It has been more than 100 days since I published these two book reviews on WeChat at the end of last year, and I have received feedback from more than 10 readers who have been practicing. I can clearly feel the strengthening of my logical ability, and I can grasp the key points or react in a short time when I meet something, which has changed the situation that I can't respond to problems in a short time before.
Source: Enhance logical thinking with A4 paper notes 100 days.
Recently, when reading zero-second thinking, the author provided a very simple method of taking notes on A4 paper. I feel that this method is similar to outline mind map, simple and easy to use, and can help you cultivate logical thinking, and you can do zero-second thinking in a few months.
Specific practices:
Put A4 paper horizontally, and write a theme on each paper. 1 Write 4 to 6 lines, each with 20 to 30 words. Control a piece of paper within 2 minutes and write 10 pages every day. In other words, it takes 10-20 minutes to write notes every day.
Functions and effects:
In the process of doing it, the mind and emotions will be sorted out and combed quickly.
Once you keep taking notes for 3 weeks 1 month, the language in your mind will emerge one after another, and even before you take notes, you have already figured out how to express it.
1 month ago, I didn't know how to describe things, but now I can express them in clear language and ideas will keep emerging. Finally, the speed of writing can't keep up with that of the brain.
Stick to it for a few more months, and you will be able to look at the problem from a macro perspective in an instant, and gradually approach the "zero-second thinking". According to different situations, sometimes we can grasp the key of the problem in an instant and sort it out.
Related rules
Don't think too much when writing the title and text. Whatever comes to mind, write it down first.
Strictly adhere to each page 1 minute, and write it down as soon as you think of it, which will make you not delay.
Don't use notebook, diary, word, A4 paper is the fastest and most convenient method.
Take A4 paper and cardboard with you, you can write anywhere, and you can also fold A4 paper in half or three times.
You can take the written notes and the contents of 4-6 lines as the text and continue to deepen.
You can write many pages on the same topic from different angles, which can expand your thinking and vision of solving problems.
After writing a lot of cards, you can play notes like playing cards.
Once you have a new idea, continue to supplement and organize it.
Taking notes in this way can clear your mind and become confident, positive and calm.
Write at will, only write down the most primitive feelings, without thinking too complicated, and without considering the composition, format, wording and sentences of the notes, and always want to write down and dig deeper into the expansion of the notes.
Although most people are always thinking about all kinds of things, they are always hesitant and beating around the bush. If you write 1 on every page, then even if this matter is basically solved, the problems you worry about will be drastically reduced. Although you may think that because this matter is still in your mind, you will still think about many things every day, but it is not necessarily the case. Because it is not easy to come up with 10 new troubles and problems every day.
model
Title: Organize your dreams:
/kloc-What do you want to do in 0/year?
1 year later, what will you become to feel satisfied?
What is your dream in three years?
After three years, what will I become to be satisfied?
To this end, what should be done in the next six months?
What must I study in order to realize my dream?
What are your strengths?
Who should I discuss my dream with?
What is your dream?
Arrangement of notes
The author suggests using transparent folders to organize them in a unified way, marking them according to different categories, organizing them once every three months and repeating them.
Personal suggestions can be directly stored in impressions and notes, just take photos directly, and add relevant tags to search when using, which is very efficient and can be consulted at any time.
Note that when taking notes, you must write by hand, and don't use an APP or a computer. You can find an A4 piece of paper now. 1 min. It may be a little difficult at first, but after writing it a few times, the idea will be much clearer.
Source: Enhance logical thinking by taking notes on A4 paper 100 days (2)
/kloc-I shared A4' s note-taking method with you 0/0 days ago. I have received many questions these days. Everyone unified reply:
Question 1: within 1 minute, write 4 to 6 lines per page, with 20 to 30 words per line. Can't finish eating?
I tried for a while and came to the conclusion that this may be a translation problem, or the number of Japanese words and Chinese characters is not equal.
This condition should be changed to write 4-6 lines per page, with 8- 12 words per line.
I have tried to practice many times and found that it is not too difficult for most people to write 40 words per minute. It is not difficult to write 4 lines with 10 words or 6 lines with 7 or 8 words at first. A few people can write 50-60 words per minute/kloc-0, but the words are ugly.
Question 2: Can you take the written notes and the contents of 4-6 lines as the text and go further?
This question is also asked by many people. In fact, take this line as the title, and then find a new piece of paper to write it down.
Moreover, the same topic can be written several times. Before writing, don't look at what you wrote before. You can write by impression. If you can't finish it in one minute, you can write it on a new piece of paper.
Question 3: Why use A4 paper? Why not use other notes or paper?
Yes, I was puzzled at first, too. Why do I have to use A4 paper? Can I use other paper? After writing for a few days, I have to share my heart with you:
This method is aimed at office workers, where A4 paper is very easy to get. Of course, for students, A4 paper is difficult to get, and you can also consider finding other paper instead.
