Barnum effect: don't be influenced by the outside world

Barnum effect means that people can easily believe a general description of personality, think it is particularly suitable for them, and accurately reveal their personality characteristics, even if the content is empty. -Baidu Encyclopedia

When Jiang Xun expounded A Dream of Red Mansions, he also said that in reality, everyone's personality characteristics are not so single, and sometimes they behave as bohemian as Xue Pan; Sometimes he acts like Lin Daiyu who likes quiet environment, and then no one wants to talk to him; Sometimes, I want to be as decent and considerate as Xue Baochai ... Human nature is really mixed with too many personality characteristics, and with the change of environment, it forms more complicated interpersonal relationships. Therefore, don't mistake: "He is obviously a XXX person, and he will never be a XXX person", "I think my personality should be XXX" and "I think he is a XXX person".

In Weibo and WeChat, you will often see calculations such as XXX horoscope and today's divination. I liked playing very much when I was a child. I often go to booksellers on the street to read these fortune calculations, and then I foolishly believe that I am, because I think some words are really accurate. Besides, the village also loved to play with these things at that time. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people like to go to temples to read divinations for themselves or their families. Divination is nothing more than some ambiguous and ambiguous sentences, which makes people feel as if they have nothing to do with themselves. If we understand the Barnum effect, any divination in the divination clock can actually be put on anyone, and the so-called "fortune teller" is not so magical.

So, don't influence yourself because of external factors. How your emotional state is actually in your own hands. Don't be resigned to fate, follow the crowd and drift with the tide. Be an independent and honest individual ~