Now I am fascinated by trilism. We can solve problems more easily with the ideas of pluralism, which is a philosophical word that means viewing things from various aspects. It includes monism, dualism, and trilism. I am now creating a new problem-solving method based on it.
Today, I will explain how to develop skills with it.
How to develop our skills
Sometimes, we want to improve our lives. Many stressful things, such as social interaction or required work, exhaust us. We need breakthroughs.
Developing our skills is one of our opportunities. New skills or better abilities give us the strength to change our futures. If we have one strong skill, we can rely on it to be independent.
However, it is sometimes difficult to acquire. The typical reason is losing motivation. Although our motivation is high initially, it drops off as we try hard to continue.
That is why we want an appropriate approach to developing our skills. Keeping high motivation is one key.
Pluralism and the trilistic approach can solve it. Today, I will introduce how to use it.
Multiple approaches to a problem
To make it easier to understand pluralism and the trilistic approach, let’s see an example.
Suppose we want to learn a second language. However, we often lose motivation. We cannot avoid it. We might think, ‘Why do I lose motivation?’ We might try to concentrate on it and work harder patiently, but those efforts will also end in vain.
Looking at this failure from multiple angles shows why we cannot keep our motivation.
Let me introduce several different perspectives based on pluralism. They are as follows:
- The monistic approach reduces the cause to only one. We think that one method, such as memorizing 10 new words daily, is the best way to master the second language.
- The dualistic approach reduces the cause to two contradictory aspects. We think there are two contradictory factors, such as grammar and conversation. Then, we try to balance them based on our moods.
- The trilistic approach reduces the cause to three. We think there are three factors. One example is learning grammar, conversation, and writing. Another example is learning from comics, movies, and novels. We try to balance them by mood.
- The tetralistic (or more) approach reduces the cause to four (or more). It is the same procedure as above.
The reason why we lose motivation
This tells us why we lose motivation. We often try to learn a second language in only one certain way. For example, we might try to memorize 10 new words or read one page of a book daily.
However, our mood changes. If we have a fickle nature and repeat the same thing every day, it is natural that we will get bored.
In addition, we often misunderstand what is the most effective way. We don’t know if memorizing 10 words daily is the best way. There are times we don’t even know what method suits us.
This causes boredom and a decline in motivation. Although it would be efficient if we could identify the only best way, it is often hard when we learn skills. Many factors affect our learning process.
Trying a lower perspective
In such a case, it would be better to make the approach more specific. This means we use the dualistic or the trilistic perspective.
The dualistic approach provides us with a more flexible style. We can balance two contradictory aspects. For example, we can switch our states between studying hard and resting. We can also shift between learning grammar and conversation. This helps prevent our boredom.
However, they are still a little abstract. We still don’t know how to learn hard or where to study grammar specifically. Although the dualistic approach is useful for abstract problems, such as ways of life or happiness, finding a concrete solution is a little hard.
Applying the trilistic perspective
To find more specific ideas, we use one more lower approach—the trilistic perspective.
It provides us with more concrete ways. We can find many angles to learn with three non-overlapping elements. Here are examples:
- Learning grammar, conversation, and writing
- Learning from comics, movies, and novels
- Learning with online chat, real conversations, and textbooks
- Learning by taking professional lessons, by enjoying with companions, and by teaching others
Then, we balance them. We can choose what suits us from various angles.
This works not only for keeping motivation but also for many problems, such as finding opportunities, overcoming shortcomings, having confidence, and keeping progression. This is because those roots are the same: stagnation.
To fix the root problem
Of course, there could be a more fundamental problem. For example, we might not need to learn a second language. What we truly want might be independence. In such a case, we cannot avoid stagnation, no matter how we switch our states or angles.
To solve the root problem, we return to the upper level, to the level of dualism. Then, we try to find which balance we are losing.
This balance tells us we don’t have to force ourselves to learn a second language. We can stop it naturally. After resting, we will find another matter to focus on.
In other words, the levels of the perspective correspond to our level of life. The dualistic approach is to solve the root issues. On the other hand, the trilistic approach is for more specific problems.
Switching the level of perspective flexibly makes solutions easier.
Conclusion
That is the trilistic approach. We can use it to develop our skills.
In addition, switching the level of perspective flexibly makes solutions easier.
This problem-solving method might help you keep motivated and develop your skills.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
