In this era of anxiety, the anxiety about ability is also filled with the hearts of countless people.
The benefits brought by the improvement of ability are obvious: salary increase, promotion, achievement, satisfaction and reaching the peak of life.
Countless people are trying to improve their abilities every day, but most people can't make mistakes.
To find the most effective way to improve your ability, what is your ability first?
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Things can usually be divided into two categories, one is concrete and the other is abstract.
"Ability" belongs to abstract things. It is similar to "force" in physics. It is an invisible and intangible thing, which exists in people's minds and cannot be directly perceived.
There is no such thing as ability in the world. Only when people comprehensively use their own behaviors, resources and luck can they produce a result and achieve their own goals.
For example, many people have joined the entrepreneurial tide now. Entrepreneurs hope to succeed by setting up companies, producing and selling products, relying on resources such as funds and contacts, and encountering luck such as the wind.
In the process of starting a business, whether an entrepreneur can realize a series of "behaviors" such as setting up a company, producing products and selling products depends on something that the entrepreneur has, which is called "ability".
Ability determines the quality of behavior.
Therefore, according to the above, it can be concluded that "ability" is actually a requirement for a person to complete something.
So, what are the requirements for people? This involves what capabilities consist of.
Its origin is the original "mental knowledge system" put forward by the school of thinking, and its ability is composed of "mind, thought and knowledge".
"Heart" refers to the mental state, including a person's motivation, confidence, willpower, concentration and so on.
People who are active and seriously procrastinating are not efficient. People who dare to try and are afraid to retreat will also have different achievements. In an environment of extreme pressure and despair, indomitable people will show extraordinary potential in their generation, precisely because of the power of "heart".
"Thinking" refers to the way of thinking. Everyone has his own way of thinking, which fundamentally determines the way everyone does things.
For example, ordinary people often follow the thinking mode of "direct operation", while experts always adopt the thinking mode of "think of ways before acting". Just like Iron Man elon musk in Silicon Valley, the usual way of thinking is "first principle".
"Knowledge" refers to knowledge and skills, which is the most obvious and measurable part of ability. The foreign language students we studied since childhood, the majors we chose in our university, the driving skills and computer operation methods we mastered when we grew up all belong to "knowledge".
There is no doubt that the richness and proficiency of knowledge and skills also determines our behavior.
Above, we deconstruct the "ability" into three parts, and actually find the path to improve the ability, which will be introduced in detail later.
Classifying things helps us to have a more comprehensive and profound understanding.
"Ability" can be divided into three categories: special ability, general ability and bottom ability.
Professional ability, including industry or professional knowledge and skills. It is the most time-consuming ability to learn and master in school education, and it is also the most easily recognized and measured ability. The knowledge and skills of different industries are very different. The so-called "interlacing is like a mountain" and its portability is poor.
General ability, including communication, leadership, emotional management and planning management, is a missing part in school education, but it is very important in work. Large companies will organize training regularly. General ability can be applied to all walks of life, which is an essential ability for senior managers of enterprises and has strong portability.
Basic abilities, including cognitive learning ability and problem-solving ability, are almost completely ignored, but they are the most fundamental abilities of a person. Cognitive learning ability determines the speed and depth of learning, and problem-solving ability determines the purpose and content of learning.
What is the relationship between the three?
The bottom ability is the foundation of general ability and special ability, and the former determines the efficiency and height of the latter two.
Many people will not be promoted if they hold certain positions in the company. The reason is that they are proficient in professional skills, but their general leadership and communication skills are seriously inadequate. Many people have weak ability all their lives, and the most essential reason is the weak cognitive learning ability at the bottom. That's the truth.
Secondly, there is the ability of self-thinking college to focus on the bottom, which is the most important ability of a person.
As mentioned above, the composition of ability is "mind, thought and knowledge", and starting from these three parts is the way to improve ability.
A person's ability is high or low, which reflects the different states of "mind, thought and knowledge".
1. Cultivate a strong "heart"
Different people's mental state varies greatly.
The most negative state is passive neglect, no motivation and no desire. This state is doomed to do nothing well.
A slightly better state is to meet the needs of work. At work, I am neither passive nor active, just poking like a frog to complete the task.
The best state is extremely eager and full of motivation. The masters we know are usually in this state: clear goals, strong motivation, not afraid of difficulties and obstacles, moving towards the goal day by day for ten years, with the enthusiasm of first love and the will of religion.
