Guo Qilin has been dominating the hot searches recently, attracting fans everywhere. He dropped out of junior high school and did not become a scumbag. In "Escape Room", he showed his super high IQ. Whether it was arithmetic problems, geography problems or ancient poetry problems, he solved them one by one, causing Da Zhangwei to call out "You It’s really a pity to be an artist, you should be a scientist.”
The actor Tian Yu commented on him: He is a literary young man, I can talk to him very well, and his tutor is very good.
In the program "I am an Actor", Zhang Ziyi said bluntly: "Qilin, one day, I must cooperate with you. It has nothing to do with anyone, you are a good actor."
There are many similar praises. Generally speaking, Guo Qilin is a young idol of the new generation who has very upright views, is knowledgeable and cultured.
As a second-generation star, Guo Qilin still receives unanimous praise in the entertainment industry, a circle where blackmail is everywhere. This is worth thinking about.
In a program, Guo Degang talked about his son Guo Qilin: "You can not have a diploma, but you can't have culture; you can not go to school, but you can't not study." Guo Degang also said: "My study room is better than the theater I have all the books at home.” It can be seen that Guo Qilin’s success is inseparable from the fact that he has read a lot of books.
Today, let’s talk about Zhou Ling’s views on reading.
01. Reading cannot be done on a whim
We are all in this era of information explosion. When we see others succeed in reading, we ourselves can’t wait to pick up the book.
Soon, the gap emerged. Some people are overjoyed when buying a book, but lack interest when reading. After a while, they feel disgusted when they see the book.
Some people are also ecstatic when buying books and enthusiastic when reading. They read one book after another without letting go. But after reading so many books, nothing has changed, and my mind is even more confused!
Why is this?
Why can others succeed in studying, but we either can’t persist in studying, or it’s useless to read?
There are two issues involved here. One is why you read, the other is what you study for.
Let’s first talk about why we study. When we see others succeed in reading, we also start reading. This is reading determined by emotion. Zhou Enlai, who was only 13 years old, "study for the rise of China" was a rational decision made after careful consideration and much thought.
In other words, reading should be a rational choice before you can truly fall in love with reading. Otherwise, it will be easy to fall into "fake reading" where reading is useless.
Reading is undoubtedly a good thing, but the key is what is it for? Is it for entertainment or for growth?
Maybe both, but when we read for growth, is the content of the book boring or interesting and practical? Does it depend on the content itself?
Zhou Ling believes that it should depend on our attitude towards reading. Regarding reading, it is easy for us to fall into misunderstandings. We say that we read for growth, but in fact we read for the sake of reading! So that while others have succeeded in studying, we have accomplished nothing in studying.
Cheng Jia, a well-known knowledge management researcher, mentioned in his book "Think Well" that we must learn to use the "super first-class learning method" to learn. Among them, "super" refers to learning from the best in the industry, especially those who have published books.
There is no doubt that big names in all walks of life are successful, and their personal experience and practical experience are huge wealth. When we do not have the conditions to communicate and learn with them face-to-face, the books they write become a medium for communication and learning.
Imagine standing in front of a bookshelf. In front of you are not rows of books, but rows of leaders in various industries. We are about to communicate with one of the industry experts. The experience of this expert can help us learn a certain skill, perhaps time management, or separation, or financial management to get rich.
Faced with such a big shot, why should we think he is disgusting and boring?
The places we cannot reach have been visited by great experts; the things we have never seen before have been experienced by great experts; the things we cannot imagine have been foreseen by great experts...
By communicating and learning with big names, we can use their brilliant perspectives to help us improve our ability to make choices. Our destiny is hidden in every choice, so reading to read success begins with changing our perceptions and choices.
02. Reading makes us think intensively
We will definitely encounter problems when communicating with others. The difference is that big names let us think for ourselves.
The "one" in Chengjia's "super-class learning method" is the "one" of "drawing inferences from one example" and the "one" of "one is many, and many is one".
This means that remembering does not mean understanding, but understanding is not enough. You must know how to draw inferences from one example and think of three different application scenarios. Can you do this without thinking?
Obviously not.
Human beings naturally like ease and comfort, which is determined by our emotional and instinctive brains.
