Cheng Jia, the author of the book "Study Well", mentioned a very interesting learning method in his two articles, "The Easiest "No Reading Method" in History" and "The Key to **: Ability More Important Than Knowledge".Learn by feeling
What is Learning by Feeling?
For example, in the first article, he created a "circuit breaker without reading calligraphy". The so-called "circuit breaker does not read calligraphy", which means when readingAs soon as you see something inspiring, you trigger a circuit breaker and stop reading immediately。What do you do when you stop studying? Ask yourself questions around this trigger.
For example: Why did this point inspire me? ·
Can I apply this inspiration to 3 different things? ·
Is there any other similar knowledge about this inspiration?
In another article, he proposed: whether in life or study, whenever you are struck by something and "moved emotionally", you must consciously remind yourself to ask the reason. ·
For example: Why does this movie move me?
What happened? ·
Why do I like this product so much?
What makes it different? ·
Why can't I involuntarily indulge in this plot?
This is how the master learns: use it firstSensual abilities help you chooseand use it againRational ability helps you think。Whether it's in a book or a movie, etcTouching comes from the sensibility, whileQuestioning comes from reasonSensibility comes first, rationality comes last, and the principle behind this isPerception is made by capturing signals emitted by the subconscious
Coincidentally, learning expert Li Xiaopeng also mentioned a similar approach in his book "The Troika of Learning Masters". When his niece Zhao Lu, who was in middle school, asked him for advice on the secrets of learning, he only said three words:By feeling
This answer made Zhao Lu unbelievable. In this regard, he explains: "It doesn't matter what level you are at, this trick works – just by feeling!" Ignore questions that have the answer at a glance; Don't pay attention to a topic that gives you a headache at a glance and doesn't know what you're talking about; Only the kind of topics that can roughly see some ideas, but need to use some brains, must be done more. This is the middle ground, where you can improve the fastest. ”
Do you see the clues? The reason why "by feeling" is called the top method is that it helps us to perceive what is really suitable for us and what we need, and to put ourselves on the edge of the circle of ability to learn. If we use reason alone, we usually look to the top students, focus on the most difficult topics, and think about how to catch up with them; If we follow our nature, we will spin on the simplest of topics.
The same is true of reading, if we simply use reason, we usually spend a lot of time sorting out the author's framework and ideas after reading the whole book, so as to show that we have read and read the book thoroughly; If we go along with our nature, we might just put down our books and play with our phones. I myself will be accustomed to spending time to sort out the author's framework, internal logic, and want to restore some of the author's ideas, but this is very time-consuming, and I usually miss some points that touch me when reading, in view of this, the better way to read is to ask myself a few days after reading the whole book: What is the most impressive touch point for me now? Firmly grasp this touching point, relate to it, and practice it, you will get the most gain, and the rest of the content can be put aside first.
When we read and study, we will also be deluded with vanity, for example, in order to finish the book, in order to draw a seemingly systematic brain map, or in order to absorb more knowledge in the book.
However, this practice will fall into the anxiety of not being able to ask for it, because the capacity of the brain is limited, and the knowledge that has not been practiced, experienced and perceived by oneself will be remembered in the short term, and will be drowned in a corner of the brain in the long term.
Therefore, a better strategy is to grasp the point that touches you the most, and then think deeply and practice it in yourself, so that this point will truly belong to you in the future.
For example, I learned that "a sense of purpose is king", and when I do anything, I stop and think about what my goal was. Are these behaviors and actions centered around the goal? This way of asking oneself rhetorically can avoid falling into it".Positive feedback is addictiveMisunderstandings.
What is Positive Feedback Addiction?
It's that we keep doing actions that deviate from the goal under some stimuli that make us feel very good. For example, in the past three years, I have recorded my growth by writing study notes, and with the improvement of the quality of my output articles, the platform will have more pushes, and it will also get more people's attention, so that I will often watch the changes in the number of followers, the number of articles read, and when the number of followers declines and the number of articles read decreases, I will be unhappy, so as to search for some content on the Internet that everyone reads relatively high, and write relevant articles.
This is contrary to my original goal of documenting my growth.
When I read a book, I also have this state of deviating from the goal, so now I will follow the principle of "less is more", and only grasp one point in the book at a time, and then think deeply and practice. Not only is it more rewarding to read in this way, but it is also less anxious.
The subconscious sensibility can always help us discover what is really suitable for us, so as to guide the energy to invest and improve ourselves quickly, because it is easy to produce a state of flow in the marginal zone of our circle of competence with the least difficulty, the most suitable needs, and the fastest results. It can be seen that although learning is not an easy thing, in the right area, we can still experience ease and fun, if you feel always painful and boring, then there is a good chance that it doesn't feel right - either in the difficult zone, or in your comfort zone.