In the process of growing up, people will encounter many setbacks, whether it is interpersonal communication, family, work, study, etc., there will be all kinds of troubles. Don’t just envy others’ success, but know that others must have paid a lot to succeed before they achieve what they are now. Through these successful people’s rules, we can’t choose the birth environment, but it can change our psychological and spiritual level, and make us walk on the road to success. The following 20 golden rules must be remembered and used by all of us!
Flywheel effect
Flywheel effect is to move a stationary flywheel. In the beginning, we need to use a lot of effort and push it round and round all the time. Every time it takes a lot of effort, but once it starts, the flywheel will turn faster and faster, and then it doesn’t need to spend too much effort, but the flywheel will still keep turning rapidly.
Sometimes, when you start doing something, you will find it difficult, but as long as you stick to it and pass the critical point, everything will become easy.
Mushroom law
Mushroom law, also known as germination law, means that young people who have just entered the workplace are often neglected or handymen as if they need to be poured into faeces to grow in the process of cultivating mushrooms. In the process of growing up, new people will be criticized, accused, and will suffer for others, and may not even get the necessary guidance, just like living in an environment of self-destruction.
Even if you are a mushroom, you don’t need to feel inferior, because it can eliminate many unrealistic fantasies and bring us closer to real life.
Bucket law
The law of bucket or shortboard effect refers to how much water a bucket can hold, depending on the shortest board in the bucket. If you want to fill a wooden bucket with water, you must make sure that every plank is level and complete, and there is no breakage. If there are holes or irregular wooden boards in the bucket, the bucket can not be filled with water. The longest plate is not the highest point filled with water, but the shortest plate.
Everyone wants to live in this society, not only by a single skill but by various skills, that is, wooden boards on wooden barrels. How high and far we can develop depends on that shortcoming. We should always improve ourselves, learn from each other’s strengths, and turn weaknesses into advantages.
Rule 2-8.
The 2-8 rule is also called Barreto’s law. This law was developed by Italian economist Barreto in the late 19th century and early 20th century. According to Barreto, only 20% of each group of things is important, while the remaining 80% is the majority, but in fact, they are secondary. Therefore, even if we make a little effort, we can still gain a lot. It all depends on 20% of the key players, which can lead to the success or failure of this matter.
It is not much more expensive to do things, and the intensity of sending out should be on the “point” instead of the “surface”. Especially in the working environment, before taking action, you should first know where you are suitable for, and then make every effort to get twice the result with half the effort!
Hedgehog effect.
In the cold winter, two hedgehogs who feel cold want to keep warm and hug each other, but when they get close, they will be stabbed by each other and forced to separate. After separation, the two hedgehogs felt cold again. After many twists and turns, they finally found a suitable distance to keep warm and avoid stabbing each other. Psychologists call this phenomenon “Hedgehog Rule”, which means keeping a little distance between people.
Unfamiliar cooperation is the most advantageous in work cooperation, so don’t interfere too much in everything except the behaviour involving performance.
Horsefly effect
The horse fly effect originated from a story by former US President Lincoln. The story points out that even the laziest horse, once bitten by a horsefly, will become energetic and run faster. This effect is very effective when used in enterprise management and has certain incentives. As long as employees are properly motivated, competent employees can be able to work hard.
Only when there is a correct and appropriate stimulation can we get the correct response.
Washington cooperation act
This rule is similar to the story of “Three Monks” in China. One person does things perfunctorily, two people shirk responsibility to each other, and three people will have a hard time getting things done. This shows that cooperation between people is not simple, but also requires different energies from different directions to interact with each other, so as to promote each other, make things get twice the result with half the effort, and achieve nothing in case of contradiction.
In the workplace, we should pay attention to the importance of teamwork, so communication is very important. Besides, mutual trust and understanding can reduce internal friction and social inertia.
Giegler’s theorem
Giegler, an American behaviourist, believes that only with great boldness of vision and a high starting point can we achieve success. Many people think that a genius, a great man and successful people are all destined, but in fact, real genius puts in more effort than ordinary people. You know, in addition to life itself, there is nothing that can be achieved without training the day after tomorrow. Therefore, setting a high goal for yourself is also part of achieving it.
People who have no goal are no different from salted fish. Therefore, setting a goal will make more motivated to practice it.
Vech Theory
Vech Theory means that even if you have your own opinion if the opinions of 10 friends around you are different from yours, your persistence will start to waver. Listening to other people’s opinions can help us master more information, understand and analyze problems in depth. However, too much listening to others’ opinions will lead to confusion in our own thinking and then begin to waver in our own choices.
For others’ opinions, you should not be prejudiced when you are not listening, but should have your own thoughts and opinions after listening. Do not be afraid of different opinions. I’m afraid I will end up with nothing. This is the beginning of a disastrous defeat.
