Don't be obsessed with self-discipline, because self-discipline is really not that magical, it's not that reliable, and most people have a hard time doing it in the long term.
The essence of self-discipline is self-control. And human self-control is limited.
With such a limited amount of self-discipline, it is clear that self-discipline is not the best partner for learning that requires a high degree of sustained self-discipline. At this point, we should look at "habits".
Learning is an ongoing process, and we need to follow through and use good "habits".
Let's start by talking about how one can stick to one thingIn fact, it is enough to meet one requirement: get more than pay. i.e.: get paid 0.
Some people may object to this statement, "Isn't perseverance just self-discipline?"I get up at 6 a.m. every morning to study, and I rely on self-discipline. "I want to say that if you get up at 6 o'clock in the morning every day to study, you can rely on self-discipline for a week or even a month, but in the process of studying, if your effort continues to be less than what you get, your self-discipline can make up for this difference in a certain period of time, but if you can't let the gain be greater than the effort before your self-discipline is exhausted, you will definitely give up at some point. Because self-discipline is limited, your self-discipline is bound to run out at some point.
Since self-discipline is unreliable, why rely on "habit"?
Let's look at the formula "get-give" 0.
If you get more than you pay for doing something, it means that the process of doing this is rewarding, and the whole is "positive". That is, your gains are greater than your input, and you reap the benefits in it. Since there are benefits that can be earned, it is equivalent to what you earn, so you can naturally do it.
In order to persist in learning, we must use all means to make "getting" greater than "giving". This requires us to continue to improve "getting" and reducing "giving".
First of all, I look at the improvement "getting". We can apply what we have learned to different areas by drawing inferences from others, which are all ways to increase the "get";We can also use the "love of learning" mentioned earlier, because when we do what we love, we must be very satisfied and happy, and we are also improving "getting". However, there must be a limit to what can be obtained by learning, so what we can do beyond that is to reduce the amount of effort.
So how to reduce the cost?
One is to reduce the learning time, we use the minimalist learning method of this book to spend less time to get better learning results, that is, to reduce the cost and improve the gain.
The other is to reduce the self-control consumed in the learning process. How can we reduce the self-control of consumption?The best way to do this is to "make it a habit". A habit is a natural behavior where you do something without thinking. For example, if you get up at 6 a.m. every morning to study, at the beginning, you must be in pain, so getting up early, it's really hard to do. You need to do mental construction in the bed, get up and cheer yourself up, and you are consuming your self-control when you do these things. But when you have insisted on getting up at 6 o'clock every day for a week, you will find that it is not so painful, and later, you may no longer feel the pain, but you can feel the refreshment of getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning to study, and feel the satisfaction of learning new knowledge every day.
So, if you develop good habits, you will reduce the consumption of self-control. In the process of learning, what we need to do is to cultivate our learning process into a habit.
Here are three ways to start.
1. Fixed study time: Try to fix your study time, start learning every time you reach this point in time, and make it a part of your life. For example, when you have a fixed study time between 8 and 10 o'clock every night, and at 8 o'clock, you will automatically study according to your habits, and you don't have to do any mental construction, because you have already made a plan in advance and arranged everything else at other times. Slowly, studying from 8 to 10 p.m. every night becomes a habit for you, and it gradually becomes a part of your life, and you don't have to consume your self-control anymore.
2. Fixed learning methods: In the process of learning, you should also try to form habits. A fixed learning method is a good habit. The learning method is your learning tool, the easier your tool is to use, the more familiar you are with it, the easier it feels in the process of doing it, and the less you need to call on too much energy to complete the learning process. It's also a habit formation that can reduce the effort you put in the learning process.
3. Fixed learning place: Imagine if you were to think about it every time you study, would it be a café, a library or a classroomMaybe you haven't thought about going to the end yet, and you've already consumed a lot of your energy. Originally, you were not very interested in studying, and if you think about it for a while, you may not study at all. Therefore, if you are going to study for a long time, it is best to fix your study place, and when the time comes, go directly to the fixed place, which is also a good habit.
Of course, you can design the habits you develop in the learning process according to your own situation, in addition to these three points, there must be other ways for you to form habits and reduce the consumption of energy.
Our core purpose is to be able to devote all our energy to learning itself, and to turn all the things that assist learning itself into habits in the learning process, so as to minimize the consumption of our energy.
I believe that after a period of training, you will continue to increase "get" and reduce "pay", develop relaxed study habits, have the best learning state, and achieve better learning results.
Above. I hope it will help you develop good study habits.