Finally, the speed of reading can't keep up with the speed of buying books. ....
I don't think I will have these problems today. Think about loving reading since childhood, growing up in the school compound, and being influenced by the reading atmosphere. But as for reading, I'm actually not good at it at all. It should be the root of the disease: I remember that I was immersed in the pleasure of reading Water Margin for a while in junior high school, full and satisfied. I remember one day after reading this passage from Lin Chong, my father suddenly asked me, you read so fast, so I asked you a question: What are the names of the two people who escorted Lin Chong along the way? ? I'm so shocked that I can't remember it at all! ! ! ? However, I didn't care at the time. I saw 108 the story of the hero. What are the names of these two little people to remember? Especially when Tao Yuanming later found out that he didn't want to know much about reading, he was relieved and confident at once.
But now I suddenly understand that remembering two names may not be important, but the neglect of this problem and the related mentality and habits behind it have indeed laid the bane of poor reading ability. I summed it up, since childhood, I have made at least seven mistakes about reading, which can be called a heavy burden.
First, sharpening the knife does not mistake the woodcutter, but he is not good at it.
The ancients said that if a worker wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first. Similarly, there are sharpening knives and chopping wood. But in the matter of reading, what I pursue is a delicate and sharp chopping knife, but I don't chop wood very much.
? When I was a child, I always admired my classmates' beautiful and novel stationery, exquisite and neat ballpoint pens, and followed suit to buy exquisite book covers. Until middle school and college, buy the latest dictionaries, reference books, exercise books and the latest books. In the bookstore, I often linger on the bookshelves that exude books and make people fondle them. I often spend an hour or two choosing books and reading covers, but I haven't settled down to read even a few pages carefully.
It seems that with the complete and beautiful tools, the task has been completed. But after reading so many books, I forgot that the epee has no front, and my clever thinking is ineffective. Real martial arts masters can pick branches at will.
? Pursue the exquisiteness of utensils and forget the essential function of tools. Is this a materialized and flashy mentality? Looking at the notebook, water-based pen and the beautiful cover of the new book that I spent a lot of time preparing, I didn't even have time to tear the film and lay in the bookcase for several months. If I apply the seven deadly sins of movies, then this is my first sin in reading.
? Second, self-deception.
? Many classic works have a typical image of a rich miser: a whole box of coins is never used except for the intoxication of adding them regularly and opening the box from time to time. Seeing this, I often laugh at and despise myself. However, if you change to reading, will you become the same person yourself?
I like buying books and visiting bookstores and libraries. Every time a new book comes on the market, or a new book or classic book recommended by others, I can't wait to buy it back, for fear of missing anything. However, whether you have seen it after buying it or made a rational screening and planning seems to be less important than the feeling of owning it. Because in the face of knowledge, not falling behind, not lacking, has the highest sense of accomplishment. Bibliomania, that's probably what it feels like.
Essentially, I just like to feel good about myself, not how many books I really read. Thought of here, in fact, my back is cold.
? In today's era of information explosion and content payment. Derive a new state, called knowledge anxiety. So I pay for courses, e-books, WeChat collection anytime and anywhere, evernote preservation and so on. I don't know if I have time to finish reading or studying, but more importantly, I don't want to be eliminated by knowledge. I need to iterate myself, and I prefer to constantly update my good mood. And these are all based on the desire to collect.
? It is said that soaking a person's brain in dopamine liquid can produce lasting pleasure, no matter what he actually does.
? This self-deceiving sense of possession of knowledge is like burying yourself in dopamine.
? And I've been doing it for years.
Third, pursue quantity.
I don't know when it began, and there was a phenomenon of judging heroes by reading. For example, reading 65,438+000 books a year, and it is said that universities should read 500 books. Reading more books is not necessarily a bad thing, but blindly asking for more is bound to be a problem.
Now the information is so developed, the first edition is so easy, and electronic reading is so convenient that everyone can create it. Reading anxiety becomes: the more I read, the more books I haven't read. Essentially, what we pursue is quantity, but what we pursue is the feeling of having knowledge and the anxiety of being afraid of missing something.
