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Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life
Chin-Ning Chu is one of the world's foremost experts on Asian business psychology, a frequent guest on "Larry King Live" and other high-profile TV shows. Now she shows how to apply ancient Chinese military wisdom to the competitive world of business today. "Could become the Think and Grow Rich of the 1990s".--Success magazine.
384 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1992
About the author
Chin-Ning Chu
34 books51 followersChin-Ning Chu was born in mainland China, grew up in Taiwan, and emigrated to the United States in 1969.
Chin-Ning Chu is a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
In 1987 Chu represented the Governor of the state of Oregon - in establishing a cooperative development project with Fujian Province of People's Republic of China.
Chu ran businesses in Antioch, California. She was the president of the Strategic Learning Institute, president of Asian Marketing Consultants, Inc. and chairperson of NeuroScience Industries, Inc.
She advised executives and multinational corporations around the world and is considered an authority on understanding the Asian business psyche.
Chu also conducted workshops and lectures in personal development,[4] peak performance strategy,[5] Asian negotiation tactics, leadership, cross-cultural training and spirituality.[6]
Chu's books have been used as textbooks at universities.
Chu's work was well regarded by global media, including USA Today, The Washington Post, SUCCESS Magazine, Asia Inc, The Asia Wall Street Journal, United Kingdom's Financial Times, China's People Daily, Australia's Financial Review and CNN. She was featured in cover stories by People Magazine, Vogue, Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle, People's Daily of China to publications and television shows from Peru to Malaysia.
She was honored as "Woman of the Year" by the international organization, Women of the World.
Chu was named among the all-time Success Writers by Nicholas Brealey Publishing.
Chin-Ning Chu is a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
In 1987 Chu represented the Governor of the state of Oregon - in establishing a cooperative development project with Fujian Province of People's Republic of China.
Chu ran businesses in Antioch, California. She was the president of the Strategic Learning Institute, president of Asian Marketing Consultants, Inc. and chairperson of NeuroScience Industries, Inc.
She advised executives and multinational corporations around the world and is considered an authority on understanding the Asian business psyche.
Chu also conducted workshops and lectures in personal development,[4] peak performance strategy,[5] Asian negotiation tactics, leadership, cross-cultural training and spirituality.[6]
Chu's books have been used as textbooks at universities.
Chu's work was well regarded by global media, including USA Today, The Washington Post, SUCCESS Magazine, Asia Inc, The Asia Wall Street Journal, United Kingdom's Financial Times, China's People Daily, Australia's Financial Review and CNN. She was featured in cover stories by People Magazine, Vogue, Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle, People's Daily of China to publications and television shows from Peru to Malaysia.
She was honored as "Woman of the Year" by the international organization, Women of the World.
Chu was named among the all-time Success Writers by Nicholas Brealey Publishing.
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January 11, 2014
This is one of those books which you often see in the Asian section of bookstores, purporting to relate some long, lost mystical secret of the Orient, but actually offering up junk psychology in Asian garb.
The conceit of this book is that it is offering up ancient, accepted wisdom. However, it certainly is not, The Thick Black Theory has its origins in the writings of Li Zongwu (1879-1944), a failed bureaucrat in the late Qing Dynasty. Li felt that the path to success lay in the pursuit of unbridled selfishness and narcissism without any concern for the welfare of others (having a black heart), while hiding that fact through deceit and rank hypocrisy (having a thick face). While some people in Chinese history (indeed, in Western history as well), may have behaved in this way, such behavior was never held up as virtuous or even wise in traditional Chinese thought. However, Li and Chin-Ning Chu would have us believe that there is virtue in being wicked, and that being wicked has always been acceptable in Chinese society.
Chin-Ning Chu tries to buttress her argument by claiming that many successful people in Western history have in fact utilized the same strategy. The problem is that none of her examples can even withstand the most cursory scrutiny. Her examples were by and large not acting selfishly and were often quite clear in their motivations. Their faces were not thick, and they certainly did not have black hearts.
One could argue that the Thick Black Theory is actually a restatement of Machiavelli's philosophy. However, there is a crucial difference between the two. In Machiavelli's philosophy, the prince may hide his motivations and may at times act selfishly, but it is always for the good of the state, and therefore for the people living in the state. As much as Chin-Ning Chu may try to protest otherwise, at heart Li's theory is concerned purely about personal success. It is all about gaining power for oneself and imposing one's will upon others, and not about the betterment of society. Indeed, a person with a true thick face and black heart would feel that other people exist purely to serve him and for his personal benefit. How could a society filled with such people advance and find prosperity? Chin-Ning Chu tries but fails to explain how living according to the Thick Black Theory makes for a better world. In the end, all we are left with is a roadmap for being a selfish bastard in order to find personal success.
The conceit of this book is that it is offering up ancient, accepted wisdom. However, it certainly is not, The Thick Black Theory has its origins in the writings of Li Zongwu (1879-1944), a failed bureaucrat in the late Qing Dynasty. Li felt that the path to success lay in the pursuit of unbridled selfishness and narcissism without any concern for the welfare of others (having a black heart), while hiding that fact through deceit and rank hypocrisy (having a thick face). While some people in Chinese history (indeed, in Western history as well), may have behaved in this way, such behavior was never held up as virtuous or even wise in traditional Chinese thought. However, Li and Chin-Ning Chu would have us believe that there is virtue in being wicked, and that being wicked has always been acceptable in Chinese society.
Chin-Ning Chu tries to buttress her argument by claiming that many successful people in Western history have in fact utilized the same strategy. The problem is that none of her examples can even withstand the most cursory scrutiny. Her examples were by and large not acting selfishly and were often quite clear in their motivations. Their faces were not thick, and they certainly did not have black hearts.
One could argue that the Thick Black Theory is actually a restatement of Machiavelli's philosophy. However, there is a crucial difference between the two. In Machiavelli's philosophy, the prince may hide his motivations and may at times act selfishly, but it is always for the good of the state, and therefore for the people living in the state. As much as Chin-Ning Chu may try to protest otherwise, at heart Li's theory is concerned purely about personal success. It is all about gaining power for oneself and imposing one's will upon others, and not about the betterment of society. Indeed, a person with a true thick face and black heart would feel that other people exist purely to serve him and for his personal benefit. How could a society filled with such people advance and find prosperity? Chin-Ning Chu tries but fails to explain how living according to the Thick Black Theory makes for a better world. In the end, all we are left with is a roadmap for being a selfish bastard in order to find personal success.
August 13, 2016
Nice book. Gives a very good insight on how to be victor and not a victim. By reading this book you get an impression that nobody's perfect as a matter of fact everybody has done something in their lives that they thought was really grossly stupid or out of line. But at the end of the day life is not about what you've done before but if you are willing to accept yourself and move on. Life is about how far are willing to go to pay the price to success. The people who accept themselves their (strengths and weaknesses) fast and do the right thing in life become victors. The people who go about questioning themselves and asking trying to understand why they did something stupid end up doubting themselves, wasting time and don't grow they end up becoming victims. Very insightful book about deception and how power and influence shift.
April 7, 2016
This book was strongly recommended to me by my master. As soon as I opened it, I knew that this would be one of the greatest books, which I had a chance to get my hands on. This review will never be able to explain and do justice to the actual contents of what is inside.
Ms. Chin-Ning Chu has been a consultant for various organizations. She has been a business liaison between American and Asian Corporations for many years. She gave speeches and conferences on variety of subjects in business development and success in the personal life. She has been developing a system Thick Face Black Heart, which is based on the very ancient philosophy, on how to make yourself be more efficient to the outside world. This book is one of her many ventures and it is the first one I had a chance to read.
Thick Face is the way that the others perceive us. Black Heart is the way we act and what measure we are willing to take to achieve and accomplish Thick Face. In the Asian philosophy, Thick Face, the way the others see you, your honor and your face is very important factor. To Asian people, loosing a face is worst then loosing a fortune.
There is a little story in the book, about an ancient Chinese warrior. One day on his way home, two hooligans, who wanted to cause trouble, confronted him. They said, that the young man should fight them or crawl on his hands and knees back to the village. The young warrior got on all fours and crawled all the way back the village, embarrassing himself in front of everyone. He lost his face in front of people and had not proved himself being worthy. Later on, that young man while fighting the enemy’s army proved to be one of the greatest Chinese heroes. The moral of the story is, that for the young man to prove his Thick Face, he had to fight an unskilled person, whom he would have easily defeated and probably killed. So, he felt that to exercise the Black Heart to achieve his honor, he would rather show it in the battle and not do it against someone who is not worthy.
There is a way we can achieve our personal Thick Face, without exercising the Black Heart, unless absolutely necessary. For example the doctor performs a surgery and in order to make someone feel better, he has to exercise a tremendous amount of Black Heart in order not to feel like he is hurting a person at the moment. A manager has two fire a few people in order two save the jobs of hundreds. Even though someone might say that it is a cruel way of doing things, but in order to achieve a proper level of success, the person has to use force of, what some might call, an unethical measures.
In modern western society, we put a lot or enthuses on measuring personal success by the amount of income a person has generated. There is a lot of pressure from the outside and within on how we measure our personal achievement. In the eastern philosophy, success is a measure of personal achievement. The success is directly related to the accomplishment of one’s goals. May it be a personal satisfaction, a task of some sort or a financial gain, but it is within a person to set that standard for him or her self.
The book also uses a variety of metaphors to explain how to implement the information and posses a proper balance of Thick Face Black Heart theory. One of the ones the author stresses out is about a Fox and a Tiger. The Fox is a small animal, who is not as noticeable in the woods and can easily be killed by other bigger and stronger animals. The Fox knows how to associate herself with a Tiger, therefore creating an image of being in the company of a much larger beast. Even if the Fox is not directly associated with the Tiger, the perception that the Tiger cares about the Fox's well being, makes the Fox feel safe and protects her from the rest.
In the real life we can always use the same methodology in our business and every day life. When we associate ourselves or create an image that we are associated with an important or more powerful entity, the others are fearful and more inclined to take us seriously. We can make the others, whether it is in business or in friendships take us with a greater level of respect, because we perceive, that a much larger and stronger force is backing us.
The basic idea in the nutshell behind the book is that we have the power within us to develop a winning, efficient and self-motivating persona, which will be more appealing to the outside world and ourselves. How much will we be willing to contribute in order to do it? Is everyone capable of demonstrating the Thick Face Black Heart theory? Can people create their own limitations and except them, and what it takes to break out from the every day situations and get the most for our personal satisfaction without hurting others. The book uses a lot of famous quotes by great philosophers, thinkers and leaders. There is definitely more then what can be laid out in this opinion.
