Have you ever felt like you were busy all day, but when you feel like you have n’t done anything at all, the inefficiency is terrible? What is the actual cause? How do you plan to improve?
A busy day
Today is Sunday. You plan to carefully prepare your PowerPoint presentation for Monday at home. Apart from a party tonight, there is nothing else. Think about it. There should be no problem. So you turn on your computer and make a cup of coffee , Ready to start work …
Suddenly, a news popped up on the computer saying “the 80-year-old was beaten by a babysitter for a long time” …
You can’t restrain the rising anger in your heart, just open the news, the more angry you look! Can’t help but greeted the nanny’s family in the comment area …
You turn off the news in anger, take a sip of coffee, and plan to calm yourself down, and quickly return to work …
The phone bell suddenly rang again. It turned out to be your friend. She said that her work has not been smooth recently. She and her colleague are performing a palace farce. They may be dismissed because of small reports and shoes. They may be fired. .
You forcibly listened to her complaints and tried to comfort her emotions. Suddenly, an email appeared on the screen. You opened it and found it was a paragraph …
You accidentally laughed, but your friend mistakenly thought it was disrespectful to her …
After an explanation, finally ended this friendly conversation for more than an hour …
You take a long sigh, take another sip of coffee, and you have a lot of thoughts in your head. By the way, you open the circle of friends to see how she has been recently …
Brushing and brushing, but accidentally found a particularly funny little video, you can’t help but turn on the vibrato, follow the funny sister in this video, and by the way enjoy some of her other dances .. .
The more you look at the more interesting, you ca n’t stop at all, unknowingly, time flies more than 2 hours …
It’s almost time for dinner. You suddenly remember that there is a dinner in the evening. You immediately get up and pack your head, and hurried out …
It’s 10 o’clock after you get home, you take a shower, pour a cup of coffee, put on some light music, and finish the last wave of friends …
The time has finally come to 11 o’clock, you are facing the empty PPT, and you take another sip of coffee …
Have you experienced a similar scenario?
It looks very busy, but the day passed, and I found that nothing was done, and the efficiency was very low …
Why is this happening?
Do you also dream that one day you will have three heads and six arms and solve all problems at the same time?
Like a computer, you can handle multiple tasks at the same time …
But did you know?
Even if it is a computer, his CPU cannot handle multiple tasks at the same time. The so-called multitasking is to switch and process a single task at high speed. By cutting the calculation time of the CPU into small enough time slices, and then for different tasks Use it in turns.
The same is true of the human brain. If you want to perform multiple tasks at the same time, it is not possible. You have to end one task and then switch to another task. This switching process is called “thalamus reticulation” in the human brain. The nuclear (TRN) organization is responsible.
The difference is that it only takes 1 / 2.2 billion seconds for the CPU to switch once, while the human brain takes 5 ~ 15 minutes …
So if you want to perform multiple tasks at the same time, the time cost of switching is extremely high!
One thing hasn’t started seriously, and it’s turned to another thing. Time is spent on a worthless switch, and the overall efficiency will naturally become very low …
Why does it take so much time to switch? What happened in the brain during this process?
If the brain accepts multiple tasks at the same time:
For example, you can take math, physics, Chinese, English lessons together; or movies, training, e-books, watch together; or Korean drama, Japanese drama, American drama, anti-Japanese god drama together …
What will happen?
As a result, you ca n’t hear anything, you ca n’t understand anything …
Why is this happening?
If you have studied the previous lesson, you will know that to understand some new information, you need to call relevant background knowledge to connect. Without this background knowledge, you cannot understand them. ( Classmates who have not seen Lesson 15, please click here )
So when you receive a message, your brain will start the “finding of relevant background knowledge” in order for you to understand it.
If this process is interrupted and there is another pending information in another field, the brain will need to erase the background knowledge that has been called out before, reconnect the new background knowledge, and then reorganize …
Unless you are already very proficient in these areas, it is the speed of conditional reflection level. Otherwise, when you call this background information, the amount is large and slow. The switching process will become particularly time-consuming. …
Then do n’t erase, let two things, or multiple things go side by side, is it okay?
That background knowledge will be confusing, you may not be able to understand new information, think about problems, and even cross-talk may appear. Just as you chat with multiple people on WeChat, the message turned out to be the wrong person …
So, if you want to improve your work efficiency, you must avoid these inefficient back-and-forth switchovers and avoid multitasking at the same time. This is the basic principle of all time management. You must cut time into sections, and only Do one thing and learn: focus!