The competition in the number of books does not bring true erudition, but reduces people's ability to think deeply, as well as vague concepts and scattered knowledge points, as well as the superficial expression of a mouth.
The question is not whether we read more or less, but what kind of mentality and goals we plan the number of books based on. ?
Fourth, look at it roughly and don't ask for answers.
? This is definitely the first time I found something wrong, but I was the first to rationalize myself and feel at ease.
? When I was a child, I liked to read tortuous stories, especially novels and historical romances. Because we are only satisfied with the pleasure of reading the story, we just ask for a rough idea and don't go into the details. The advantage of this is that it is easier and more enjoyable to read; Because of the high speed, the reading volume is also relatively large. It often gives people a feeling of extensive reading and rich knowledge. Every time I brag to someone, I can talk about everything and give directions.
When did you find the problem? During the exam.
Exams are inherently anti-human, browsing and reading, superficial but full of pleasure. Examination is a close reading of knowledge points, an investigation of details and a requirement for speculation. Accustomed to not asking for much, I only know one thing when reading any book, but I don't know another thing, what it is and why. After reading it, I have forgotten seven or eight, and the remaining one or two are not very accurate. Fortunately, the advantage of exam-oriented education is that there are many ways to cope with exams, so I managed to fool them all. Unfortunately, the best stage should be exploration and revision, so I went there.
There is a problem in Zhihu. What's the use of reading? One of the high ticket replied:
When I was a child, I ate a lot of food. Most of them have long been forgotten, but some of them have definitely become my own flesh and blood. Reading is the same for your mind.
This sentence is very vivid and seems to be self-evident. But in fact, I am very confused: although I can't say the value and significance of each book to me, the influence of reading so many books on me is subtle and internalized. This is the best reason to look at it instead of asking for a very good solution. However, is the subtle and internalized sublimation automatic, and is it the same result of the same standard? Or are there different paths, different means of implementation, or even completely different results?
? Now that I think about it, there is nothing wrong with it. The question is, what kind of books should I read and study? In essence, what I need to answer myself is, what purpose do I study for, and what goal do I want to achieve after reading the book?
5. Go home when you are happy.
? There is a story I like very much, which is called visiting Dai on a snowy night.
This is about Wang Huizhi, the son of Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. On a snowy night, he suddenly became interested. He set off from his home in Yin Shan, rowed across Tunxi River and visited his friend Diana Road. When I arrived at Dai's door, I turned around and ordered me to go boating, without knocking at the door or making friends. People asked him why, and replied: Why should I see a peaceful road on a whim and come back when I am exhausted?
The poetry and chic of this period fascinated me deeply.
When it comes to reading, I used to like a state. Reading is a very personal and poetic thing. I have to read widely and freely with my mood and interest. So history, novels, psychology, social culture, prose, inspiration, management and so on. Who wants to read, you must follow your heart. Whenever you are tired or bored, stop or change your taste.
However, the problem is coming. With the growth of age, the busyness of work and the aggravation of family responsibilities, it seems that this waywardness is becoming more and more extravagant. We often need more utilitarian reading, that is, reading with the most important goal at hand and solving practical problems as the first priority.
Over the past year, I have read a lot of books intermittently, different types and different fields. But I ask myself today, what have I gained and solved? I can't answer clearly.
Is fun a bad thing? Must reading be utilitarian and practical? I still firmly believe that this is not the case. Just like the understanding of freedom, freedom is not the right to do whatever you want, but the right to sayno. Similarly, interesting and poetic reading must be positive and desirable, but the bottom line of free reading is concentration. It is systematic and pragmatic to study and think about a core goal and vision.
For reading, it is neither free and casual divergence nor rigid and utilitarian concentration, but knowing what not to choose at a particular stage. The ability to make choices.
Six, a taste, not iterative upgrade
I remember when I was a student, I was often the teacher's favorite interactive student in class. Because the teacher often elaborates or quotes some knowledge and opinions, I can often react quickly. Even when the teacher pauses to think, I can quickly supplement the latter part and then meet the teacher's approval.
Later, on many occasions, whether it was training lectures or leadership guidance, I was often very excited because the other party expressed exactly what I knew, or because there was a buzz in my heart. There is a kind of: well, yes, this is exactly the feeling.
