Build your way of thinking - first reading "Pyramid Principles"

This article is a reading note, please be patient to read, I hope to exchange ideas with me.

Eating with friends on weekends, waiting for her time, quite boring.

When I was free, I went to the bookstore and stumbled. What surprised me was that even though the books in the bookstore were sold at the original price, the buyers were not quite a lot.

Most people nowadays like to invest in themselves. Reading is also an indispensable way for everyone. I have flipped it a few times. Now many of the books are full of chicken soup, and many classic books that can lead to personal thinking and logical ability are rare.

This reminds me of the super classic "Pyramid Principle" that I have seen recently. Although I can't remember the words after reading it, I feel very profound about the basic ideas in the book.

In fact, we have been doing literacy since we started reading literacy. However, each person's understanding of the content of the book is different, and the final method of mastering is different. Therefore, people's understanding in the cognitive field is also very different.

I only looked at the Principles of the Pyramid, but it was not enough. Because, this book is a logical thinking ability and way of dealing with things. Therefore, the feeling of the first pass may be superficial and there is no deep understanding.

The Pyramid Principles is a reading of writing logic and thinking logic, telling us how to break through our perceptions.

Professor Li Shanyou of the Chaos University of the recent fire often warned everyone to improve our cognitive field, break through the underlying logic, and find the essence of the development of things.

"Pyramid Principle" is a reference book that breaks through our cognitive field. If you learn the ideas in the book, you need to use the theory in the book to think constantly in time.

I have always believed that people's ability to think is very important. It constantly enhances our logical thinking ability, so that we can spend time and effort. Confucius also said: "If you don't think about it, you can learn it, but you can't learn it."

The book "Pyramid Principles" can be easily divided into four parts, a total of four chapters, and it seems to be easy to understand.

The first one explains the concept of the pyramid principle and explains how to use this principle to construct a basic pyramid structure. The purpose is to enable the reader to understand and apply the writing skills of simple documents.

Although many ideas tell us how to write and build a framework that readers can see clearly, it is not difficult to find out if you study it carefully. This structure can also be used in any field of our work, for example, you are reporting to the leadership. At the time, we can also use the conclusion first, and the method of elaboration.

The conclusion is that we must first report what you want to say in advance. When we write an article, it is like a general argument. The rest of the arguments are supportive of this view.

The second part introduces how to carefully grasp the links of thinking to ensure that the sentences used can truly reflect the main points of thought that you wish to express. The book lists many examples, highlighting the importance of forcing yourself to “cool thinking” to articulate ideas.

This one is mainly to tell us the logic of thinking. Many times, we regard the problem as the appearance of the problem.

For example, when we write articles or elaborate opinions, we are often eager to solve things. When we report our work, we also like to simply list and do not analyze the deep logic between the questions. This result not only wastes time and resources, but also shows that your problem-solving ability is only at the surface level.

The second rule of the pyramid is that all ideas included in the same group must have some logical relationship.

If you are doing personnel work, then the six modules of traditional meaning can be seen as six groups of logical units. If it is simply summarized as four aspects, it is to choose Yuliu.

Each level has its own connections, and each becomes a logical system. What kind of person to choose, must be the right person, what is the right person, the conditions for matching the person and the post, etc., all of which require us to determine the causal relationship before and after, and then divide the whole into parts. Or part of the whole.

For example, we will say that what kind of talents are matched, there are three main competency models, and the three competencies models have related factors. Therefore, if you need to draw a structure diagram based on the competency model, you need to use the MECE principle, there is no overlap, there is exclusivity, no omissions.

The third article focuses on those who need to write research and analysis reports, as well as those who need to analyze complex problems and make conclusions for decision making. This article describes how to use multiple frameworks to organize the analysis process at different stages of the problem-solving process, so that the author's thinking is actually pre-organized to make it easier to apply the pyramid principle.

The pyramid principle can also be used to solve problems, which explains the principle of concept, with a seamless coincidence.

We have problems in our work, and there is a gap between the status quo and the goal. This gap is actually the solution to the problem.

Defining the framework of the problem and finding the problem is not out of thin air. It requires us to analyze it with rigorous logical thinking.

If you are a company's personnel manager, you will work out this month's recruitment plan at the beginning of the month, but by the end of the month, you will find that the gap between goals and plans, this gap is the key point of the problem we have to solve.

So to conduct a structured analysis of the problem, you need to establish a framework and logic tree to diagnose the problem, thoroughly categorize all aspects to find the reasons for not addressing the recruitment needs.

The logic tree is built hierarchically, and the pyramid principle is used.

The fourth part introduces some demonstration techniques. It can write the author to feel the existence of the pyramid structure when presenting the idea of ​​pyramid structure in a written form such as a slide.

Once you know and master the logical relationship of the pyramid, it will become a tool for you to state your point of view when doing a written presentation.

The slide show has become an indispensable tool for today's professionals. When expounding opinions, it is generally necessary to follow the questions and conclusions in the form of total scores, and then think about other aspects.

To make your chart more than text, the overall content layout should also pay attention to the logical order, because we are talking about the pyramid principle throughout, and we are talking about logic. Then, your presentation needs to be based on the pyramid thinking method. Up.

Although the pyramid principle is not a panacea, it can be used as an effective thinking logic tool to develop our ideas and make your views clearer.

It is because it has lasted for decades, it makes us more awe-inspiring, we need to study well, and continue to practice.

Kurt Lewin said: Nothing is more useful than a good theory. The pyramid principle is this set of good theory.