As a sleeper, Tie Tiejun has been troubled by the problem of not getting out of bed in the morning. I admire the self-disciplined chicken soup that others learn by getting up early and running. Although self-motivation and encouragement have been carried out, the results have been minimal, and the habit of getting up late has not changed. This stalk just broke ...?
In real life, have you ever experienced a similar problem: the leader asked you to deal with a work problem, which was caused by many factors; All kinds of information have been collected in your brain, but there are still many details left, which leads to the solution you think of not solving the fundamental problem. This is because the human brain is not good at long-term memory of information. Therefore, information classification and list thinking are the visual classification and display of various kinds of information by the brain, which helps human beings to release the burden of brain storage and thus increase the vitality of thinking.
We use a lot of notes in our life and work, such as meeting minutes, plans, summaries and so on.
Every day, Tie Tiejun will make a reply to his reading and writing, and clearly record the articles he has read, what topics he has received, how much he has read, how much he likes and how much he has added. Only by listing all kinds of information intuitively can the brain review the goals more clearly, summarize the gaps, analyze the reasons and formulate action plans for the problems. If you just think in your head, you will not only lose information, but also cause vague goals, confused thinking and deviation in action.
The purpose of thinking is to solve problems. When we see a problem and only use our brains to collect and analyze it, we will lack objectivity because of personal knowledge, values, emotional preferences and other factors, which often leads to the fundamental problem not being solved.
If we list the problems word by word, show them with handwriting, the second brain of human beings, and disassemble the problems layer by layer with structural thinking, we can really find the essential problems hidden behind the appearance problems.
How to use notes to help us organize our thoughts? Don't worry, dry goods will come soon!
Mckinsey's Notes Thinking Method, written by the McKinsey Career and Deep Management Consulting Division, tells us how to "take notes in a notebook and organize our thoughts at the same time".
Four steps to take notes and solve problems;
The essence problem is always wrapped in layers of representation problems. In order to find the real problem, a lot of information must be collected for verification. Then the problem comes, what information should be collected? How much information was collected? How to sort out classified information?
The basic way to collect information is to distinguish the collected information according to the three meanings of "where is the problem", "why" and "how". Mckinsey's note thinking method recommends the use of "horizontal notes" and "grid notes" as the first step in organizing ideas.
First of all, we have to complete the "where" step.
The correct way is to collect the causes and countermeasures at the same time and analyze the problems from the comprehensive information.
Just like an old Chinese doctor, I look at you, ask you, feel the pulse, and finally get to the point where your illness is.
A friend asked Tie Tiejun, how can you keep reading every day, but when you see a book, your mind will wander and you can't concentrate at all; A friend said that he was too busy to read every day. In fact, the above difficult questions are all appearances, and the most fundamental reason is the lack of internal driving force.
We often like to think directly about the causes and countermeasures of problems, but we habitually ignore them; The result of this problem-solving way of thinking is often a temporary solution, because the root cause has not been found.
The most important function of this step is to group the collected information according to facts, explanations and actions.
For example:
In order to test the hypothesis, we need to prepare a list of questions in advance. Because only with sufficient questions and assumptions can we get closer to the essential problem.
When we encounter problems, we always think of the countermeasures to solve them first.
For example, Tietiejun wants to solve the problem of staying in bed in the morning. The first thing that comes to mind is lack of sleep. Going to bed early can solve the problem. After practical verification, the result changed from staying up late to going to bed early and getting up late! Maybe it is because the alarm clock is not loud enough? As a result, a high-power alarm clock was changed, which still did not solve the problem of getting up late. Through multi-faceted questioning and verification, it is found that the fundamental problem of getting up late is the lack of goals to be achieved after getting up early. Tie Tiejun's current goal is to go to bed early and get up early in the community, and finish the reading task for 2 hours every day after getting up early.
Therefore, it is particularly important to verify through a series of questions.
After the above three processes, the solution to the problem has jumped to the page, but how to make the result more logical and convincing, in layman's terms, is how to convey the information you conveyed to the other party accurately, quickly and profoundly.
The secret is to always have a sense of "generalization", that is, to think in a frame.
The structured arrangement of ideas, reasons and facts for solving problems can make various factors for solving problems more relevant and compact.
We can give consideration to quality and efficiency according to the "power law of 3", which is easy to understand and make people see at a glance.
When we use the above pyramid notes, we should also try to use three arguments to discuss them, which is more convincing.
McKinsey's note thinking method is a method to solve problems and a tool to open the way of thinking. How to use it flexibly to solve various problems in our life and work needs our actions in practice to verify.