Broken windows theory
Broken windows theory and Lin put forward a theory of criminal psychology in 1982’s Broken Window. We can take a building for example. When a window of a building is broken and nobody cares about it, as time goes by, more windows will be destroyed and eventually, the building will be shattered. If the graffiti appears on a wall for the first time and has not been processed, other messy graffiti will appear behind. Broken window theory emphasizes that if the minor crime is found, they will be severely cracked down, and more serious crimes will decrease.
All the bad things should be stopped before they sprout, otherwise, a kind of ethos will be formed, which will lead to more serious consequences.
Watch law
Having more than two watches does not mean that it can help us judge the time more accurately. On the contrary, it will make us more confused and lose confidence in the time displayed by the watches. Another meaning is that everyone can’t choose two different codes of conduct or values at the same time, otherwise they will fall into confusion.
When setting career or academic goals, it is not recommended to set multiple goals. Instead, choose one and then go all out.
Halo effect
Halo effect refers to people’s guesses based on their first subjective impression. For example, when it comes to 00s, people will think that the person is rebellious. Once you know that the person knows CS, you will think that the person also knows how to repair computers.
In interpersonal communication, we must avoid establishing unrelated links by grasping the individual characteristics of certain things, so that it is easy to scare away or dislike new friends.
Lanstone Rule
The Lanstone Rule means that when we are climbing up, we should keep the ladder clean, otherwise you may slip down when you go down. The purpose of this management science is to let everyone know that people should advance and retreat in a moderate way so as to be self-satisfied. It’s realistic in society, and “changing face” is a common state in the workplace. As long as you can adhere to the principle of not forgetting your roots, you can have a good working environment even after you die.
When you become a manager, don’t be too busy building your own authority, because having authority does not mean winning the respect of subordinates. Therefore, if you keep a good relationship with your subordinates, you will make your working environment more efficient, and improve your career by going up to the next level.
Peter Principle
In a hierarchical organization, people are likely to be promoted to incompetent high-level positions because they have certain characteristics or special skills, and eventually they will become redundant or negative assets in the organization.
In the workplace, many people want to be promoted, but once the promoted position is incompetent, it will make them feel at a loss. In this case, it is better to find a suitable position for yourself and let yourself play well.
Matthew Effect
Matthew effect refers to the feedback phenomenon caused by high reputation of the scientific community. The name comes from a fable in Matthew of the New Testament: anything given to him is called superfluous. No, even the things he owns will be taken away. It means that the stronger the person is, the weaker he will be.
If you want to maintain irreplaceable advantages in a certain field, most of the favorable resources must be gathered around you.
Appeal to Authority
When a person has a lofty status and prestige, he will be respected by others, and what he says and does will be valued by others, and it is easy for others to believe. For example, when a chemist says that he will test the propagation speed of a bottle of smell and open the bottle cap, Fifteen seconds later, the students in the first row raised their hands to show that they smell the stench, while the students in the back row raised their hands one after another to show that they smelled the stench. In fact, there is nothing in the bottle.
Superstition, blindness and blind obedience. No matter what position this person is in, we should know the facts before choosing whether or not to believe.
Revun Theory
Revun Theory refers to those who are often hesitant to complete the plans, mainly because they are not sure about their own abilities. To become a successful leader, decision-making is the most important, energy-consuming, difficult and risky thing. If you haven’t made a decision all the time, it will be very difficult for you to succeed.
If you have no ability to plan something, then there is only time to regret it.
Domino effect
Domino effect means that a single event can trigger a series of chain reactions. Besides the literal meaning, the Domino effect is also a metaphor for the internal causality of the system, just like global finance and politics in real life. Once dominoes start to fall, it means something is going to happen, or the possibility of it is very high.
Seize every link, otherwise, it will fall short. Don’t ignore the small crises, because most of the time, these crises are the root of the whole collapse.
Buffy’s Law
Buffett, is the American “stock god”. After years of investment career, he formulated Buffett’s Law. It means that if other people invest in the same place together, then you will not get rich. If you want to make a successful investment, you must see the market vacancy better than others, and then make investment.
Create your own path, so that you can take the path that no one else has taken.
Primacy Effect
Primacy effect, which was first proposed by American psychologist Lockins, refers to the influence of the first impression formed after getting to know each other on the future relationship and is also an effect brought by the so-called preconceptions. Although the first impression is not necessarily correct, it is the strongest and clearest, which also determines the future communication process between the two parties.
Whether we are interviewing or meeting customers, we should present the best side to each other, so that they can have a good first impression, which will have a certain impact on your next work.
No matter where we are at this moment, these 20 golden rules can benefit us a lot. As long as you master it properly, you can feel like a duck to water under any circumstances.
