The author writes in the preface that the correct way to read is not to use your eyes but to move with your heart, not to use your brain to recognize but to practice with your body.
Author's reflection: Reading opened my heart and awakened my sleeping soul. I changed from a negative thinking person to a person who thinks for myself, and became a person who has no self-confidence and worries about how to realize my dreams. I have become a person who is full of self-confidence and dreams can come true. I have become a person with the mindset of a successful person. My dream of being a writer has come true. He realizes that the original path is no longer alienated but in his heart.
Through reading, my attitude has changed, my way of thinking and behavior have also changed. With the belief that I will succeed, I think and act, and I will definitely succeed in the end.
In the author's opinion, there are three types of reading. One is to enjoy the fun, and the other is to acquire the nature and temporarily change your life. The book describes how to change your life through reading. Reading is divided into three stages: basic directional reading to strengthen, directional reading, and in-depth qualitative reading.
Chapter 1 is about how I want to change my life.
Mr. Hong is in a very embarrassing situation. The family business has gone bankrupt, his father has disappeared due to debt evasion, and he himself is in danger of losing his job. He also has a mother to support, a younger sister who is studying, and rent to pay. Due to the embarrassment of life, they moved to a semi-basement. In terms of qualifications, he should be promoted by himself, but because he had no ability reserves, he was in danger of losing his job. His girlfriend also left him, which was a huge blow and made him very decadent.
Mr. Hong has a good friend who is a journalist and often advises him to read more. But he himself had no interest in reading at all.
But when he had no way out, he remembered: when you have an extraordinary dislike for someone, it is because you see the negative side of yourself from him, and it is because the other person is very Showing exactly what you hate is the so-called mirror effect.
What he saw was the decadent appearance of the senior he admired. So he decided to give reading a try. Reading is not only a choice to change your life, but a step that must be taken.
Zheng Huiyi was Mr. Hong’s first reading instructor and explained to him the Red Queen Effect: walking up the retrograde escalator, even if you are running, if the speed is not fast enough, you will still stop. In place.
You can observe what books the outstanding colleagues around you are reading. If you want to leave a similar competitive environment, it is not enough to just run. You have to work twice as hard to achieve it.
Mr. Hong observed by himself and found that outstanding colleagues all loved reading, so he finished reading the three books given by Zheng Huiyi.
At this time, a new task came, reading 33 books in 100 days. Mr Hong thought it was impossible.
The purpose of reading 33 books in 100 days is to cultivate reading habits in the initial stage. The first stage of reading methods should focus on cultivating reading habits. The most important thing at any time is the ultimate goal. Think about the purpose of reading in the first place.
Change yourself!
Write it down and post it on the wall if necessary. Whenever you can't persevere, read it aloud. The reading goal is your star on the road to reading. Whenever you get lost or wandering, it can become your compass.
There is no reading method that suits everyone. What is more important is to find a method that suits you. You must develop your reading habit to a certain level and read as diligently as eating three meals a day.
After a period of time, the goal of changing myself through reading has been determined, but I am still not sure how big the change will be.
If you want to make yourself better than you are now, you can accumulate energy, such as learning foreign languages, improving business capabilities, opening up connections, obtaining qualification certificates, etc.
If you want to reach your ideal destination, you need to build a bridge with many stones, and you must start with the first stone. Don’t make the stupid mistake of only having ideals and not doing practical things.
Whether it is building a bridge or building a building, or realizing your ideal life, it is not something that can be completed in a short time.
If you read carefully and have good thinking skills, your speech will naturally be logical. You must firmly believe that there must be a power in the book that can change your life.
There are more scattered times than you think. The most important point in the first and second stages is to create a reading environment. First, ensure the required books and time.
Before starting the 100-day reading plan, make up your mind to solve the main problems of the reading plan before starting. For example, keep away from TV and mobile phones.
7 Secrets of Success
Be mentally prepared, and the most important thing is to read to change your life. Believe in yourself and show courage. The future belongs to those who struggle.
7 tips for reading 33 books in 100 days:
1. Buy 33 books that capture your heart, whether it is the cover, author or content
2. Say loudly three times every morning and every night before going to bed, "I want to read this sentence today"
3. Keep a reading diary in a diary or notebook, and it is also simple Strictly observe the name of the book and the number of pages read, read for an hour in the morning,
4. Strictly observe, read for an hour at night
5. Strictly observe, read Read for 30 minutes each on the way from get off work
6. Use the time before starting work and lunch time to read 5 to 10 minutes of famous quotes every day
7. Be sure to read an average of two times a week This book
Through reading, Mr. Hong seems to vaguely realize why he is lazy and finds so many reasons to look at his own people carefully. They are just excuses. He is immersed in those high-sounding things. Among the excuses, I couldn't wake up for a long time.
