Introduction

Good day to all. Today marks the sixth session of Being a Proactive Learner. This session is paramount, focusing on abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization—the eight characters of life which determine your fate. Traditionally, the eight characters refer to the year, month, day, and hour of birth, with two characters each, totaling eight. However, the eight characters I speak of are different: abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization.

I. What is Proactive Learning?

Some might ask, after all this time, are we only now discussing proactive learning? If you still don't know what proactive learning is at this point, that would be problematic. True proactive learning isn't merely reading a book or attending a lecture; it's what we're about to discuss—abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization. This is the foundation of logical thinking. Many are deceived because they lack logical thinking, which stems from the absence of proactive learning, of abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization. I am presenting what I have organized, what I have learned myself. You listening to me does not equate to learning. My abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization is my understanding. The ability to articulate it clearly is grace, while your ability to comprehend it is your own fortune.

The human brain has a peculiar trait: it struggles to absorb what you haven't personally organized. This is why I advocate for proactive learning. Sitting and listening to me drone on for hours will only capture your attention for the first ten minutes; thereafter, you'll lose track, because it is not proactive learning. This is why many believe they have learned, when in reality, they have not. Some claim to have been adept at pastoring and writing, only to feel inept after hearing me, questioning why and attributing it to forgetfulness. But it's not a matter of forgetting; they never truly grasped it in the first place. Like someone who hasn't ridden a bicycle in a decade, falling upon the first attempt, and wondering if they've forgotten how, reminiscing about past proficiency—it's self-deception. They never truly knew how, a matter of initial incompetence, not forgotten skill. These are all problems arising from the lack of abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization. Even if I were to lecture with fervent passion, it would be ineffective without your engagement.

What's learned is invariably learned, ingrained in the mind. Those adept at abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization may still experience stage fright, suddenly finding themselves unable to articulate clearly. I spent considerable time yesterday and today, exerting immense effort to elucidate this. Assigning document writing tasks recently has been particularly enlightening. If you've never written anything in your life, your mind will lack clarity. Even taking notes is futile without abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization; it's not proactive learning. People are deceived due to a lack of logic, which is rooted in the patterns derived from abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization. Lack of intelligence stems from a failure to summarize. Summarizing how to become intelligent is proactive learning, constant contemplation.

Why do we say that uneducated individuals are often clever? It is because their interactions in society expose shortcomings, prompting them to ponder the correct approach. Whether for good or ill, swindlers, more than I, engage most in contemplation, abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization. They are adept, dissecting human vulnerabilities with precision. However, their schemes are ineffective against me; I recognize their ploys instantly. Some suggest that I am well-suited to my current vocation, hinting at my potential as a formidable con artist. This afternoon, a brother raised a question. My response was simple: we have taken extensive notes and written voluminously, lacking only abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization.

My current discourse may seem abstract. My greatest challenge lies in making it relatable, understandable to the elderly, the young, and even primary school students. Abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization yield concepts. Do not be daunted by the term concept. We simply use language to articulate the relationships between concepts, thereby clarifying them. Once clearly organized and stored in the mind, they become unforgettable—a remarkable phenomenon. Some fill their minds with information, but without organization, struggle to retrieve it, like items lost in a cluttered room. This is proactive learning; without this step, everything else is in vain. Today, we begin to understand that logic is built upon abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization. Only through these processes can we discern the patterns of things. Once these patterns are grasped, identifying swindlers becomes effortless. How then can one be deceived?

For example, someone claims to own a highly profitable store and offers to sell it to you for $100,000. You should question why they would part with such a successful business. Similarly, those who promise to return $300,000 by year-end for your $1 million investment—why would such an opportunity be offered to you? Are you their father? It's clearly a scam. We often lack awareness, and thus fall victim to deception. Observe comedy sketches like Phony Hotline or the tactics of telemarketing fraud groups—how do they manage to deceive so many? Because there are too many who do not proactively learn, who lack abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization in this world. Laziness prevails; time is spent mindlessly browsing social media, rendering oneself foolish. Once the scrolling ends and the dramas are watched, it's all over. This is the fate of those who do not proactively learn. Regardless of what you learn, prioritize abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization.

