further and better and go further.

The following is my speech, which may be a bit long.

After the new year, let's sum up the experience and lessons of this period. As we all know, we have hardly arranged any performances during this period, and we have basically been preparing the jokes of Taobao project.

I think everyone can see that these jokes are much less difficult than our official performances, and they are relatively fun. Moreover, this is an urgent sketch made up by President Song within two days.

So since time is in such a hurry, why not use mature jokes and the play we are going to perform? I think you should be clear-headed. You can't arrange another week. Therefore, in order not to highlight the professional gap between us and others, the President had to play these simple jokes.

But what is the final effect? At least I admit, that night was the worst performance I have ever had. Even if I have already performed formally, will I still perform? I don't want to make excuses. Staying up late and being out of shape are no excuses. What I want is simple, that is, to finally present a result that we try our best.

But I didn't see it. I admit that when the video was recorded that night, everyone worked hard, worked hard, was United and was very pleased. However, why didn't you remember many points I emphasized repeatedly before? Do you feel embarrassed, especially when you video chicken dancing? Can't you really do a few simple moves well?

There is only one reason, too little practice!

I remember that Song and I were busy with other things, running back and forth so that you could practice your own dance. As a result, I almost always see you chatting and playing mobile phones. Ok, that's all right. I won't say a word as long as the video is good. But you all saw what happened that day, and you know how humiliating it is.

Do you know what the partners are most worried about? What they want is Song Chenyi's jokes and their actors. Do you remember what a director said about you when he came to see us many years ago during training? Raw materials!

If we don't grow up as soon as possible, so many resources, so many projects and so many tour invitations of our drama club will be worthless! Even if I go, it will be a shame. If you don't get the one-year contract for this Taobao project, you should be very clear about the problem.

If you're thinking: then you don't need us. If it's a big deal, stop playing!

Then you can leave Chen Xing Drama Club now! We don't want such a person who gives up easily!

I admit, I am also a raw material! I'm not a acting major either! But my current thinking is: I must strive to improve myself, so that people who looked down on me can see how far I can grow in Ma Chong! How awesome can it be! That's why I write articles every day, reflect on myself and force myself to grow. Even on the day of staying up late for video recording, even if I go there to edit, even on the night of live broadcast, I will insist on finishing writing before going to bed at three or four o'clock when I get home.

Do you know what Li did on Monday night? He first went back to the unit to pay for someone to help cover the shift, and then went back to the drama club to ask me to help analyze the characters. Just a few lines. He practiced there all night and asked me countless questions. I watched that similar video many times! Then I slept on the sofa in the dressing room all night.

You all know that he has no talent for acting, and his background may be the worst, but his attitude is what I want!

No one is born to perform! What happened to the raw materials? As long as you are willing to work hard and grow up every day, you will become a professional actor sooner or later!

Now, let me tell you something about my thoughts during this time. When I'm done, each of you will send me a red envelope.

Let me tell you a story first. Once upon a time, there was a man named Xiaoming. He walks on a fairly flat road, and there will be 100 yuan waiting for him every once in a while. He walks step by step every day and takes money step by step.

After a while, he felt that such a life was boring and nothing had changed. He doesn't want to live the same life every day.

At the same time, he learned that there is another road next to it, which is muddy and full of uncertainty, and unlike the original road, there is 100 yuan waiting for him at regular intervals. But he knows that at the end of that road, there may be endless wealth waiting for him. So he decided to give up the road now and take the muddy path instead.

But walking, he found that he underestimated the difficulty of this road, and he was tortured on this road. So he began to think, if I am still on that road, how many hundred dollars can I get now? Then he began to wonder whether to go back to the road. Do you want to stick to it or not? So, he kept this mentality and continued to walk.

The most terrible thing is that he thinks he is moving forward, but in fact he has been standing still, even farther away from the ultimate wealth.

Let me show you a video.

I think you should understand the purpose of telling this story and showing this video.

The two years you have studied here are not only zero income, but also free to look for a job outside. Which one can't make thousands of dollars? This is the opportunity cost you pay.

But you chose this place, and the most important thing you invested was not money and figures, but your two-year time and two-year attention. This is a person's most precious wealth.

Think about it, two years later, what kind of mentality will you have when you look at yourself now? What kind of mentality do you want to be at that time? Do you regret not studying hard at the beginning, or are you glad that you made the right choice, gained growth and realized your dream? Think about this problem. I don't need you to do anything for me. I need you to think about it. What do you want to do for yourself?

You don't need to think about how much our drama club will pay for you in the past two years, what rent and what teaching cost. All you have to think about is focusing on these precious two years. What is the picture? To get a WiFi for going all the way to the theater? Or talking to someone else? Or do you feel that after signing a two-year contract, you suddenly become a professional actor and can support yourself by performing? Sorry, we are not a magic school here. Signing a contract is just the beginning. Doesn't mean you can make a difference in two years. At most, it has changed a trajectory of your life. How far you can go depends on yourself.

I don't know if you have heard of the theory of deliberate practice. After scientific proof, everyone can become a master by turning more than 10 thousand hours of deliberate practice into a skill. However, it should be noted that this deliberate exercise is not a simple repetitive work. For example, if you sweep roads for 10,000 hours, collect garbage for 10,000 hours and move bricks for 10,000 hours, then after 10,000 hours, there is only one change-how old are you?

