Have you ever felt that you learned a lot of things, but you can't always remember them.
The notes were made one after another, but every time I opened them, it was as if I had seen them for the first time.
Knowledge is always not internalized in the brain, and no matter how much you learn, it is useless, which makes people feel particularly frustrated.
What is the reason for growing too slowly?
Zhou Ling mentioned in the book "Cognitive Awakening": "No matter how alert and shocking this new knowledge is, if it cannot be sufficiently related to the existing knowledge, it will not survive for too long." ”
People's memory is limited, and it is difficult to grasp a concept clearly in the case of being exposed to so many new things every day.
The more greedy you are, the more you can't chew it up.
If you want to grow, you have to understand the following three elements.
01
Find the most important things
There are many important things, but there is only one most important thing. ———- Ross Garber
Li Xiaolai once told a story that Linkendin's founder, Red Hoffman, sought financing from the Greylock Fund and eventually managed to secure a $10 million investment.
And yet the slides at their conferences were surprisingly crude.
The font is ugly, the color matching is not matched, and there is no design concept, why can such a PPT be financed?
The reason is simple, it depends on the content.
As one of Silicon Valley's most prominent angel investors, Red Hoffman's presentation is far more important than the slide level.
People will only pay for their own needs and will not focus on the extras.
Do the most important thing well, in fact, you have already won.
People often say that the word "low level of diligence", when learning only to seek quantity and not quality, often let people get lost in desire.
Flipping through so many books every day, collecting various knowledge points, and learning a variety of courses seem to have gained a lot, but in fact, none of them are proficient.
Without a precise goal and direction, it is just to spin around in the same place and consume yourself.
It is said that 21 days to develop a habit, you are learning different things every day, how can there be good results?
The real masters are extremely focused, do the key points well, and do everything with half the effort.
02
"Touch Learning Method"
We usually have a misunderstanding when reading, that is, we immediately want to read a book thoroughly.
However, there are so many knowledge points in the book that it is basically impossible to fully grasp it.
Some people will draw lines, do excerpts, and even draw a long mind map when reading, which seems to be very useful, but it is actually very chicken.
Once you close the book, there are only a few things you can remember.
When you open those notes, you will find that you can't find a breakthrough, there is a lot of information, but it is not necessarily useful to yourself.
Therefore, Zhou Ling has a secret book for reading, he never draws mind maps, but only looks for touch points.
Whenever you see something in a book that touches you, stop and think about a few questions:
1. Why does it touch itself
2. What are the similar cases in life
3. Where the practice can be applied
Mark this place that touched you, write down your own thoughts and feelings, and ask yourself a question after those days: What is the most touching point of this book?
What can change itself is called knowledge.
The key to the touch learning method is to use the principle of cognitive circle. Touch is just a clue, a key that knocks on the door of your subconscious.
Real change depends on your thinking and actions.
03
Build a mental model
Knowledge is always easy to forget, and if a momentary understanding is not consolidated in time, it is easy to forget again.
If we want to firmly grasp this key knowledge point, we need to strengthen it many times.
When Reading, Li Shanyou, the founder of Chaos University, every time he sees a novel knowledge point, he will find a connection according to actual life.
If he doesn't find the 5 phenomena, he won't give up.
The same is true of Luo Zhenyu, who has a theory of "sewing buttons", writing 5 reading experiences every day, stitching new knowledge into old knowledge.
The two combine to produce a collision and then record and think about the elements.
After multiple reinforcements and verifications of knowledge points, they can be formed into a mental model for our own use.
Li Shanyou believes: "The key to adult learning is not to increase the amount of information, but to improve their own mental models. ”
The mental model I personally look more like a set of action plans, a life upgrade system for individuals.
The more mental models you have, the more thoroughly you understand the world.
Charlie Munger said, "A mental model gives you a perspective or frame of mind that determines the way you see things and see the world." Top-notch mental models can increase your likelihood of success and help you avoid failure. ”
The purpose of reading and learning is not only to improve yourself, but more importantly, to clarify the direction of your progress.
Where your future will go is actually up to you.
04
epilogue
When a person grows too slowly, sometimes it is not that he does not work hard, but that the method is not right.
I saw a case on the Internet, a netizen memorized the contents of six history books in middle school, and the result was only 76 points after the college entrance examination.
He is still unwilling after middle age, telling his children to stay away from "low-level diligence" and not wanting him to repeat his old path.
At the same time, he also read a lot, and excerpted notes, wrote thousands of words of reading feelings, and wanted to improve himself.
However, he found a problem, and no matter how hard he tried, he would still forget this "knowledge" because it did not promote a change in his behavior.
If knowledge is not touched and associated with oneself, it is just information, it is a passing cloud, and it will not stay at all.
Recognizing this, we should understand that the really important things, those places that can touch us, what can inspire us to think, are the things we should pay attention to the most.
Find your learning direction, use the "touch learning method" to identify, and establish a diversified "thinking model", you can really make progress.
Zhou Ling's "Cognitive Awakening" has brought me a lot of inspiration and insight, and new knowledge points appear every time I read it.
If you are confused about your personal growth, you can read this book like me and start a journey of self-knowledge.
The road to learning is long and obstructive.
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