"Thinking change" is a profound change in life caused by learning.
One morning, you are sitting at your desk, bending over to do a day's work. At this time, you see the boss coming, and the security guards are around to sweep you out of the house. In this way, you were fired without warning, just after you worked hard for 20 years and became familiar with the company's systems-these systems, like you, are about to be abandoned. Or your boss may be an asshole. Suddenly, an exciting opportunity appears, and you can escape from your pain, but only if you are willing to learn something new and challenging. Or you think you have no choice. Maybe you are an obedient child and always listen to your parents' advice, so you feel bound by a well-paid job, so you can only stick your nose on the window glass and look forward to the career you didn't choose at first. Or if you struggle all the way, it is difficult for you to find a good job in your career. You don't want to risk changing your career, especially now that you have children. If you screw up, they will pay the price. Or your mother may have died the night before a key exam, and you are one of countless students who failed the exam under a system that seems to deliberately eliminate everyone as much as possible. As a result, you are stuck in a low-paying job. Or you may have just graduated and got a brand-new degree certificate, which is the result of your fanatical pursuit, because you are determined to "pursue your hobbies." After all, this is what your friends always advise you. Then, you suddenly realize that your parents are right-now your salary is low and your job is not ideal. To make matters worse, you face another obstacle to changing careers, that is, a lot of student debts waiting for you to pay back. Or you may like your job very much, but you just feel something is missing. What should we do now?
Do thinking transformation, thinking transformation includes not only learning new skills or changing careers, but also changing attitudes, personal life and interpersonal relationships. Thinking transformation can be manifested as sideline, or full-time, or anything in between.
In today's era, the pace of change is accelerating, and we have to believe that great career changes and lifelong learning attitudes (inside and outside universities) constitute a vital creative force, but the power of this force is often ignored by society.
This requires us to think:
What kind of thinking change do you want to achieve? How to carry out self-monitoring in thinking transformation? What is holding us back? Are you in trouble because you feel "genetic predisposition" and can't learn language or math? Tell yourself that you can't change careers when you are old? Have you inadvertently entered a self-reinforcing cycle and felt that it would be more comfortable to maintain the current state, even if you are not satisfied with the status quo? What positive steps and self-tests can we take in order to enter a new self-strengthening cycle and start to turn our thinking into what we want? What new behavioral strategies can we start to adopt immediately to realize our thinking change? What do we need to do to "get off the sofa and stand up"?
Times and culture have been changing, and the only constant is change itself. We are at one of many turning points in human history. The appearance of computers heralds the arrival of a new world of human civilization. In the traditional degree system, people who study all the way often don't realize how important computers are, let alone the mathematical thinking that forms the basis of computer operation. In other words, they won't see this until they start looking for a job and know the skills they lack. Both America and Europe predict that there will be a huge shortage of software developers. However, when college graduates realize that they need new skills, they often easily believe that they can't update their skills. It is usually impossible to go back to college to study another degree, and few people have the time or money. However, many people still don't know that innovative new software and computers have made low-cost or free retraining possible. No matter who you think you are, you are actually stronger than that image, and you can find a way to surpass it. Usually, you can reinvent yourself through constantly updated online materials, and even begin to complete the transformation of your entire career. You can learn how to reinvent yourself by observing typical career changers. Moreover, you can find other possibilities beyond the boundaries you inadvertently set for yourself. No matter who you think you are, you are actually stronger than that image, and you can find a way to surpass it.
Being an expert in new things, no matter what field, means building small knowledge blocks with daily practice and repeated training. Gradually, these little knowledge can be intertwined to achieve mastery.
When we learn something and then go to sleep, new synapses (important nerve connections that help us understand and master new topics) begin to form. Focus on your study first, and then go to bed. This is a magical combination that can produce new synaptic connections. These new synaptic connections are physiological structures that support your ability to learn new things. However, a night's sleep can form a limited number of connections. This is why we must arrange our study at intervals every day. Extra practice can form more and more powerful neural pathways. Senior practitioners in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) know that understanding new and difficult concepts requires more than instantaneous understanding. The epiphany moment caused by the new synaptic connection will gradually disappear with the shrinkage of the connection if it is not repeated and consolidated in time after the initial connection is formed.
How can we encourage perseverance, persistence and firm behavior? Angela Duckworth, winner of MacArthur Prize, devoted her life to raising our awareness of this issue. Duckworth mentioned the research of Robert Eisenberg, a psychologist at the University of Houston. The latter found that giving children a lot of rewards when completing simple tasks actually reduced their diligence and determination. In other words, if foreign aid makes things too simple, it may backfire and stifle the internal driving force. Duckworth found that the best way to cultivate perseverance is to have a tough and caring relationship. When we unveil the veil of many projects and institutions, we may be surprised to find that their achievements are so far from the set goals. The project of cultivating excellent teachers itself may be as elusive as the truly beneficial social project. Lynn Fendler, a professor of education, once said in an eye-catching comment: "It seems that there is no conclusive scientific research to confirm the effect of any teacher education curriculum on teaching quality." We may want students to succeed through traditional channels, but we must admit that traditional channels may be very problematic (sometimes for reasons we don't know yet). All these may stifle the spirit of the most visionary and creative individuals in society. Joan McCord's work shows that sometimes we are so sure that our method is correct that we don't study other possibilities. One factor of being good at learning is being able to keep an open attitude towards other people's ideas and consciously try to create conditions to verify whether we have made mistakes. Finding a positive learning path that suits us can help us improve our prospects in countless ways. This requires us to reflect on our learning methods and their goals. What is our study goal? How can we best achieve these goals?