Have you heard the phrase, Thin the book? The idea is to read beyond the words, down to the key points. If you are able to synopsize an entire book on one page, then you are on the right track.

II. Characteristics of Proactive Learning: Abstraction, Summarization, Induction, Organization

In my early days as a junior employee, when the boss convened meetings, the discussions were often chaotic. I would pause the proceedings, stand before the whiteboard, and write down an agenda item, asking if it reflected the current discussion. The response was invariably affirmative. Without such summarization, the meeting would soon descend into disarray. I would then guide the discussion further, summarizing the desired outcome on the whiteboard. Again, the consensus would be agreement. Consequently, my boss valued my presence, recognizing the inefficiency of meetings without me. This is a practice we engage in daily, but few do it with intention. My habit of doing so gave me an advantage, opening doors to promotions and success.

Sometimes, instead of a conversation with multiple participants, there is one person speaking. If I were to listen to the instructor while taking notes, then I would be sure to capture what he or she is saying clearly. Many years ago, at year's end, a group gathered in the church to count God's blessings. A young man, microphone in hand, spoke for an hour without pause, meandering through various topics. Had I not intervened, he would have continued for another hour. I summarized his discourse into three main points, which he confirmed. I clarified his meandering ideas in just a minute; how could his mind not be muddled after an hour? My words likely resonate with most of you, save for the few I have trained. Some may feel insulted, perceiving my words as an affront to their intelligence, but I am merely stating the truth.

Throughout the years, I have encountered few with clarity of thought; their minds seem filled with mush, lacking the habit of structured thinking. My approach to meetings and learning differs from yours; I require a script. I cannot operate otherwise, unlike those who deliver sermons extemporaneously, a feat I cannot accomplish without confusing myself. My efficiency in learning, meetings, and reading is high, though my reading speed may not be exceptional. However, abstraction, summarization, induction, and organization are my strengths, honed over decades. Begin practicing now, starting with reading. The other day we had a course that taught us how to read. Were you able to tell that I was reading “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” with Critical Thinking? Few things are just passively received, nothing read or watched without critical thought. Watching my mother make dumplings, I grasped the essence and could replicate her technique almost perfectly.

Why do many struggle? Because they only copy superficial steps, missing the essence. They imitate. They will take notes, but they are of no use. Some may hold managerial positions after years in the workforce, yet struggle to take effective notes—a fundamental skill. The foundation of human existence lies in proactive learning. Follow my instructions: when managing a project, reading a book, or attending a lecture, actively contemplate the task at hand. Assess whether your comprehension is clear after completion. Clarity signifies understanding. I may not read extensively, but I ensure thorough comprehension of classics. Assess your clarity of thought and ability to articulate; inarticulateness reveals a lack of understanding. Revisit the material, note down key points, and ensure coherence. Once accustomed to my approach, listening to others may become challenging, as I prioritize clarity and logical coherence.

I have elucidated proactive learning clearly, and its characteristics are straightforward. I present these concepts in an accessible manner because they are not inherently complex. I generally maintain focus in conversations, unless I mishear due to my impaired hearing. The outcome should be clarity of thought and understanding. Unclarified thoughts lead to mental mush. And that just might be the end. Clarity comes from understanding concepts, their relationships, and key points.

Clear understanding enhances efficiency. Even a simple task like cleaning the toilet has been subjected to my rigorous analysis. Initially, it took twenty minutes; now, I can complete it in a minute or two. Clear thinking leads to swift, effective action. Conversely, muddled thoughts result in slow, ineffective action. You certainly know when your thinking is flawed, but it is hard to break. You're missing the patterns, concepts, and key points, lacking awareness of the relationships between concepts which can otherwise all be so clear. This encapsulates proactive learning. Despite my extensive discourse, the core is simple.

