epidemic also made us understand that we are still in the stage of suspending hands and talking. It is especially important to read more during the holiday.
Today I will introduce to you a book "Cognitive Breakthrough".
What is cognition? To put it simply, cognition refers to the basic mental processes of people, which include feeling, perception, memory, thinking, imagination and language. Everyone will receive information from the outside world, processed by the mind, and transformed into inner mental activities, which then dominate people's behavior. This process is a process of information processing and a cognitive process.
In real life, everyone's thinking, ability to do things, and style of doing things are different because of different cognitions.
For a long time, I always feel that I am a very clear person. In December last year, by chance and coincidence, I read a reading note about "Cognitive Breakthrough" written by Mengwei, only to realize that some of the original deep-rooted concepts can also have others. Interpretation.
can't hand in the task today, don't wait for me, I have procrastination. I know the truth about
, but there is no way to do it.
I always don't have enough energy to do things. I want to read the book. I will watch the video and the gossip information. One day has passed, and the book only read two pages.
I want to make more money, but I have been struggling to find a direction.
I am mainly too lazy, otherwise it is much better than now.
.......
I must have heard or said many similar things in life. Have you ever thought about it, is it true?
Cai Leilei, the author of "Certification Breakthrough", is known as "Uncle Cai" in the world, and operates a WeChat public account "Please Defend".
He interprets the correct low-level views from the six perspectives of "self, knowledge, money, time, relationship, and life." Some of them felt enlightened when they first read. In this article, I will introduce some of the deepest feelings. If you want to understand more deeply, you can read it after purchasing this book. If you don't buy a book, I believe that some of the views and content introduced below will also benefit you.
01. Recognizing procrastination
"Procrastination" is a very popular "disease" in recent years, and it is used as a shield by many people.
I have procrastination, and there is really no way to complete the task on time.
...
is a bit shameless to think about it.
Before, I was also a procrastinator. I would never do anything until the last moment, always brewing, thinking...
When we think something is important but we can’t do it right away, maybe It's just that there is insufficient knowledge about this matter.
Just think about it: If you made a plan for today's trip to the United States a month ago, to attend an important meeting or appointment, and you have no chance when you are late, would you go out to the airport at the last moment?
If you are a salesperson of a company, you have to sign a contract with millions and hundreds of thousands of orders, and you will have dinner with customers at 12 noon, then will you wait until the last second before going out to make an appointment?
Whether you will behave lazily about something depends on your understanding of the matter. Only when you correctly recognize the nature of a matter, the risk, the effort required and the result of the effort, whether The action depends on the priority of the score after comprehensive consideration in your mind.
people have inertia. After personal evaluation, if one thing is determined to be profitable or very important, it must be completed. Then develop the habit of doing it immediately and breaking it.
If it is determined that it is not that important, and I want to understand that the result of not doing it is bearable, then I put it aside from the beginning and don't think about it, so as to avoid the interference of negative emotions such as failure and loss.
Regarding the things that must be done, I have gradually developed the habit of doing it right away, and gradually I feel that my work efficiency has improved a lot. In life, I also do the small things in time such as going to the property to get the courier, washing the dishes, and getting up early, so as not to pile up small things in my heart, thinking that so many things have not been done, it will only increase worry.
02. Do you think you are lazy?
Many people will complain about themselves: not because they can’t, but because they are too lazy and don’t want to do it, or I will do better than others.
In fact, if you are not lazy, what will happen to you?
Uncle Cai said: recognizeBeing lazy for yourself means that you think you can get better but you don't want to get better. There are two situations here, one is the overestimation of one's own ability, and the other is the protection of inferiority. A clear recognition that they are lazy but unwilling to become "not so lazy" proves that they have a vague understanding of how to do things correctly, and it is not clear whether paying more costs will bring better results. So choosing to be lazy is essentially not seeing the huge benefits that can be brought about by doing things right.
You might argue that my laziness is just lack of self-control, not really lazy.
But lack of self-control is also a manifestation of insufficient cognitive ability.
wants to read and learn, wants to learn a skill, wants to go to exercise to get a good figure, but can't keep it up, in fact, you can't see the benefits you can get after doing things. In fact, whether it is to practice a good body or learn a new skill, it will be reported to you at some point in the future. Some people can see clearly that the future rewards are clearly visible, and they will choose to work hard.
03. What is good popularity? There are also two types of
popularity: "labor affinity" and "asset affinity".
Labor affinity is a bit similar to the good old man in life. Everyone likes him because he is always fighting fires and providing help to others, but when one day he stops providing help or other people's requirements he cannot meet, this kind of affinity It also disappeared, and all the help provided before has become nothingness.
Asset popularity is something that someone wants to "conspiracy". For example, he is a big bull in the industry, he is the boss, or he is very rich. Even if he never shows favor to others, there will be people around him. He was spinning around. As long as there are potential benefits, he will always be popular. Compared with
, labor popularity will be a little sad, which means that you have to keep showing kindness and pay more than usual to get a temporary popularity.
But not everyone is born with aura, ordinary people inevitably need to provide help to gain popularity. After recognizing this, they can gradually accumulate strength and gradually move closer to asset-based popularity. On the other hand, it reduces the pressure of providing out-of-scope help to others and subjecting oneself to good popularity.
