1. Don’t be swayed by social cognition.
According to social identity theory, people are easily influenced by external evaluations. It is necessary to establish a personal coordinate system, realize internal values, and reduce dependence on external evaluations.
2. Don’t be controlled by vulgar tastes.
In practice, various constraints should be reduced to avoid excessive indulgence in pacifier pleasure. You can improve your concentration and self-control by setting quantified goals and managing your time.
3. Don’t let your heart be disturbed by small kindnesses and small emotions.
The individual optimal solution is incompatible with the collective optimal solution. The collective optimal solution is consensus, which will tame people into screws full of steel stamps.
As individuals, we should break the stamp of small kindness and small emotions, not be moved by them, but focus on solving core problems.
4. Don’t perform to win applause.
Since mediocre people are the majority, other people's expectations of themselves are often stupid. People who are addicted to social display can only achieve some low-value goals, which is meaningless for their long-term accumulation.
5. Don’t treat means as ends.
Guided by long-term goals, not limited by a certain environment or specific means.
6. Don’t be blinded by short-term benefits.
Most people are radical and narrow-minded, always too sensitive to short-term gains and optimistic about long-term losses.
7. Don’t be a mob member.
Due to genetic influence, people tend to succumb to consensus for the sake of security. Therefore, cultivate critical thinking, avoid blindly following the crowd, and break the authority filter.
8. Don’t be controlled by desires.
The five colors make one blind, the five sounds make one deaf, the five flavors make one’s mouth numb, galloping and hunting make one’s heart crazy, and rare goods hinder one’s progress.
From ancient times to the present, there has been no subversive progress in human nature and ethics, and people are still easily reduced to puppets of desire.
9. Look at things from a different perspective.
Improve metacognitive ability and reduce cognitive bias. Don’t be trapped in your own position, and look at things from the perspective of enemies, opponents, lovers, superiors, comrades, and passers-by.
10. Maintain power boundaries.
People who think they can do anything usually achieve nothing. Focus on core tasks and avoid distracting yourself from secondary tasks. If you are poor, stay out of trouble and don't get involved in other people's affairs, so as not to make things worse.
11. Plan before you act.
Before making important decisions, conduct adequate planning and evaluation. Be fully prepared for major events and leave no loopholes.