<p class="ql-block">📚 今日阅读：Chapter 7 – Washington Warriors</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">🕐 阅读时长：80分钟</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">☑️ 今日要点</p><p class="ql-block">• U.S. politicians used anti-communist rhetoric to gain popularity and funding.</p><p class="ql-block">美国政客频繁借“反供”言论刷存在感、赢选票、争取军费。</p><p class="ql-block">• They simplified complex international issues into good-vs-evil narratives.</p><p class="ql-block">将复杂国际事务简化为“正义vs邪恶”的对立框架。</p><p class="ql-block">• Many of them had little actual knowledge of China.</p><p class="ql-block">实际上，他们对中国知之甚少，甚至从未亲访东亚。</p><p class="ql-block">• Political opportunism, not strategy, drove many U.S. decisions regarding Asia.</p><p class="ql-block">美国在亚洲的许多决策，并非基于战略理性，而是政客的机会主义考量。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">💡 个人感悟</p><p class="ql-block">• This chapter exposed something very relatable: how “performative decisions” dominate leadership spaces. It’s not only a problem of the past. Even today, leaders—whether in government, companies, or institutions—often prioritize optics over depth, drama over data.</p><p class="ql-block">读完本章，我觉得“表演式决策”并非遥远历史，而是当今社会的普遍现象。很多领导者，无论是在政界还是职场，其实都倾向于选择“看上去对”的，而不是“真正深思熟虑”的。他们更在意人设、声音、得分，而不是后果和真相。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">• Surface leadership is seductive—but lasting change only comes from those who think deeply and act quietly.</p><p class="ql-block">在我们的工作和生活中也类似：会议上谁声音大、谁会造势，常常就能主导结论；有些管理者更关注外部评价，而非团队真实感受。这种“以斗争赢掌声”的氛围，其实非常消耗信任。学会在浮躁中坚持理性，既是挑战，也是能力。就像我们在判断一件事、一个人的时候，不能只听表演的声音，更要看背后的动机和格局。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">📌 明日阅读计划：</p><p class="ql-block">📖 Chapter 8 – Secret Executive Air War in Asia</p><p class="ql-block">🧭 Tomorrow, I’ll discover how secret missions shaped perceptions and policy in Asia.</p><p class="ql-block">🧭 明天将阅读第八章，了解隐藏在新闻之外的空战与决策内幕。</p>