Chapter 395 Deep Learning and Deep Work

During the year when I lived apart from Toki Mochizuki.

Ning Youguang did feel a little exhausted, but he also achieved outstanding results.

In addition to publishing "Loving You Is Loving Yourself", she also has 9 accepted papers.

This makes her professor title expected to be mentioned in the near future.

Regarding her achievements, besides those who are close to her, her students are the most amazed and happy for her.

Of course, when the students were happy with her achievement.

They're also curious—

"Mr. Ning, you are usually so busy at work, how can you still have time to do so many things?"

Taking advantage of the gap between classes, some students asked.

Ning Youguang said, "This is due to the fact that I have cultivated the habit of deep work that has become methodical."

"The habit of deep work?" Some students were curious, "Can the teacher share it with us?"

"That's right, Mr. Ning, please teach us. We don't want to be as awesome as you. At least let us stop worrying about our homework and study."

"Teacher, please share."

Looking at the studious faces off the stage.

"Okay, there's nothing we can't share." Ning Youguang put down the remote control in his hand.

"The New York Times columnist said that 'great creative minds think like artists and work like accountants.' Before making this statement, he surveyed many of the famous thinkers we know throughout history, such as Great thinkers such as Carlo and Darwin, he found that they all have regular schedules and habits, not because they are unique, but because the success of their work depends on the ability to continuously enter the deep state. So, I have since We have found a set of rules in this kind of information, that is, in daily life, we should get used to making ourselves focus, so that we can enter the deep state more easily and maintain it for a longer time.” She said, “If you are interested, you can Check out the routines and habits of the great thinkers, writers, and artists in history, and you may get some inspiration."

Some students laughed and said, "Teacher, please share with us your work, rest and habits first. This will be more motivating and referential to us."

Ning Youguang smiled, and generously wrote down his daily schedule and habits on the blackboard.

"I get up at 4:30 every morning to write, and I will go out to exercise for half an hour when I write until 6:30, and I will have breakfast after exercise. After breakfast, it looks like 7:30 or 8:00, and I will start a day's work. I work until noon, and I will rest for about half an hour after lunch. I will not sleep for a long time. If I sleep for too long, I will easily feel drowsy. After waking up, I will make myself a pot of tea. When drinking tea, my brain will become calm and relaxed , After drinking tea, the afternoon work started again."

"It seems so difficult to do."

While the students were talking, they thought about it empathetically, and found that they couldn't do it at all.

"Teacher, can you do your school work step by step like this, as well as writing and writing papers? But don't these all need inspiration?"

"In everyone's cognition, there is a very common understanding that creative work depends on inspiration-referring to those ideas and ideas that come from nowhere to let you have a flash of inspiration, and then the creativity springs up... But My experience tells me that when writing, if you don’t act and just want to wait for inspiration to act, it is not a matter of making rapid progress in writing. In my experience, give yourself a fixed time every day to let Only by focusing on writing can I get more inspiration.” Ning Youguang said with a smile, “I don’t know if you have ever had such an experience. When you start doing some things, you will feel very difficult and have no clue. I don’t know where to start, but it’s easy to do.”

"Yes." Many students in the audience answered.

Ning Youguang nodded, "That's it. Concentrating on writing itself is a good way to get inspiration. Therefore, inspiration doesn't need to wait for any opportunity to let oneself have a sudden flash of light. If we habitually wait for inspiration to come Then start writing or working, and the achievement may be greatly reduced.”

Then, she added, "I don't deny that inspiration may suddenly fall into your mind when you are doing nothing, but this kind of thing is a random probability event. If we have very urgent plans to complete , this approach is not appropriate.”

"What about after you have good habits and plans?" Some students asked, "What should I do?"

“My habits will have specific rules and procedures to ensure that my actions are structured, for example, once I start work, I will not use any Internet, I will not look at my phone, I will not surf the Internet, and I will not do anything else. Yes, and I am used to checking the number of words I produce every half an hour, and always aware of whether I am concentrating on my work, so as to maintain continuous focus.”

