[The highest learning and application] After reading

In the past two days, my teeth hurt so much that I doubted my life, and I was not in the mood to work at all. Instead, I gave myself a chance to indulge, and I picked a book to read at will.

At 2,273 pages, the book may seem intimidating, but it's actually sparsely formatted, with lots of illustrations and very little actual text. I read very carefully and took notes as I read, and it only took me a day to read it.

Before reading it, I didn't expect too much, because usually this kind of book is relatively watery, mainly to make up the number of words and pour chicken soup. However, given that Japanese people are generally relatively "real", Japanese people on Nichia have rated this book as high as 4.8 stars, and the Douban score is not low, so I decided to read it carefully, in case I can gain something.

It turns out that reading this book was the right choice.

The main theme of this book is "output". The so-called "output", that is, talk, write, do, in a word, is to take out the things in your mind and actually use them.

Do you really understand? Then speak up and listen. Do you really do? Then do it yourself.

The meaning of life is output, not input. If there is no output, the input is meaningless. The concept presented at the beginning of this book had a huge impact on me.

I consider myself a person who is good at learning. I learn things very quickly, but I have learned a lot, and it seems that I have not gained much. But the author broke the secret in one sentence: You haven't taken it out and used it, how do you know if it's useful?

For example, the author said that many people have read the best-selling book "The Courage to Be Hated", but only one in 10 people can say what "Adler psychology" is about.

Very ashamed, I happen to have read that book, and I can hardly tell what it is about. The author said that this is all because you only do input, not output, so the input information is discarded by the brain.

The brain will temporarily store the input information in the hippocampus for two to four weeks. If the information is not used during this period, the brain considers the information to be unimportant, and then discards the information. But if there is an output during this time, the brain sees the message as important and puts it into the associative area of the brain to form a long-term memory. So if you really want to use what you've learned, you need to output at least three times in two weeks.

Both input and output are about personal growth, but how to count growth, and what to use to examine it? For example, if A reads three books in a month and B reads ten books in a month, who grows faster? Everyone generally thinks that B must grow faster, but this is not necessarily the case. If B cannot retell the contents of ten books, but A can retell the contents of three books, then there is no doubt that only A has grown, and B has gained nothing.

The author proposes that the ratio of input and output should be 3:7, or the output time should be at least twice as long as the input, so that the balance of input and output can be achieved. I have never considered this. If you were to ask me, I'd probably say two-thirds for input. However, I very much agree with the author's point of view. Since the output is the value, of course, the output should be given priority.

In the following chapters, although the author explained many output methods and techniques in detail, it is difficult to fully grasp these contents without long-term output experience. My point of view is to start outputting first, then wait until the output reaches a certain level, develop a certain habit, and accumulate a certain amount of experience, and then come back and see what inspires you.

In short, the above is my impression of "The Supreme Learning to Use", which is quite rewarding and worth reading.

——Recorded on February 3, 2022, the second day of the first month of the Renyin year