Some people can only see the small details, but forget the whole picture, which is a very critical issue. In my work, I benefited from always having a global perspective on things. If I take you through the Bible, you will find that I usually start from a global perspective before going into details.

In the past, my bosses liked me to be present at meetings. Because in meetings, it is easy to get into the details and then go off-topic. When I am there, I like to pick up a marker and write out the thinking process on the whiteboard, so that the discussion does not go off-topic.

The Importance of a Global Perspective

Yesterday I was discussing a software with my colleagues, a software used to make robots. When I look at this software, I will first look at the big picture and the overall situation. But some brothers and sisters will go into the details first. I will first look at what this software does, what problems it can solve, and then abstract it. When the idea of the software is abstracted, it becomes very clear whether this software needs to be used and how to use it.

For example, when you come to Singapore, the most important thing is where you live, what subway stations are nearby, what routes there are, so you probably won't get lost. If you don't have a global perspective, even if you walked all the streets nearby, you wouldn't know the topography or where you are. If you don't stand high enough to see clearly, you won't have a global perspective. Therefore, a key to a global perspective is height. Raising your height is key, and the height at which you stand determines whether you are clear or confused. If you start with the details, you can easily get confused; if you start from a macro perspective, from a global perspective, you will be very clear.

How to Develop the Habit of Seeing the Big Picture?

The habit of having a global perspective is a person's thinking habit. For example, in doing business, the choice of location is very important, and you must start from a global perspective. Never choose a sunset industry, otherwise you won't know if you can get your money back. You must start from a global perspective to see if your industry has development prospects.

Some people think that I have to understand everything before I can have a global perspective, but that is not the case. When Chairman Mao asked his men to investigate military intelligence, he wanted strategic information, not details. Today, when we look at things, we must develop the habit that we don't have the big picture only after we have the details, but rather that we see the big picture clearly before we understand the details. You must first understand the big picture before looking at the details. What is the biggest challenge of this project, and what is the second biggest challenge. I go from the global to the specific.

In terms of teaching, you should start with the big picture. When learning office software like Word, some people learn one function at a time and then teach practical application. This is a micro-to-macro learning method, which can easily make people dizzy. If I were to teach, I would first give students a global concept, give them a very messy document, a well-organized document, and then tell them that you need to use xx, xx, xx functions. After the students have learned it, they can go back and use it.

For another example, there is a recording software with so many functions, you can't learn all the functions one by one before applying them, you will get dizzy! My teaching will let the students record first, then output mp3, and denoise, and the students can already use it. You will ask, there are many functions that have not been learned? It doesn't matter, you can learn them slowly. It's the same with reading the Bible, you can read the Bible roughly first, and then slowly study it carefully.

Develop the Habit of a Global Perspective

From the global to the individual, from the macro to the micro, this is a way of thinking and a way of doing things.

Some people are poor, and if you drill into the details, you can't solve their problems. But if you learn to think about the essence and grasp the essential problem of their poverty and solve it, you can help this person. When you have an overall layout and concept, you will be able to distinguish between primary and secondary.

Today, what you receive in the church is education. We will give you a macro concept and let you do it first, and then slowly add the details. There is a big difference in the effect between learning many things that you don't use and learning one thing that you apply.

Two of our children paid more than 20,000 yuan to learn programming and didn't learn anything. Here, I first give them a form, and then let them add a little bit of functionality to it, and they learn it. A global perspective is very important, whether in learning, or in doing projects, doing things, or being a person, you need a global perspective. You should often sit down and draw on paper what your plan is and how to do it. Never get caught up in the details and blindly drill into them.

I will stop here today. Everyone needs to practice and become smart in practice.

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