Chapter 5 The Mirror Theory
Back in his community, Gu Ping saw that the clock above the community bulletin board was already pointing to eight o'clock.
was forcibly pulled away by Cao Yufeng at the gate of the community before, Gu Ping didn't have time to tell his parents not to eat dinner, and it was estimated that he would be nagged by his mother again when he got home.
He quickened his pace slightly, constantly overtaking the pedestrians on the quiet road of the community. His home is on the fifth floor of a row of six-story buildings in the southernmost part of the community, and he can't help but feel a little short of breath when he walks to the door.
Take a deep breath and knock on the door.
The iron door quickly opened, and Xi Xiaomei's familiar smiling face appeared in front of her: "Pingping, come in! Have you eaten? Why did you come back so late?"
Familiar tones, familiar eyes.
Gu Ping looked at his mother in a daze, and an indescribable feeling suddenly welled up in his heart, so that the corners of his eyes moistened uncontrollably......
When he went out in the morning, his mother, who was in her sixties with gray sideburns, knew that he had a social relationship, and told him to drink less, and when she came back in the evening, her mother changed back to the face of a middle-aged woman.
Rebirth...... That's nice!
Let him have the opportunity to improve the family situation and make the second half of his parents' lives relatively comfortable.
"Mom, I've eaten, Liu Zaisen invited us to dinner today, there are six people in total, Cao Yufeng and Feng Juan are here. ”
"If you don't go home for dinner or make a phone call, when will you be sensible! I haven't eaten with your mother, I'm waiting for you!" a middle-aged man's voice came from the living room.
Gu Ping hurriedly walked into the living room, and said while changing his shoes: "Dad, I'm sorry, there is no phone near the Dahai Restaurant on Longming Road, why don't you give me a mobile phone?"
"Ha! Will you climb up the pole? Which of your classmates has a mobile phone?" Gu Ruihai refused without hesitation.
"Pingping, I asked Yu Hongying today, and their Feng Juan doesn't have a mobile phone. Xi Xiaomei works in the Civil Affairs Section of Longming Street, and Yu Hongying works in the Party and Government Office of the street, working on the same floor, and they don't see anyone looking up. The two families also often have dinner together.
Gu Ping and Feng Juan are the biggest talking points between Xi Xiaomei and Yu Hongying.
"Eat!" Gu Ruihai was about hungry, stood up, and went to the kitchen to serve food.
"Do you want to eat more?" asked Xi Xiaomei.
Gu Ping and their generation are all only children, the product of family planning, and they are the identity of little emperors in every family.
"Mom, you eat, I'm full. He walked over to the couch and sat down to watch TV.
Xi Xiaomei brought over a few slices of cut watermelon, put them on the coffee table, and asked, "Have you drunk?" Eat a few slices of watermelon. ”
Gu Ping said with a smile: "Thank you, Mom, it's better to be my mother!"
Xi Xiaomei smiled and sat down beside him, and began to nag: "Feng Xuan's grades will definitely be able to enter Fudan, and your score is estimated to only go to the University of Finance, fortunately, the two schools are not far away, and after going to college, you still have to move around more." ”
"Mom, what do you mean?"
Gu Ping has the impression that during the period from high school graduation to college, this topic has been repeated several times in the family. In his previous life, he and Feng Juan did not get together, and his mother often regretted it.
Xi Xiaomei raised her face and said, "This is also what Yu Hongying meant!"
"Mom, there is really you! The boys who please Feng Juan can line up in several squares, and as soon as she enters Fudan, she will add another batch of dog licking parties, and your son is not willing to serve!"
"Xiaomei, eat! You don't care about Feng Juan's business. Gu Ruihai took the bowl and chopsticks out, knocked the rice bowl with the chopsticks, and said unhappily.
"How good is Feng Juan, beautiful and smart, I like it very much. Xi Xiaomei stood up and said unsatisfied.
Gu Ruihai said: "It's not necessarily good to be too beautiful and too smart, I think it's appropriate to call Sisi in their class." ”
"Xie Sisi?" Xi Xiaomei said: "Her family is not as good as the old Feng family. ”
This is a typical family bloody drama, seeing that the supporting actors and actresses immediately refreshed themselves when they talked about Feng Juan, Xie Sisi and other girls, and their eyes lit up, Gu Ping stopped watching TV and hid in his room.