Write only one question on a page of A4 paper. This method is very paper-consuming and somewhat wasteful. In addition to the front, you can also use the back. If you fold it in half, you can write four times on one piece of paper, and three pieces of paper 10 minutes is also ok.
But A4 paper has many advantages and is easy to obtain. You can write on a piece of paper. If you take notes, you must find them, open them, and sometimes you need to press the notebook with your hand. When writing, you need to press the column, and it has a size. If you consider so many conditions, 1 minute can't write many words, but it's different with a blank A4 paper. Put it horizontally first and write only 4-0 words. Write as many lines as possible so that you can write faster. Take a piece of paper to write a question, take a rest, think about it, and then change a piece of paper to continue writing the next question, which will minimize the interference to writing.
Question 4: Why do you want to put it horizontally? Can't you put it upright?
The author said that he tried many different methods and finally came to the conclusion that it is more convenient to write horizontally. Maybe I write less now, and I haven't felt the difference between horizontal and steady. If the words are large, write about 10 on one line, and you can write all the time on the horizontal paper.
After trying to fold A4 paper in half, I can write two sheets, but so far I haven't seen much difference.
Question 5: Why 1 min? Can you put it in for two minutes?
Personally, when you put your mobile phone on the edge of the paper, use the stopwatch in your hand to time and write at the same time, the time is rapidly decreasing, and there is a time limit that will stimulate you to think. Will be very sensitive to 1 minute.
If there is no time limit, time will easily run out, and 3-5 minutes is still not enough.
I often put the paper in front of me and think for a few minutes. If I can't write it out or write two or three lines, I feel dissatisfied and then start over.
But after more than 10 days, it often exceeds 10 and 20 seconds. But I'll start with the key points and be as specific as possible.
After getting used to it, it's basically the first reaction. Write it down as soon as you think of it.
If 1 minute is really too little, you can relax it to 2 minutes, but it is best not to relax it indefinitely.
Question 6: What should I do if I can't think of any title?
Fold paper A in half, then fold it in half (in the same direction), and three vertical lines will appear. Then write down all the ideas you can think of and add them when you have time, so that you can write 1 and 2 pages, and there will be 100 and 200 questions. If there is no topic to write, you can find a topic and start writing.
Question 7: Others
Don't pay too much attention to the writing order when writing. Write down what you think first, and don't stop writing. This method is similar to stream-of-consciousness writing. Input: "Creativity". There is an article called how to use scattered time to collect ideas. You can have a look.
After each piece of paper is written, you can take photos with your mobile phone, such as notes, impressions and knowledge.
Just add a title to each picture, and then sort it out once a week, keeping only the useful ones and deleting the others.
Question 8: Examples
Write the title first, then the date, and add-
For example:
Methods of taking notes 20 14 12 18
-write the title in the upper left corner of the note.
-Write 4-6 lines like this
-Write 1 min per page.
-Just write in words you can understand.
-write about half of each page, and write it in detail to a certain extent.
Supplement:
Someone asked, can I use the notebook APP class?
Answer:
Not recommended. It takes time to take out the mobile phone, unlock it, open the notebook APP or open the computer and run the notebook software. Paper+pen can basically write directly, and the feeling and experience of writing is different from typing. Writing will be more impressive, have its own style and cause more questions to be considered.
@ 且且且且且且且 mentioned deeply:
I think we can do Amway surface pro3 here.
There is a button on the top of the stylus, which can automatically open onenote notebook software and write immediately after being pressed. Click the button again after writing, and the note will be automatically uploaded to the cloud and a new blank note will be created. Convenient and easy to organize.
Answer:
I just tried this method. I have a surface pro3 and bought a type cover, but when practicing like this, I still feel that paper+pen is much more convenient than surface pro3+ Bluetooth pen. I'll take pictures when I'm finished, and then I'll finish it in a week.
There are also usages on paper. After writing dozens of papers on a topic or different topics, take them out and put them on the conference table or on the ground, and rearrange them in order. An idea, PPT, proposal or article will soon take shape.
Because I practiced this method with paper+pen at first, I was not used to it with surface pro3+ Bluetooth pen later, and I felt it was not as convenient as paper+pen. You can try to practice with surface pro3+ Bluetooth pen for a week, and then practice with pen+paper for a week to see which effect is better and more convenient. In addition, not everyone has a surface pro3+ Bluetooth pen, and occasionally there is no electricity. Paper+pen basically has no cost, and you can bring it whenever you use it.
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10000 sheets of paper rule: an excellent consultant needs to write 10000 sheets of paper to reach the qualified standard, which is 10 pages per day, 1 3,000 pages per year, about 10000 pages in three years.
Only when you finish writing 1000 sheets of paper will it cause qualitative change. Take your time.