Ability to think independently

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Ability to think independently

If you read without thinking, you will never gain any insights. Even if you have a slight impression, it will be superficial and not take root. It will probably be forgotten and lost soon. The following is a detailed analysis of independent thinking ability.

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Ability to think independently

Necessity: Intensive reading must be done through careful thinking, and internalization must be through thinking. The ability to think independently is the guarantee of reading effect. The stronger this ability, the greater the reading gain.

The purpose of reading and thinking: first, to understand; second, to gain wisdom to improve life.

The status of a person with this ability:

First, think independently. Have your own ideas and be able to form your own opinions, rather than being easily influenced by authors or book reviews.

Second, think innovatively. He can produce more novel, valuable, insightful, and enlightening insights for himself or others, and can integrate, subvert, supplement or develop original views.

Third, think systematically, structurally, and logically. Able to organize one's own opinions in a systematic, structured and logical manner and clearly convey them to others.

Fourth, the unity of knowledge and action. Based on your own understanding, you can absorb beneficial parts to adjust and optimize your life, ranging from the development of a habit to the adjustment of life values.

Three stages of reading and thinking

The idea generation stage;

Type: One is one’s own ideas, the other is the author’s ideas

method of production

Before and after comparison

Essence: What changes have occurred between me after reading this book and me before reading this book?

How to compare: Step 1: Search for new knowledge. Review the second-level reading notes from beginning to end, and retrieve the new knowledge of this book, that is, the content that you didn’t know before but only learned after reading this book, and you didn’t have a deep understanding of it before but only really understood after reading this book. Step 2: Ask about the impact and changes of new knowledge on us. Really important new knowledge will definitely affect and change our beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, lifestyles, etc. Asking further, what impact will this new knowledge have on me? Will my original beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, lifestyle, etc. change as a result? What specific changes have occurred? Step 3: Describe “before” and “after” respectively to consolidate the gains. What did you think and do before? Because of this new knowledge, what will we think and do in the future? The essence of describing "before" and "after" respectively is to learn through in-depth self-reflection, to establish a deep relationship between knowledge and myself, and to make the knowledge available to me.

Ask a question

Question method First, no matter what, write down all the questions that come to mind. Second, train yourself with the "traffic light thinking method". Third, pay attention to the good questions in the book and imitate the sentence patterns of the good questions to ask. Fourth, use the “5W2H” questioning framework to deliberately practice your questioning skills. (what where when why who how how much)

what questions to ask The first type of more critical issue is your own “big issue.” The second, more critical question is the “big question” of this book. A third, more critical question is what the opposing view is. The fourth more critical question is the question hidden in the purpose of our reading.

Lenovo

Essence: Associative ability is the ability to discover connections between different things, especially the connection between abstract concepts and abstract feelings. We must be based on the depth and breadth of knowledge.

How to improve association ability

First, it must be as divergent as possible and as unconstrained as possible.

Second, you can think of yourself and real life, put the contents of the book into your own specific matters, and ask yourself a question: What does this book have to do with me?

Third, it can be replaced by cases.

Fourth, grasp the essence, draw inferences from one instance, and try to transfer knowledge and apply knowledge to different fields.

Fifth, deepen accumulation, expand horizons, and increase experience.

Action-oriented: Focusing on the future, where can we use what we have learned? How to use it specifically?

Judgment stage of ideas

Steps to identify ideas

Step 1: Distinguish between fact and opinion. Facts may be true or false, and opinions may not be right or wrong.

Step 2: Check the facts and opinions separately.

Step 3: Come to your own point of view and form your own opinion.

Step 4: Let ideas grow and keep an open mind.

The organizing stage of ideas

Step 1: Gather ideas

Step 2: Group and categorize

Step 3: Refining the logical structure (1) Organize directly using the logical structure of the original book (2) Use some ready-made, classic thinking frameworks (5w2h, etc.) (3) Use process method to organize (such as according to steps, development rules of things, levels, etc.)

Step 4: Enrich the details and form words (the details come from the nine elements of the universal reading note template)