I have never seen a book, where the content of personal motivation and self-achievement was explained in such great detail. This book is not for self-motivation or for business success, it is about life and how to live it to the fullest potential. I was told that the first time you read this book, only 10% of information would penetrate and stay in your head. It is absolutely true. I will definitely have to read this one again, to get more out of it.
Ms. Chin-Ning Chu has been a consultant for various organizations. She has been a business liaison between American and Asian Corporations for many years. She gave speeches and conferences on variety of subjects in business development and success in the personal life. She has been developing a system Thick Face Black Heart, which is based on the very ancient philosophy, on how to make yourself be more efficient to the outside world. This book is one of her many ventures and it is the first one I had a chance to read.
Thick Face is the way that the others perceive us. Black Heart is the way we act and what measure we are willing to take to achieve and accomplish Thick Face. In the Asian philosophy, Thick Face, the way the others see you, your honor and your face is very important factor. To Asian people, loosing a face is worst then loosing a fortune.
There is a little story in the book, about an ancient Chinese warrior. One day on his way home, two hooligans, who wanted to cause trouble, confronted him. They said, that the young man should fight them or crawl on his hands and knees back to the village. The young warrior got on all fours and crawled all the way back the village, embarrassing himself in front of everyone. He lost his face in front of people and had not proved himself being worthy. Later on, that young man while fighting the enemy’s army proved to be one of the greatest Chinese heroes. The moral of the story is, that for the young man to prove his Thick Face, he had to fight an unskilled person, whom he would have easily defeated and probably killed. So, he felt that to exercise the Black Heart to achieve his honor, he would rather show it in the battle and not do it against someone who is not worthy.
There is a way we can achieve our personal Thick Face, without exercising the Black Heart, unless absolutely necessary. For example the doctor performs a surgery and in order to make someone feel better, he has to exercise a tremendous amount of Black Heart in order not to feel like he is hurting a person at the moment. A manager has two fire a few people in order two save the jobs of hundreds. Even though someone might say that it is a cruel way of doing things, but in order to achieve a proper level of success, the person has to use force of, what some might call, an unethical measures.
In modern western society, we put a lot or enthuses on measuring personal success by the amount of income a person has generated. There is a lot of pressure from the outside and within on how we measure our personal achievement. In the eastern philosophy, success is a measure of personal achievement. The success is directly related to the accomplishment of one’s goals. May it be a personal satisfaction, a task of some sort or a financial gain, but it is within a person to set that standard for him or her self.
The book also uses a variety of metaphors to explain how to implement the information and posses a proper balance of Thick Face Black Heart theory. One of the ones the author stresses out is about a Fox and a Tiger. The Fox is a small animal, who is not as noticeable in the woods and can easily be killed by other bigger and stronger animals. The Fox knows how to associate herself with a Tiger, therefore creating an image of being in the company of a much larger beast. Even if the Fox is not directly associated with the Tiger, the perception that the Tiger cares about the Fox's well being, makes the Fox feel safe and protects her from the rest.
In the real life we can always use the same methodology in our business and every day life. When we associate ourselves or create an image that we are associated with an important or more powerful entity, the others are fearful and more inclined to take us seriously. We can make the others, whether it is in business or in friendships take us with a greater level of respect, because we perceive, that a much larger and stronger force is backing us.
The basic idea in the nutshell behind the book is that we have the power within us to develop a winning, efficient and self-motivating persona, which will be more appealing to the outside world and ourselves. How much will we be willing to contribute in order to do it? Is everyone capable of demonstrating the Thick Face Black Heart theory? Can people create their own limitations and except them, and what it takes to break out from the every day situations and get the most for our personal satisfaction without hurting others. The book uses a lot of famous quotes by great philosophers, thinkers and leaders. There is definitely more then what can be laid out in this opinion.
I have never seen a book, where the content of personal motivation and self-achievement was explained in such great detail. This book is not for self-motivation or for business success, it is about life and how to live it to the fullest potential. I was told that the first time you read this book, only 10% of information would penetrate and stay in your head. It is absolutely true. I will definitely have to read this one again, to get more out of it.
October 30, 2017
انهيت الكتاب وانا في مشاعر مختلطة حوله فهو من ناحيه واقعي جدا في كيفية الوصول الى الاهداف وهذا ما لم المسه في الكتب الاخري التي تعني بتنمية الذات وتحقيق المأرب و لكن في الوقت ذات مادي جدا و يميل الى التخلي عن المشاعر والتحول الى الاناني الطموح الذي لا يهمه شيء في العالم الا تحقيق مأربه وقد ضرب الكثير من الامثال حول القادة اللذين كان تحقيق الاهداف اهم من القيم والمبادىء
خطر الى بالي الامين و المأمون ابناء الرشيد اللذين اقتتلوا حول احقية الخلافة رغم انهما اخوة من اب واحد و لكن خوال المأمون من العجم بينما خوال الامين من العرب و رغم ذلك لم يمنع هذا المأمون من قطع راس اخيه و جعل الصبية يتقاذفونه بالحجارة
هناك ايضا امير المؤمنين علي ابن ابي طالب و معاوية حين اوشك الاول ان ينتصر بحكم القوة العكسرية التي يملكها وبكونه اي امير المؤمنين علي افضل من رفع السف في نصرة الاسلام واقوى المسلمين في المعارك وهذا شهدت به كل الاخبار. هنا علم معاولة انه ليس بند له حتى حين تحداه للمبارزة رفض معاوية فقد علم انه لو قبل لقتل في ثانية وحتى في المعركة كان قد اوشك ان ينهزم ولكن النصر كان لمعاوية في النهاية لانه استخدم الدهاء بحجة رفع المصاحف فوقع الجيش الاخر في فخ ثم اكتشفوا انصار علي انهم ضحية مكيدة فطلبوا من علي ان يغدر به ولكنه تمسك بالاخلاق و رفض نقض نتيجة التحكيم فانقلبوا عليه واصبحوا خوارج
في النهاية لم اقتنع باي من النظريتين فان اكسب معركة واخسر نفسي او اكسب نفسي واخسر معركة
لكن الكتاب فعلا جدير بالقراءة وقد رافقني تنقلاتي الكثيرة وقضى الكثير على فترات الانتظار المملة
نصحية اقرؤا الكتاب بتأن ولكن لا تتنازلوا عن القيم والمبادىء مهما حصل
بالنسبة للاقتباسات بامكانكم الرجوع الى ملاحظاتي خلال قرائتي لها
خطر الى بالي الامين و المأمون ابناء الرشيد اللذين اقتتلوا حول احقية الخلافة رغم انهما اخوة من اب واحد و لكن خوال المأمون من العجم بينما خوال الامين من العرب و رغم ذلك لم يمنع هذا المأمون من قطع راس اخيه و جعل الصبية يتقاذفونه بالحجارة
هناك ايضا امير المؤمنين علي ابن ابي طالب و معاوية حين اوشك الاول ان ينتصر بحكم القوة العكسرية التي يملكها وبكونه اي امير المؤمنين علي افضل من رفع السف في نصرة الاسلام واقوى المسلمين في المعارك وهذا شهدت به كل الاخبار. هنا علم معاولة انه ليس بند له حتى حين تحداه للمبارزة رفض معاوية فقد علم انه لو قبل لقتل في ثانية وحتى في المعركة كان قد اوشك ان ينهزم ولكن النصر كان لمعاوية في النهاية لانه استخدم الدهاء بحجة رفع المصاحف فوقع الجيش الاخر في فخ ثم اكتشفوا انصار علي انهم ضحية مكيدة فطلبوا من علي ان يغدر به ولكنه تمسك بالاخلاق و رفض نقض نتيجة التحكيم فانقلبوا عليه واصبحوا خوارج
في النهاية لم اقتنع باي من النظريتين فان اكسب معركة واخسر نفسي او اكسب نفسي واخسر معركة
لكن الكتاب فعلا جدير بالقراءة وقد رافقني تنقلاتي الكثيرة وقضى الكثير على فترات الانتظار المملة
نصحية اقرؤا الكتاب بتأن ولكن لا تتنازلوا عن القيم والمبادىء مهما حصل
بالنسبة للاقتباسات بامكانكم الرجوع الى ملاحظاتي خلال قرائتي لها
September 20, 2019
Diễn giải có thể khác đi, nhưng ý tưởng chung thì vẫn kha khá tương đồng với những cuốn sách self-help hiện tại. Đại loại là một khi xác định điều mình muốn, thì một khi bạn đã chấp nhận đeo đuổi đến cùng, thành quả sẽ đến với bạn. Mặt dày là để đối diện với những chê bai, dè bỉu, những cản khuấy ảnh hưởng đến bạn, và tâm đen là sự hi sinh phần nào đó những điều mình đang có, những giao tế hiện tại để mở cửa chấp nhận những cơ hội mới hơn. Nói chung là niềm tin. Cứ tin đại đi.
Nhưng cũng như phần lớn cuốn sách self-help khác, chuyện xác định là chuyện của bạn. Và cách bạn trải nghiệm cuộc sống như thế nào, để bạn biết được những điều mình thực sự muốn làm, thực sự khao khát làm. Không có. Và giả sử điều đó không phù hợp với bạn thì sao, làm sao để nhận ra. Chịu. Đó là chuyện của bạn.
Cuốn sách cũng có vài nút cố gắng gắn kết giữa Chúa, niềm tin của tác giả, với những ý niệm về quê hương phương Đông xa xôi trong hoài niệm của tác giả. Có vài chỗ mình thấy gắn kết này không khớp cho lắm, đôi khi hơi khiên cưỡng. Cũng kiểu, cứ tin đại đi. Nhưng mình không nói thêm được, vì liên quan tôn giáo, mình cũng ngại. Bạn đọc thử rồi cho mình cảm nhận thử.
Hả? Sách hai sao mà vẫn khuyên đọc hả? Cứ đọc đại đi. :)
Nhưng cũng như phần lớn cuốn sách self-help khác, chuyện xác định là chuyện của bạn. Và cách bạn trải nghiệm cuộc sống như thế nào, để bạn biết được những điều mình thực sự muốn làm, thực sự khao khát làm. Không có. Và giả sử điều đó không phù hợp với bạn thì sao, làm sao để nhận ra. Chịu. Đó là chuyện của bạn.
Cuốn sách cũng có vài nút cố gắng gắn kết giữa Chúa, niềm tin của tác giả, với những ý niệm về quê hương phương Đông xa xôi trong hoài niệm của tác giả. Có vài chỗ mình thấy gắn kết này không khớp cho lắm, đôi khi hơi khiên cưỡng. Cũng kiểu, cứ tin đại đi. Nhưng mình không nói thêm được, vì liên quan tôn giáo, mình cũng ngại. Bạn đọc thử rồi cho mình cảm nhận thử.
Hả? Sách hai sao mà vẫn khuyên đọc hả? Cứ đọc đại đi. :)
January 20, 2015
Sometimes these eastern mysticism/self-help books make me feel mean.