But apart from scattered knowledge points, I can't string out the whole picture of knowledge. If I have to elaborate completely, I can only stumble. Think about it, I often encounter three situations:
? 1. After reading the first article on positioning, I was deeply shocked and inspired that "cognition is greater than fact, positioning has a place in my mind, not positioning products". But the rest of this chapter will be shelved. In the future, when we talk about positioning, there is a kind of confidence that I know, but when we really talk deeply, how to apply positioning is a mess and I don't know where to start.
? 2. I have heard a lot of truths and opinions, and I always feel that I have heard and thought about it. Then I rummaged through everything to find out where it was, but I couldn't find it because I didn't record it. Second, I found it. Long time no see. If I want to understand it, I need to study again.
? 3. After watching a lecture, I was very excited, suddenly enlightened and enlightened. After the excitement, there was no then. After waiting for a long time, I will only solve similar problems in the most elementary way. Later, it was found that similar solutions and methods were discussed in previous lectures. I pinched my thigh and sighed. I only learned fur. I didn't continue to iterate and deepen this problem.
At the beginning, learning was nothing more than swallowing dates and being satisfied with the current sense of gain. Later, it was thrown aside and stopped chewing. After waiting for a long time, except for a little impression, most of them will leave a little bit of specious things. In the final analysis, for me, reading is often done after reading, not to mention thinking deeply about similar problems, connecting reading and expanding the boundary and depth of knowledge.
Seven, only input without output
Reading is for pleasure. A sense of ownership when acquiring books, a sense of pleasure when acquiring books, and a sense of satisfaction after acquiring knowledge from books. But these all have a common feature, that is, one-way input. It's just that I keep putting it in my head, and it's getting more and more full. But after the installation, are there any other substantial and valuable gains besides the sense of gain?
I often encounter the following scenarios:
? 1. After reading a book, what are the specific connections with my life, what scenes are inspiring, what phenomena can be explained in detail, and what questions can be answered? I have a feeling, but I can't say for sure.
? 2. After reading a book, I am eager to feel that my mind is full when I need to share it, but once I open my mouth, I find that I am not expressing it like this. Or specious, vague, it looks like a lot of content, but it is too simple to express, as if it is just common sense. The shock and inspiration in the original brain are like a cloud of smoke at this time, and I want to burn, but the fog is heavy.
? 3. After reading many books, which books have similar contents and viewpoints, can you extract the principle and thinking mode of * * * *? I understand a lot of knowledge and truth. Can I form my own way of thinking and behavior in understanding the outside world and transforming myself? It doesn't seem to work!
These problems, at the root, are not well solved.
? 1. The first output is whether the input knowledge can be output as a solution to the problem, that is, how to apply it. There should be three levels. One is explanation: can you explain the phenomenon of correlation? The second is to solve: whether it can help solve practical problems. The third is advanced application, that is, exploring the truth behind knowledge, that is, exploring laws and principles and applying knowledge at the essential level.
? 2. The second kind of output is from beginning to end, taking teaching as learning, and the output is forced input. That is, by explaining the input knowledge to others, or forming your own reading notes and experiences, you can test the effect of input. Often the satisfaction of one-way input only stays at the sensory level and has not been processed. The details of knowledge are not delved into, knowledge is an island, and no meaningful connection has been established. Only by passing the test of output can we force ourselves to internalize knowledge more methodically and systematically.
These seven questions, in short, can be summarized as follows:
1, putting the cart before the horse, pursuing external decoration, not internal content.
Ye Gong is a dragon, but he likes the feeling of pursuing knowledge, not knowledge itself.
3. Inefficient and diligent, trying to replace the improvement of quality with the accumulation of quantity.
4, swallowing dates, thinking and absorption is only in the shallow layer, lacking depth.
5, lack of concentration, only temporary interest, lack of focus and purpose.
6, anticlimactic, less knowledge, lack of exploration and persistence in knowledge.
7, ungrounded, knowledge is only stored in the brain, there is no ability to output.
Consider how to improve these seven problems next time.