(1)
The book "Cognitive Awakening" was planted a long time ago.
is just that, it has been sitting idle on my bookshelf and has never been visited.
On the weekend, I was browsing a certain music, and suddenly, a voice emerged in my mind: Are you going to waste two days just browsing your phone like this?
scared me so much that I threw away my phone and went to the bookshelf. Just like that, "Cognitive Awakening" came into view.
never thought that once I opened this book, I never closed it again until I read the last page.
author Zhou Ling mentioned in the book:
"Our ignorance of ourselves makes us look like a 'awake sleeping person'. Human nature is lazy, therefore, wanting and nature Confrontation is pointless."
The fundamental difference between people is actually the difference in cognitive ability.
This book looks at two dimensions: looking at yourself internally and looking at the world outside.
allows readers to understand themselves from the bottom and understand the most primitive self, thereby awakening their cognition.
(2) Look inside yourself and get rid of anxiety
Doing something every day does not mean awakening, and working hard every day does not mean awakening.
How many of us live a repetitive life every day.
During the day, he was eating and waiting to die, but in the dead of night, he was extremely anxious.
wants to be diligent, but is always no match for laziness;
wants to work hard, but always falls into a state of inefficiency;
has read a lot of books and taken a lot of online courses, but they are of no use at all;
keeps going like this and falls into a vicious cycle: getting more and more. Anxiety: The more you study, the more you study, the more anxious you become...
All of this can be summed up in one sentence: "I want to do many things at the same time, and I want to see results immediately."
Wang Xiaobo said:
"All human sufferings , which is essentially anger at one’s own incompetence.”
How to change these? The author of
said: You have to learn to look inside yourself and reconcile with your metacognition.
When faced with difficulties, let the instinctive brain and emotional brain come out to solve the problem.
If you don’t want to run today, then stop running;
If you don’t want to study today, then take a day off...
Don’t use your willpower to fight against instinct, it will definitely not succeed.
If you force yourself to read a few pages of a book, you may not be able to remember a single word; if
forces yourself to get up early, you may not be online for the whole day.
Therefore, you have to do things in a state that makes you comfortable, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort.
uses emotional choices and rational thinking.
changes passive learning to active learning.
(3) The world of appearance, borrowing strength to move forward
When you understand yourself, get out of your comfort zone, and start to change, you need to go to the world of appearance and make yourself better by borrowing strength.
Learning is not just about hard work, but about the unity of knowledge and action.
The root of all problems is the brain.
How to scientifically cultivate your concentration, learning, action and emotion?
Regarding concentration, the book mentions: the correct method plus a lot of practice.
First, have well-defined goals;
Second, be extremely focused when practicing;
Third, get effective feedback;
Fourth, always practice in the stretching zone.
Regarding learning ability, there is such a saying:
Forcing yourself to acquire high-quality knowledge, deeply integrating new knowledge, and then using your own language and words to teach others is the way to deep learning.
Most of us are impatient and impatient. In order to achieve the goal,
ignores the process and seeks shortcuts.
finally discovered that the most difficult road in the world is the shortcut.
At the beginning, you should choose to do those important things, so that your brain can enter positive thinking and adapt to your behavior, thereby improving your mobility.
Regarding emotional power, the author has a good saying:
Emotions are the wisdom of looking at problems from multiple perspectives. Your bad emotions come from a single perspective.
In life, people often get into trouble when faced with problems. They are stubborn and impatient and can explode at the slightest sign.
In the final analysis, it is due to lack of intelligence and the pattern is not big enough.
If you can try to look at the problem from a different perspective, everything will become different.
(4) The lowest-cost way to grow
Where footsteps cannot measure, words can; where eyes cannot see, words can. The author of
finally summarized the lowest-cost growth method in life from the five aspects of "Morning Reading and Writing Run".
Get up early:
Peak work period for the brain: around 7 a.m.
Get up early and use 10 minutes to plan, and you can master the whole day.
Meditation:
Competition between people is ultimately a competition for the utilization of mental resources.
Meditation can improve brain power.
Sit quietly with your eyes closed and focus on breathing for more than 15 minutes every day, which is equivalent to doing brain exercises .
Reading:
If you don’t read, the world is in front of you. If you love reading, the world is in front of you.
When reading, you must first learn to choose books. Choose books on the edge of your comfort zone, so that you can not only understand them, but also gain new knowledge.
Writing:
If a person wants to truly grow, he must learn to write.
Feynman learning method: Use output to force input.
Feynman Technique: Use your own words to explain something clearly, preferably so that laymen can understand it.
Running:
If the soul wants to go far, the body must be on the road.
Exercise can make people grow more neurons and make them smarter.
The greatest significance of exercise is not to keep fit, but to strengthen the brain.