Reading them are like watching Kung-Fu movies. I mean, c'mon be honest, after you watch a Bruce Lee movie don't you feel like giving somebody a karate chop? (Even if it's only the mailman.)
Thick Face, Black Heart delivers on fueling the desire to karate chop the mailman. How could it not with "Black Heart" in the title? This book is about wiping your enemies out. But it's about much more, as well.
It's really a hodge-podge of things. Like scattershot. There's no coherent philosophy here. But, now pay attention, there are a lot of very good ideas here. Deep ideas.
Know the churchy type? How's this (Chu's) take on that:
For a truly spiritual individual, the path of spirituality is like walking on a razor's edge; it is a diligent pursuit of one's perfection. However, for others, the pursuit of spirituality is merely a vague notion; it actually is a pretext, an excuse to practice inertia and avoidance of life's challenges.
Take that you spiritual phonies! (Not you, well...)
Want some intensity?
Within each one of us, we have this ever-present suspicion that we are much greater than our circumstances. The potential for who we are and what we could be is so vast that we have not begun to scratch the surface. We know we will not find security within us until we have touched all the Void with our mind and our soul.
If that doesn't get you staying on your diet or hanging with your exercise program nothing will.
Have enemies? (Yeah, the karate-chopping vibe is never far off in this book. "Hai ya!") That's a bad thing, right? Wrong.
The battle with the cunning and ruthless often is not about conducting a battle with outside forces. Encountering the cunning and ruthless stimulates the dormant strengths within us and allows us to bring forth extraordinary abilities that we are not in touch with under normal circumstances.
Think Leno vs. Letterman. Bush vs. Clinton. Wile E. Coyote vs. the Road Runner. Would any of them achieved the heights they did without the other?
I could go on forever but since you've already read longer than you intended I'll close with this last one.
It's from a section on crisis. (the true nature of crisis is an opportunity)
Without the strength to endure the crisis, we will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself. Opportunity always exists within a crisis situation, but when we lose heart in a devastating crisis, we are blinded by our emotion. When we can calmly endure the unendurable, the opportunity for a better alternative surfaces and reveals itself.
Think about it—the times of overwhelming emotional stress blind us, bind us, render us immobile. If we can somehow manage to stay conscious, to think clearly through those crises we can discover great opportunities.
Thomas Edison said, There is great value in disaster.
Yes, and in Thick Face, Black Heart, as well.
Reading them are like watching Kung-Fu movies. I mean, c'mon be honest, after you watch a Bruce Lee movie don't you feel like giving somebody a karate chop? (Even if it's only the mailman.)
Thick Face, Black Heart delivers on fueling the desire to karate chop the mailman. How could it not with "Black Heart" in the title? This book is about wiping your enemies out. But it's about much more, as well.
It's really a hodge-podge of things. Like scattershot. There's no coherent philosophy here. But, now pay attention, there are a lot of very good ideas here. Deep ideas.
Know the churchy type? How's this (Chu's) take on that:
For a truly spiritual individual, the path of spirituality is like walking on a razor's edge; it is a diligent pursuit of one's perfection. However, for others, the pursuit of spirituality is merely a vague notion; it actually is a pretext, an excuse to practice inertia and avoidance of life's challenges.
Take that you spiritual phonies! (Not you, well...)
Want some intensity?
Within each one of us, we have this ever-present suspicion that we are much greater than our circumstances. The potential for who we are and what we could be is so vast that we have not begun to scratch the surface. We know we will not find security within us until we have touched all the Void with our mind and our soul.
If that doesn't get you staying on your diet or hanging with your exercise program nothing will.
Have enemies? (Yeah, the karate-chopping vibe is never far off in this book. "Hai ya!") That's a bad thing, right? Wrong.
The battle with the cunning and ruthless often is not about conducting a battle with outside forces. Encountering the cunning and ruthless stimulates the dormant strengths within us and allows us to bring forth extraordinary abilities that we are not in touch with under normal circumstances.
Think Leno vs. Letterman. Bush vs. Clinton. Wile E. Coyote vs. the Road Runner. Would any of them achieved the heights they did without the other?
I could go on forever but since you've already read longer than you intended I'll close with this last one.
It's from a section on crisis. (the true nature of crisis is an opportunity)
Without the strength to endure the crisis, we will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself. Opportunity always exists within a crisis situation, but when we lose heart in a devastating crisis, we are blinded by our emotion. When we can calmly endure the unendurable, the opportunity for a better alternative surfaces and reveals itself.
Think about it—the times of overwhelming emotional stress blind us, bind us, render us immobile. If we can somehow manage to stay conscious, to think clearly through those crises we can discover great opportunities.
Thomas Edison said, There is great value in disaster.
Yes, and in Thick Face, Black Heart, as well.
August 19, 2021
I would summarise TFBH by Chin-Ning Chu "do whatever you want and don't worry about what people think". A reasonable proposition. Chu dresses up this insight to book length with advice on how to be shady in dealings with people, how to be ruthless and hypocritical in getting what you want, and then sleep well at night.
Chu shares illustrative anecdotes from her own life and others she knows about. To support her thesis she has visions while sunbathing in Sydney, quotes Hindu scripture and even gets Einstein on side. The book is riddled with religious references. She presumes the existence of a divine Maker who has a Grand Purpose and who has given us TFBH as the way to go.
While ploughing resolutely through the book I was wondering if TFBH was like a disguise one wears, an acting role one adopts, or like a special set of clothes. How do you get it? I wondered. At the end of the book we learn that the source of this TFBH is within us, a familiar concept in spiritual writings. To get at it Chu espouses seven "centering techniques" so we can talk to God about it. These techniques include a bit of Yoga in a rocking chair, gongs and bells, saying "God" a lot, listening to celestial music, advice on how to handle our own visions and the Kama Sutra (you'll probably want to go buy the book now).
But she doesn't claim to have invented any of this. She is "merely a vehicle" conveying the "timeless wisdom of natural law", inspired by Mr Lee Zhong Wu, a disgruntled early 20th century failure (by Chu's standards). Lee's treatise called Thick Black Theory described "an illness in Chinese society". Chu writes that Lee's book was banned in China because the authorities "felt he was advocating the immorality he depicted". It seems to me (correct me if I'm wrong) that Chu is basing her advice on deceitful behaviours observed by Lee in 1910s Chinese society.
If this is the Chinese operating manual for politics and business, beware. I gave the book one star because I learned something from it.
Chu shares illustrative anecdotes from her own life and others she knows about. To support her thesis she has visions while sunbathing in Sydney, quotes Hindu scripture and even gets Einstein on side. The book is riddled with religious references. She presumes the existence of a divine Maker who has a Grand Purpose and who has given us TFBH as the way to go.
While ploughing resolutely through the book I was wondering if TFBH was like a disguise one wears, an acting role one adopts, or like a special set of clothes. How do you get it? I wondered. At the end of the book we learn that the source of this TFBH is within us, a familiar concept in spiritual writings. To get at it Chu espouses seven "centering techniques" so we can talk to God about it. These techniques include a bit of Yoga in a rocking chair, gongs and bells, saying "God" a lot, listening to celestial music, advice on how to handle our own visions and the Kama Sutra (you'll probably want to go buy the book now).
But she doesn't claim to have invented any of this. She is "merely a vehicle" conveying the "timeless wisdom of natural law", inspired by Mr Lee Zhong Wu, a disgruntled early 20th century failure (by Chu's standards). Lee's treatise called Thick Black Theory described "an illness in Chinese society". Chu writes that Lee's book was banned in China because the authorities "felt he was advocating the immorality he depicted". It seems to me (correct me if I'm wrong) that Chu is basing her advice on deceitful behaviours observed by Lee in 1910s Chinese society.
If this is the Chinese operating manual for politics and business, beware. I gave the book one star because I learned something from it.
May 12, 2024
Q:
Бездеятельность - лекарство от хаоса.
Пусть темная ночь пройдет. В жизни постоянно лишь одно — ее переменчивая природа. Дикие животные хорошо это понимают. После щедрого лета приходит суровая зима, а за ней следует весна. Среди всех божьих созданий только человек встречает паникой любые перемены.
Живите так, как будто живете чужой жизнью. Тогда вы ощутите невероятную свободу и облегчение, а ваше отношение ко всему изменится.
Если ваша жизнь вам кажется невыносимой, тогда представьте себе, что это не ваша жизнь и что она принадлежит кому-то другому. Замечали ли вы, что вам обычно очень легко удается решать чужие проблемы? В следующий раз, во время кризиса, вместо того чтобы рассматривать его как свою проблему, попробуйте представить, что это чужая жизнь. Сделав так, вы найдете решение, а также ощутите свободу и облегчение.
Вы не будете бояться критики и мучиться из-за поражений. Вы предпримете то, на что обычно не решились бы. Неожиданно откроется большое количество возможностей. Вы станете испытывать незнакомую ранее легкость в делах — ведь, в конце концов, это же не ваша жизнь. Проблемы-то чужие, а вам лишь временно поручили в них разобраться. Ваше отношение будет меняться, и ваша ранее невыносимая старая жизнь получит «пересадку» новых возможностей.
Живите так, как будто вы уже добились желаемого.
Человек должен сам себя убедить в том, что он успешен, и затем управлять своей жизнью так, как будто он уже всего достиг. Это необходимо для того, чтобы вытравить из подсознания мысли, что вы почему-то недостойны успеха. Исходите из того, что вы богаты и важны.
Бездеятельность - лекарство от хаоса.
Пусть темная ночь пройдет. В жизни постоянно лишь одно — ее переменчивая природа. Дикие животные хорошо это понимают. После щедрого лета приходит суровая зима, а за ней следует весна. Среди всех божьих созданий только человек встречает паникой любые перемены.
Живите так, как будто живете чужой жизнью. Тогда вы ощутите невероятную свободу и облегчение, а ваше отношение ко всему изменится.
Если ваша жизнь вам кажется невыносимой, тогда представьте себе, что это не ваша жизнь и что она принадлежит кому-то другому. Замечали ли вы, что вам обычно очень легко удается решать чужие проблемы? В следующий раз, во время кризиса, вместо того чтобы рассматривать его как свою проблему, попробуйте представить, что это чужая жизнь. Сделав так, вы найдете решение, а также ощутите свободу и облегчение.
Вы не будете бояться критики и мучиться из-за поражений. Вы предпримете то, на что обычно не решились бы. Неожиданно откроется большое количество возможностей. Вы станете испытывать незнакомую ранее легкость в делах — ведь, в конце концов, это же не ваша жизнь. Проблемы-то чужие, а вам лишь временно поручили в них разобраться. Ваше отношение будет меняться, и ваша ранее невыносимая старая жизнь получит «пересадку» новых возможностей.