04. What is attention?
Attention can be understood as the way we use time. The value of
attention comes from its scarcity. When we use attention at any time, it is accompanied by the hidden cost of not being able to do other things. This hidden cost is equal to the maximum benefit you can get. Therefore, if you can see other things clearly enough to make your situation better, you can understand more intuitively that the cost of using attention at will is very high.
Here, I want to focus on the "compensation for loss of attention" that Uncle Cai said.
Attention loss compensation means that a person has not found anything worthy of attention, and does not know what to worry about for himself, so he can only use the time and attention he lost focus on others at will.
This is like a person who "fights fire" everywhere in the workplace. There are no goals or tasks that must be achieved during working hours. Whenever you hear any voice, you will come up and discuss a few words. If others complain, you have to go over and see. See the idea. It seems to be very enthusiastic, but in fact it doesn't help me much to others. And if someone asks you for help or only you in the team can do a good job, the shot at this time is like "fire fighting", and it can be regarded as both helping others and respecting the value of time.
actually has this situation in the relationship.
In love or marriage, put more attention on your partner, with him/her as the core, voluntary on call for 24 hours, without your own hobbies and time planning, you will naturally lose yourself, and all your time is personal No. Many people lose the financial ability to raise children at the time of divorce. This is not to say that they have no sympathy for single mothers. If you can avoid this situation, focus on yourself first, do ability mining and improvement, and switch to Wouldn’t it be better to take care of others to add value.
05. What do you think about money?
Money is only a currency symbol, but in many cases, we still have a lot of collisions with our parents or partners on the concept of money in the family. Where is the most cost-effective way to spend
money?
The older generation believes that saving is the most important thing, and money should be saved for emergencies; women think that buying clothes, skin care products, and homeDaily necessities are the most important thing. Being a mother thinks that buying things for children and enrolling in cram schools are the most important; men think that buying digital equipment, electronic products, traveling, and enjoying life are the most important. Who should I listen to?
"Cognitive Breakthrough" said: No one can judge the standard of other people's spending by their own preferences, because you can't experience the "fun" that others can get, so the judgment of "waste" is very subjective. People who make money will naturally want to buy something they like, relax mentally, and get rewards materially. This is understandable. When the economy permits, there is really no need to prevent others from buying less things that you think are unnecessary.
To increase revenue and reduce expenditure is always the most important thing to increase revenue.
Frugality is just a habit left over from a period of material scarcity in the past. It is not entirely a virtue. When economic conditions permit, no one is willing to allow their parents and children to be frugal and not waste resources.
06. Can you study?
"Cognitive Breakthrough" says: Learning is divided into comfort zone, learning zone and panic zone. Doing a job in the
comfort zone is like a day for decades. After reaching a certain level, ten years of experience is only the accumulation of time, and the ability will not be greatly improved.
To do something in the panic zone, the work intensity is too far apart from one's own abilities, and there is no way to start. Every day panic, life is like a year, and it is impossible to complete it with no effort. It is also difficult to learn things in such an environment.
Only in the study area, you can do everything you can do with your feet, and you can finish with your hard work. Only in this environment can you keep improving. Wang Shuo, editor-in-chief of Caixin Media, said that if a person is willing to study hard, he can achieve 80% results in a certain field with 20% of his energy. In most fields, this is in line with reality, because most fields do not have high learning barriers. After a basic period of time, the rules of the game and small skills have been thoroughly understood. If this person wants to continue to approach 100%, he has to spend the remaining 80% of his energy. The reason is also very simple. Most fields are easy to learn and difficult to master. From 0 to 20 points, it is definitely much easier than from 80 to 100. Therefore, the more you get to the back, the more effort you need to make every effort.
In most cases, it is difficult for people to achieve 100 points. Even if you spend 100% of your energy, many skills can be used in combination. For example, if you understand product operations but also understand new media operations, then you will It is more conducive to product promotion; for example, if you do management and are good at training, you will also have outstanding advantages over other management.
In many cases, we can choose to learn a few more skills, each with 80-85 points, and use them in combination.
07. Why didn't you meet the opportunity?
In this self-media era, everyone can speak up, and they can find a platform wherever they have the ability, regardless of their grassroots class. With Sina Weibo, WeChat official accounts, headlines, short books, and so many platforms, many people will say that the dividend period of the self-media platform has passed, it is difficult to operate, and there will not be a large number of new users. Is it true?
Uncle Cai also faced this situation when he started to do the "Please Defend" official account, but he still chose to do it. He said: For any field that seems to have no opportunity, my advice is, instead of wasting time Hesitating and waiting in place, it is better to try it first. The reason why many people are reluctant to do it first is because they like to look at problems with static thinking. They always think that under the conditions of the same or worse environment, not seeing opportunities now means that they will not see opportunities in the future. , So I don’t want to waste time. But the time they save is usually not used in more useful places, and most people would rather waste time in vain.
opportunities have always existed, but whether you meet the conditions to open it. The book
also introduces how to build a knowledge system, what is effective knowledge, how to calculate value, etc. If you want to break through yourself and realize value as soon as possible, you can read this book in depth, and please leave a message and discuss with me.