Therefore, if you want to practice a skill for 10,000 hours to reach a real professional level, what you need to pay is your most precious thing-all your attention!

Note, I'm talking about concentration, not fooling around with fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, but focusing all your attention on polishing this skill, so that you have the opportunity to reach a professional level, not only to support yourself with this skill, but also to live a good life.

Some time ago, I sent some articles in the group, saying a very simple truth, which is not a decisive advantage. What is more important to us? One is to do the right thing, and the other is to keep raising interest rates for you to do this right thing. Simply put, it is to accelerate.

Doing the right thing is easy to understand. If you do something wrong and your direction is the opposite, then the harder you work, the more wrong you are!

Let's focus on this interest rate, which is acceleration.

You learn acting later than those scientific performances, which you can't change. What you can change is your acceleration. When they are busy taking plays, making money, or even hidden rules, you keep polishing your acting skills and increasing your acceleration here, so one day, your professional ability will be higher than most people. Because when others are busy chopping wood, you are sharpening your knife seriously. It's like a person holding an ordinary knife to cut down a tree, but you took the time to sharpen a sharp knife, so once you start cutting down trees, it's only a matter of time before you surpass them, because you are growing.

The so-called growth is just "a little progress every day"-a little progress every week, 10 thousand times stronger than no progress, because there is still a "compound interest effect" behind it. This is a well-known secret, but it is also a "secret" that most people can't do anyway.

The world is everywhere:

The simplest things are often the hardest to do. ...

It is easy to make great progress one day, and it often happens; However, it is difficult to make a little progress every day, even every week, or every year. How many people today are exactly the same as many years ago! Except a few years older.

All "known secrets" are real secrets in the end, because secrets are actually "how to do it?" In other words, what is often not a secret, because everyone knows; What's the real secret, just because "even if I tell you all the secrets, it's still hard for you to do it!" " "In other words, just because you don't know how to do it!

Finally, let me introduce this plan so that you can learn how to do it.

First of all, I will post corresponding articles in the group every day. All you have to do is spend ten minutes reading every day and then write your own reflections. On the one hand, it is a reflection on oneself, on the other hand, it is also a reflection on performance and a reflection on human nature. Whether you can see your progress every day determines how much you can achieve in the future. I have a special topic on the Internet. Each of you should register an account, write down your thoughts and post them on it. I check them every day. And it must be open, and after sitting and enjoying it every day, take turns to share yesterday's feelings. The number of words is not high, just 50 words or more. Even if you think I'm sending chicken soup for the soul, you should show it to me, think about it and write it down. Because one day, you will feel your growth and feel the value of these things.

Because the most valuable things are often acquired through long-term accumulation.

The latter requirements are more concise,

Second, you must not be late for every training rehearsal performance.

Third, study hard during this time and don't play with mobile phones (the conditions will gradually improve in the future).

Finally, carefully complete the classroom and after-school homework assigned by Teacher Song (including reciting lines within the specified time as required).

Here's the question. What if someone can't do this?

That's the point. Starting from tomorrow, every ten working days will be a cycle, and each of you will forward me to 200 yuan, with an average of one day in 20 yuan. As long as you complete the above four tasks, you will save 20 yuan every day. Five yuan will be deducted for each mistake. I don't want any of the deducted money, all of which will be included in the final bonus pool. That is, after a round of ten days, all the people who strictly complete the task can share the bonus in this bonus pool equally without deducting a penny. Again, I won't move a penny of this money. If all of you finish all the tasks in this round, I will inject a sum of money into your blank bonus pool.

One more thing to note is that this 200 yuan is only a tentative amount at the beginning, and it may be gradually increased in the future.

You have made a decision to study here for two years, but this is only the beginning. It doesn't make any sense. What is the final result? Are you kidding others after dinner? Or is it someone else's child that everyone envies after success? The final decision is not in my hands, but in your hands. What I want to do is to provide you with a way to make it look like you.

Friendly Reminder

When you enter a new field, the fear brought by ignorance is one of the difficulties you must face. Tell yourself at this time:

Hang in there for a few more days and see.

You will find that the unfamiliar things will become familiar, and the concepts that you didn't understand will gradually become clear. When you look back after this stage, you will find that you have grown a lot.

We still have a long way to go together, and continuous progress is our goal!

Actors who sign the contract must participate in this plan. Those who don't sign the contract can talk to me privately and can only participate after my evaluation and confirmation. All right, let's start handing out red envelopes.

This is the first formal speech in my life, with many shortcomings and many gains. On the whole, I am satisfied.

PS: Tonight (exactly last night, that is, a few hours ago), I participated in an activity similar to an exchange meeting for the first time in my life, although it was small in scale and belonged to the Beijing branch of Chaos Research Association. But I gained a lot, got a lot of encouragement and produced a lot of ideas. I think this is also the reward for my willingness to enjoy the uncertainty and come to this party ~

Have you ever enjoyed the benefits of uncertainty?

I hereby declare that this article was written by Ma Chong himself!