About how to divide time and how to allocate tasks, we will talk about later, because any time management skills, if you leave the focus, are all fraught, every period of time is not efficient, and it is not efficient. .
Concentration can improve efficiency!
The industrial revolution has made the overall efficiency of society because of the great improvement in division of labor:
The original car is a patent for the rich. Because manufacturing a car requires dozens of skilled technicians, and it takes more than 700 hours to complete a car, and Henry Ford uses an assembly line to allow this manufacturing time. Shortened to 12.5 hours.
The reason behind this is because everyone in the session is more focused!
Take the artificial intelligence that has been hot in the past two years:
The calculation of artificial intelligence has abandoned the use of traditional CPUs and switched to the original GPU for image processing, not because the GPU is faster, but because the GPU is more specialized than the CPU, and can only be responsible for the relevant artificial intelligence. Computing without having to worry about other computer tasks.
Of course, Google now has a chip that makes artificial intelligence more efficient: TPU.
From CPU to GPU to TPU, the root cause of efficiency improvement is also these two words: focus!
Concentration can improve efficiency!
Why can focus improve efficiency?
In the previous lesson, we know that your thinking process is based on the “background knowledge” that appears in your brain.
And if there is irrelevant interference information in the background knowledge, it will affect your normal thinking process and even cause you to output wrong conclusions. These interference information have a proper name in Information Theory. Called: Noise
For example, you are thinking about “Internet Finance”, but you are planning to travel abroad recently, so information about travel abroad will also appear in your brain at the same time:
These are the “noises” in your current mind. If they are less, you can distinguish them and exclude them from your thinking. But if there is too much noise, it will affect your normal thinking, even you Thinking about it, I started thinking about traveling abroad, commonly known as “God Free …
This is why many closed training camps are more useful than scattered learning, because in a period of time, if you enter the same type of information, you can use the same background knowledge to understand them without switching back and forth, and Without the “noise” interference, your learning efficiency will naturally improve a lot!
Also, there is relevant background knowledge in your mind, your thinking will save the process of constantly searching for background knowledge, and now it is just combing, and the efficiency of thinking will be improved a lot.
And, as you continue to think about the same problem, the connection between these background knowledge will be further strengthened to form structured knowledge, and your thinking efficiency will be further improved, so back and forth …
Unconsciously, you enter the so-called “flow” state:
New ideas and new ideas emerge from the heart like a stream of water, the lines of code on the keyboard are flowing, the words under the keyboard are wonderful, and the design in front of them is ingenious …
This process even makes you forget the passing of time …
You not only completed the workload of one week, but also completed the quality in many steps.
This is the power of concentration!
What keeps you from focusing?
So how do we get the power of concentration?
Do you work with tomatoes?
Don’t worry!
Partners who are familiar with our column know that those superficial techniques often do nothing to cure the problem. If you want to really solve a problem, you must go deeper, find the real cause, and then apply the right medicine to solve the problem. Sometimes, the problem simply doesn’t exist. Therefore, before we talk about specific methods, let’s take a look at what exactly causes you to be distracted?
The first category: internal interference
1. You are naturally distracted
Why are you easily distracted?
It’s not your fault …
Because we are born to be distracted!
The human brain is inherently eager for more information. Why?
Because survival is a must!
In ancient times, you must always pay attention to the surrounding environment, every change, every call, even every change in odor, you need to pay attention, otherwise you will lose your life.
It can be said that always paying attention to all the information around you is a habit engraved in our genes.
So you make friends every dayFriends, Weibo, news, for fear of missing important information, not because you have no concentration or too much time, but these features meet your nature.
2. Heart monkeys
Students who have done meditation should have a deep understanding. When you start to carefully observe your inner thoughts, you will find that it will always be like a Hollywood blockbuster, with a variety of thoughts coming out one after another and not stopping … / p>
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Sometimes a sad past in your heart can make you feel sad;
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Sometimes there is an unfinished plot in the play, which is constantly shown in my mind;
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Suddenly remembering the circle of friends that I just finished, I felt itchy to see if anyone liked it;
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Sit and work, but do n’t want to be restrained;
There is something else inside, but I can’t let it go …
While doing it, getting distracted and tangled …
In short, your brain is always like a galloping horse, and it must not be peaceful for a moment. This is also the nature of the brain …
Second category: external interference
1. Others need you
A colleague asked you to take a class?
A friend told you to have a meal?
