Battle drag method 1: moderately optimistic and build self-confidence (2)

In the last article, I wrote the procrastination formula , And two sentences written in the book , To introduce the first method of war towing ： Moderate optimism , Build confidence

The last article also talked about , Optimism is not blind confidence , It doesn't mean that others have eaten shit , You are also confident that you have eaten . Instead, evaluate your abilities objectively , And the environment .

Find the best balance of optimism

The power of faith is great , Because faith fulfills people's expectations , Expectation can become the cornerstone of motivation in the procrastination formula .

Faith is no stranger to us , You can have a good life now because of faith .
Without their faith , Where come our beautiful today , So don't think about Valentine's day every day , Make more contributions to the country .

For example, I , Write an article , Spread knowledge , Make the national cognition more advanced .（ I thought I was shameless ）

​ If you are not optimistic about your ability to succeed 、 Not confident enough , Your motivation will decrease . The more I doubt whether I can succeed , The harder it is to concentrate . When the task is complex and changeable , People often have self doubt , But over time , Will fall into a downturn of anticipatory failure . And then like a snowball , The downturn is getting worse , The bigger the roll , It is not impossible to cause an avalanche .

​ Do you think what I said is a little exaggerated ？ I wanted to take a single dog as an example , Afraid of hurting people on this holiday . So take me for example , I have been since graduation 85KG, Yelling about losing weight 5 In more than , But up to now, it has risen a little . Why is that ？ The above sentence has been explained . Every time you lose weight, you start to lose less oil and sugar , Hu eats haisai and ends . Because the first few days of weight loss are very thin （ That's basically because there's less shit in your stomach ）, Then it became less obvious , I began to doubt myself , I began to feel insecure , Enthusiasm will be reduced , Last …

​ Yes, of course , Being too optimistic can also lead to procrastination , Here I still want to hurt the single you , Don't always think , Love will come , Waiting for Yuelao to pull the strings for you ？ There are children in every dream ！！ Don't be too optimistic about things , Tai Le Guan, that's called planning error 、 No brains . I learned the story of the tortoise and rabbit race when I was a child , I hope you can understand the truth .

​ Take today for example , How many people are from the beginning of the month , I even knew it was Valentine's day during the new year , But in the end, I delayed seeing JD until today 、 Beauty watching group , Looking for flowers , Looking for midnight movies 、 Looking for a couple Hotel 、 Looking for hope , I hope there is a gift that can be delivered on the same day , Or you will be scolded at night , Even slept at the door . Why is that? , Because it's too optimistic , I think it's too simple , So that it has been delayed until now .

​ How to find a balance between excessive pessimism and blind self-confidence . It may not be clear in one sentence , There have been numerous research scholars . The book says , There was a University psychologist named Jeffrey · Vancouver , He succeeded in finding the best balance of optimism . He found that in a sense , People are stingy about their motives . People always adjust their efforts , Make yourself just enough to get things done , Don't waste a little more energy . This sentence is easy to understand ： Look at the people who visit the company every day 、 Look at those who submitted the last line of code the day before the launch .

​ Let's look at a picture below , The vertical axis represents the motive , It can be understood as the desire for action ; The horizontal axis is the degree of optimism , It can also be understood as perceiving the difficulty of the work , Assess the difficulty of the work .

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​ We can see , People with low levels of optimism , Think the task is impossible to complete , So just don't do it , And as optimism grows , The perception of the task will also change , A certain music point in the middle , Motivation is at its best . This level of optimism is what we should pursue , But with the further improvement of optimism , Motivation starts to slide , It's just a slow slide , Finally, people think the work is very simple , It's effortless , So there is no motivation to do it . After investigation , Most procrastinators are at the left end of the chart , Underestimate your abilities . Of course, there are those at the far right , Overestimate your ability

​ Let me talk about the next article , What's in the book , Let's strengthen our self-confidence ！

​ I think after reading this book , The goal of losing weight should be achieved , Just learning from you , Suddenly realize the principle of a certain formula , wow ！ Procrastination can be overcome by following the steps , Beautiful ！