Your level actually depends on your cognition.

Socrates famously said, "The only thing I know is that I know nothing."

Everyone can't live like an island, but every thought is actually an island.

We are often used to being locked by our own thoughts, but we don't know it.

The classification of human groups is often caused by different levels, and the factor that determines a person's level is cognition.

See such a true story on the Internet:

In other words, a young man went abroad for further study after graduating from college and began his part-time life as an international student.

By chance, he found that the ticket office of the local public transport system was self-help.

Not only are there no ticket gates, there are no ticket inspectors, and even spot checks are very rare.

With his own ingenuity, he quickly estimated that the proportion of escape tickets was only three ten thousandths!

Like Columbus, he discovered the new continent and began to be complacent about it.

In the later days, he often evaded the ticket and got on the bus, thus "getting rich silently".

A few years later, the golden signboard and excellent academic performance of famous universities made him frequently enter the doors of some multinational companies and proudly promote himself.

But without exception, these companies are enthusiastic first and politely refuse a few days later.

This made him very angry. For the last time, he asked the manager of the company he applied for to give him a reason not to hire him.

However, the truth made him regret it.

"To tell you the truth, whether it's work ability, academic background or professional knowledge, you are the talent we are looking for. But we checked your credit history and found that you were punished for evading tickets by bus three times.

On the one hand, you don't respect the rules; On the other hand, you are not trustworthy. "

I thought I was exhausted, but I shot myself in the foot.

2065438+June 2009, Ningbo, Zhejiang, a couple was caught by the police on the high-speed rail.

After investigation, these two people are recidivists of evasion.

The man surnamed Huo, a native of Liaoning, is a doctor with a doctorate in Hangzhou.

It turned out that Huo happened to find that he could buy a short-distance ticket when he took the high-speed train, and he could sit down all the time without making up the ticket after getting on the train.

And by the same means, Huo evaded the ticket about 29 times, and one * * * "saved" 1430 yuan.

And his girlfriend also evaded tickets under his "instigation" 1 1 times.

In the end, the two were punished by administrative detention by the public security organs and included in the system of dishonesty.

Clever, but eventually killed by his own cleverness.

Obviously, they are highly educated doctors, but they are satisfied with the short-term enjoyment of taking advantage.

Through study, I changed my circle, but my cognition didn't improve.

In the end, it ended in a sad ending of "smarter than cleverness".

Many years ago, I heard the story of a senior author at a book club, and it was this story that made me like writing.

This elder comes from the countryside, but he never feels inferior. He makes progress all the way and lives a full and happy life.

When she was in college, she saw that people in the fashion world were very glamorous and envious, so she forced herself to be such a person.

Later, she not only entered the fashion circle, but also entered the entertainment circle and almost became a star.

Although there was no big fight, after a round of efforts, she also clearly realized her limitations.

After some struggle, she resolutely decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination and study for a doctorate.

After graduating from the doctor's degree, she found writing very interesting and began to specialize in writing.

After several years of persistence, I finally published a super bestseller.

However, this is not the end of the struggle.

Later, she dabbled in photography, traveled around the world with a camera and took many photos that made people feel super amazing.

She said: "There are so many interesting things in this world that I want to experience more in my lifetime so as not to waste my time in this world."

Rural background once limited her level, and she didn't realize that life could become a living method until she saw the wider world.

Only through her constant efforts to jump out of the original circle can she recognize the meaning of life.

The author once said: "When you have a bag of several hundred thousand in your hand, you will feel that what was far away from you is now so close to you. Those so-called rich people are actually just people who live a normal life. When there is a feeling that they also have the opportunity to deliberately own everything, the heart of struggle comes. "

She said that an English teacher she knew in college once said to her, "Don't think so far about these things. You think these things are far away from you because you still live in your previous level. "

In my life, it is normal to be poor and rich. What really surprised me was that the author caught a crack that fate leaked out and climbed up along it.

In this process, reading and writing undoubtedly gave her confidence.

People may get great wealth through one or two chances, but few people can keep it.

It is not that these people are incompetent, but that their cognitive level has not improved with wealth.

Although it belongs to the top of society in money, it is still in the primary stage in spirit and has not found the means to improve cognition.

The more people who have experienced beauty, the more they want to keep it, and the less they will give up easily.

Read a joke.

On a bus from a small town to the provincial capital, a girl asked the boy sitting across the aisle, "Which school did you graduate from?"

The boy replied: "I am a science and engineering student, and you?"

The girl proudly said, "I'm from Tsinghua. In fact, if you work harder, you might be able to go to Tsinghua. Alas! Which science and engineering department are you in? "

The boy replied, "I'm from Massachusetts."

I don't know if it's true or not, but it's always in my memory.

High-level people seldom show off themselves.

Maybe I understand the meaning of life, or maybe I am used to the Excellence around me.

The requirements for oneself will only be higher, and the cognition of the world will be different from that of ordinary people.

A person's life is actually a process of self-awakening.

What I believed ten years ago is still so sure?

It has nothing to do with IQ, but your knowledge of the world is constantly awakening or growing.

Just like the classic line in The Godfather: People who spend half a second seeing through the essence of things are doomed to have a completely different fate from those who spend their whole lives not seeing clearly.

People originally had no hierarchy, but because of cognitive bias, they gradually divided into groups.

If you want to break through the existing ethnic groups, you must often break your own cognition.

Bloom new flowers on the old ruins, and let the past cognition become a new level of nutrients.

In fact, a person's ability is very limited, and what really determines a person's height is his circle.

Being with excellent people is also an excellent person.

People can not pursue fame and wealth, and are not keen on money, but at least they should know where they want to exist.

I hope you and I can find our own direction and embark on a favorite journey in the future.