My girlfriend asked you to spit it out?
Brother pulls you down?
Wechat, phone, email, one after another …
After coaxing my wife ’s emotions, I followed up with an advertisement …
When you just hung up the phone, a colleague sat in front of you again and talked to you about the harem drama of last night …
Mobile phones have shortened your distance, but have shattered your living space …
2. Others seduce you
Various app reminders keep coming, and all kinds of internet celebrities dance non-stop, they brush their sense of existence, but they seduce your attention.
If you turn a blind eye to them, they will continue to bombard you with various red dots and push messages to remind you that they are still …
Where did you go, Master? Something big will happen again! It ’s not easy to shock you without making a little noise …
Just like the concubines in the harem, they fight each other. You fight for me, hoping to get your favor …
If you are still indifferent, they will sacrifice a big killer: 100 yuan cash has been deposited into your account, please click to open for withdrawal …
The martial arts are not enough …
What should I do?
Each of these 4 items seems difficult to overcome. How can you survive alone under the bombardment of these people and these things? How can you stay focused?
Next, I will sort out the specific reasons for these reasons to keep myself focused and even enter the flow state.
Specific ways to gain focus
I. Eliminating Internal Disturbances: Choosing Things to Focus on
We are naturally distracted and take the initiative to capture all kinds of information; our hearts are like a galloping horse that can’t stop at all. This is by nature, and we cannot change it.
To solve the problem of nature, we can only use another nature to fight him!
In the long-term evolution of human beings, there are two types of things. When they appear, our nature will naturally switch to a state of concentration, and it will become difficult for you to be distracted.
1. Escape from fear
When we are facing threats, we will immediately focus our attention. For example, a lion walking towards you appears in front of you. There is no protective device around you. Do you still think about those praises in your circle of friends? ? Or think of the warm beaches of the Maldives?
No!
You will only focus all your attention on this moment, only one thing in your mind: live!
When there is no threat, we are distracted to survive, and when the threat appears, we are focused to survive!
Of course, there is another limitation to triggering this focus: time is tight.
Smoking is harmful to your health and can even kill you, but because this threat is too far away from us, we don’t particularly care.
But it’s different if there is a time limit.
For example, on the last day of the work deadline, the efficiency will suddenly become very high. You do n’t need to use any auxiliary methods, you can focus on it for a long time and complete the task efficiently!
That’s because you are facing a threat: the consequences of not completing it are serious!
Also, this threat is approaching you. There is not much time left. Today is the last day!
2. The pursuit of pleasure
When weWhen doing something that can bring us a sense of pleasure, we often enjoy it, unable to extricate ourselves, and even not notice the passage of time …
Playing games, vibrato, playing music, sports …
When we were talking about concentration, did we mention that we need to concentrate on doing these things? For example, teach you how to stay focused while playing games?
No!
Because it’s completely unnecessary!
When we do these things, we are naturally attentive!
So you said you couldn’t concentrate?
How is that possible? It’s just that you aren’t interested in this matter and can’t bring you a sense of pleasure!
So what will bring us pleasure?
Two key points:
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Deterministic satisfaction;
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Uncertain rewards;
What you want is satisfaction, and satisfaction is joy.
For example, animals can be satisfied if they can eat enough. In addition to the basic survival needs, human beings also have the needs of food, beauty, beauty, and the needs of social recognition, as well as the needs of some small victories in the game. , Wait …
What are uncertain rewards?
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It ’s the monster you hit in the game, and the equipment you drop is an uncertain reward;
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Every time you swipe the vibrato, you do n’t know what the next video is, it ’s an uncertain reward;
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Send a circle of friends, I do n’t know who will receive likes, it is an uncertain reward;
Continuously obtaining definitive satisfaction + uncertain rewards = addictive!
The ultimate concentration is addictive! That is, every cell in your body is eager to continue to do this, looking forward to the next second, continue to get satisfaction and surprise!
Of course, there is a limit to triggering this focus: ability matching.
This kind of satisfaction requires a certain ability, such as playing games, you lose all; singing, no one applauds; then you will lose interest because of frustration.
And if it ’s too easy for you, such as playing chess with the smelly chess basket, you will also feel bored and leave …
If your ability is too high or too low, you wo n’t get satisfaction. If you are not satisfied, you will not be happy. Without pleasure, your body will not be willing to concentrate and continue to invest …
So, to solve the problem of concentration, we must first choose the right thing, otherwise the process of concentration will only make you feel the suffering. <
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