"Cognitive Awakening" is a very easy to understand book. It explains a concept from what is, why, and what to do in a very detailed and easy to understand.
Here are excerpts from the good sentences in the book for everyone to read, hoping to gain something.
1 Introspectively
I found that doing something every day does not mean awakening, and working hard every day does not mean awakening. True awakening is a desire from the heart, based on the long-term, maintain patience, and use the power of cognition to be friends with time; I found that the fundamental difference between people is the difference in cognitive ability, because cognition affects choice, and choice changes destiny, so the essence of growth is to make the brain's cognition clearer.
, there are two reasons for anxiety: I want to do a lot of things at the same time, and I want to see the effect immediately. Wang Xiaobo said: All the pain of a person is essentially anger at his own incompetence. The nature of anxiety also fits this view: one's own desires outweigh their abilities and is extremely impatient. Anxiety is because the gap between desire and ability is too large.
Most of the time we think we are thinking, but in fact we are rationalizing our own behaviors and desires. This is exactly why humans are called "self-explanatory animals".
If you want to avoid being troubled by it, the only way is to face it, see it clearly, dismantle it, and resolve it, and not give it the opportunity to enter the subconscious mind, and not give it the opportunity to become blurred; even if you have already entered the subconscious mind, you must find a way to dig it out. So, when you feel uncomfortable in your heart that you can’t explain or explain it, sit down and ask yourself questions.
Patience is not the result of perseverance, but the result of long-term vision.
First use emotional ability to help yourself make choices, and then use rational ability to help yourself think.
So the secret to becoming smart is: first stay extremely focused, and when you can't think of the answer, then turn your attention to another thing that has nothing to do with it. That is, concentrate in advance to make consciousness extremely devoted; forget completely afterwards, and let consciousness completely let go. In this way, inspiration and answers will appear with high probability.
Whenever we encounter a situation where we need to choose, if we can stay for a few seconds to think, it is possible to activate our rational brain, enable metacognition to examine the current thinking, and then make different choices.
Body feeling is always the best medium to enter the current state, and the process of feeling the disappearance of things is a good concentration training. It reminds us that the key to unity of body and mind is not only to focus on the present, but also to enjoy the present, and this enjoyment will surely make us more calm and not panic.
When a person can actively open the third perspective and start to continuously reflect on his thinking and behavior, it means that he has truly begun to awaken and has the possibility of rapid growth.
2 Appearance World
Only when knowledge can help you make actual decisions, it is your knowledge.
The real learning and growth is not "work hard, work harder", but "feedback, feedback and feedback". Only by constantly producing and receiving feedback can our lives truly change.
The so-called Feynman skill is to explain something clearly through your own language in the simplest words, so that it is best for laymen to understand it.
You must remember "deliberate practice of the four elements": clearly defined goals, extreme concentration, effective feedback, and practice in the stretching area.
The acquisition of knowledge does not depend on how much it is, but on whether it is related to oneself and how sufficient this relationship is.
Reality and theory tell us: it is better to change a little than to understand a hundred points. True growth does not depend on how much you understand, but on how much you have changed.
For growth, the principle is "blank checks", and change is "real money".
Make a choice is extremely energy-consuming. Without the soberness and concentration that matches it, most people will eventually be dominated by their strong nature and choose entertainment. In a constrained environment, we are more efficient and our lives are more fulfilling.
clarity, that is, the ability to refine and concretize goals - action can only be reconstructed with the support of clarity. The way to review
is also extremely simple. Usually only 3 points are needed: ① Describe the process - so that you can remember the scene when you review it in the future; ② Analyze the reasons - ask a few more reasons until there is in-depth inspiration; ③ Improvement measures - extract a cognitive or action point as much as possible.
A true master of action is not someone who has the ability to do a lot of things at the same time, but someone who will find ways to avoid doing a lot of things at the same time.
If you want to become an expert in an industry quickly, the best way is to communicate with industry experts and ask them directly for advice.
People who want to see the results first and then act often cannot see the results.
After exercise, your brain needs to fully accept tests or challenges in order to keep becoming "smart".
Whether a person's personality and temper are good depends on his ability to look at problems from multiple angles: people with a single perspective are prone to stubbornness, impatience and stubbornness, while people with a diverse perspective are more wise, peaceful and tolerant.
can quickly enter a state of concentration and be able to maintain a state of concentration for a long time, which are the two most important habits of efficient learning.
check-in and recording seem to be just a difference in terms of name, but the differences are very subtle and require careful understanding. At the same time, when setting tasks, we need to use a new policy: set the lower limit, no upper limit.
If what you want doesn't exist yet, create it yourself.
things themselves don't matter, we are just getting another kind of fun through it and doing this by the way.
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