III. How to Abstract

Those who can abstract are powerful, and those who cannot suffer greatly. While you may be unfamiliar with abstraction, it is quite simple. Examine the cabinets in your kitchen, wardrobes, TV consoles, and storage units. You will notice that they are all rectangular prisms. This is abstraction. Whether they are long, flat, tall, or slender, they are essentially boxes. If you can construct a box, making it taller transforms it into a cabinet, flatter into a heated brick bed in Northeastern Asia. Summarizing these, you will find that they are simply boxes, distinguished only by the presence or absence of doors. Upon closer inspection, you will find that few items in your home deviate from this rectangular form, even storage boxes. Without understanding abstraction, you may be bewildered. Once I explain, however, comprehension dawns. The moment you are able build one, you can do it all. This is how the essence of things is abstracted, preventing confusion to those seeing a myriad of cupboards.

Having learnt how to make a box, many other problems are also resolved. Once the box is made and placed with the opening facing down, it becomes a bed. A table is just four legs plus a tabletop, only differing in size and height. I once made a three-meter-high table because the factory ceiling was six meters high, and I couldn't set up a ladder that high. So, I made a large three-meter-high table, and then placed a two-meter-high ladder on top of it to repair things six meters above the ground. When said like this, it’s really not difficult. If you can make a short table, you can certainly make a tall one. This is abstraction, and mathematics is also an abstract thing. We usually say this is two apples, that is three apples, and together they are five apples. But in mathematics, we don’t say apples, we just say 2+3, whether it's 2 sheep + 3 sheep, or 2 oranges + 3 oranges, or something else, it’s all the same. So, mathematics is abstract, geometry is abstract, and drawing engineering diagrams is also abstract.

Now you’re starting to get a feel for abstraction, right? Many so-called natural sciences involve abstract work, and so do social sciences concerning human nature. Some people question whether human nature can be abstracted, but the answer is yes. We now understand the square box, and we understand the problem of two apples. The addition of apples is a mathematical problem, while the square box belongs to geometry. Now we are talking about human nature. It doesn’t matter if you're not good at math; what I'm talking about is simple math, but this simple math can make a lot of money. Shop owners certainly know how to count money. If they’re supposed to pay you $3 but only give you $2, you definitely won’t agree. So your math is quite good when it comes to counting money. You're quite good at math, very good at counting money. I think we all have the knack for counting money today.

Now let’s talk about human nature. There’s a minister called Chul Long and a Zhao Empress Dowager. The Zhao Empress Dowager was being attacked by surrounding countries, like Ukraine. After being attacked, she went to neighboring countries to ask for reinforcements. This Zhao Empress Dowager had a son, and the son would be a hostage. People fight for you, they spend money and resources, and you have to pay them back in the future! There’s no such thing as a free lunch. As a result, the Zhao Empress Dowager’s son had to be sent over to be a hostage, and the Zhao Empress Dowager didn’t agree. Whoever talked about her son being a hostage, what if he couldn’t come back? It would be troublesome if he couldn't come back.

Her son was the crown prince, but the Zhao Empress Dowager didn’t agree, so Chul Long went to see the Zhao Empress Dowager. The Zhao Empress Dowager said, Don’t talk about the hostage thing, talk about anything else. So, let’s talk about your son becoming king in the future. This can be discussed because the crown prince will be king in the future. So, Chul Long said, Your son will be king in the future, and today you are stopping him from being a hostage, which will be very embarrassing in the future. He was once afraid of death, and our would-be king is like that. If you are going to inherit the throne in the future, you must have that experience, you must have contributed to the Zhao kingdom! The Zhao kingdom is about to perish, and he is hiding in the harem, afraid to go out. That won't do. How can you be king? When the Zhao Empress Dowager heard this, Oh, this concerns whether my son can be king in the future? How could that be allowed? Okay, go ahead, get in the car quickly. Everyone felt strange, what did Chul Long do? Chul Long grasped the essence of human nature, which is an abstraction.