Живите так, как будто вы уже добились желаемого.
Человек должен сам себя убедить в том, что он успешен, и затем управлять своей жизнью так, как будто он уже всего достиг. Это необходимо для того, чтобы вытравить из подсознания мысли, что вы почему-то недостойны успеха. Исходите из того, что вы богаты и важны.
April 17, 2008
To see why see why I love Chin Ning Chu’s masterful book, just read some of the 45 reader reviews on amazon.com: “Motivation and success book for grown-ups.” “Machiavelli meets the Dalai Lama.” “You need no other book!”
Granted, no single book will suit every taste. So it is not surprising that some readers criticize this one. It takes on a gargantuan task: seeking to explain something of the Asian way of thinking to Western folks. Yet with China soon to be the number 1 trading partner for MANY world nations, this is an explanation we all need.
Meanwhile, suffice it to say that I myself have read the book multiple times--and I am clearly not alone in this. Thick Face, Black Heart is a masterpiece of contradictions. Yes, it’s a book for business people--yet it’s deeply and satisfyingly philosophical. Yes, it’s “theoretical”--yet it’s filled with fascinating illustrative anecdotes, enlivened by the voice of a natural storyteller. Yes, it’s serious, cerebral, and complex--yet it’s a bona fide page-turner!
Even if you feel you’ve had enough of motivational books, you may want to give one last look at this one.
Granted, no single book will suit every taste. So it is not surprising that some readers criticize this one. It takes on a gargantuan task: seeking to explain something of the Asian way of thinking to Western folks. Yet with China soon to be the number 1 trading partner for MANY world nations, this is an explanation we all need.
Meanwhile, suffice it to say that I myself have read the book multiple times--and I am clearly not alone in this. Thick Face, Black Heart is a masterpiece of contradictions. Yes, it’s a book for business people--yet it’s deeply and satisfyingly philosophical. Yes, it’s “theoretical”--yet it’s filled with fascinating illustrative anecdotes, enlivened by the voice of a natural storyteller. Yes, it’s serious, cerebral, and complex--yet it’s a bona fide page-turner!
Even if you feel you’ve had enough of motivational books, you may want to give one last look at this one.
June 20, 2019
I agree with the author that "Thick face" is essential thing for people nowadays. However it is not really new cause there are many books talk about that, just like ignore everything and believe in yourself. Therefore "Black Heart" is perhaps an oustanding point in this. Doing anything to reach your goal because you think its benefits are worthier than its consequences. In my opinion, there are many ways to reach a goal so it is not necessary to do something bad to reach that and I wonder if how many people are good enough to ensure its benefits is greater than its consequences. In addition, you are aware that you have done something bad to get a victory so if you feel good about that. Finally, if everyone has a "black heart" making them ready to do anything to reach their goals which they believe are the right things, i do not think the society is going to be fine.
January 10, 2010
This book was recommended long time ago by my former boss, Mr. Choong when I was working as junior staff. It taught me how to be tough at work and in general life. Thank you, Sir!
February 22, 2014
Keep this book within easy reach. You will refer to it a lot in your lifetime!
December 3, 2015
This book is about how to incorporate Chinese military strategy into your everyday life. I'm a new person for reading this. look out!
September 8, 2019
I wish I had read that book earlier
April 7, 2021
Asian wisdom with christian imprint
January 5, 2024
Chin-Ning Chu's "Thick Face, Black Heart" is an approach to life apparently based on ancient Chinese values, that is to be applied to personal life and business interactions.
Although a promising read at face value, "Thick Face, Black Heart" is anything but. It is bloated (about 300 pages too long), with chapters frequently losing their focus because of (way) too many commandent-like lists and strange, tenuous metaphors. Chin-Ning Chu frequently quotes prominent Eastern and Western figures over the past few centuries, granting them semi-divine status, bastardising the quotes' meanings to fit with her philosophy.
Chin-Ning Chu's writing comes across as quasi-prophetic and arrogant, seemingly advocating ruthlessness, deceit and bullying to get your way.
Do not read this book. If it is as widely read as the author claims, it is no wonder there is such a prevalent bullying and cut-throat culture among business professionals.
Although a promising read at face value, "Thick Face, Black Heart" is anything but. It is bloated (about 300 pages too long), with chapters frequently losing their focus because of (way) too many commandent-like lists and strange, tenuous metaphors. Chin-Ning Chu frequently quotes prominent Eastern and Western figures over the past few centuries, granting them semi-divine status, bastardising the quotes' meanings to fit with her philosophy.
Chin-Ning Chu's writing comes across as quasi-prophetic and arrogant, seemingly advocating ruthlessness, deceit and bullying to get your way.
Do not read this book. If it is as widely read as the author claims, it is no wonder there is such a prevalent bullying and cut-throat culture among business professionals.
January 16, 2020
Best book I've ever read. A master class on life by Ching Ning Chu. It an extract of her life experience and chines wisdom on money, health, mindset, and kindness. Thick Face Black Heart is not a book it's a lifestyle. Rest in peace Ching.
March 24, 2024
This book contain powerful stuff.
I think this is a book for people who want to achieve power whether inside or outside. It give a good and unique perspective about how to deal with people.
It changed me. Worth for re-read.
I think this is a book for people who want to achieve power whether inside or outside. It give a good and unique perspective about how to deal with people.
It changed me. Worth for re-read.
November 16, 2020
Ác đúng chỗ là thiện 👾
Nếu mọi người mệt mỏi với những cuốn sách khuyên phải sống tích cực mỗi ngày và yêu thương chan hoà đồng loại thì hãy đọc sách này. Sách nói thẳng thắn về mặt tối của con người trong việc tranh giành quyền lợi:
Ai mạnh hơn sẽ thắng, không có chỗ cho tình thương hạn hẹp, chỉ cần quan tâm đến mục đích và đạt được nó thôi.
Cuốn sách không cổ suý cho bạo lực bên ngoài mà hướng đến trạng thái lãnh đạm, tàn nhẫn bên trong (nhưng không tàn phá). Thật ra, đến vĩ nhân cũng là người tàn nhẫn.
Tác giả là người Trung Quốc, sau này chạy trốn đến Đài Loan và rồi bay đến Mỹ. Vì vậy nên trong cuốn sách này chỉ ra được những tư tưởng, quan điểm khác nhau giữa văn hoá phương Đông và Tây trong việc đạt được mục đích bất kì.
Bạn nào làm lãnh đạo, quản lý hay là người có lập trường, khát vọng mạnh mẽ hoặc đơn giản muốn sống #ÁC thì nên tìm đọc cuốn này (muốn ác cũng phải có nghệ thuật nha). Cuốn sách không dành cho những bạn sống quá lương thiện 😆
Sách nói nhiều lắm và đây cũng là sách đọc thích nhất từ đó đến giờ.
"Ta phải tàn nhẫn, vì muốn tử tế"
Nếu mọi người mệt mỏi với những cuốn sách khuyên phải sống tích cực mỗi ngày và yêu thương chan hoà đồng loại thì hãy đọc sách này. Sách nói thẳng thắn về mặt tối của con người trong việc tranh giành quyền lợi:
Ai mạnh hơn sẽ thắng, không có chỗ cho tình thương hạn hẹp, chỉ cần quan tâm đến mục đích và đạt được nó thôi.
Cuốn sách không cổ suý cho bạo lực bên ngoài mà hướng đến trạng thái lãnh đạm, tàn nhẫn bên trong (nhưng không tàn phá). Thật ra, đến vĩ nhân cũng là người tàn nhẫn.
Tác giả là người Trung Quốc, sau này chạy trốn đến Đài Loan và rồi bay đến Mỹ. Vì vậy nên trong cuốn sách này chỉ ra được những tư tưởng, quan điểm khác nhau giữa văn hoá phương Đông và Tây trong việc đạt được mục đích bất kì.
Bạn nào làm lãnh đạo, quản lý hay là người có lập trường, khát vọng mạnh mẽ hoặc đơn giản muốn sống #ÁC thì nên tìm đọc cuốn này (muốn ác cũng phải có nghệ thuật nha). Cuốn sách không dành cho những bạn sống quá lương thiện 😆
Sách nói nhiều lắm và đây cũng là sách đọc thích nhất từ đó đến giờ.
"Ta phải tàn nhẫn, vì muốn tử tế"
April 2, 2021
Є цікаві моменти, за які іноді корисно згадати, але загалом таке враження, наче писала школярка-п’ятикласниця, а редактор перекладу – її сусід по парті.
Така собі мішанина цитат, притч, уривків біографій людей та власного життєвого досвіду автора у стилі "а от не так давно", "а от колись", "а от мій гарний друг", "а от один мудрець", "а от у якомусь древньоіндійському тексті", "всі мають боротися за свої ресурси", "а от бог любить тебе", "<<встань и иди>>", "я така успішна, бо написала пачку книжок, типу тої, яку ви наразі читаєте" і т.д. і т.п. Майже все можна було б скоротити до пари сторінок.
Тим не менш, текст добре розбитий на секції, які мало пов’язані між собою, тому можна періодично почитувати, якщо треба переключити і розслабити мозок. Але при цьому треба бути трохи обережним, бо автор місцями не забуває проявляти повну безграмостність, наприклад, називаючи теорію відносності "теорією ймовірності", "червоний зсув" у неї – це явище, що якось пов’язане з заломленням світла і т.д.
Така собі мішанина цитат, притч, уривків біографій людей та власного життєвого досвіду автора у стилі "а от не так давно", "а от колись", "а от мій гарний друг", "а от один мудрець", "а от у якомусь древньоіндійському тексті", "всі мають боротися за свої ресурси", "а от бог любить тебе", "<<встань и иди>>", "я така успішна, бо написала пачку книжок, типу тої, яку ви наразі читаєте" і т.д. і т.п. Майже все можна було б скоротити до пари сторінок.
Тим не менш, текст добре розбитий на секції, які мало пов’язані між собою, тому можна періодично почитувати, якщо треба переключити і розслабити мозок. Але при цьому треба бути трохи обережним, бо автор місцями не забуває проявляти повну безграмостність, наприклад, називаючи теорію відносності "теорією ймовірності", "червоний зсув" у неї – це явище, що якось пов’язане з заломленням світла і т.д.
February 9, 2024
A = FULL AUDIOBOOK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBPd...
