Limitless

Read: 2022 Jan

Although not deep into any of the topics mentioned, it's a useful survey that gets me started on forming frameworks on how to improve my learning systematically.

4 villans

• digital deluge
  • 小白鼠实验 如果没有downtime 新体验不能激发Neural activity -> long term memory pathway
  • 确实如此 去年第一次请了一天假 agenda就是给自己想清楚自己想做什么 感觉快乐多了 清晰多了
• digital distraction
• digital dementia
• digital deduction - let the internet do your thinking and draw your conclusions
  • 这条非常真实
    • 发现学习最重要的方式是对话，而journaling和写作是一种自己和自己对话的方式

limitless brain

• neuroplasticity
  • London taxi cab study - larger posterior hippocampi

reading

• pomodoro method

  • 25 min on, 5 min break
  • primacy + recency -> better remembered. the middle tends to forget
  • more breaks -> more beginnings and endings

• FASTER

  • forget - 放下成见
  • act
  • state - energized, curious, excited
  • teach
  • enter - put onto calendar
  • review - recall

• read with questions - brain is motivated to find answer

• what is your dominant question?

  • neg example: a people pleaser's dominant question: how do i get people to like me?
  • positive example: will smith - how do i make this moment more magical?
  • what is my doimant question?

limitless mindset

steps:

1. name the limiting beliefs
2. get to the facts - when you look at facts of what your past actions have resulted, you are usually not as bad at something as you think you are
3. create a separet persona for the inner critic - make it ugly beast. it's not you

motivation

• think for self:

  • passions?
  • purpose?
  • what am I? identitiy
  • values - a prioritized list

• when make goals, clear about reasons behind it -> deepens commitment

• not saying yes to everything

  • when you say yes to something, careful you are not inadvertently saying no to yourself and needs

• motivate through pain: what do you have to lose? "If i don't, I __"

small simple steps

Zeigarnik effect - uncompleted tasks created level of tension that keeps task at front of mind until completed best way to stop feeling guilty of not getting something done: break small baby steps and get moving towards completion

building habits

• breaking a bad habit is about replacing it with a more constructive habit

• Jim's morning routine：

  • recall dream
  • make bed
  • drink water
  • brush teeth with left hand
  • short exercise
  • cold shower
  • breathing & medidation
  • journal and set agenda for the day

• my own habit to build in 2022:

  • 2022

Flow

• key ways to get into flow
  • lack distraction
  • block of time
  • clarity on goal
  • should be a little challenging so not bored, but not too challenging. just a little outside

Method

Concentration

• it's not about mind jumping from place to place. but about awareness
  • need to keep the ball of light shining on the same place
  • practice when talking, keep mind on conversation
• calming busy mind
  1. breathe: 4-7-8
  2. do something that's been causing you stress
  3. schedule time for distraction

note taking

• note down what hoping to retain, what's important for my goal
• "capture & create"
  • one side note, one side reactions, creations: how can i use this? why? when?

Memory

same stuff as Moonwalking with Einstein

Speed Reading

• inpediments to speed:
  • regression
  • subvocalization
• method
  • pacer
  • exercise
    • same text, reduce the time
    • perpheral vision
    • counting while reading (to supress subvocalization)

Thinking

• 6 thinking hats - Dr edward de bono

  • white: info gather
  • yellow： positives
  • black: difficulties and cons
  • red: emotion & feelings
  • green: creativeitiy - new ideas, new way of looking at problem
  • blue: management and organize

• mental models:

  • 40/70 rule - Colin Power - make a decision with 40% < info < 70%
  • create a not-to-do list
    • prioiritize todo list
    • be clear about what should't do

• exponential Thinking

  1. get to underlying probleem
  2. posit new approach
  3. read & research