You’ve read about Chul Long and the Zhao Empress Dowager. If he can persuade the Zhao Empress Dowager, how about I persuade you today? When I persuade people, I don’t seek my own benefit; I seek your benefit. I seek your benefit, and you seek your benefit. Aren’t we in unity? Now everyone understands. There are abstractions in natural science, and there are abstractions in social science. What do we abstract? What is the essence behind it? Today, I’m telling you that selfishness has never been solved by anyone since ancient times. Can you solve selfishness? You can't solve it. No matter how well the ideological work is done, it can't be done.

That’s why there was a time called eating from the big pot, but the more we ate, the poorer we became! No one worked, so who would work? If I worked, it wouldn't be mine, so why should I work hard? Unless that person is like God, then I will work hard. Most people are not like that. That is, this capitalist society motivates people, because in a capitalist society, private property is sacred and inviolable. So people work hard. In reality, how much money can a person spend in a lifetime? That's about it. So Deng Xiaoping was the chief architect of reform and opening up. He grasped the essence of human nature: selfishness. Therefore, the entire private enterprise sector sprang up like mushrooms after a rain. Once you mess this up, it's ruined. People's enthusiasm is gone. That's what I'm talking about, human nature.

When you negotiate with someone in business, how do you negotiate? You have to have chips. What are the chips? The thing you want can become my chip. Do you understand that now? If we sit together, what else would you talk about? Can't talk. Nothing to talk about, what do you talk about? You can't talk nonsense. Tell people a joke or perform a skit, and they'll give you the money? Those are ordinary people, not businessmen. Businessmen don't do that. You think you tell a joke and people will sign a contract with you? There's no such thing. So, this negotiation skill, former U.S. President Trump once wrote a book called The Art of the Deal. He’s quite good at this. In other words, he abstracts the essence of business negotiations between people. If you are very kind, what do you talk about? How do you talk? Can't talk.

If you ask me, I didn’t learn this, I didn’t learn to be a businessman; I learned Abraham's way. I gradually extracted from Abraham's life, and the lives of Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. In fact, what I summarise is not that complicated, but to make it sound good and easy to listen to, I embellish it to make it more palatable and easier to listen to. But after listening, have you grasped the essence? What is this essence? The essence of Abraham is that he draws on God's grace and blessings through faith, and he lives by blessings. What is the result of practice? The result of practice is that it works. In the past few years, I've abstracted it. Does this work? It doesn't work, right? Don't say I just rely on faith and go do it. Once you do it, the effect is not bad. So, have you learned how to abstract now? When you read a book, what is this book about? It's probably about just a little bit of something that should be able to be abstracted, also called summarising.

IV. How to summarise

In social life, in interacting with people, all these things are processes of abstraction, but there is also something called summarisation. If you know how to abstract, and you add summarisation, you will be awesome. In fact, I often say the two words together, called abstracting and summarising. Of course, summarising and abstracting are about the same. How do you summarise, for example? We read a book of 100,000 words. After reading it, you will definitely have a mess in your head, east a piece, west a piece, left a piece, right a piece, a fog of confusion, and you don’t know what it's talking about. How long does it take to read it? A book of 100,000 words takes about five hours. After reading it for five hours, you're done, and then you're finished. If you always do this, won't you be finished?

I spent five hours reading it, and I turn it back and forth, left and right, what am I doing? I am summarising. I summarise it into about 100 words, or up to 1,000 words. Below 1,000 words, I summarise what this book is about. After I finish summarising, ka! I put it in my head, clean and tidy. Why? I understand clearly what a few concepts it talks about, and how these concepts are related.

Let me give you an example. Many years ago, people went to study for a Master of Business Administration, spending money to study full-time. How much did it cost in total? 300,000 Singapore dollars. I thought about it, why should I study that stuff? 300,000 Singapore dollars is better spent buying a house and collecting rent! Am I stupid to study that stuff? I don't study it. But I need this knowledge very much, so I took the MBA books, about a dozen textbooks, and brought them back to read. What do MBA students study? Let me tell you, Marketing, Business Management, and Marketing are the most important: if you can’t sell what you sell, it’s all nonsense, right? Then read Human Resource Management, Financial Management, which are the major management areas of a company, then Product Management, Project Management, and then other auxiliary books. So, I borrowed these books from the library, why? Buying them is also quite expensive! Spend money? If it doesn't make money, I can't spend it. If there are free ones, of course, I use them instead of buying.

