Thought on Win-Win

前些天， 看了文青的一个帖子(见链接)，感触挺深的， 便写了这篇日记。可能有些朋友已经在我的是Blog 里 看到过了。想了想还是贴在这里，主要是最近被大家的无私的奉献精神所感动。特别是各位在究音，节奏，和语调方面的经验和体会，非常宝贵。借此谢谢大家！

谢谢文青纠正了我的语法错误。如有不同意见，欢迎讨论。也欢迎砖头。

Thought on Win-Win

I read an article posted at the MYSJ ( 美语世界 ) "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective English Learners", which is adapted from a book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". The book was first published in 1989, and it is a self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey to help people live a more efficient and fruitful life. The seven habits have empowered many people to succeed in both workplaces and personal lives, and they certainly can be applied to English learning as well.

Among the seven habits, habit #4 (Think Win-Win) really makes me think. Thinking win-win means seeing life as a cooperation rather than a competition. To apply such win-win strategy to learning English or living a life, a person must develop an “abundance mentality” or “abundance mindset” – a concept in which a person believes that there are enough resources and successes to share with others, in contrast to the “scarcity mindset”, which is based on the idea that, if someone else wins, you lose. Abundance mindset seems against a human’s basic instinct, because we were born with a tendency to view the world as a competitive place and believe in “the survival of the fittest”. But, as a matter of fact, cooperation is an essential driving force of the evolution of species, including the human species, and has been deeply rooted in our thoughts and actions. Without cooperation, Homo sapiens would have gone extinct long ago, like other human species.

It is difficult to have an abundance mindset when one feels insecure and unconfident, and he or she would be more likely to feel threatened by the success of others, while abundance mentality can easily arise from having a high self-worth and security. On the MYSJ, I have met quite a few people who have this abundance mindset, and they generously share their knowledge and experience with others, and critique on other people’s English pronunciations or writings. In the mean time, they also learn – a true win-win situation. I believe strongly that what you give will always come back to you in one way or another, and the best way of learning English or any other things is to teach and share what you know.

有效学习英语的7个习惯---ZT (http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/shiyongyingyu/142961.html)

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• Yes, abundance mindset! Great writing, I enjoy reading it -同学小薇- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 04:44:03

• Xiaowei, you definitely have this abundance mindset. -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 08:41:56

• some points for discussion. -hammerheadshark- ♀ (3892 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 04:48:16

• Thank you ver much! -NewVoice- ♀ (306 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 08:51:47

• learned! -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 04:52:08

• Thank you! Little sis. -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 08:57:51

• Well written, Thanks for sharing and Please pay attention to : -rockcurrent- ♂ (320 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 07:47:02

• Good point! Thank you! current. -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 08:59:06

• Great writing, Sis. Inspiring too. -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 08:49:57

• Thank you! Sis. You are my inspiration! -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 09:00:11

• 谢谢姐姐，彼此彼此。 should I say: "likewise" or "vice versa"? couldn't de -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 10:06:39

• "vice versa" in this case, I think. -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 11:17:47

• 声姐说的真好！来美语世界又玩又学，对每个人都是win-win的。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 19:33:40

• Thanks! MeiFeng. -NewVoice- ♀ (144 bytes) () 05/10/2012 postreply 02:26:26

• Wonderful writing! I have learned a lot from you. -EnLearner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2012 postreply 20:10:17

• Thank you! YuGong. -NewVoice- ♀ (120 bytes) () 05/10/2012 postreply 02:28:16