Do you often feel anxious, lost, and powerless? Do you want to change yourself but don't know where to start? Do you want to improve your learning efficiency, but are constantly interrupted by various distractions? Do you want to be in control of your emotions but are always swayed by instinct and impulse?
If you have the above confusion, then I would like to recommend a book to you, it is called "Cognitive Awakening", the author is Zhou Ling, he is a writer, self-a**, and mental explorer. His articles are knowledgeable and in-depth, down-to-earth and easy to understand, giving people a sense of empowerment and benefit. His thinking is not panicked or pandering, and he is often praised by readers as a clear stream.
Cognitive Awakening is a personal growth book that can penetrate time**, which teaches you how to change your thinking patterns, behavioral habits, and learning methods by understanding the operating mechanism of the brain, so as to achieve the goal of self-change. The book is divided into three main parts, which are:
Look inside yourself and get rid of anxiety. This section introduces the triple structure of the brain, namely the instinctive brain, the emotional brain, and the rational brain, and their relationships and roles. You'll learn why our brains are inherently short-sighted, short-sighted, and lazy, why our subconscious minds influence our behavior and emotions, and how to use metacognitive abilities to observe, guide, and adjust ourselves to overcome the limitations of our nature and gain long-term and clear inner motivation.
Deep learning to improve capabilities. This section introduces the concepts, principles, and methods of deep learning, and how to use techniques such as association, feedback, and review to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of learning. You will learn why our brains like repetitive, inertial, and inert learning styles, why our memories are affected by the forgetting curve, and how to use metacognitive abilities to design, execute, and evaluate our own learning plans, break through the learning plateau, and achieve qualitative changes in learning.
Improve yourself and move towards excellence. This section introduces the mindset, methods, and cases of refinement, as well as how to use tools such as goals, plans, habits, etc., to achieve your desires and dreams. You will learn why our brains like things simple, easy, comfortable, and certain, why our actions are affected by psychological phenomena such as scarcity, procrastination, and self-deception, and how to use metacognitive abilities to formulate, follow-up, and adjust our own action plans, overcome obstacles to action, and achieve sustained action.
Cognitive Awakening is a book that takes your brain from chaos to clarity, and it not only tells you what is right, but more importantly how to do it.
My New Year's reading plan