As a result, I'll just tell you guys about this. What exactly is human resource management? Summarising it, human resource management is actually about how to hire an employee and have them make good contributions to the company. Then they become a human resource, not a human liability. Now, why should this person work hard? The books didn’t talk about it. Actually, what do the books talk about? How to reward employees? How to fine them? But in fact, it proves that it doesn't work. That's the result of later practice. What did I summarise? How to design the employee's position and job requirements? How to recruit the employee? Is the recruited employee suitable? How to train the employee? And then how to put him on the job? How to evaluate his performance? And then how to give him compensation so that he can feel psychologically balanced? And then how to promote him? This includes training. Later, I整吧整吧(zhěng ba zhěng ba - get it all together), and I thought training employees is very important.

After reading this book on human resources, goodness, how can you read it so simply, how can you finish it in just a few sentences? I'll go back and take a look. Then you go back and take a look. You go back and see if it talks about these things? It really is what you said. What is this called? Framework. Has the framework been built now? If you don't have a framework when you do something, it's a mess. Without summarisation, it's a mess, a mess in your head. If you're a mess for too long, you could get depression. People's brains don't work well, the things in people's brains are a mess, and their work is a mess. Then the boss scolds you, and after scolding you, it doesn't work. Why? It has to go through training.

So, after reading Marketing, I can finally tell you that the highest summarisation, the highest realm of Marketing, is the four Ps. We don't have time to talk about the four Ps anymore. Actually, you have to read it out. You have to summarise it if you're doing direct sales, and you have to summarise it if you're doing marketing, why? If you want people's money to go into your pocket, you have to have a trick, right? You have to know how to sell insurance. Do you understand? You have to have a way to do it. If you don't, it won't work.

Then again, everyone who does sales knows how real God's blessing is. Today I have to tell you that those sales that are blessed are good! Those that are not blessed really don't work. You think you love money in your heart, and the money will go into your pocket? There's no such thing. You try loving God? This is what I finally summarised: it's impossible for people to live without God. So, there is a framework, and the framework is no longer messy. If it's not messy, then dig into every detail, and once you organise this, everything will be clear. Then you let me talk, and I'll tell you clearly.

On this matter of human resource training, how should it be carried out? First, one must know what the person is meant to do. That is called career planning. Then, training should be provided according to the skills needed for the person's career development path. Isn't that simple? It is simple. Therefore, whether we are reading something, doing something, attending a meeting, or whatever, we like to summarise things so that our minds are not in disarray. If your mind is often in chaos, and you never engage in abstraction, summarisation, induction, and organisation, how can it not be chaotic? When you get home, the bed is messy, the wardrobe is messy, the mind is messy, the hair is messy, and you go out like a madman. Fortunately, the last sentence I said is not entirely correct. Not a madman.

Some people have a misconception that writing a lot of detailed notes is good. No, absolutely not. Writing too many notes is detrimental. There once was a high-tech enterprise, a very famous Fortune 500 company, where someone worked as a manager and later came to us. I said I would teach him how to take notes, but he wrote them in a chaotic manner, writing so much. Is that note-taking? He didn't know how to take notes. If you carefully examine your notes and find that after reading them, they remain on the paper and haven't entered your mind, that's a problem.

