Quick six-Step learning

Reproduced:

　　Step one: Quickly browse through a large amount of relevant information (quickly read through)

Many people try to slowly and systematically absorb hard-to-understand materials. They read the lines and mark them, and read some passages repeatedly to understand them. This approach may end up being a goal, but most people get bored and give up trying before it's over. Our brains hate this way of learning. A better approach is to skim the material as quickly as possible. Don't worry that you can't understand everything, just read on. Force yourself to read "damn" books without worrying about how much you don't remember:).

Skip any exercises or quizzes and just try to read them.

Some people can sit down and read the whole book two or three times, but I can't. I like to look at 10 to 20 pages and do something else to get my brain to rest. If you do this three to four times a day, you can finish reading 600 pages of books in about two weeks.

The only thing that makes me stop and look back is that some of the main concepts have been repeated several times and I don't know what it means. Well, I'll allow myself to read one or two key passages about the concept, but not much. In other cases, I would go through the books as quickly as possible to challenge myself.

　　Step two: Identify the key concepts and translate them into your own language (understand them in your own way)

Once you have finished reading the text, think about what the main concept is. Do not focus on the details at this stage, but identify the approximately 10 core ideas used to form the basis of the topic. Review them again and define them in the simplest possible language. It is important to combine examples to describe these ideas in your own language, and never memorize them.

For example, economists define the concept of opportunity cost: "The real cost of something is what you pay to get it." The cost not only includes the money you pay for buying something or doing something, it also includes financial benefits that you lose because you buy something or do something specific and you can't buy anything else or do anything else. ”

You can describe it in your own language: "Opportunity cost means that you cannot spend your resources on something or something because you have spent resources on other things or things." I can do my homework in the evening of Saturday, which means the opportunity cost is that I can't go to the movies at this time. ”

　　The third step: only memory must be remembered content (intensive reading, understanding and memory necessary core knowledge points)

Most facts and figures can be consulted, don't let the trivia fill your mind, these things can be obtained by just clicking the mouse. Focus on the idea of understanding the subject rather than the original data.

However, any topic has some simple to remember content, as much as possible to list the content, so you just remember these obviously have to remember the content.

There are all kinds of memory tricks around us, but I find the most useful method is quite simple. For the things that have to be remembered, I just read it aloud about 10 times, and if I can't remember, I'll look it up and repeat it aloud again. Then I wait to try again later, it's that simple. Usually in this way you will quickly put something firmly in your mind.

　　Fourth step: Get Feedback on your understanding (give your brain a test)

Now that you have filled your brain with things, it is time to understand how you understand these things. A good way to understand this is through some simulation tests. You can find online tests on a variety of topics, or you can try out the exercises in the book.

In addition, if necessary, this uninteresting task can be broken into chunks, taking a few days to perform a slightly different test.

Maybe when you rate yourself, you'll find you're doing a terrible job. After all, you just read the book to "prep". But when you look at the question you answered wrong, you will be amazed at how quickly you can get the detailed knowledge of the book.

　　What you're trying to do is build the framework of the theme in your brain and fill in the details. It may feel confusing at first, but when your brain understands how each concept is connected, the idea is immediately clear, like the structure in the Xmind, which first builds up the trunk, then complements the foliage, and finally the brain is a tree of knowledge.

It's not important to find the right answer, it's important to find out how you went wrong and understand it. Try not to read the chapters from beginning to end unless you feel you really need them.

　　Fifth Step: Use more information to "bomb" yourself, but to get information from other sources (using other sources of brainstorming)

Now is the time to get information from other sources of information. Understanding things from different sources often helps me to understand them better, which gives me the flexibility to understand them.

Instead of reading another book, I recommend reading short articles on magazines and related topics on the web.

　　Sixth step: Get some real-world feedback (seize the opportunity to engage in professional communication, collisions)

The next step is to get some real-world feedback (experience). If you learn a language, try to speak to someone whose mother tongue is the language. If you teach yourself anatomy, try to discuss this topic with your doctor.

The best realistic feedback is that you try to use your knowledge to gain fame or wealth (of course just to some extent). In other words, put yourself in a dilemma, such as joining a forum on a topic, and initiating a debate with one of the participants.

Well, that's all, my "fast learning is difficult to master six steps of a theme." Of course, the actual time it takes to complete these six steps depends on your level of commitment, but this is the most effective method I've found after comparing the comprehension of the subject with the time and effort spent. I usually get a good, broad understanding of a topic in 1-2 to six months.

Quick six-Step learning