In modern economy, "cultivating second skills" is necessary for career flexibility, which provides choice and flexibility. Of course, if you have mastered a powerful and difficult professional skill, such as being a doctor, you can't easily change careers and master another equally difficult skill, such as becoming a lawyer. However, no matter what your first skill is, you can protect yourself by mastering your second skill, not just stepping into another field. The second skill can not only supplement the first skill, but also be an alternative choice when personal circumstances change.
With the obsolescence of occupation, a deep skill may become meaningless after two or three years. The world is changing so fast that enterprises have been downsizing, downsizing, restructuring and outsourcing. In this new modern economy, you can't just have a deep skill. It is good to have two such skills to prepare for the future. For example, those who work in banks have a deep understanding of specific minority work or software types and usage methods. But if this particular financial product or job becomes obsolete, or flows overseas, then you will be out.
"From technology to economy to social and political structure, change is the only constant factor we can see in the future. Change is accelerating, so we need to cultivate adaptability to continue to maintain our value. " Occupation determines our position in life, but just following your hobbies is not enough. Ambition must be matched with opportunity. -Wu Chunyu
It is easy to fall into a mindset that you can only do what you have done in the past. However, if you open your heart and tap your potential, great changes and growth are possible.
Five ways of thinking transformation to improve learning ability 1. Draw a vivid sketch of mind map to make the learned materials come alive. 2. Associating memories through images. 3. Clever use of often neglected spare time, such as taking the bus. Practice this problem repeatedly until you can solve it easily. Imagine a successful future with what you have learned.
Key thinking transformation cultivates neural memory groups through deliberate practice. Whenever you want to learn a difficult new thing or skill, you can concentrate on deliberate practice and learn the most difficult part of the material. Divide anything you want to learn into many groups, such as a short passage in the piano score, similar verbs or adverbs in Spanish, side kicks in Taekwondo, or solutions to trigonometry homework. Practice that part repeatedly until a deep-rooted "neural memory group" is formed in your brain-a pattern that you can easily recall and complete later. However, once you have mastered a large piece, don't keep practicing just because it makes you feel a sense of accomplishment. You must transfer most of your energy and practice to the part that you find most difficult.
The hippocampus can produce about 1400 new neurons every day. With the increase of age, the regeneration rate of this neuron will only decrease slightly. However, once the brain stops experiencing new things continuously, many new neurons will die before they mature and connect with a larger neural network, just as vines will wither and die without the support of scaffolding. In the adult brain, new "granular" neurons allow us to distinguish similar experiences and store them as different memories. These new cells are different from the old cells, which have a pattern of connecting similar memories. For more distant and sometimes traumatic memories, these new neurons can prevent us from waking them up, which is particularly valuable. All this means that it is very important to help new neurons produce, survive and mature for learning new things and maintaining mental health. This is why "neuron regeneration" has become a hot spot in the treatment of depression and various anxiety disorders. Learning is like water and fertilizer, which can promote the growth of nerve buds. The younger you are, the more likely you are to experience new things. As you get older, you are more likely to fall into a static state. Even if you tell yourself that you are learning something new, it is often just a short improvisation according to a known melody. In order for learning to have an impact on the brain, it usually means that you have to step out of your comfort zone a little. Larry Katz, a neuroscientist at Duke University, suggested that a practical way to keep new neurons alive, mature and make new connections is to do something new and different every day. This will naturally bring new experiences to your brain. These new experiences can be as simple as brushing your teeth with your left hand instead of your right, or changing your posture while eating. That's why traveling can be exciting. Travel can make your brain constantly adjust, especially when you try your best to immerse yourself in a new culture and environment. With the growth of age, learning a foreign language will also become particularly valuable, because the brain areas that language learning can improve cover many brain areas damaged by age.
More education can produce more synapses, and the more synapses, the greater your cognitive reserve. In any case, education is not something you need when you are young. Research shows that the more you study, the lower the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Whether you study in the prime of life or in old age, what you learn will expand and maintain your cognitive reserve. Sometimes we get lost in the daily activities of our chosen profession. It is very meaningful to stop, take a step back and imagine how your career and the careers of people around you will develop for a long time.
Generally speaking, thinking transformation can be done, regardless of age and goal; Thinking transformation is also related to our careers-career choice, career promotion and career change. We need to have the desire to learn, and also need to have the ability to calmly examine the learning direction and goals.
Everyone can be thoroughly remoulded, and everyone can grow into people you never imagined before.