Out of sight is pure!
It didn't take long for Gu Ruihai to finish eating, and he called outside: "Gu Ping, come out, let's talk." ”
It's not endless!
Gu Ping reluctantly returned to the living room and said, "Dad, if it's Feng Juan's business, don't talk about it." ”
Gu Ruihai shook his hand and said, "I'll talk to you about other things." ”
Gu Ruihai works in a technology company at Tunghai University, is a middle-level cadre of this company, good at handling interpersonal relationships, and mixes well in the unit.
Gu Ping sat next to his father and asked, "Dad, what's the matter?"
Gu Ruihai saw his wife washing dishes in the kitchen, and asked in a low voice, "Are you really not interested in Feng Juan?"
The old man didn't take his words to heart!
Gu Ping asked rhetorically: "Dad, when you were studying, did you have any thoughts about the most beautiful girl in the class?"
The father and son stared at each other for a moment, and couldn't help laughing!
Understand?
Understand!
Gu Ruihai said in a low voice: "So, in front of your mother, you pretended to be unhappy in order to reduce interference?"
"Dad, don't talk about this matter!" Gu Ping stood up and prepared to go back.
"Hey, don't go!" Gu Ruihai took Gu Ping's hand, put away his smile, and said seriously: "You're going to college, I want to talk to you about something else." ”
Gu Ping sat down again and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"I remember talking to you about mirror theory the other day. ”
"Yes, you say that relationships are like looking in a mirror, if you smile at others, they will laugh at you, and if you are fierce to others, others will be fierce to you. I know that!"
"It's not that simple. Gu Ruihai has a habit of resting his hand on the coffee table when he speaks, except for his thumb that does not move, the other four fingers take turns to hit the tabletop, making a rhythmic tapping sound. "The mirror theory can be extended to say, for example, if you speak ill of others behind your back, others will speak ill of you behind your back. ”
Gu Ping nodded.
After the college entrance examination, his father began to instill in him the knowledge of emotional intelligence.
In my father's words, from college onwards, emotional intelligence will be more important than IQ. Especially after entering the workplace, people with high emotional intelligence are more likely to be promoted, and it is easy to get help at work. People with low emotional intelligence face a myriad of obstacles in a market economy.
"It's one thing to know, it's another thing to do. Gu Ruihai continued to play: "Keeping a smile, being good at discovering the strengths of others, and being good at praising others are the basic requirements of successful people. ”
Gu Ping nodded: "Hmm!"
"The mirror theory is beyond the visual distance, if you smile at others in front of you and turn your face to look disgusted, or support the opinions of others in front of you and oppose them behind your back, praise others in person, and say worthless behind your back, you will be fed back through the third and fourth parties. It's like when you look in a mirror, refracted through one mirror after another, and finally see the other person out of sight. ”
Gu Ping nodded deeply and said, "Dad, don't worry, I don't like to chew the root of people's tongues behind my back." ”
Gu Ruihai said seductively: "Therefore, the point of the mirror theory is that the third party is also a mirror. Through the mirror of a third person, anyone can see the other side behind your hideout. ”
"Makes sense!"
Gu Ruihai added: "Don't think that your good friend won't be a mirror, won't refract your true thoughts, and don't think that your leader is not a mirror." To a certain extent, your friends and leaders are more likely to be the mirror through which people can observe you. ”
"Dad, is it okay to say that if I want to improve someone's relationship, not only should I be kind to him, but also, in front of his friends and enemies, I must praise him and tap his strengths?"
Gu Ruihai smiled: "You can teach your son!"
"I understand, I'm going to sleep if there's nothing else!" Gu Ping yawned, although his father's rumored emotional intelligence secret skills were good, he had a natural ability, and his grade was obviously much higher.
He can always see the perception of him in other people's hearts, no matter how deep the city is, he is also "little transparent" in front of him, which words the other party likes to hear, what things the other party likes, the door is clear!