= Thick Face Black Heart Theory Explained
-:}|{:-:}|{: KEY TIMESTAMPS :}|{: = :}|{:-
*** KEY SUM POINTS AT THE END 5 MINS OF EVERY CHAPTER ***
CHAPTER 1
:}{: 15:52 :}{:=:}{: THE MARTIAL ARTIST WILLING 2 ENDURE SHAME RATHER THEN 2 KILL ANOTHER MAN = BECAUSE HE KNOWS HIS LEVEL OF SKILL & DOESNT NEED 2 PROVE IT 2 OTHERS = KNOWS THAT ENGAGING IN BATTLE WITH THE MEN WOULD MEAN MURDER :}{:
:}{: 25:08 -> TILL END :}{:=:}{: SUMMARY OF THE LEVELS & BINDIND THE SUBLIME SPIRITUAL WITH ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE :}{:
CHAPTER 2
:}{: 16:14 -> :}{:=:}{: WRONG OR RIGHT OR TURN THE OTHER CHEEK - RATHER SELF DISCOVERY & UNDERSTANDING - RATHER THEN WRONG OR RIGHT = :}{:
:}{: 19:28 :}{:=:}{: OVER COMING THE FEAR OF SUCESS = FEAR ABOUT THE IDEAS OF FAILURE == OUTWAYS THE FEAR FACED IN COMPARISON 2 UR CURRENT LIFE - NOT UNDERSTANDING THE HELL RELMS EMBODIED IN THE SOUL NOT EVOLVING :}{:
:}{: 23:40 :}{:=:}{: REALITY IS CONSTANT UPPER CASE P PERFECTION :}{:
:}{: 27:45 -> :}{:=:}{: THE HOLY MAN & VANITY OVER VIRTUE = SELF RITIOUSNESS == UNDERSTANDING THE THERE ISNT BUT 1 WAY = THAT APLIES FOR ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE = THE OLD MAN COULD HAVE SIMPLY NOT SPOKEN THERE 4 NOT LYING - SAVING THE YOUNG MANS LIFE... OR JUST ACCEPT THAT LOVE IS HIGHER THEN - DOGMATIC VS UNDERSTANDING THAT ITS MORE ABOUT THE TRUTH OF LYING 2 ONES SELF = & LYING TO OTHERS IS AN OUTER REFLECTION BUT IF YOU KNOW TRULY THAT THE MAN WAS INOCENT = HIS HANDS SHOULDNT BE CUT OF = & THE RAMIFICATIONS = SEEING THAT TRULY THE MEN WHERE ALREADY DECIEVED = EVEN CONFRONTING THE MEN = QUESTIONING HOW THEY REALLY KNOW = THE MAN STOLE == ITS A POINTER 2 HOW THERE ARE GRADATIONS & DESTINCTIONS IN LIFE :}{:
*:}{: 35:02 -> 48:52 :}{:=:}{: FEAR = FACING IT :}{: *
:}{: 49:52 -> :}{:=:}{: *CONVINCING OTHERS = THAT YOU CAN CONVINCE OTHERS == YOU CAN RELIEVE THERE SUFFERING * UNDERSTAND SUFFERING & HOW 2 TRANSCEND IT & HOW ITS NOT A SPEFICIC 1 2 FORMULA MORE A DEAP UNDERSTANDING & LOVING CONCISTENT PRACTICE :}{: BREAKING FREE FROM THE BONDAGE & BE TRUE 2 YOUR CONVICTIONS = BEING
:}{: TILL END :}{:=:}{: THE ENDING IS A SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING LISTED ABOUT :}{:
CHAPTER 3 = BEING TRUE TO YOUR DARHMA
:}{: 10:48 :}{:=:}{: GITA FIGHTING FOR THE ULTIMATE BALANCE OF THE WORLD :}{:
*:}{: 24:53 -> 26:21 :}{:=:}{: THE SUMMARY :}{:*
CHAPTER 4 = DARMA & DESTINY
:}{: 3:00 -> 5:00 :}{:=:}{: QUESTIONS OF PATH 2 DARMA :}{:
* :}{: 23:48 -> TILL END :}{:=:}{: SUM OF CHAPTER :}{: *
CHAPTER 5 WINNING USING YOUR NEGATIVE ATRIBUTES = THINK ITS IMPORTANT 2 BURN THROUGH & TRANCEND & UNDERSTAND CERTIAN ASPECTS THAT - MAKE US GO UNCONCIOUS = REALIZE THAT SOME THINGS YOUVE INVESTED LARGE CHUNKS OF TIME - THAT ISNT GIVING YOU VALUE - IF NOT TRANSITIONED IN 2 A JOB SHOULD BE CASED ASIDE == ALSO IF ITS NOT GIVING YOU THAT MUCH ACTUAL VALUE = YOUR PROBABLY BETTER OFF NOT CENTERING YOUR LIFE AROUND IT AS THEN IT BECOMES - A CRUTCH & BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU FANACIAL GAME THE CLAWS IT ONCE HAD IN YOU IS NOW JUSTIFIED = IN THE PAST WHEN I MADE MONEY OF THE THINGS I BELEIVED HAD VALUE BUT WAS OVER ALL A DESTRUCTIVE PENDULAM IT BECOMES ONE HELL OF A BATTLE 2 CLAW YOUR WAY OUT OF & ONCE THE PENDULAMS DONE WITH YA UR LIFE CAN SHIFT - ALSO IT WAS CONSTANT HIGHS & LOWS = IN REALITY JUST ALOT OF SUFFERING = BECAUSE NO AMOUNT OF PLEASURE & PAIN = CAN FILL THE VOID OF BELEIVING YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT / THOUGHT / BELEIVED YOU NEEDED & REALISING IT ISNT WORKING & ITS ALL YOU KNOW & UR LEFT DOUBLING DOWN = BECAUSE THE PLEASSURE & PAIN ARE ALL YOU KNOW / VALUE AT THAT TIME / PLACE/ IDIOLOGY = BUT IN REALITY UR TRAPPED & YOU FEEL IT BUT THE NIHILISTIC HOPELESSNESS STOPS YOU FROM BELIEVING THERE IS A WAY OUT OR SOMETHING BETTER ON THE OTHER SIDE..
:}{: 14:52 -> :}{:=:}{: USING YOUR SHORTCOMING AS A SPRING 2 IMPROVE = USING THE ADICITIVE TENDANCIES = 2 IMPROVE & MAXIMISE THE PETENTIAL OF LIFE :}{:
* :}{: 29:38 -> TILL END :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
* CHAPTER 6 = THE POWER OF ENDURANCE *
:}{: 0:00 ->4:00 :}{:=:}{: THE GREAT PUNG BIRD :}{:
:}{: 7:28 :}{:=:}{: QUOTES :}{:
:}{: 20:55 -> :}{:=:}{: GOING WITH THE FLOW :}{:
:}{: 24:26 -> :}{:=:}{: LIVING YOUR LIFE AS IF YOU WHERE SOMEONE ELSE :}{:
* :}{: 31:01 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 7 = MYSTERY OF MONEY!
:}{: -> :}{:=:}{: ? :}{:
:}{: -> :}{:=:}{: ? :}{:
* :}{: 31:01 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 8 = DECEPTION WITHOUGHT DECIET
:}{: 25:14 -> :}{:=:}{: TRANSFORMATION :}{:
* :}{: END -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 9 = 16 NOBLE ATTRIBUTES OF WORK
:}{: 1:45 -> :}{:=:}{: THE LION & WORK AS SPIRITUAL UNFOLDMENT = WORK THE GREATEST TEACHER == 5 WORK DOESNT NO NEED YOU, BUT YOU NEED WORK... = 6 THROUGH WORK DESTINY UNFOLDS - BUDHA ~ YOUR WORK IS 2 DISCOVER YOUR WORK & THEN WITH ALL YOUR HEART GIVE YOURSELF 2 IT <3 :}{:
:}{: 11:00 -> :}{:=:}{: USING INTUITION :}{:
:}{: 13:41 -> :}{:=:}{: LISTEN 2 THE MUSIC WITHIN LIKE MOZART :}{:
:}{: 15:01 -> :}{:=:}{: REACHING FOR THE LIMITLESS LIMITER :}{:
16:29 3 PS OF WORK = PERCERVERIANCE - PATIENCE - PURPOSE = KNOWING WHERE UR GOING
15 = 16:57 = WORK BAGITVA GITA = DOING YOUR WORK AS A SACRIFICE / WORSHIP 2 YOUR MAKER :}{: FOR THE DIVINE
* :}{: 20:41 -> TIL END :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
* CHAPTER 10 = THE ADVANTAGE OF PLAYING THE FOOL *
:}{: 1:50 -> :}{:=:}{: WHEN YOU WIN YOU LOOSE = COUNTLESS BATTLES SMALL & LARGE BATTLES ARE FAUGHT IN LIFE - WE HAVE 2 BE, WILLING TO LEARN & CHOOSE WISELY - SOMETIMES THE PRICE IN WINNING COSTS MORE THEN ITS WORTH :}{:
* :}{: @ END :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 11 = THRIVING AMONG THE CUNNING & RUTHLESS
:}{: 10:14 -> :}{:=:}{: WHEN THE PICK POKETER WALKS PAST THE SAINT ALL HE SEES IS POCKETS THE DEFENCIVE DOG ONLY SEES ADVERCARIES :}{:
:}{: 15:13 -> :}{:=:}{: BEAT TEN MEN IN COMBAT = BY USING YOUR SPIRIT :}{:
:}{: 37:14 -> :}{:=:}{: LABEL ME CUNNING & RUTHLESS :}{:
* :}{: 41:19 -> TIL END :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 12 =AQUIRING THE KILLER INSTINCT!
:}{: 1:21 -> :}{:=:}{: WE MUST NOT TURN OUR FACE FROM THE DARK SIDE OF REALITY = KNOW YOURSELF KNOW YOUR APONENT 100 BATTLES 100 VICTORIES :}{:
:}{: 15:52 -> :}{:=:}{: ? :}{:
:}{: 20:43 -> :}{:=:}{: I MUST BE CRUEL ONLY 2 BE KIND :}{:
:}{: 26:19 -> :}{:=:}{: LEARNING 2 FLIP A PANCAKE = BEING IN TOUCH WITH PERFECT STRENGHH CONTROL & DETATCHEMENT IN FUFILLING YOUR WORTHY OBJECTIVES = THE KILLER INSTINCT :}{:
* :}{: 27:21 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
* CHAPTER 13 = THICK FACE, BLACK HEART = LEADERSHIP *
:}{: 2:12 -> :}{:=:}{: KUNG MINGS - ART OF WAR TRANSLATED :}{:
:}{: 3:10 -> :}{:=:}{: 1 CREATES CLUSTERS AMONG MEDIOCRE MINOR PEOPLE 2 UNIHILATE THE PROFICIENT INDAVIDUALS // 2) HE WHO IS ENSLAVED BY EXTRAVIGANT SPENDING HABITS ///3)DEVOTES ALL HIS ATENTION ON FAULT FINDING /// 4) HE WHO IS ONLY FOCUS ON PERSONAL LOSES & GIANS & WHOSE SOUL FOCUS IS AT WINNING AT ALL COSTS :}{:
:}{: 4:07 -> :}{:=:}{: 7 METHODS 2 DETECT SOMEONES CHARCTER :}{: = :}{:
1 DEBATE WITH HIM 2 KNOW HIS VIEW POINTS ON LIFE
2) CHALLENGE HIM VERBALLY, 2 WATCH THE CHANGES OF HIS INNER STATE
3) DISCUSS STRATEGIES - 2 OBSERVE HIS WISDOM
4) ENLIGHTEN HIM 2 THE DIFFICULTIES & DANGOURS AHEAD = THUS 2 KNOW HIS COURAGE
5) GET HIM DRUNK & OBSERVE HIS REAL NATURE?
