Do you watch TV, play games, drink with friends and have a snack, or read a book? Maybe many people choose bars, parties and shopping. They work too hard during the day, and the evening is a good time to relax. Go home to play drama, play games and play Tik Tok. I accidentally arrived at midnight, washed in a hurry and went to bed. I finally opened my eyes the next day and struggled to get up and go to work. Next, there is a new cycle.
Some people's time after work is their own time to charge. They either read work-related books and find the answers to the problems they encounter at work through reading. They seize all the time to cultivate the abilities they need in their work. Or use your time to cultivate your hobbies, and let your hobbies become your new motivation to make money.
When you spend your time eating, drinking and having fun, while others spend their time on self-improvement, the gap between people is widened. At first, you obviously didn't feel the gap, but after a long time, the gap became obvious. You can't catch up at this point. According to "Make Time Your Friend", time becomes the enemy of the former, while the latter becomes the friend of time.
The author of this book, Li Xiaolai, was originally a famous teacher in New Oriental. In 10 years, he has done many things, such as selling books, teaching books, writing books, starting a company and being an angel investor. His learning ability is extraordinary. He can learn anything as long as he needs it, and he learns it well.
The book "Make Time a Friend" was originally written for his students. The book encourages young people to cultivate self-study ability, and to keep growing by persisting in learning, accumulating knowledge and experience. People need to learn all their lives. Nowadays, the speed of knowledge updating is far beyond our imagination. If you want to stay and not be eliminated by society, you should make good use of the prime time after work.
I also know the importance of learning and want to learn, but I just can't do it well.
Many people have this experience. As soon as a book is closed, they can't remember what the book is about. Reading this book next time is like reading a new book.
Some people, when listening to others talking about the contents of a book, think that they have read the book and want to tell others what moved them, but they can't say it for a long time. Even if it comes out, it is stuttering, and others don't know what he said at all.
Others like reading very much, but they are not very good at it. Like one of my former colleagues, she likes reading very much at ordinary times, and she can be among the best in every professional exam, but her working ability in practical work is not so good, and she even cried once because she didn't know how to deal with emergencies.
Some people will see this situation and say, "Well, what's the use of reading? This is a waste of time. " So I stopped watching it.
But there are also many ordinary people who make themselves no longer ordinary by reading a lot. For example, Cheng Jia, the author of Study hard, reads more than 100 books every year, and has read thousands of books in six years. Not only did he do a good job in scenic spot design consultation, but also his sideline knowledge management was very successful, and he was selected as "the best learner in China" by Luo Ji.
Second, truly successful people have been studying all their lives.
Buffett and Charles Munger are still studying in their 90s. Buffett has been studying and studying stock investment all his life, and he is extremely focused on learning this matter. He has been reading and studying all books related to stock investment since he was a child.
Buffett spends most of his time alone in his study or office. He gets up on time every day and spends a lot of time reading all kinds of news, financial reports and books. There is no computer or smart phone in his office, only books on the shelf behind him and a desk full of news and newspapers.
Charles Munger reads 20 books a week. In Poor Charlie's Collection, he said, "Children say I am a book with two legs."
Since reading is so important, why do many people think reading is useless?
The first reason is that these people read too little. Because I read too little, I can't appreciate the benefits of reading. If you don't realize the benefits of reading, you are naturally more reluctant to read. If a person learns something through reading and then learns better than more than 80%, he can't help but appreciate the benefits of reading.
Second, I am unwilling to think. People who are good at reading must be good at thinking. Some people are willing to do anything, but they don't want to think that Stefanie, a colleague, often says, "If you want me to study, then let me do something. I don't want to think about it. "
They only look at the surface of the problem and are unwilling to think about deep-seated problems. They prefer to perform tasks mechanically rather than thinking about what to do.
Third, we can't persist. Many people are full of pride when making plans at the beginning of the year. How many books should they read this year to change themselves? But maybe after half a month, the book has never been opened again. It can be said that I have been longing for it, but I have no long-term ambition.
Third, read in the right way, so that the books you have read can be internalized into your knowledge and ability.
Why do some people think they can't learn, and they can't learn? Because they lack correct reading methods. Adults learn mainly by self-study, and when they encounter problems, they mainly rely on mastering certain methods. Many people know many words, but not all literate people can read them. Then what can we do to turn the books we have read into knowledge that nourishes the soul?
First, adopt appropriate reading methods.
Nowadays, many people advocate fast reading, but for a person who doesn't read enough, what is needed is not fast reading, on the contrary, what is needed is to slow down and read some classic books. Just like building a house, you need to lay a good foundation first. These classic textbook books not only build a knowledge framework for you, but also lay a foundation for your study field. It is on this basis that you will build a knowledge building through reading in the future.
Li Qian, vice president of Cyanhill Capital, a domestic first-line angel investor, once said that when she switched from the post of editor-in-chief of Tencent to marketing, the main way to get familiar with the marketing business as soon as possible was to study in a down-to-earth manner and read almost all the classic books on marketing. So she became a marketing expert in less than three or four years.
Some people believe in "fast and unbreakable". In fact, fast is only the result, not the reason. The faster you improve your ability, the more you need to work hard. The real fast is: "Slow is fast". Tall buildings rise from the ground, the foundation is not firm, and the ground shakes.
Second, writing can make your reading more effective and influence more people.
We usually regard writing as too sacred, thinking that writing is writing novels, poems and plays, and it is something that writers can do. But actually, writing ability is one of the basic abilities that everyone needs to master. Being able to write concise, effective, accurate, simple and concrete descriptive and rational articles is the ability that anyone in all walks of life should learn. Through writing, you can better force input and internalize the books you have read into knowledge. If you study for the purpose of output, you will gain much more than aimless learning.
When we browse the circle of friends, some copywriting will make people have the impulse to buy, for fear that it will be too late if it is not timely. Some copywriting makes people don't want to read it at all. This is the difference brought by writing ability.
In fact, the influence of writing ability on professionals mainly lies in expanding influence. As a psychological counselor, Wu Zhihong has written many books and has a large number of readers. So he may not be the best in psychological counseling, but his influence is definitely the biggest. This is the benefit that writing brings to him.
Third, the biggest function of reading is to change your thinking and then your behavior.
After learning, you must know how to use it before you can really learn it. Many people study ineffectively because they have no goals. Because there is no goal, what you have learned cannot be used. To make your study useful, you must use what you have learned to improve your actions.
If you have studied English for many years, you still can't communicate with others in fluent English. Then it can't be called learning English.
If you read an article, nod your head and say yes, and then your life goes on as usual, then this article can only be regarded as news. Only by reading an article and understanding an idea can you be inspired and improve the way you think or do things, and this information is called knowledge.
An important criterion to measure the learning effect is whether your ideas and methods of solving problems have changed after learning.
How to make good use of the four hours after work is a problem that each of us needs to seriously think about. If you are young, you can spend time learning knowledge in a certain field, increase the breadth and depth of knowledge through reading a lot, and expand your influence through writing. After years of deep cultivation in this field, you will definitely have a place.