"What if we don't have this kind of structure?" another student asked.

"Then you need to always be aware of what you should and should not do during in-depth work and study, and you need to constantly evaluate whether your concentration is sufficient. These are unnecessary wastes of willpower." Ning Youguang Say.

"Teacher, I don't think my concentration is very good." A classmate said, "I find that I am often distracted when I am studying and doing things. Is it because I am the type who cannot enter deep learning and deep work? people?"

"This may be because you have never had training in this area since childhood." Ning Youguang said, "The concentration of each of us can be trained."

"How to train?"

"My last answer is one that can help you train your concentration."

"Is it teacher you said that we are always aware of what we should do and what we should not do in the process of deep learning or work?"

"right."

Many students were writing hard in the audience, taking notes seriously.

See students interested in how to get into deep work and deep learning.

Ning Youguang organized the language a little bit, and then spoke more specifically.

"After you find a good habit that helps you enter deep learning and work, you also need to be clear that the habit you develop needs to ensure that your brain can receive the necessary support to ensure that the brain operates at a high level of depth."

"For example, I know people who make themselves a pot of tea before work and study, writers who go to their favorite coffee shop to write, and freelancers who like to change into comfy pajamas before work," she said. These are all ways of making sure they get enough to keep them energized, or include light activity like walking to help keep the brain awake. Similar support also includes some environmental factors, such as I give myself before work In addition to making a pot of tea and going to the bathroom to cool off when I feel uninspired, I also like to clean up the study and clear the desk before writing, which will minimize my energy consumption.”

Ning Youguang turned around and wrote a few words "systematization" on the blackboard.

"Everyone has limited time and energy. If you want to maximize your own success, you need to provide support for your efforts to enter deep work. At the same time, you must also pay attention to skills and systematization, so that you will not waste your mental energy. Energy to remind myself what I need to do at all times. These are some of the skills I have summed up by myself that can help me enter deep work and study.”

Then, she raised her hand and tapped the blackboard lightly.

"Remember, no matter what habits and methods, you need to practice and take action to be effective. The ultimate goal of learning is to be able to use it, and you can become yourself if you can use it. Otherwise, no matter how good the method you learn , How good the plan is, if you don’t act, it’s useless.”

"I assure you that once you develop the correct good habits about work and study, it will have a profound impact on your life. Deep learning and deep work are both big things that deserve to be taken seriously by each of you. Every one of us Individuals must learn how to put their brains into a state of concentration, so that you can start to create truly meaningful things, otherwise, in this impetuous era, you will easily fall into superficial work and hard work. Those who are used to deep learning and deep work can’t see the difference, as time goes on, the gap between your abilities and core competitiveness will become more and more obvious.”

I saw the more serious expressions of the students in the audience as they listened.

Ning Youguang also said, "I used to focus on lagging indicators, such as the number of papers published each year. However, these goals have little impact on my daily behavior, because I don't know what to do in the short term can immediately affect the long-term indicators. Immediate and considerable changes were produced. After I made in-depth work and study plans for myself, suddenly these indicators were related to my daily life. I would record my daily in-depth work items and time on the daily check-in app. "

"A daily check-in app?" Some students noticed this.

"Yes, this allows me to correlate the hours of in-depth work I have accumulated from the instinctive level with real results. Another benefit of using my mobile phone to record check-in every day is that it helps me calibrate my personal in-depth work required to complete each result. The expectation of time, which can motivate me to carve out more time every week for deep work and study.”

"Teacher, but I think your way of motivating yourself just makes yourself more tired." Some students who are used to being lazy feel tired just listening to what Ning Youguang said, let alone asking them to take action .

Of course Ning Youguang understood the students' thoughts. 1314

This chapter refers to the American writer Carl Newport's "Deep Work" on how to effectively use every bit of brainpower.

For little angels who need to engage in creative work, I think it is quite effective, so I will share it with you.

Little angels in need can go to the bookstore to find it~