6) MAKE HIM HANDLE MONEY = KNOW HIS VIRTUE
7) ASSIGN WORK 2 HIM = KNOW HIS COMPETENCE
ABSURB WHO HE BEFRIENDS IN MOMENTS OF MISFOURTUNE
IN PROSPERITY = WHO HE RECIEFS HIS CHARITY
OBSERVE WHO HE EMPLOYS AT TIMES OF HIGH OFFICE
AT TIMES OF POVERTY CAN HE BE BRIBED
DURING TIMES OF DIFICULTIES DOES HE ACT UNETHICALLY
6 TEMPTING HIM WITH LUSTFUL SEX OBSERVE HIS STEADYNESS
6 TYPES OF LEADER
COMPASIONATE LEADER = HEART & STRICT STANDARDS
VIRTUOUS LEADER = DOES NOT REJECT RESPONSABILITIES & IS NOT CONCERNED IN HIS PERSONAL INTRESTED
WISE = SELF RESTRAINED STRONG YET HUMBLE IN MANOR
STRATEGIC LEADER = RESOURCEFUL IMAGINATIVE
COURAGOUS LEADER = THE BIGGER THE CHALLENGE THE MORE COURAGOES HE BECOMES
THE GREAT LEADER = WHEN HE MEETS A PREFICAINT INDAVIDUAL HE TREATS WITH RESPECT = CAPACITY 2 RECIEVE CRITISISM
* :}{: @ THE END -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
:}{: ** CHAPTER 14 = WITHIN, BLACK WITHIN! ** :}{:
:}{: 0:34 -> :}{:=:}{: YOU CAN NOT OBTAIN WHAT YOU ALREADY ARE :}{:
:}{: 19:04 -> :}{:=:}{: GODLIKE EGO :}{:
:}{: 21:36 -> :}{:=:}{: QUESTIONS 7 STAGES OF SELF UNFOLDMENT :}{: = * :}{: -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 15 = PATHS TO THICK FACE, BLACK HEART
* :}{: 19:55 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 16 = HOW A PIRANAH EATS, THE SHARK!
17:00 = LEAP FROG THEORY DIAMOND PEDELAR = 5,000,000 WITHOUGHT EVEN OPENING YOUR MOUTH
13:34 = EFFECTIV EXECUTION = WU WAY = FLOWING WITH THE FORCE OF LIFE / YOUR OPONENT RATHER THEN COMING UP AGAINST IT
* :}{: 22:45 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
-:}|{:-
:}|{:QUOTES :}|{:
THICK FACE BLACK HEART IS NOT AN ACTION IT IS A STATE OF MIND
greatest virtue but rather that these people have an infinite ability to endure the unendurable
endurance and thick face black heart our civilization our culture our
independence depend not upon multiplying our wants self-indulgence but upon restricting our wants
self-denial mahatma gandhi what makes a great one great it is not
that he possesses the image of the knight in shining armor like saint george slaying the dragon such an image has been held dear by the
executives who are climbing the corporate ladders what makes one truly great is knowing how to suffer the insufferable and how
to endure the unendurable everyone knows how to thrive in the good times it is the trying times that
separate the one who has substance from the one who merely possesses the image through trials and tribulations one
endures by enduring thus the human spirit triumphs over itself thick-faced black heart is the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBPd...
= Thick Face Black Heart Theory Explained
-:}|{:-:}|{: KEY TIMESTAMPS :}|{: = :}|{:-
*** KEY SUM POINTS AT THE END 5 MINS OF EVERY CHAPTER ***
CHAPTER 1
:}{: 15:52 :}{:=:}{: THE MARTIAL ARTIST WILLING 2 ENDURE SHAME RATHER THEN 2 KILL ANOTHER MAN = BECAUSE HE KNOWS HIS LEVEL OF SKILL & DOESNT NEED 2 PROVE IT 2 OTHERS = KNOWS THAT ENGAGING IN BATTLE WITH THE MEN WOULD MEAN MURDER :}{:
:}{: 25:08 -> TILL END :}{:=:}{: SUMMARY OF THE LEVELS & BINDIND THE SUBLIME SPIRITUAL WITH ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE :}{:
CHAPTER 2
:}{: 16:14 -> :}{:=:}{: WRONG OR RIGHT OR TURN THE OTHER CHEEK - RATHER SELF DISCOVERY & UNDERSTANDING - RATHER THEN WRONG OR RIGHT = :}{:
:}{: 19:28 :}{:=:}{: OVER COMING THE FEAR OF SUCESS = FEAR ABOUT THE IDEAS OF FAILURE == OUTWAYS THE FEAR FACED IN COMPARISON 2 UR CURRENT LIFE - NOT UNDERSTANDING THE HELL RELMS EMBODIED IN THE SOUL NOT EVOLVING :}{:
:}{: 23:40 :}{:=:}{: REALITY IS CONSTANT UPPER CASE P PERFECTION :}{:
:}{: 27:45 -> :}{:=:}{: THE HOLY MAN & VANITY OVER VIRTUE = SELF RITIOUSNESS == UNDERSTANDING THE THERE ISNT BUT 1 WAY = THAT APLIES FOR ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE = THE OLD MAN COULD HAVE SIMPLY NOT SPOKEN THERE 4 NOT LYING - SAVING THE YOUNG MANS LIFE... OR JUST ACCEPT THAT LOVE IS HIGHER THEN - DOGMATIC VS UNDERSTANDING THAT ITS MORE ABOUT THE TRUTH OF LYING 2 ONES SELF = & LYING TO OTHERS IS AN OUTER REFLECTION BUT IF YOU KNOW TRULY THAT THE MAN WAS INOCENT = HIS HANDS SHOULDNT BE CUT OF = & THE RAMIFICATIONS = SEEING THAT TRULY THE MEN WHERE ALREADY DECIEVED = EVEN CONFRONTING THE MEN = QUESTIONING HOW THEY REALLY KNOW = THE MAN STOLE == ITS A POINTER 2 HOW THERE ARE GRADATIONS & DESTINCTIONS IN LIFE :}{:
*:}{: 35:02 -> 48:52 :}{:=:}{: FEAR = FACING IT :}{: *
:}{: 49:52 -> :}{:=:}{: *CONVINCING OTHERS = THAT YOU CAN CONVINCE OTHERS == YOU CAN RELIEVE THERE SUFFERING * UNDERSTAND SUFFERING & HOW 2 TRANSCEND IT & HOW ITS NOT A SPEFICIC 1 2 FORMULA MORE A DEAP UNDERSTANDING & LOVING CONCISTENT PRACTICE :}{: BREAKING FREE FROM THE BONDAGE & BE TRUE 2 YOUR CONVICTIONS = BEING
:}{: TILL END :}{:=:}{: THE ENDING IS A SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING LISTED ABOUT :}{:
CHAPTER 3 = BEING TRUE TO YOUR DARHMA
:}{: 10:48 :}{:=:}{: GITA FIGHTING FOR THE ULTIMATE BALANCE OF THE WORLD :}{:
*:}{: 24:53 -> 26:21 :}{:=:}{: THE SUMMARY :}{:*
CHAPTER 4 = DARMA & DESTINY
:}{: 3:00 -> 5:00 :}{:=:}{: QUESTIONS OF PATH 2 DARMA :}{:
* :}{: 23:48 -> TILL END :}{:=:}{: SUM OF CHAPTER :}{: *
CHAPTER 5 WINNING USING YOUR NEGATIVE ATRIBUTES = THINK ITS IMPORTANT 2 BURN THROUGH & TRANCEND & UNDERSTAND CERTIAN ASPECTS THAT - MAKE US GO UNCONCIOUS = REALIZE THAT SOME THINGS YOUVE INVESTED LARGE CHUNKS OF TIME - THAT ISNT GIVING YOU VALUE - IF NOT TRANSITIONED IN 2 A JOB SHOULD BE CASED ASIDE == ALSO IF ITS NOT GIVING YOU THAT MUCH ACTUAL VALUE = YOUR PROBABLY BETTER OFF NOT CENTERING YOUR LIFE AROUND IT AS THEN IT BECOMES - A CRUTCH & BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU FANACIAL GAME THE CLAWS IT ONCE HAD IN YOU IS NOW JUSTIFIED = IN THE PAST WHEN I MADE MONEY OF THE THINGS I BELEIVED HAD VALUE BUT WAS OVER ALL A DESTRUCTIVE PENDULAM IT BECOMES ONE HELL OF A BATTLE 2 CLAW YOUR WAY OUT OF & ONCE THE PENDULAMS DONE WITH YA UR LIFE CAN SHIFT - ALSO IT WAS CONSTANT HIGHS & LOWS = IN REALITY JUST ALOT OF SUFFERING = BECAUSE NO AMOUNT OF PLEASURE & PAIN = CAN FILL THE VOID OF BELEIVING YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT / THOUGHT / BELEIVED YOU NEEDED & REALISING IT ISNT WORKING & ITS ALL YOU KNOW & UR LEFT DOUBLING DOWN = BECAUSE THE PLEASSURE & PAIN ARE ALL YOU KNOW / VALUE AT THAT TIME / PLACE/ IDIOLOGY = BUT IN REALITY UR TRAPPED & YOU FEEL IT BUT THE NIHILISTIC HOPELESSNESS STOPS YOU FROM BELIEVING THERE IS A WAY OUT OR SOMETHING BETTER ON THE OTHER SIDE..
:}{: 14:52 -> :}{:=:}{: USING YOUR SHORTCOMING AS A SPRING 2 IMPROVE = USING THE ADICITIVE TENDANCIES = 2 IMPROVE & MAXIMISE THE PETENTIAL OF LIFE :}{:
* :}{: 29:38 -> TILL END :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
* CHAPTER 6 = THE POWER OF ENDURANCE *
:}{: 0:00 ->4:00 :}{:=:}{: THE GREAT PUNG BIRD :}{:
:}{: 7:28 :}{:=:}{: QUOTES :}{:
:}{: 20:55 -> :}{:=:}{: GOING WITH THE FLOW :}{:
:}{: 24:26 -> :}{:=:}{: LIVING YOUR LIFE AS IF YOU WHERE SOMEONE ELSE :}{:
* :}{: 31:01 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 7 = MYSTERY OF MONEY!
