Thought on Win-Win

前些天， 看了文青的一個帖子(見鏈接)，感觸挺深的， 便寫了這篇日記。可能有些朋友已經在我的是Blog 裏 看到過了。想了想還是貼在這裏，主要是最近被大家的無私的奉獻精神所感動。特別是各位在究音，節奏，和語調方麵的經驗和體會，非常寶貴。借此謝謝大家！

謝謝文青糾正了我的語法錯誤。如有不同意見，歡迎討論。也歡迎磚頭。

Thought on Win-Win

I read an article posted at the MYSJ ( 美語世界 ) "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.

有效學習英語的7個習慣---ZT (http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/shiyongyingyu/142961.html)

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• Yes, abundance mindset! Great writing, I enjoy reading it -同學小薇- ♀ (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. -非文學青年- ♀ (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

• 謝謝姐姐，彼此彼此。 should I say: "likewise" or "vice versa"? couldn't de -非文學青年- ♀ (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

• 聲姐說的真好！來美語世界又玩又學，對每個人都是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