Now before going to bed, I write down the date of reading and which page I read that day. There are more than 370 pages in a book. Since I have time to read, I read 100 pages in one day, so it takes three days. It is quite possible to read a book.
Mr. Hong feels that reading seriously for a day is indeed a positive source of courage and strength. Although he has only read for a day, his mood feels like he is flying.
He also felt good through reading. Their new chairman came and also advocated that everyone should study. Only when there are people around who are better than themselves can we continue to make progress.
The most important thing is not to compare with others, but to cultivate your own strength. It is a good thing to have many people around you who are better than yourself, because with them you will keep running.
It is normal to experience burnout while studying. No matter what you encounter, you must maintain the habit of filling the water tank every day. If you are not interested, it is easy to give up after doing it once or twice. It is very important to develop a habit at this time. No matter it is raining or snowing, no matter how tired you are, you must keep pouring water into it and the tank will be full. At that moment, you will feel very interesting. No matter how interested you are in something, there will be times when you get bored. At this time, you must persevere. You must believe that today is better than yesterday. Even if it is a small improvement that is difficult to detect, you must be full of hope for yourself and have perseverance. Will, these are important factors in forming solid habits.
Create time for reading
In life, being nervous and busy at work is nothing. Remember, doing the most important things in life is real time management and real life. business.
First, select the most impressive things from the important things you did last month and write them down in your notebook.
Second, write down what you want to do unconditionally.
Re-write the three unfinished things,
Four, measure the speed of reading, and limit the time to finish reading
Five, relax and read,
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6. Determine priorities. Be sure to prioritize important things and things that must be done.
How to read a book quickly,
1. Read actively
2. Know your reading goals,
3. Master Certain reading skills,
4. Master specific fast reading methods, in short, how to read ten lines in one glance.
Chapter 2, I want to be the first in the industry
Entering this stage, Mr. Hong has made a qualitative leap. He went from worrying about being unemployed to striving to be the first in the industry. one.
Reading is not just a hobby, it also changes your life.
Entering the stage of cultivating professional abilities
100 days, the task of reading 33 books, what is the point of reading based on interest alone? I felt a lot of fun from it, and fun can also give people inner strength, but it cannot produce significant external changes. This desire is a strong desire to change your life and grow.
After developing the reading habit, the next step is to read for self-growth and use one year to read 100 books related to your business.
The gradually clear goal is to become the first in the profession.
Mr. Hong is not worried about being fired from the company, nor is he doing it for greater fun, but to become the number one person in his business field.
A clear goal becomes a strong driving force for success. Once you determine your goal, you will have the power to go forward unswervingly.
Start with classics or books that have generally received good reviews in your own business field, and read about 10 books first.
T-shaped reading method: When you finish reading a book, you will think of the next book to read. One book will lead to another book. If the book on this topic is your own If you like it, you will look for books with the same or similar theme.
I can read all kinds of books. During the reading process, I will pay special attention to a certain point. From this point on, I will keep reading. No matter who the author is or what the topic is, as long as I like it, I will continue to read in depth. Go on, this reading method is very similar to the English letter T.
Reading to a certain depth will naturally generate new ideas, and then transition to other fields or books, thus forming another ladder. Finally, after integration in the mind, the two ladders will be connected. Together, it will form an H. Here is the H-shaped reading method.
If you mix a few T’s together, wouldn’t it become an X? After careful consideration, won’t you reach the realm of a philosopher?
100 books contain 3000 years of skill
The task of reading 100 books a year in order to become the first in the field:
1. When buying 10 classic books in the business field every month,
Two, read two books a week
Three, you must draw a horizontal line under the part you know to mark it, and mark it in the blank space Write down your own thoughts,
Fourth, over-record or record important content, and use your commuting time to read or listen to it over and over again to slowly digest and absorb your own things,
Five, every This weekend I will write reviews of two books I read.
Learning is not just done in school. Studying in school is only preparation for entering society.
If you read 100 professional books, it will be no different from practicing 3000 years of skills.
It is difficult to persist in reading alone, so he found a beautiful female book friend.
Another reason to read is to change yourself.
Since I started reading, I have believed that there are two types of learning in the true sense. First, study like going to school to make yourself grow; second, learn from people who read and make continuous progress.
The dilemma between reading and studying.
The purpose of studying is for a better job. If you choose to work, it will inevitably affect your study. You have to study for a better job.
So confused.
So we can only work hard and study harder at the same time. We need to work very hard and study crazily. Now we have to run at double speed.
I had known that I could get into Harvard this way. This is the first time in Mr. Hong’s life that he has to make full use of his time. Only when he started doing it did he realize that there are so many fragmentary hours hidden in his life that can be used. Since using his time, his working ability has also improved than before.
After finally taking a vacation, Mr. Hong only did one thing, which was to read. At the same time, I had the idea to send an email to the author as soon as I got home. He felt that reading was like someone who learned martial arts secrets while practicing in the mountains, and his heart suddenly became enlightened.