:}{: -> :}{:=:}{: ? :}{:
:}{: -> :}{:=:}{: ? :}{:
* :}{: 31:01 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 8 = DECEPTION WITHOUGHT DECIET
:}{: 25:14 -> :}{:=:}{: TRANSFORMATION :}{:
* :}{: END -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 9 = 16 NOBLE ATTRIBUTES OF WORK
:}{: 1:45 -> :}{:=:}{: THE LION & WORK AS SPIRITUAL UNFOLDMENT = WORK THE GREATEST TEACHER == 5 WORK DOESNT NO NEED YOU, BUT YOU NEED WORK... = 6 THROUGH WORK DESTINY UNFOLDS - BUDHA ~ YOUR WORK IS 2 DISCOVER YOUR WORK & THEN WITH ALL YOUR HEART GIVE YOURSELF 2 IT <3 :}{:
:}{: 11:00 -> :}{:=:}{: USING INTUITION :}{:
:}{: 13:41 -> :}{:=:}{: LISTEN 2 THE MUSIC WITHIN LIKE MOZART :}{:
:}{: 15:01 -> :}{:=:}{: REACHING FOR THE LIMITLESS LIMITER :}{:
16:29 3 PS OF WORK = PERCERVERIANCE - PATIENCE - PURPOSE = KNOWING WHERE UR GOING
15 = 16:57 = WORK BAGITVA GITA = DOING YOUR WORK AS A SACRIFICE / WORSHIP 2 YOUR MAKER :}{: FOR THE DIVINE
* :}{: 20:41 -> TIL END :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
* CHAPTER 10 = THE ADVANTAGE OF PLAYING THE FOOL *
:}{: 1:50 -> :}{:=:}{: WHEN YOU WIN YOU LOOSE = COUNTLESS BATTLES SMALL & LARGE BATTLES ARE FAUGHT IN LIFE - WE HAVE 2 BE, WILLING TO LEARN & CHOOSE WISELY - SOMETIMES THE PRICE IN WINNING COSTS MORE THEN ITS WORTH :}{:
* :}{: @ END :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 11 = THRIVING AMONG THE CUNNING & RUTHLESS
:}{: 10:14 -> :}{:=:}{: WHEN THE PICK POKETER WALKS PAST THE SAINT ALL HE SEES IS POCKETS THE DEFENCIVE DOG ONLY SEES ADVERCARIES :}{:
:}{: 15:13 -> :}{:=:}{: BEAT TEN MEN IN COMBAT = BY USING YOUR SPIRIT :}{:
:}{: 37:14 -> :}{:=:}{: LABEL ME CUNNING & RUTHLESS :}{:
* :}{: 41:19 -> TIL END :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 12 =AQUIRING THE KILLER INSTINCT!
:}{: 1:21 -> :}{:=:}{: WE MUST NOT TURN OUR FACE FROM THE DARK SIDE OF REALITY = KNOW YOURSELF KNOW YOUR APONENT 100 BATTLES 100 VICTORIES :}{:
:}{: 15:52 -> :}{:=:}{: ? :}{:
:}{: 20:43 -> :}{:=:}{: I MUST BE CRUEL ONLY 2 BE KIND :}{:
:}{: 26:19 -> :}{:=:}{: LEARNING 2 FLIP A PANCAKE = BEING IN TOUCH WITH PERFECT STRENGHH CONTROL & DETATCHEMENT IN FUFILLING YOUR WORTHY OBJECTIVES = THE KILLER INSTINCT :}{:
* :}{: 27:21 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
* CHAPTER 13 = THICK FACE, BLACK HEART = LEADERSHIP *
:}{: 2:12 -> :}{:=:}{: KUNG MINGS - ART OF WAR TRANSLATED :}{:
:}{: 3:10 -> :}{:=:}{: 1 CREATES CLUSTERS AMONG MEDIOCRE MINOR PEOPLE 2 UNIHILATE THE PROFICIENT INDAVIDUALS // 2) HE WHO IS ENSLAVED BY EXTRAVIGANT SPENDING HABITS ///3)DEVOTES ALL HIS ATENTION ON FAULT FINDING /// 4) HE WHO IS ONLY FOCUS ON PERSONAL LOSES & GIANS & WHOSE SOUL FOCUS IS AT WINNING AT ALL COSTS :}{:
:}{: 4:07 -> :}{:=:}{: 7 METHODS 2 DETECT SOMEONES CHARCTER :}{: = :}{:
1 DEBATE WITH HIM 2 KNOW HIS VIEW POINTS ON LIFE
2) CHALLENGE HIM VERBALLY, 2 WATCH THE CHANGES OF HIS INNER STATE
3) DISCUSS STRATEGIES - 2 OBSERVE HIS WISDOM
4) ENLIGHTEN HIM 2 THE DIFFICULTIES & DANGOURS AHEAD = THUS 2 KNOW HIS COURAGE
5) GET HIM DRUNK & OBSERVE HIS REAL NATURE?
6) MAKE HIM HANDLE MONEY = KNOW HIS VIRTUE
7) ASSIGN WORK 2 HIM = KNOW HIS COMPETENCE
ABSURB WHO HE BEFRIENDS IN MOMENTS OF MISFOURTUNE
IN PROSPERITY = WHO HE RECIEFS HIS CHARITY
OBSERVE WHO HE EMPLOYS AT TIMES OF HIGH OFFICE
AT TIMES OF POVERTY CAN HE BE BRIBED
DURING TIMES OF DIFICULTIES DOES HE ACT UNETHICALLY
6 TEMPTING HIM WITH LUSTFUL SEX OBSERVE HIS STEADYNESS
6 TYPES OF LEADER
COMPASIONATE LEADER = HEART & STRICT STANDARDS
VIRTUOUS LEADER = DOES NOT REJECT RESPONSABILITIES & IS NOT CONCERNED IN HIS PERSONAL INTRESTED
WISE = SELF RESTRAINED STRONG YET HUMBLE IN MANOR
STRATEGIC LEADER = RESOURCEFUL IMAGINATIVE
COURAGOUS LEADER = THE BIGGER THE CHALLENGE THE MORE COURAGOES HE BECOMES
THE GREAT LEADER = WHEN HE MEETS A PREFICAINT INDAVIDUAL HE TREATS WITH RESPECT = CAPACITY 2 RECIEVE CRITISISM
* :}{: @ THE END -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
:}{: ** CHAPTER 14 = WITHIN, BLACK WITHIN! ** :}{:
:}{: 0:34 -> :}{:=:}{: YOU CAN NOT OBTAIN WHAT YOU ALREADY ARE :}{:
:}{: 19:04 -> :}{:=:}{: GODLIKE EGO :}{:
:}{: 21:36 -> :}{:=:}{: QUESTIONS 7 STAGES OF SELF UNFOLDMENT :}{: = * :}{: -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 15 = PATHS TO THICK FACE, BLACK HEART
* :}{: 19:55 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
CHAPTER 16 = HOW A PIRANAH EATS, THE SHARK!
17:00 = LEAP FROG THEORY DIAMOND PEDELAR = 5,000,000 WITHOUGHT EVEN OPENING YOUR MOUTH
13:34 = EFFECTIV EXECUTION = WU WAY = FLOWING WITH THE FORCE OF LIFE / YOUR OPONENT RATHER THEN COMING UP AGAINST IT
* :}{: 22:45 -> :}{:=:}{: KEY POINTS :}{: *
-:}|{:-
:}|{:QUOTES :}|{:
THICK FACE BLACK HEART IS NOT AN ACTION IT IS A STATE OF MIND
greatest virtue but rather that these people have an infinite ability to endure the unendurable
endurance and thick face black heart our civilization our culture our
independence depend not upon multiplying our wants self-indulgence but upon restricting our wants
self-denial mahatma gandhi what makes a great one great it is not
that he possesses the image of the knight in shining armor like saint george slaying the dragon such an image has been held dear by the
executives who are climbing the corporate ladders what makes one truly great is knowing how to suffer the insufferable and how
to endure the unendurable everyone knows how to thrive in the good times it is the trying times that
separate the one who has substance from the one who merely possesses the image through trials and tribulations one
endures by enduring thus the human spirit triumphs over itself thick-faced black heart is the
January 10, 2023
As somebody already said: A lot of gems, but they are stuck under arbitrarily and esoteric maxims. I feel like the theory is arbitrary thought of and just a mix of different wisdom she collected and now presents as "the one" theory to conquer life. I don't like the way she displays it in the book.
As I bought it for 2.49€ it was worth it, but I would not buy it for any more money.
Pros:
- A lot of important and true messages
- Good content
- Great mix of christian religion and eastern religions.
Cons:
- Repetitive
- Author claims that everything said is 100% the truth
- Readers are referred to as "Thick Face Black Heart Practitioners" which makes me personally cringe, but that's just my opinion.
As I bought it for 2.49€ it was worth it, but I would not buy it for any more money.
Pros:
- A lot of important and true messages
- Good content
- Great mix of christian religion and eastern religions.
Cons:
- Repetitive
- Author claims that everything said is 100% the truth
- Readers are referred to as "Thick Face Black Heart Practitioners" which makes me personally cringe, but that's just my opinion.
October 14, 2015
I would put this book as a must read for almost everyone - people who are just starting to work or even for people who have enough experience. Lot of what the author says rings a bell within you somewhere and you are able to relate to the content very easily. The book is written in easy style and prose that is very practical and easy to follow. Overall, a great book without all the management mumbo jumbo!
May 4, 2023
I’ve tried twice to read this but thought it unnecessarily long. I did not agree with statements such as “we’ve been taught all our lives that being nice is the most important - for example, we study hard to please our teachers”. That might be true for some people, but not everyone is extrinsically motivated.
An attempt to create a framework for life and argue that it fits, but falls short for me.
An attempt to create a framework for life and argue that it fits, but falls short for me.
January 21, 2009
As someone who wants to face-down their insecurities, because bottom-line, those prevent us from achiving great relationships and success in life, I found this book a help. It is one that I will need to go back and read every other year, much like "How to Win Friends and Influence People", to apply continueous improvement to my own life.
March 22, 2015
One of the few books that made an immense impact in how I viewed the world, and myself.
Shelved as 'skimmed'
October 9, 2019The essence of the book is to find out the truth inside things and Respect Nature.
As always "Substance over form"
Thank Chi-ning Chu for the valuable sharings to us!
