如何走出艰难的日子——斯托克代尔悖论

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关于吉姆.柯林斯(Jim Collins)

吉姆.柯林斯(Jim Collins)是一位很牛逼的管理专家,和畅销书作家。看过他的两本畅销书《基业常青》和《从优秀到卓越》。在《从优秀到卓越》这本书里。经常会想起同时也是对我影响很深的一个概念就是斯托克代尔悖论(the Stockdale Paradox)。

为了尽量做到没有误解这个概念,我重新下载了《从优秀到卓越》这本书,再读了有关这个概念的部分。意外看到《财富》中文网对吉姆.柯林斯的采访。也有一集专门谈这个概念。(http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjY0MTExNDI0.html?spm=a2h0j.8191423.item_XMjY0MTExNDI0.A&from=y1.2-2.4.31)

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如何走出艰难的日子——斯托克代尔悖论


吉姆.斯托克代尔(Jim Stockdale),美国海军中将(United States Navyvice admiral国内很多翻译成“上将”,是我理解错了吗)越战时期“河内希尔顿”战俘营关押的美军最高军事指挥官。从1965年到1973年的8年间,他被严刑拷打20多次。但他没有被打倒,最终得以获释,和家人团聚,并成为一个民族英雄。在被关押的8年间,他和妻子合著了《爱情与战争》(In Love and War),记录了他们在这8年中的经历。

吉姆.柯林斯被感动的是:当他身处战俘营中,完全不知道结局时,是怎样做到这些的呢。在他的《从优秀到卓越》这本书中记录:

I never lost faith in the end of the story, I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade.

柯林斯问哪些人没能从战俘营出来?

Oh, that's easy, the optimists. Oh, they were the ones who said, 'We're going to be out by Christmas.' And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. Then they'd say, 'We're going to be out by Easter.' And Easter would come, and Easter would go. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. And they died of a broken heart.

Stockdale then added:

This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.

所以,我理解的斯托克代尔悖论:

坚持一定会成功的信念,这个信念不能动摇,就像是一面指引我们前进的旗帜,旗帜不能倒下。但是单有信念也没什么卵用。还要做到直面残忍的现实,不能逃避,这是原则。

个人理解《肖申克的救赎》讲的也是这个道理。

希望总是会有的,尽管路途曲折,那些牛逼的人都有一个优点,那就是在不利与艰难的遭遇中不折不挠。只要希望还在,路就能走下去。

未来会怎样,我们拭目以待。

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