The project needs to select members temporarily and quickly to form a team, and give a plan within 1 day according to customer needs. There are three people to choose from in this department. The first person, with rich work experience, has done many projects; The second kind of person is good at copy editing and can make beautiful documents or PPT；; The third kind of person has a strong ability to sort out and master information, can absorb a lot of information quickly, and can learn and use it now. If you choose members from these three people, who has the best chance?
There is no doubt that people who can quickly grasp and process all kinds of information, that is, the third person, can get this opportunity. Because this kind of person has a strong ability to digest and absorb information, he can quickly grasp the situation of the customer's industry, the situation of the customer's enterprise itself, and the needs and goals. Only by mastering these premise information can we "suit the right medicine" and put forward plans or suggestions to meet the needs of customers.
This shows how important it is to have a high level of information processing ability, which can win us more opportunities. What kind of information environment are we facing now? What factors will affect our information processing efficiency? How can I improve my information processing ability?
Information overload phenomenon
Both enterprises and individuals are now facing the problem of information overload, that is, the information to be processed exceeds our information processing ability. How to process a large amount of information efficiently and quickly and find out the effective information from it is a challenge. In order to solve this problem, enterprises use big data analysis and artificial intelligence to build data centers. Its starting point is to store, collect and analyze data and extract effective information for business decision. So, how should we personally deal with the phenomenon of information overload?
Have you ever experienced these situations? Open the office mailbox in the morning, a pile of unread mail needs to be dealt with? You have to read a lot of information to go to work? There are hundreds of unread messages in the WeChat group? I want to start with a bottle of sunscreen or essence. When considering which brand to choose, I found a lot of information on the Internet. Whether you are in the elevator, corridor or shopping mall, you are also surrounded by all kinds of information.
"What happens when there is too much information for individuals to process, classify and use all the information? They filter, ignore, skip or forget information. Otherwise, they will suspend further processing until the information overload is over. "
In the era of information flooding, how to quickly process and effectively use all kinds of information? First of all, we need to know what factors will affect the way we deal with information in the case of information overload.
influencing factor
Interest. Among a large amount of information, the only information that can make individuals feel positive and excited is probably the information that meets individual interests. No matter how much information there is, it is not a problem for information processors.
Transcendental knowledge refers to an individual's experience or understanding of a certain subject or field. The information related to individual transcendental knowledge will be relatively simple and easy for the processor, and he can apply or improve the previous processing method without thinking too much.
Characteristics of information. What channel and how information is presented to individuals will have an impact. Single channel or multi-channel, whether in the form of words, pictures, videos or sounds, means different processing difficulties and different energy inputs for information processors.
Emotion. When people are in a positive mood, they will be more confident and interpret information faster. However, under negative emotions, the efficiency of information processing is low.
Language. "Even if you use the same language to communicate, the same vocabulary will have different meanings for different people. Age and situation are the two most important factors leading to this difference. " The information presented to individuals does not mean that they can all understand it. For example, it is difficult for an English speaker to understand and understand an article on virology analysis, and it is difficult for a young person who has just stepped into society to understand the cliches of the elderly.
Of all the information, we can't just deal with the information that we are interested in, that we can understand or that is easy to handle. Instead, filter out invalid information and use valid information. So what should we do?
Skills of processing information quickly
1, and gradually establish an "information processing system". This processing method is mainly aimed at complex problems. Imagine you buy a house or choose a job. When you start to deal with this kind of problem, a lot of information comes to you. Before making a decision, you must be clear about your needs, and then collect and analyze external information to see if your needs match. At this time, there may be multiple alternatives, and then you need to formulate scoring standards, evaluate different alternatives, and finally choose the one with the greatest comprehensive benefit for yourself.
This involves the following steps: defining requirements → analyzing external information → matching requirements → making plans → analyzing plans → selecting plans, and finally implementing them.
In the process of applying information to solve problems, we should consciously establish such a perfect system. Any complex problem in the future can automatically stimulate the system to run, according to this step.
To establish an "information processing system", we need to do the following:
1) Know yourself better. If you know yourself clearly, you can begin to process information more quickly, instead of searching a lot of information to discover and inspire yourself.
2) Accumulate reliable information processing channels, such as where the reliable housing distribution channels are and where the reliable recruitment channels are, which will help you find high-quality information and filter out false and low-quality information.
3) Cultivate decision-making power and improve execution.
2. Reserve experience knowledge base. Everyone has different experiences and cognition, and past experiences will make us who we are in the future. Some things will happen many times, and some things can be handled elsewhere. Therefore, in life and work, we should learn to sum up experience and reflect on lessons, and accumulate our own experience and knowledge. When you encounter similar information in the future, you can automatically process some information without investing too much time and energy.
3. Reduce contact with scientific and technological products. Too much reliance on mobile phones, ipad, computers and other scientific and technological products will always have miscellaneous, scattered and chaotic digital information to disturb us. Reducing our exposure to technology products allows us to filter out a lot of meaningless information.
4. Avoid dealing with information when you are in a low mood. When people are depressed, their understanding of information may be biased, omitted and filtered.
5. Give yourself a rest. To improve the speed and efficiency of information processing, we should not bury our heads in sorting out, but give ourselves time to rest. We need to have a rest in the sea of information. This is conducive to understanding information from the overall situation and distinguishing priorities.
abstract
Information overload is inevitable. Understand the factors that affect our information processing, and then find the corresponding solutions, which is the correct way to deal with it. Gradually establish our own "information system" to help us deal with complex problems; Establish your own experience knowledge base and improve the ability of "automatic processing" information; Reduce contact with science and technology and avoid constant interference from digital information; Deal with information when you are in a good mood, and don't bury yourself in the ocean of information, give yourself time to rest.