As always "Substance over form"
Thank Chi-ning Chu for the valuable sharings to us!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 27, 2018
Mặt Dày - Tâm Đen mô tả quy luật của tự nhiên chi phối cách ứng xử thành công trong mọi khía cạnh của cuộc sống. Tuân theo quy luật của tự nhiên trong những ứng phó hàng ngày sẽ phát huy tiềm năng cao nhất của chúng ta, nhờ đó dẫn chúng ta đến chỗ giải mã đúng định mệnh của cuộc đời mình.
Mặt Dày: một lá chắn để bảo vệ lòng tự trọng của mình khỏi sự chê trách của người khác. Người Mặt Dày lão luyện sẽ xây dựng cho mình một hình ảnh tích cực, bất chấp chỉ trích của người khác. Người Mặt Dày có khả năng luôn tin tưởng vào khả năng và giá trị của bản thân, dẹp bỏ sự hoài nghi đối với chính mình, và quan trọng là anh ta không chấp nhận những giới hạn mà người khác đặt lên cho anh ta.
Tâm Đen: là khả năng hành động bất chấp hậu quả xảy ra cho người khác, một người Tâm Đen thì tàn nhẫn, nhưng không nhất thiết phải xấu xa. Tâm Đen của một vị tướng chính là khi ông ta có thể gạt bỏ sự dã man khốc liệt của cuộc chiến có thể dẫn đến cái chết hàng vạn binh lính để hoàn toàn tập trung vào kết quả phải đạt được: chiến thắng.
Mặt Dày - Tâm Đen là một trạng thái, là một sức mạnh nội tâm, nó vốn dĩ luôn ở trong con người chúng ta và hoàn toàn có thể đạt được trạng thái này nhờ vào luyện tập. Vận dụng thuần thục Mặt Dày - Tâm Đen sẽ giúp ta biết cách vượt qua nỗi đau, để có thể chiến thắng trong tấn trò đời.
Bên cạnh việc diễn giải ý nghĩa và lợi ích của Mặt Dày - Tâm Đen, thông qua các chương sách, tác giả Chin-ning Chu đã mô tả lại quá trình luyện tập Mặt Dày - Tâm Đen trong đời sống và công việc của bà. Do là người Mỹ gốc Hoa nên quyển sách sử dụng nhiều dẫn chứng chiến thuật từ “Binh Pháp Tôn Tử” và được tác giả mô tả một cách đơn giản và dễ hiểu thông qua việc ứng dụng thực tiễn của mình. Qua những ví dụ này, người đọc phần nào có thể nhìn nhận ra được quan niệm của người Trung Quốc về cách xử lý những tình huống khó xử trong những hoạt động giữa người với người trong kinh doanh và cũng như trong cuộc sống.
Quyển sách có giọng văn khá thẳng thắn, mô tả đúng bản chất của sự việc. Có một số lối tư duy đi theo hướng trái ngược hoàn toàn với cách nghĩ thông thường của xã hội như quan điểm về “sự dối trá”. Tuy có một vài luận điểm mình không hoàn toàn đồng tình lắm nhưng nhìn chung các thông tin trong quyển sách khá hay, là những câu chuyện giáo dục và bài học chiến lược được tác giả lọc ra từ các sách, bộ binh pháp của Trung Quốc cổ đại. Nên đọc, để có thêm ý kiến phản biện cho bản thân, mở ra một góc nhìn mới về cách đối nhân xử lý ngoài đời.
Mặt Dày: một lá chắn để bảo vệ lòng tự trọng của mình khỏi sự chê trách của người khác. Người Mặt Dày lão luyện sẽ xây dựng cho mình một hình ảnh tích cực, bất chấp chỉ trích của người khác. Người Mặt Dày có khả năng luôn tin tưởng vào khả năng và giá trị của bản thân, dẹp bỏ sự hoài nghi đối với chính mình, và quan trọng là anh ta không chấp nhận những giới hạn mà người khác đặt lên cho anh ta.
Tâm Đen: là khả năng hành động bất chấp hậu quả xảy ra cho người khác, một người Tâm Đen thì tàn nhẫn, nhưng không nhất thiết phải xấu xa. Tâm Đen của một vị tướng chính là khi ông ta có thể gạt bỏ sự dã man khốc liệt của cuộc chiến có thể dẫn đến cái chết hàng vạn binh lính để hoàn toàn tập trung vào kết quả phải đạt được: chiến thắng.
Mặt Dày - Tâm Đen là một trạng thái, là một sức mạnh nội tâm, nó vốn dĩ luôn ở trong con người chúng ta và hoàn toàn có thể đạt được trạng thái này nhờ vào luyện tập. Vận dụng thuần thục Mặt Dày - Tâm Đen sẽ giúp ta biết cách vượt qua nỗi đau, để có thể chiến thắng trong tấn trò đời.
Bên cạnh việc diễn giải ý nghĩa và lợi ích của Mặt Dày - Tâm Đen, thông qua các chương sách, tác giả Chin-ning Chu đã mô tả lại quá trình luyện tập Mặt Dày - Tâm Đen trong đời sống và công việc của bà. Do là người Mỹ gốc Hoa nên quyển sách sử dụng nhiều dẫn chứng chiến thuật từ “Binh Pháp Tôn Tử” và được tác giả mô tả một cách đơn giản và dễ hiểu thông qua việc ứng dụng thực tiễn của mình. Qua những ví dụ này, người đọc phần nào có thể nhìn nhận ra được quan niệm của người Trung Quốc về cách xử lý những tình huống khó xử trong những hoạt động giữa người với người trong kinh doanh và cũng như trong cuộc sống.
Quyển sách có giọng văn khá thẳng thắn, mô tả đúng bản chất của sự việc. Có một số lối tư duy đi theo hướng trái ngược hoàn toàn với cách nghĩ thông thường của xã hội như quan điểm về “sự dối trá”. Tuy có một vài luận điểm mình không hoàn toàn đồng tình lắm nhưng nhìn chung các thông tin trong quyển sách khá hay, là những câu chuyện giáo dục và bài học chiến lược được tác giả lọc ra từ các sách, bộ binh pháp của Trung Quốc cổ đại. Nên đọc, để có thêm ý kiến phản biện cho bản thân, mở ra một góc nhìn mới về cách đối nhân xử lý ngoài đời.
March 9, 2023
Thick Face Black Heart ( TFBH) is an Interesting “ eastern style” self help / personal development book.
Thick Face Represents “the shield’ and Black Heart, represents “the spear”
If you are a consumer of self help style books, you will have heard many of the ideas, but the eastern slant was appealing to me. The author suggests that as you particle TFBH gradually you see no division or conflict between the spiritual world and the mundane world. Your spiritual strength will become an “ essential tool” to conquer day to day realities.
As a long term mediator and follower of Zen Buddhism and other eastern philosophies, I was moved by Chapter 3; Dharma: The Wish Fulfilling Tree.
The author explains that Dharma is the understanding of appropriate action for any given circumstance. It means to act in accordance with one’s duty. To me this means taking appropriate action - based on my intuition and reason in each situation.
I was also motivated by Chapter 6: “The magical power of endurance” Again, nothing new in self help, but always a good reminder especially when the going gets tough. How to endure? just keep enduring! “ Greatness is knowing how to suffer the insufferable and endure the unendurable” Ms Chu also suggests that “ as long as we are fighting the battle courageously the magic unseen hand of the divine is there to aid. Good to remember that!
Chapter 8 was a new idea to me: “ Deception without deceit” As a business owner who puts a high value on transparency and honesty, The idea at first made me a bit uncomfortable.The author suggests that we all. Practice deception but Westerners deny it and easterners glorify it. interesting.
All in all a good read, if you are the type that like self help / self improvement content. Especially if you are also into eastern philosophy.
Thick Face Represents “the shield’ and Black Heart, represents “the spear”
If you are a consumer of self help style books, you will have heard many of the ideas, but the eastern slant was appealing to me. The author suggests that as you particle TFBH gradually you see no division or conflict between the spiritual world and the mundane world. Your spiritual strength will become an “ essential tool” to conquer day to day realities.
As a long term mediator and follower of Zen Buddhism and other eastern philosophies, I was moved by Chapter 3; Dharma: The Wish Fulfilling Tree.
The author explains that Dharma is the understanding of appropriate action for any given circumstance. It means to act in accordance with one’s duty. To me this means taking appropriate action - based on my intuition and reason in each situation.
I was also motivated by Chapter 6: “The magical power of endurance” Again, nothing new in self help, but always a good reminder especially when the going gets tough. How to endure? just keep enduring! “ Greatness is knowing how to suffer the insufferable and endure the unendurable” Ms Chu also suggests that “ as long as we are fighting the battle courageously the magic unseen hand of the divine is there to aid. Good to remember that!
Chapter 8 was a new idea to me: “ Deception without deceit” As a business owner who puts a high value on transparency and honesty, The idea at first made me a bit uncomfortable.The author suggests that we all. Practice deception but Westerners deny it and easterners glorify it. interesting.
All in all a good read, if you are the type that like self help / self improvement content. Especially if you are also into eastern philosophy.
December 20, 2020
Excellent book. Recommended for people pleasers, those who feel small or insecure, or have trouble with boundaries. I love the way this book combines spirituality with the practical, survival-based realities of life. I promise it won't turn you into a narcissist. I read it while trying to develop a healthier ego and stronger sense of self; I had issues with boundaries and always felt guilty for not pleasing others. I struggled to feel any genuine empowerment and was so tired of feeling threatened by the mere thought of disappointing someone. Even when I did what others desired, it never seemed like enough. People will naturally demand more of you until you step up for yourself and give them an unwavering "No."
I realized it's ok and often necessary to disappoint people. It may seem obvious but it was difficult for me to understand this emotionally. This book helped me feel less guilty for getting out of an increasingly codependent and unhealthy friendship. Often, you'll need to feel as if you're better than a situation in order to remove yourself from it, while being humble keeps you trapped.
Had I read TFBH two years ago, I probably would have been repulsed and not finished it. Now I realize the value in developing a healthy ego. I have become a more functional, ambitious, confident person. It helped my spiritual side merge with the reality of life. I'd also never heard of the concept of "dharma" but it's my new favorite word. Great book if you're ready to read it. Will help those who struggle to be assertive but are ready to be empowered.
I realized it's ok and often necessary to disappoint people. It may seem obvious but it was difficult for me to understand this emotionally. This book helped me feel less guilty for getting out of an increasingly codependent and unhealthy friendship. Often, you'll need to feel as if you're better than a situation in order to remove yourself from it, while being humble keeps you trapped.
Had I read TFBH two years ago, I probably would have been repulsed and not finished it. Now I realize the value in developing a healthy ego. I have become a more functional, ambitious, confident person. It helped my spiritual side merge with the reality of life. I'd also never heard of the concept of "dharma" but it's my new favorite word. Great book if you're ready to read it. Will help those who struggle to be assertive but are ready to be empowered.
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