Huang said in an interview, "I am an unqualified father, I will not help my children find jobs, but I often encourage my children to read, and I am also pleased that they have always maintained the habit of reading." ”
Because reading more books can satisfy an ordinary person's curiosity about knowledge; insisting on being friends with books can make ordinary people have a better life, work better, and even enjoy a better life.
Speaking of reading, I have to mention the Japanese writer Osamu Akira's book "The Use of Books". This is a book's instruction manual that greatly enhances our reading experience. In the era of excessive pursuit of speed, we take us to re-appreciate the depth of reading and open a "dialogue mode" with the book.
Today, I will interpret the "Method of Using Books" from three aspects: improving self-cultivation, cultivating talents, and giving advice to Xiaobai.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" >01 An effective way to improve your cultivation - keep reading</h1>
Chen Daoming once wrote a preface to Jiang Yiyan's book and pointedly admonished: "Many actors have gone to great lengths to beautify their appearance, but I would rather you spend more time to cultivate your talents." ”
The four words "cultivating talent" are not only suitable for public figures, but also for ordinary people, because it refers to reading more! Someone once said that a person's cultivation has nothing to do with the level of education, but with whether or not to read.
"There are three wisdoms in the world, which are obtained through learning, through communication with people, and through personal experience." In "The Use of Books", Zhiming Qiao simply summarized the "three wisdoms" as: learning from "others", learning from "books", and learning from "travel".
In the three aspects of people, books, and travel, I think the tool that can effectively obtain cultivation is the book, first of all, reading is the cheapest self-investment, secondly, it is not limited by time and place, it can make it easy for you to obtain information, and books can also allow us to better restore the situation and let us have an immersive feeling.
I remember Chanel once said, "Even an ignorant woman like me, who is old, uneducated, and grows up in an orphanage, can remember the name of a flower every day." ”
Remembering the name of a flower one day is one less mystery in the world for Chanel. In fact, the same is true for improving your cultivation, when you can get a new knowledge from the book every day, then your personal cultivation will continue to improve.
Every question encountered in life can be found through reading books, perhaps reading is not as attractive as travel, but it can restore the situation and make us feel immersed.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="44" >02 Effective tips for nurturing talents - reading classic books</h1>
A few days ago, I saw a self-media teacher in the circle of friends who opened a reading course, and I asked her with curiosity, "Can you talk about classic literature?" The teacher's reply was: "We don't talk about literature, because it has little effect, we only talk about practical books." ”
I was shocked to hear this answer. I don't deny the role of practical books, but I always think that if a person wants to cultivate his talents, he still needs to read classic books to exercise his thinking ability.
In the book "How to Use Books", Zhiming also answers the meaning of reading classic books for us:
What remains from the times is unconditionally correct;
Be able to learn the most basic and universal joys and sorrows of human beings;
Can be used as a case study study;
Exercise the ability to think for yourself.
Many people know that the Tao Te Ching is a Taoist classic, with only 5,000 words in eighty-one chapters in the book, and the content of each chapter is worthy of our analysis and study, and even enlightenment. We learn it in order to be able to use its wisdom in our lives. The fact that this tome has been passed down for more than 2,000 years is enough to show that it can affect everyone.
Reading classic books can not only make us better use of knowledge, but also let us better feel the "knowledge of people and the world", which is also the value that business books cannot give. It is no exaggeration to say that reading 10 business books is not as rewarding as reading 1 classic data.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="42" >03 Reading Xiaobai's Book Selection Skills - Choosing Areas of Interest</h1>
Although we have already said that we should read classic books, it may be difficult for reading Xiaobai to read the classics at the beginning, so it is recommended that you start your reading career from modern books.
So how does Reading Xiaobai choose the right book for himself? Export Zhiming put forward 7 suggestions in the Law on the Use of Books:
Choose books in your own area of interest;
Choose "the book that catches your eye at once";
Flip through the "first 5 pages" to make a decision;
Read the "Book Review Column" and select the book you are interested in;
Don't care about the "author";
Listen to the opinions of others;
Do not read "bestsellers".
The easiest mistake to make when reading Xiaobai is to judge whether a book is worth buying and whether it is worth reading by the title of the book... Then you can carefully read the first 5 pages of the book, if the content of the book can attract you, it means that the book is worth reading, otherwise you can simply give up reading the book.
In addition, Export Zhiming has also repeatedly stressed not to read "best-selling books", because most of the "best-selling books" are chicken soup texts, and Xiao Bai can easily cause psychological anxiety and psychological pressure if he reads too much.
For Xiao Bai, the most important thing is to cultivate their own reading interests and hobbies, it is recommended that everyone must stand in their own field of interest to select books, and strictly implement these seven requirements.
Reading is a treat. Books are like a "delicious snack" that needs to be carefully tasted, so there's no need to waste time on "boring books" and "books that we don't want to read."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="43" > written at the end:</h1>
Some people say that books are not something that must be read, but Huang Xia believes that anything and any knowledge in the world can be learned through books.
Reading is not only to delight yourself, but also to improve yourself. Therefore, there is absolutely no such thing as "too late" when it comes to reading, and if you are interested in reading, now is the best time to pick up a book and read it.
If you want to know more about how to read, I suggest that you also read the "How to Use the Book", which is the manual of the book.