Therefore, I often see some people, and I say, Tell me about this matter. They say, Wait a moment. I say, Wait for what? Wait for me to open my computer. Oh, it's in the computer, not in the human brain. Isn't that nonsense? It should be stored in the human brain, not in the computer. If it were to be stored in GPT, why would I need you to do it? I would just ask GPT, and GPT would immediately tell me. The important thing is that you have nothing in your brain, which is troublesome, isn't it? So, everyone needs to summarise. Writing a lot of notes, all on paper, and not in the mind, is the same as not writing them at all. Abstraction is a mathematical term. If you abstract something, it is a mathematical term. Abstraction extracts a model from something. Summarisation is a literary term, related to language. Abstraction is a mathematical term. Both are about abstraction and summarisation. You abstract a book, you abstract a large character; in reality, it's a summary. Simple now, isn't it? Simple.

V. How to Induct

So, how to induct? The counterpart to induction is deduction. But I haven't written about deduction because deduction is pure reasoning. If we have studied mathematics, proving problems, have we studied mathematics, when taking university entrance exams? That kind of math problem is called deduction, because this, therefore that; because that, therefore that; all pure reasoning. But induction? Mathematics uses it as a reference, but what does it use more of? It uses more of sociology. Mathematics uses what is called the inductive method. Why is it called induction? Because it finds the pattern of the thing.

For example, in sociology, if you observe carefully, what do you observe? Like begets like. Heard that saying? Actually, it's a kind of induction. This induction is not accurate; it's a probability, not 100% accurate. So, in our era, there was an Indian drama about a child who was from a wealthy family. As a result, he was targeted by someone who trained thieves because the thief lived in the lower class of society: like begets like, nobles beget nobles. As a result, he stole the child and trained him to be a very famous thief. So much for like begets like. A child from a noble family is still noble. The Indian film is called The Vagabond, and the Japanese film is Manhunt. Once the pattern is found, it's powerful.

Everyone must know that looking at the mother when buying a horse is a form of induction, isn't it? It's induction. If you buy a horse, to see if it's good, you can't tell when it's young. So, go look at the mare, the old horse that bore this horse. If you see it's a good horse, buy it, invest. Isn't that the same logic as like begets like? As we gradually summarise and induct from this, we discover what? We discover that the family has a deep influence on the child; there are always some imprints. So, when I see his mother is like that, I say, You have to be careful. His father has cancer, you have to be careful. His mother has some mental issues, you have to be careful. High probability! It's induced.

People must learn to use induction; you must learn not only deduction but also induction. Deduction is logical reasoning; induction is empirical analysis. One thing is like this, another thing is like this, and yet another thing is like this; it seems like a pattern is found. So, you will slowly see how scammers scam. They stand at the train station - now it's online scams, but before, it was face-to-face scams. Back then, it was face-to-face. They glance around, and once they see someone, they have a target. Why? Regardless of whether they succeed or not, they induce patterns. The patterns they induce, if successful, are at least a high probability. They see someone who is nervous and target them. Then, someone bumps into him, and when he turns around, they snatch his things. Why? Because his attention is not focused. So, you see those who lack focus and whose eyes dart around are the targets of face-to-face pickpockets. Someone like me, with my gaze and the way I hold my hand, the way I swipe on my phone, they won't touch. After touching me, it would be a relief if he wasn't scammed. So, this matter is about seeing a lot and inducing patterns; you know it at a glance.

For example, a salesperson. When someone walks in, if you don't do well, you can't handle it. The salesperson takes one look and ignores you. Why? You're not someone who is going to buy a car. They know. Everyone gradually figures it out. For example, you drive a sanbengzi to a Mercedes-Benz 4S store and say you want a test drive. They look at your sanbengzi: I think you should test drive a sanbengzi. What can you trade your sanbengzi for? Maybe a Wuling MINI or an electric mobility scooter for the elderly. These things are all induced. That is why people who do not like to actively learn, are highly confident, and want to get rich quickly are targets of scams. Another type of people targeted are those who yearn for beautiful love.

Young people who yearn for beautiful love - that stuff can release a signal, releasing a signal in the spiritual realm, and scammers will come. Everyone asks what a sanbengzi is? A sanbengzi is a three-wheeled vehicle. Therefore, whether it is abstraction, summarisation, or induction, it is about finding the internal patterns of things. Finding various patterns is finding the patterns of things according to their kind. Today, I am trying my best to explain this matter clearly, but I can't keep talking forever. If I do, your attention will only last fifteen minutes, and I will be talking in vain. I will show you in practice later.

