There is a popular question on Zhihu: Which book have you read more than three times? This question triggered 3183 responses. One of the high praise replies: "There are many books that are suitable for reading more than three times, and the feeling is different every time you read it."
I browsed everyone's replies and thought about my own answer. Soon I thought of Gege's "Book Squeezing". I read this book more than three times, and also output mind maps, excerpts of golden sentences, reading experiences and practice lists.
"Squeezing Books" is divided into 8 parts: reading power, logic power, expression power, influence, linking power, self-confidence, practice and review power, and is explained in eight chapters. Gege uses an original "book-squeezing" method to help millions of readers successfully unlock the code of "reading illuminates life" and build personal competitiveness through reading.
In this book, my main gains are the following three points.
There are many misunderstandings in reading. Some people swallow them wholeheartedly, some read too slowly, some cannot remember after reading, and some do not know what books to read. The fundamental reason for the inefficiency of reading is that there is no conscious attention to reading.
There are countless benefits of reading, and I believe everyone can name several. But few people know how to protect their interest in reading, and may even give up reading because they read the wrong book. In fact, we only need to master the correct reading method, and everyone can easily read a book.
The book shares multiple reading methods, such as the "theme reading method". To put it simply, it means reading around a certain topic. This is a commonly used learning method to unlock a certain field, allowing us to quickly become a master in a certain field.
For example, if you want to learn writing, you can make a list of themed books: "Becoming a Writer", "Writing from My Heart", "Learning Writing from Scratch", "Improving Writing", etc. After reading it, your understanding of writing will be higher than that of many people.
I have always recommended "The Book of Squeezing" to my friends. One of the important reasons is that although this book talks about many knowledge points, the logic and logical lines are very clear. No matter which chapter you start from, you will always understand. You can quickly understand what the author wants to express and learn the knowledge points you want to learn.
How to improve your logic? The author said: "In the long run, if you want to improve your logic, cultivating the habits of reading, writing and thinking is the best way."
How to use logic to help reading? The author first tells us that every book has two logical lines. One is the author's creative thinking, which is the table of contents of the book; the other is the logical line that determines the key points of the book after reading.
How to sort out the logical lines in the book? To put it simply, we usually need to read the book "twice."
For the first time, every time you finish reading a chapter, mark it on the table of contents with a sentence or keyword to deepen your understanding and memory; after reading the whole book, you can quickly get it by just reading the table of contents. The focus of the book.
For the second time, use sticky notes to sort out the subjective logic lines. At this time, you only need to read the key points, use sticky notes to write keywords in the places that particularly move you, and then pick out three points, make sure there is internal logic between these three points, and reorder them, so that you can sort out your own subjective logic line.
At the same time, you can also use mind mapping to sort out the logical lines in the book, using electronic mind mapping tools or hand drawing. In short, after unlocking your logic power, you will find that you have a deeper understanding of books, and outputting book reviews is no longer a difficult task!
More than 3,000 years ago, the famous educator Confucius said: "Review the past and learn the new." In the world we can see, those masters who grow at the speed of light have the habit of regular review.
Whether it is a review of specific events such as reading, writing, or projects, or a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly review of life and work, growth can be made visible.
Reviewing can help us organize ourselves, reflect on our shortcomings, help connect with partners on the same channel, and improve work efficiency. In short, it has many benefits.
Some people also want to do their own review, but they always feel that there is nothing to write about. How to do a personal review? Let’s take the annual review as an example to introduce the practical method.
The first step is to sort out the annual goals and clarify the direction of efforts.
Here I will first share a self-management tool called "Wheel of Life".
The Wheel of Life *** includes eight directions: career, health, family, connections, financial management, learning, leisure, and soul. At the end of each year and the beginning of the year, you can use the "Wheel of Life" to sort out your annual goals for the next year and clarify the direction of your efforts.
The second step is to dismantle the review project and make daily records.
After we clarify the review goals, we must break down the annual goals into monthly goals, weekly goals, etc., and constantly quantify them. For example, in terms of study, I plan to read 52 books in a year. After breaking down, I will read about 4 to 5 books in a month, one book per week. Record after dismantling and find that the achievement rate will be higher. If expectations are not met, adjustments can be made accordingly.
After completing the above preparations, you will find it very easy during the year-end review. We can review and evaluate past situations, compare and analyze and reflect on deficiencies, summarize appropriate methods, optimize and iterate deficiencies, use actions to continuously iterate ourselves, and achieve our own light-speed growth.
Gege said: "The so-called "squeezing out books" means maximizing the value of reading."
Teacher Chen Yuanping said: "In the final analysis, reading is a spiritual life."< /p>
A fierce cat wrote in "One Year Makes Ten Years": "Continuing to study is equivalent to exercising and upgrading your brain. Filling the brain with good things and making the brain more powerful will make us more likely Do better and live better. In fact, reading should be the standard for lifelong growth.”
In an age of knowledge anxiety, correct learning is more important. Guidance in attitudes and reading methods. I hope everyone can gain energy from the reading journey, improve their self-worth, and bloom the flower of their own life!