On the Negative Effects of Chicken Soup for the Soul

Although chicken soup is attractive, it escapes from the essence of the matter, uses sophistry to gain readers' emotions, then paralyzes readers' pain and produces so-called positive energy. Most chicken soup texts are fallacious and seemingly reasonable, but in fact they can't stand logical scrutiny, not to mention the phenomenon of putting chicken soup for the soul on a celebrity's Zhang Guan Dai Li. I have had such an experience. In the same sentence, I have seen many versions of Li Ka-shing's theory, Ma Yun's theory and Bai's theory in my circle of friends.

There is also the following example, which is a model of chicken soup:

The rich man was on holiday by the sea and saw a fisherman fishing.

The rich man said, I'll tell you how to become a rich man and enjoy the true meaning of life.

The fisherman said, all ears.

The rich man said, first of all, you need to borrow money to buy a boat to fish and earn money to hire a few helpers to increase production, so as to increase profits.

And after that? Asked the fisherman.

Then you can buy a big boat, fish more and earn more money.

And after that?

Buy more boats, set up a fishing company and invest in an aquatic product processing factory.

and then

Then go public and use this money to invest in real estate. In this way, you will become a billionaire like me.

After becoming a billionaire? Fishermen don't seem to know enough about this result.

The rich man thought about it and said that if you become a billionaire, you can go to the seaside for a holiday, bask in the sun, fish and enjoy life like me.

Oh, I see. The fisherman seems to understand, so don't you think my life now is the result of those processes you mentioned?

This article is often used by chicken soup lovers to persuade people:

Many times, what others are striving for is exactly what we have now, but we are unaware of it. Therefore, we should cherish what we have more than what we can't pursue.

At first glance, it makes sense, doesn't it? But think about it, in fact, you have fallen into the trap of chicken soup. In fact, the rich man said that he had other options besides sunbathing and fishing to enjoy life. On the contrary, for a fisherman, his choice of other lifestyles is extremely limited. He looks comfortable, but his existing comfort can't stand the risk because he has no ability to take risks. Once the typhoon comes, he.

What's the use of drinking soup without a spoon?

Seeing this, some people may have been complaining about chicken soup, because chicken soup has a certain curative effect on healing the soul, but the author is so serious that it is worthless and is suspected of grandstanding. Then I can only say that you are naive. There is no white chicken soup in the world It will waste your time and paralyze your mind.

In addition to desire, there is also fear that can promote a person's success. People's psychological state can be divided into comfort zone and panic zone. People change themselves in panic to seek comfort. Being in any state for a long time is not conducive to the healthy development of people. Whether in life, study or work, proper anxiety can push you to change the status quo.

Chicken soup for the soul is inspiring and warm, but it is indeed some "pseudo-logic", which often blurs our focus and fails to recognize the essence of the problem. It's a waste of time for us to linger on these chicken soup articles that have no practical effect every day.

Really brave, dare to face the bleak life.

Therefore, we should say "no" to the "pseudo-logical" chicken soup for the soul and really choose according to our own situation. Although life should yearn for happiness and relaxation, we can't live without human suffering. Perhaps, we should really learn to face up to the pain and effectively resolve it, instead of blindly escaping and hiding in chicken soup for temporary comfort.

In the words of Mr. Lu Xun: "A true warrior dares to face the bleak life and the dripping blood." And ordinary people's life often includes four stages:

Stage 1: ignorance, happiness and hope with a higher heart than the sky;

Stage 2: the struggle and suffering after being ashamed of inferiority;

Stage three: resentment and disappointment without asking for return;

The fourth stage: calm and ordinary or decadent.

When you face the second stage of suffering, if your first thought is not to face it positively and seek a way out, but to seek psychological comfort in chicken soup, then you can only be content with mediocrity.

Success depends on time-tested background and talent, hard work and a little opportunity, but chicken soup is used to dramatically amplify the role of opportunities, which really brings readers three minutes of heat, but after three minutes, the problem is still waiting for you, because chicken soup can't give you direction except self-paralysis, which is exactly the case. Nowadays, the number of successful people has not increased.

Of course, if you want to make a fortune by selling chicken soup for the soul, you might as well drink more.