People who do not know how to reflect cannot make progress. Never forget that the main subject of reading is yourself, because you must understand why you are reading and what you want to change through reading.
When I read that I was unwilling to give up, I wanted to become a top expert. Real learning through reading has just begun. I don’t know why, but I got a higher level of learning than now, and I felt hungry.
At this time, Mr. Hong met his second reading tutor.
Mr. Hong’s life also began to change, from escaping to actively facing it.
He began to give marketing lessons to everyone in the company. His former competitors also sat down to listen to his lectures, and he was also appointed by the chairman to give video demonstration classes.
When you feel tired and overwhelmed while studying:
1. Ask those who can help you study,
2. Go Help people who have just started reading. In the world of reading, there are only book friends with similar interests.
3. Read some books that successfully overcome challenges. Reading is indeed an important factor for them to become great people from ordinary people.
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4. Post meaningful sentences everywhere in your home
5. Look at the photos that you admire as role models every day
6. Email your favorite writers.
How to take reading notes correctly:
First, stay awake
Second, active reading is a kind of thinking.
Third, writing down your feelings can help you remember the author's thoughts.
Chapter 3, I want to write my own legend
Read more books that are not related to majors.
Mr. Hong has never forgotten that he combines reading with his major. He often thinks about what to do in the next game before studying in a targeted manner. Through practice, he also realizes that reading without a plan is a waste of time. It is not a good idea to read further. It is important to read extensively and follow the central thread.
The huge difference between dreams and reality
The instructor said: Change the purpose of reading from gaining strength to changing your life. Start using three-dimensional reading and analysis methods.
Tutor: Although I have dreams, due to family constraints and parents’ opposition, I have to take a path that goes against my wishes. I am always tortured by the huge sense of divergence between dreams and reality. I had no choice but to persevere and walk through it day by day. Today, I have built myself into a person who can make dreams come true. Anyone who studies hard and studies hard can realize his or her own dreams in life.
If seeds do not grow, there will be no flowers. Only if people are not satisfied will there be growth.
The power of seeds is really amazing, they can penetrate the hard soil and grow out.
The new shoots cannot come out just by breaking them. It is the land that gives him a way to grow. Just like growing in learning, it is an interactive process.
The process of reading is not just for experience, but for the continuous accumulation of strength.
Interviewing 10 CEOs in 100 days
This process is very difficult. Mr. Hong realized that he started to prepare for interviewing CEOs and ended up learning from them. All the content was for the interview To see those rare people, you must have a sincere heart and try every means to do it. Reading a book that can be easily bought from the academy is not the same thing at all.
He finally succeeded. With an uneasy mood, he went to meet the first CEO and prepared a small gift.
The CEO told him that I always emphasize that the purpose of reading must be clear to cultivate one's thinking ability and apply it to one's own life to make substantial changes. This is reading in the true sense. Once you have a clear purpose for reading, you should boldly practice it. It has a reading notebook. When you see important content, mark it with horizontal lines and fill in a form on a piece of paper. Do you want to write down the key words? One page per book.
When asked why reading is necessary, he replied that reading is equivalent to survival. It is necessary to cultivate ideals and prepare for future reading.
All successful people are reading aficionados. Since he started studying, Mr. Hong has a new understanding, that is, he believes that study, work, reading and life are a closely connected whole.
After growing up, Mr. Hong had the idea: I also want to be a CEO
The first reason why some people cannot succeed is because successful people look very amazing. Some people think that they can definitely do it. Secondly, if you are satisfied with the status quo and do not want to make progress during the growth stage, you will end up consuming very little and will fail.
If you want to be successful, you must have the mindset of a successful person.
Change your thinking through reading.
Through the interview with the CEO, I realized that success is achieved entirely by one's own strength. Of course, sometimes it is inevitable to accept help from people around you, but if you are not prepared, you will never have the chance to succeed in your life.
What should people who want to be successful do first?
To change your way of thinking, you need to have the thinking not of ordinary employees who are bound by the company, but the thinking of company operators.
Start by reading 100 books about today’s successful CEOs. Finally, read 165 books on cultivating leadership skills, including biographies, autobiographies, and biographies.
In fact, there are millions of steps before us, and we have to start from the first level and move up step by step.
Mr. Hong made revolutionary changes in his thinking by reading 365 books a year.
Because of his outstanding business ability, he was continuously promoted to the director of the sales department and married a beautiful book friend.
He established his own company and became the CEO.
It is never too late to start studying. Whether you think you can do it or not, your thoughts determine your life.
Helen said, even if you are not blind and have no goals in life, then your life will be more pitiful than the life of a blind person.
After studying, you should not blame others because of the difficulty of life.
An inspirational life story, through reading, you change your life and achieve yourself.
In Mr. Hong’s experience, do we find our own shadow? Will we follow his path and achieve our own success?