Thinking about this high energy consumption behavior is resisted by the vast majority of people. Only people with a long-term vision will actively and deliberately hone themselves and increase the density of their thinking.
Charlie Munger once said: "There is no smart person I have met in my life who does not read every day."
For example, in the book "Study Hard" The author, Cheng Jia, pays great attention to reflection. He spends about 2 hours every morning reviewing and reflecting, and he also requires his employees to do the same. He said: The gap between people does not come from age, or even from experience, but from the ability to summarize, reflect and sublimate experience.
Editor-in-Chief Liu, deputy general manager of Youshu, extracted a more streamlined but more profound "three-column notes" through Cornell notes, which are content, insights and actions. He said: "Reading is to be moved internally, and to be moved internally." The actions are divided into thinking actions, reading actions and practical actions. Both perception and action require thinking.
These giants have proven the benefits of thinking through practice. Reading can allow us to have high-density thinking. Reading allows our minds to confront top ideas at any time, gain a deep and comprehensive understanding of a topic, and fully relate to our own reality.
But reading is actually a technical job. Poor skills will only make us achieve twice the result with half the effort.
03. Reading is a technical activity
As long as we are literate, we can read when we pick up a book. But this does not mean that everyone can read. The word "will" should be emphasized here. If everyone could read, there wouldn't be a book called "How to Read a Book."
The first problem faced when reading is choosing books. Zhou Ling believes that choosing books is more important than reading.
When choosing books for the purpose of growing ourselves, we usually look at what books are read by famous people. Just like the teacher is always right in the eyes of students, it is always right to choose books from the masters. This is actually understandable.
But this was a mistake. In Wang Shimin's book "Thinking Power: Efficient Systematic Thinking", this error is attributed to ignoring "the assumptions hidden in explicit problems". The big names have already read a lot of books, have rich life experiences and experiences, and have formed their own cognitive system. We have not reached this level yet. We have little reading, little experience, and our cognition cannot keep up.
Therefore, if you choose books from big names, you may not be able to read them, or you may not be interested in reading, or you may even read for the sake of reading.
Before choosing a book, we have to ask ourselves: "What is the problem I need and most urgently want to solve now?" Based on this question, choose the book that best matches your difficulty, needs and interests. book.
After choosing a book, you must think clearly that reading is for change.
Some people may say: "Who doesn't read to change? Who doesn't know how reading can change your destiny!"
Yes, everyone knows it. So, when you finish reading a book, does the process of reading end? If so, then why do some people get nowhere after reading a room full of books, and instead become more and more anxious?
The key lies in the word "change". Reading a book is just the beginning of the process.
In the process of reading, we will definitely encounter some sentences that make us think "Wow, that makes sense." At this time, we need to think and practice. Then output your own stuff, maybe an article, or develop a habit.
Therefore, when reading a book, you don’t need to remember all the content in the book. As long as there is a point or a sentence in the book that we can apply into practice and make us change, this book Books are not read in vain.
In other words, reading should focus on the goal of "change", just like Wang Shimin advocated utilitarian reading in his book "Study Well". Change is the purpose of our reading!
After knowing how to choose books and the purpose of reading, we have jumped out of the reading trap. If you want to advance, you must also understand advanced reading methods.
In the process of reading, as long as it is not the first book in life, when we read a certain sentence, we can always think of a sentence in another book, or something in life. Scene, this is the correlation. Once connections are made, be sure to write them down right away!
Remember, right away! Because knowledge is related, it means that the knowledge network is being formed or strengthened. In doing so, it is also possible to create new knowledge, which is one of the core methods of learning.
The second skill for advanced reading is to read and write without distinction. It was while reading Cheng Jia's book "Study Well" that Zhou Ling was touched by Cheng Jia's "Daily Reflection" and began to write reflective articles. These reflective essays culminated in his first book!
It can be said that Zhou Ling has fulfilled the saying "success comes from reading" with practical actions.
Perhaps, today we cannot be like Dong Qing who speaks golden sentences, be as knowledgeable and talented as Guo Qilin, or hit the mark like Charlie Munger.
However, the best thing in the world is that there is a "but". We can start now, choose a good book you need, read it, think about it, and use it in action.
The best time to plant trees was ten years ago and now. The same goes for reading.
Read on, start now!