Teacher Li Xiaolai started writing this book in 2007. At that time, he had just left New Oriental and had enough time to concentrate on thinking and writing. He wrote the first draft of this book, which was first popularized on the Internet, and finally published the first edition in 2009. Now it is the third edition, which has been printed 17 times.
I read the first edition in 2009. Actually, I prefer to watch the earliest version. Unfortunately, it's not easy to find. I think the more original it is, the more it can reflect the author's thinking process.
At the end of the supplement to the first edition, Mr. Li Xiaolai wrote: I hope this book can be the starting point for more people to change. I think the writing of this book should be an important milestone for Mr. Li Xiaolai to change, if it is not the starting point for Mr. Li Xiaolai to change!
Because, within a few years after the publication of this book, Mr. Li Xiaolai has made more and more achievements, and soon reached the freedom of wealth and started the road of all-round growth.
I searched Mr. Li Xiaolai's resume on the Internet and found that there were few records about his early experiences. Some information in the book is sketchy, so his early years should not be considered as particularly successful.
I should have studied a major that I didn't particularly like in a university that wasn't a famous brand. After graduation, I went to the company to do sales for several years, and then I went to New Oriental to be an English teacher.
Teacher Li Xiaolai said: His good fortune began when he met a good book at the age of 30. He said, well, it's not too late.
I'm 33 years old now, and I think I met a good book. I also want to say, it's okay, I hope it's not too late.
Of course, teacher Li's transformation is not only a good book, but also his experience (in order to better understand this book), his honest and brave self-analysis ability and his strong execution ability, so as to truly practice the ideas and methods in the book and realize the real transformation.
The book "Treat Time as a Friend" is mainly written to solve a dilemma that many people may encounter. Teacher Li Xiaolai called it a time panic.
Its root is: when one day we realize the preciousness of time, we find that there is nothing we can do in the face of the relentless passage of time.
There are more and more things to do, but less and less time is available. Therefore, time is getting more and more precious and time is getting more and more urgent; The more precious time is, the more urgent it is, the more precious it is ... the pressure is getting bigger and bigger and life is a mess.
It has many manifestations. People suffering from time panic are diligent and lazy, smart and stupid, brave and cowardly, full of hope and always facing despair, full of confidence and humility at any time and place. ...
Mr Li Xiaolai is an excellent thinker, whose depth of thought surprises me.
Teacher Li Xiaolai is good at learning, and the breadth of his knowledge surprises me.
Teacher Li Xiaolai is a brave man. He dares to analyze himself and face his true self.
There are many wonderful sentences and highlights in the book "Take Time as a Friend".
About the brain:
"As a person, the most amazing experience you may encounter in this life is to discover such a magical phenomenon: we can control our brains with our brains."
"If we don't control our brains, or even realize that we can control our brains, we can only be controlled by our brains."
About emotions:
"The pain is like this. Once we really turn our attention to other places with our thoughts, the pain will disappear automatically, and it won't come back until you pay attention to it again. "
"Our brains have the function of forgetting pain, which is even of great significance to the reproduction of the whole human race."
Although this book is good at thinking, it is not only an abstract theory, but also a book that teaches many methods.
Its core chapter-the third chapter "Making friends with time by managing yourself" is a chapter with many specific methods, which is easy to understand and practice. You can manage your time according to the methods inside.
In the section of "Patiently Cultivating Memory", there are also many places worth learning about the methods of taking notes.
I have always been a lazy thinker. I often occupy my time with things that I don't need to think about and make excuses for myself.
After reading this book, I began to force myself to think, through writing, through output, forcing myself to think, hoping that one day, I can also think deeply and extensively and write my own book.
I used to be frivolous, arrogant and paranoid, and I often liked to find faults in other people's works.
Now that I have experienced some things and met some people, I begin to respect people older than me, all the hard-working knowledge, all the accumulated wisdom, and all the hearts washed away by the world.
Of course, this book is not perfect, perhaps because I read the first edition in 2009, and the imperfections were particularly magnified.
After all, Mr. Li Xiaolai is not a literature major, so his writing ability is still a little poor, so he doesn't feel very good when reading.
However, as a book that is good at thinking and content, its flaws cannot be concealed.
In a word, this is a very good book and I recommend it to everyone.