Third Cohort, Session 4 · Rebuilding Your Mindset and Defining the Course

The 3680 course is a process of reinstalling your brain's operating system and rebuilding your thinking

Key insights

The 3680 course is a process of reinstalling your brain's operating system and rebuilding your thinking. Its defining feature isbreaking down before building anew—first breaking down existing beliefs (the four major traps, The Book of Lord Shang), then establishing new ways of thinking (the Way of Heaven and the human way, reversal as the movement of the Dao). Ultimately, you mustput these teachings into practice in everyday life, as a person is the sum of all their social relationships.

1.1 The Essence of the Course

Reinstalling the brain’s operating system

• Conventional thinking → Break down → New thinking → Establish → Validate through practice
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• It's like reinstalling a computer's operating system:
  • Remove old programs (old ways of thinking)
  • Install a new system (new ways of thinking)
  • Run tests (practice)
  • Achieve stable operation (internalization)

breaking down before building anew

• Break down:
  • The four major traps (education, healthcare, real estate, elder care)
  • The Book of Lord Shang (the underlying logic of society)
  • Existing values
  • Rosy illusions about society
• Build anew:
  • The way of Heaven and the human way (how things work)
  • The movement of the Dao is reversal (a way of thinking)
  • Value exchange (the essence of relationships)
  • The mindset of the strong (a rule of survival)

1.2 The Learning Process

A period of confusion is normal

• Attend lectures → Period of confusion → Period of rebuilding → Period of practice → Period of internalization
• Signs of a period of confusion:
  • Your worldview, values, and outlook on life are turned upside down
  • You feel that the world is dark
  • You don't know what to do
  • You feel lost and distressed
• What to do:
  • This is normal
  • Keep listening, and listen again and again
  • Create mind maps
  • Take part in Q&A and exchange ideas
  • Things will eventually become clear

How to get the most out of 3680

1. Listen repeatedly

• Listen at least 2-3 times
• You'll gain something new each time
• Don't listen just once

1. Take notes

• Mind map
• Full transcript
• Notable quotes
• Your own reflections

1. Take part in the community

• Look at other students' assignments
• Join the discussions
• Ask questions and get answers
• Spark new ideas through exchange

1. Put it into practice and validate

• Apply what you learn in everyday life
• Get feedback
• Adjust and optimize
• Develop your own framework

1.3 Self-Cultivation in Everyday Life

What Is Self-Cultivation in Everyday Life?

• The everyday world = society = relationships
• Self-cultivation in practice:
  • Not retreating from the world to cultivate yourself
  • But cultivating yourself through relationships
  • Honing yourself through real-world challenges
  • Growing through experience
• Core points:
  • A person is the sum of all their social relationships
  • See yourself clearly through relationships
  • Cultivate yourself through relationships
  • Ultimately, live as your true self

What do you cultivate?

• Earn self-cultivation points = blessings + wisdom
• Blessings:
  • Do good deeds
  • Altruism
  • Build positive connections
  • Plant good seeds
• Wisdom:
  • See the essence clearly
  • Understand underlying patterns
  • Cultivate awareness and mindfulness
  • Unity of knowledge and action

1.4 How the Courses Relate to Each Other

The Positioning of 2680, 3680, and 4980

• 2680: Hands-on product selling (techniques)
  • Specific skills
  • Matrix Operations
  • Monetize and earn money
• 3680: Rebuilding your mental framework (principles)
  • Underlying Logic
  • Upgrade your thinking
  • Deepen your understanding
• 4980: SOP implementation (tools)
  • Practical methods
  • Procedure
  • System Execution
• Relationship:
  • 3680 is the foundation (the Way)
  • 4980 is the application (techniques + tools)
  • 2680 is monetization (practical use)
  • Three in One

Key quotes

• "3680 is a system reinstall for the brain—a process of cognitive restructuring."
• "Break down the old before building the new: dismantle old ways of thinking and establish new ones."
• "Practice in everyday life; a person is the sum of all their social relationships."
• "A period of confusion is normal. Keep listening, and listen repeatedly."
• "Earn points through self-cultivation: cultivate both blessings and wisdom."
• "It's not about retreating from the world, but cultivating yourself through relationships and honing yourself through experience."

Practical application

Learning Plan

1. First pass: Listen all the way through to get the full picture
2. Second pass: Create a mind map to organize the framework
3. Third pass: Listen selectively to address specific problems
4. Ongoing: Participate in Q&A sessions and test what you learn in practice

Ways to Put Learning into Practice

1. Apply one small lesson each day
2. Record the results of applying what you learn
3. Participate in community discussions
4. Review and summarize regularly

Practice checklist

• ☐ Create a learning plan for 3680 (listen 3 times)
• ☐ Complete your first full listen
• ☐ Start creating a mind map
• ☐ Apply one lesson each day
• ☐ Participate in one interactive Q&A session