VI. How to Organise

We experience many things every day, doing this, doing that, reading this, learning that, taking this class, and then, at the end of the day, we are confused and in chaos. Then what should we do? We need to organise it. Actually, anything that is not organised will be chaotic. Don't think that just because I told you about abstraction, summarisation, and induction, things will be orderly without organization. The way the room is messy is the way the mind is messy. Chaos is natural. If you do nothing, it will only get messier. As you learn things, they will become chaotic. So, this is a natural law: everything naturally becomes chaotic. That's just how it is. As you learn, you need to organize; as you live, you need to organise. Why? If you don't organise, it will be chaotic.

So, you will find that as long as I am in a place, I don't spend a lot of time. I just organise a bit today, a bit tomorrow, a bit the day after. I am always organising, so my place will never be messy. Where I am, the room is not messy, and my mind is not messy. What am I here to do? I am here to solve chaos. So, does the word organise need explanation? I organise until it's clean, and once it's clean, it can continue to move forward.

Let me give you an example: there are many tools used in renovation. As you work, the construction site becomes messy. That's because as we assemble things, we need to re-induct and re-organise the tools. So, when I say this, don't think I'm showing off. I'm not talking about that. I am mainly talking about organisation. A room that is not organised for a long time will definitely be messy. Tools that are not organised over time will definitely be messy. As you work, things in the room will be messy. If you are repairing an air conditioner, as you repair it, this tool and that tool are everywhere. Don't you have to tidy up? If you tidy up a lot, it will become organised and clean. So, this matter is very simple. Can everyone understand organisation? So, why do I call it abstraction, summarisation, induction, and organisation? After doing all of these, you always have to organise.

VII. Master Patterns, Enhance Logical Analysis Skills

What is the purpose of abstraction, summarisation, induction, and organisation? To master patterns. Mastering patterns provides the foundation for logical analysis. If you master the pattern, you know that if I do something this way, the reaction will be like this; if I do it that way, the reaction will be like that. If you want it to develop in a certain direction, you know what to do because there is a pattern. If you haven't mastered the pattern, what are you analysing? What is a pattern? A pattern is a concept, the relationship between concepts; this is logical analysis. In the end, what happens? Problem-solving. Our logical analysis is not for anything else; it's for solving problems. Mastering patterns allows for logical analysis. So, why can't you do logical analysis? Because you haven't done abstraction, summarisation, induction, and organisation in the past. Therefore, start practicing from small, simple things to solve problems. Only by mastering patterns can you effectively solve problems.

If you don't know how to be a person, you will certainly mess people up. If you don't know how to do things, you will certainly mess things up. If you mess up people and things in your life, how can you possibly enjoy being alive? It's hard to enjoy. If you know how to do things and master patterns, you can effectively solve problems. Ten problems become nine, nine become eight, eight become six, six become four, so it will become less and less.

If you ask me where Chinese Mingding Doctrine started, it started from solving problems. Why haven't other theologies developed like mine? Because they don't want to solve problems. Because once I want to solve a problem, I have to think about what the pattern is. If doing this thing doesn't solve problems, the problems will accumulate more and more. Ten become twenty, twenty become fifty, fifty become one hundred. Isn't a person's entire life then nothing but problems? Like flies and mosquitoes surrounding you, buzzing in your head. So, I want everyone today to enter into a cycle, a cycle of continuous growth: abstraction, summarisation, induction, organisation.

You may have mastered this ability in one thing, but you haven't mastered it in many other things. Don't assume that just because you can write essays, you can write meeting minutes. They are two completely different things. We need to constantly expand horizontally. Students should constantly do abstraction, summarisation, induction, and organisation; workers should constantly do abstraction, summarisation, induction, and organisation; housewives should also constantly do abstraction, summarisation, induction, and organisation. Then, with logical analysis skills, you can solve problems and master the patterns of things. This is what I am sharing with everyone today.