This powerful spiritual strength usually comes from strong curiosity or competitiveness, lofty ideals, or forced by external environment.
As ordinary people, we may not have lofty ideals and strong curiosity, but we can also keep practicing in peacetime.
We can try to stick to one thing, make it to the extreme, enjoy the process, enjoy the harvest, and constantly improve our mentality by using the positive feedback of the harvest.
This thing can be your hobby, something you think a lot but don't act on. Set a goal, set a deadline and stick to it.
This can be your study. No matter how busy you are at work, you should take time out to study. Even if the income is average, I insist on taking part of the expenses for training every year.
It can also be your job. From a state of completing the task to a state of being square, treat the work from the boss's point of view.
Believe in yourself, as long as your heart is improved, everything will be better. Between thoughts, heaven or purgatory, this is the power of "heart".
2. Learn to think efficiently.
Different people have different ways of thinking.
There is a saying in The Godfather that "the person who sees the essence for one second and the person who can't see the essence for the rest of his life are naturally different fates", which reflects the difference in results brought about by the way of thinking.
Take learning methods as an example.
The worst learning method is unconscious learning. This is very common in the workplace. Many people haven't read a book since they left campus, let alone studied systematically. After entering the workplace for one or two years, my ability is basically stagnant and I will hardly make progress.
Media learning is passive learning. Passive learning is also called experiential learning, and the slight improvement of ability depends on mechanical repetition and experience. Usually I only learn the operation method, but I don't understand the principle. Knowledge is so shallow that it is impossible to build a deep foundation.
The best learning method is active learning, which is based on mastering learning methods.
There are many contents of learning methods, including reading methods, reflection methods, observation and recording methods, how to discover the essence of things, how to determine clear goals, how to practice deliberately, how to establish positive feedback and so on.
Active learning with methods can make people learn quickly, see the essence of things at a glance, and find the answer to the question quickly, effectively and efficiently.
Since then, the self-thinking school has always advocated active learning by methods and developed a set of learning methods.
3. Accumulate profound "knowledge"
There are also good and bad knowledge.
The shallowest knowledge is template knowledge, which is the simplest operation method and practical skill.
The typical representative of template knowledge is some operation manuals at work. They are easy to learn, but they are usually very fragmented, unsystematic and cannot be transplanted.
Good knowledge is professional knowledge, which refers to the core knowledge in a certain professional field. They usually have the characteristics of systematization. Compared with template knowledge, professional knowledge includes not only operation methods, but also theoretical principles. Knowing what it is and why it is will make it stronger and easier to migrate.
The best knowledge is meta-knowledge, which refers to the original assumptions, basic axioms and potential laws of a discipline. For example, the force and inertia in physics, the combination of elements in chemistry, the double evidence law in history, the discussion of the past in geography, the selfishness of human nature in economics and so on.
Meta-knowledge represents the most essential part of a subject, which has strong motivation and migration ability. The understanding of force in physics can be transferred to leadership, influence and strategic ability of enterprises. The understanding of the combination of elements in chemistry can be transferred to the deconstruction and reconstruction of business models.
In the process of knowledge accumulation, we should consciously accumulate systematic professional knowledge, find out meta-knowledge, build it up over time, and finally form a huge knowledge system that can be called at any time and transferred flexibly.
4. "knowing" is indispensable.
If you want to improve your ability, you must start with "mind", "thinking" and "knowledge" in an all-round way, and you are indispensable.
Only a strong "heart" will become an empty and ambitious person. The heart is higher than the sky, and life is thinner than paper. In the end, the strength can't keep up with the horizon, and the powerful "heart" will gradually disappear.
Without a strong "heart", even if you accidentally master an efficient way of thinking and a professional knowledge system, it is easy to get rich and stop growing up, and it is also easy to stumble when encountering sudden changes in the external environment.
Without a strong way of thinking, the knowledge learned is superficial, scattered and without any sense of power. He seems to know everything, but in fact he is a "bloated fat man" and cannot be effectively used. This is the so-called, know a lot of truth, but still have a hard time.
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Above, the system introduces what the ability is and how to improve it.
The improvement of ability is by no means a day's work. Maintaining a good mental state, using the right methods and constantly learning and honing are the golden rules for doing anything.
Finally, I hope everyone's ability will improve every day and become people who can live a good life.
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