In today's era, information is like a vast ocean, vast and complex.
In this era of information, we are faced with ubiquitous information fragments and traffic torrents, and it is difficult to keep all the information in mind.
For example, if you have a computer, a mobile phone, a TV, or a radio station around you, which one do you choose to watch?
Articleć**What will you choose to read mainly?
You have signed up for so many training camps and learned so many courses, which knowledge point have you memorized?Those dazzling certificates, did they really help you?
All kinds of information, all kinds of data, all kinds of **, all in front of your eyes, do you really know how to capture the key points to use?
Thiago Ford, an expert in personal knowledge management, has written a book called "Building a Second Brain" and created a simple para system as a thinking tool that classifies the use of information to help people unleash their creativity and select the important information that is beneficial to them.
In fact, some of the methods he introduced in the book can be applied to our lives.
Take writing as an example, we can apply some of the methods he talked about in the book to realize our writing dreams and achieve a better self.
What should be done?There are three steps to follow.
01 Transcript and integration of information
Many writers have a Xi that they will use words to record what they thought at the time, and when they come back, they integrate the information and it is an excellent article work.
The author also mentions at the beginning of the book that the power of words has helped him to clear his mind, and gradually apply this power to his life for the better.
While in college, he began to try to record the key points of each lesson, which he later compiled into his own e-course collection. This approach has allowed him to go from a student with mediocre grades to a graduate with honors in every subject.
When teaching lessons in rural primary schools, he is also very good at saving and integrating his own Xi practice cases, and also teaches children how to take good notes, plan well, and save their own time.
A good memory is not as good as a bad pen, and this is a very crucial skill.
And it's the same when we learn Xi to write.
We can record the things we see, the conversations we hear, the things we feel, and even the dreams we have, and organize them well, which will provide great convenience for our writing.
We can also record the key points of the notes in the writing course, from the various sharing between teachers and classmates, and various discussions between writing peers, we can write down the ideas that we think are important or have feelings, and then go back to do the integration, maybe we will find valuable information.
Transcription is a powerful tool that helps us capture and retain information, strengthen memory, and facilitate deep thinking.
When we write down information, we no longer rely on fragile memories and instead have a reliable external memory.
This is not only a record of information, but also a promoter of thinking organization, memory enhancement, creativity release and personal growth.
We can make better use of this powerful tool to develop our thinking, expression and creativity to become a more well-rounded and in-depth individual.
02 Accumulate materials and reuse them repeatedly
Many people are afraid of writing or have a bottleneck on their way to writing.
Why?There are not enough materials.
In the book, the author emphasizes that we should actively accumulate various materials and use them many times in order to maximize their value.
Sales is used as an example in the book. A salesperson has a lot of valuable resources: company brochures, product manuals, sales templates, potential customer lists, important customer call records, etc., which are actually composed of a large number of creative elements.
These are the things that a salesperson relies on to create performance, and they are also his usual related accumulation.
Think about it, are your research results, web page clips, document summaries, reading notes, draft patterns, etc., all of your long-term accumulation in related fields?It can even be said that these are your perceptions of the industry, or the world.
Let's take the example of how we learn Xi to write.
When you are writing an article, you may wish to extract relevant materials as stories or cases in your article, even if you don't use some materials, you can save them and use them as topics or materials for another article.
And in many cases, these writing materials can be used over and over again.
We can expand it into short stories, extend into various topics, or just quote some of them, etc., which can effectively help us write a good article.
It is very important to accumulate materials for creation, and by actively collecting various ideas, experiences, and materials, we can build a rich knowledge base and inspiration**.
The process of accumulating material also promotes cross-integration between different fields.
When we accumulate materials extensively, we will find that there are opportunities for different fields to interconnect and learn from each other, and by reusing and integrating materials from different fields, we can create more innovative and interesting works and ideas.
This cross-disciplinary integration can not only broaden the boundaries of our thinking, but also bring us more creativity and uniqueness.
Accumulating materials and reusing them is a process of continuous learning and Xi improvement, in which we can constantly discover new perspectives and perspectives, deepen our understanding and knowledge of things, and enable us to better respond to challenges, solve problems, and create new value.
03 Actively share and expand influence
Sharing power is influence.
Actively sharing can make your views well-known to people, and you can expand your influence and increase your popularity.
One day, when the author was in the company, several colleagues asked him for advice on how to organize information.
This led the authors to find that their records were very fragmented and not good at integrating information.
So, he always chatted with his colleagues about information management at lunchtime, which gradually turned into an interest group, a workshop, and finally a paid course.
That's the power of sharing, the benefits it brings to him.
On the road of writing, we should actively share and write.
The works written, whether good or bad, can be posted on the public platform and actively discussed with other authors in order to make themselves more sophisticated.
When we continue to write and share our opinions, we can also gradually expand our influence.
Every time you write, it is an improvement of your ability and an opportunity for others to see you, so it is very important to be brave enough to publish articles and submit articles in writing.
At the same time, active sharing helps expand our reach and reputation, and when we share valuable information and insights, we are able to attract more attention and recognition of our expertise and unique perspectives.
By sharing and building our own brand, we are able to build authority and influence in a specific area, laying a solid foundation for our own personal growth.
Write at the end
This book teaches us the importance of information integration and how to sift through and use it to make our lives easier.
The wisdom of the information age also prompts us to continue to learn Xi and grow. We should remain curious and eager to learn, constantly pursuing new knowledge and skills. Through continuous learning and Xi accumulation, we can continuously improve our abilities and insights, and add more possibilities and opportunities to our lives.
In the information age, light up life with wisdom.