"How to Create Your Unique Point of View"
about the author
Saito Takashi is a professor at the Faculty of Letters of Meiji University in Japan. He is a very popular teacher among students and a popular best-selling author in the book market. As a graduate student studying phenomenology, he always has a unique perspective on things. And he has a unique philosophy in teaching others how to learn, think, and communicate . He has written works such as "Deep Reading" and "Super Chatting", and has taught many practical skills, which are very popular with the public.
about this book
The development of the Internet has provided people with more and more opportunities to express their opinions, and the explosion of opinions has also appeared. How do you make your point of view stand out and become the object of attention when our speech is easily drowned in the sea of information ? This book gives a clear set of paths.
In the final analysis, a unique point of view is related to the way of thinking . In a fast-paced society, learn to think instantly and try to find the uniqueness of things in a more back-to-basic way, so that you can form your own ideas. At the same time, turn your unique ideas into decisive power to guide yourself to practice , which will enter the highest state of thinking and make you a truly thoughtful person.
core content
Whether in life or work, having your own ideas is becoming a very important thing. By training the way of thinking, you can form a unique point of view . The most important thing is to use instant thinking and be good at viewing the world from a framed perspective, so that you can quickly find the bright spots of things. Successfully expressing these bright spots , you have a different point of view.
1. Instant thinking is the basis for forming a unique point of view, which relies on the accumulation of knowledge and clever quotations
The pace of modern society is very fast, and the ability to form instant thinking is very important, which requires three aspects of training.
1. A large reserve of knowledge
Newspapers and magazines are an important source of knowledge and a treasure trove of topics. Although people rely more and more on the Internet to obtain information, the information in newspapers and periodicals has higher credibility. In addition, classical books are also powerful knowledge weapons. In the era of information explosion, the quality of information is uneven, and the content of ancient books has passed the test of thousands of years , and will not lose its value due to the passage of time. Combining the ideas in ancient books with the information obtained from modern newspapers and periodicals can not only perceive the trend of history, but also broaden one's vision and depth of thought.
2. Learn to refine and quote knowledge
Human civilization is inherited, and we only need to quote existing knowledge to make ourselves stand on a high ground. Absorbing knowledge is not about swallowing jujubes, one must be good at extracting the essence and quoting it into one's own logic, which will lay a solid foundation for the formation of instant thinking ability.
The fast reading method is easier to help us discover the key points in the knowledge system . For example, when reading a book, by paying attention to the beginning and the end of nearly 20% of the content, we can extract nearly 80% of the information in the book, allowing us to complete the choice. The "three-paragraph text excerpt method" can obtain the core knowledge of books by extracting the most impressive three paragraphs of text. By training in this way, we can change our reading consciousness and learn to refine and quote knowledge.
3. Learn to polish words and sentences from the radio station, and form a logical expression ability
The knowledge reserve needs to be expressed with our own logic in order to form our own point of view. This requires a strong ability to express. We can express it by learning the language of the radio station.
obtained by way of expression. Radio hosts only rely on words to attract audiences, and expressive ability plays a decisive role. We can imagine ourselves as the host of the radio station, and try to convey the content of the program we heard to others in the language of the radio station. This is not a simple repetition, but a re-description with our own logic after digesting and understanding . Training can improve expressive ability.
2. Looking at things from a framed perspective is the key to forming a unique point of view
The picture frame is something that distinguishes the painting from the real world. Its existence separates the content of the painting from the ordinary world and becomes the focus of shining artistic value , which has the finishing touch. If we want something to shine, we can't just rely on the thing itself, we must have additional items that play a decorative role like a picture frame . To look at things from a framed perspective is to discover the shining points of things, give them a specific concept or label, that is, put a picture frame on them, so that they can attract attention because of their uniqueness.
1. If you want to have a framed perspective, you must first master the "phenomenological way of thinking"
To put it simply, the way of thinking in phenomenology is to temporarily put aside the conviction of empirical truth and pay attention to the phenomenon itself. Even if you observe the most ordinary things, you can find its uniqueness. The key to this way of thinking is to "return to childlike innocence" and look at the world with infinite freshness like a child, in order to discover the subtle differences in common phenomena.
2. Have a framed perspective, be good at using comparative methods to describe things and highlight their uniqueness
When we are asked what we think of a painting, we may only be able to say such simple evaluations as "good" and "dislike". But if there was another painting for comparison, we would say more feelings. When observing a certain object, developing the thinking habit of making comparisons can make it easier for us to grasp the characteristics of the object. more advanced than
The way of description is a metaphor, which can make abstract concepts concrete . If the audience can understand your metaphor, then the degree of shared understanding between you and them will be deeper, which is conducive to accepting your ideas.
3. Learn to use unique viewpoints to make decisions, and become a person with real ideas
Once a unique point of view has been formed, the next thing to do is to develop the ability to decide , which is the highest level of thinking. In modern society, whether in life or in the workplace, decisiveness affects our prospects. In the process of forming decisiveness, three points are very important.
1. There must be "awareness of the parties"
"Participant awareness" is to set yourself as a responsible party, think from his perspective , and then make a decision. If we regard the thinking process as editing a magazine, then the awareness of the parties concerned is to regard themselves as the editor of the magazine, to ponder what kind of external information should be selected as the content of the magazine, and which information should be the key part How to combine and transform the information and present them effectively to readers.
2. Combine fast and slow thinking
There are two types of human thinking, one is the "first-response " from intuition, which allows people to make instant judgments during fast thinking; the other is slow thinking , which will test whether fast thinking is correct. If you think of fast thinking as your right hand and slow thinking as your left hand, when you hold your hands together, you are in a complete state of thinking. If you can understand this, the ability to think will be greatly improved.
3. Dare to face the pressure
When making a decision, the biggest obstacle is pressure. The psychological burden always makes thinking dull and makes it difficult for us to make a decision. Facing negative things directly is an effective way to relieve stress. When you list the negative information and see the extent of the horror clearly, you can feel at ease.
There are many ways to relieve stress. The best way is to warm the body , because when people are hungry or cold, their mood is easily affected, blood circulation is not smooth, and the brain will not be active. Once the body is warmed up, There is the opposite effect.
In addition to this personal way of decompression, strengthening the company's team building in the workplace can also relax the body and activate the brain.
golden sentence
1. In the workplace, companies are more and more inclined to recruit people with ideas. All industries are pursuing brainstorming. Employees who follow the rules and only obey orders will eventually be eliminated.
2. To strengthen the depth of the individual, there is no need to rely on one's own strength to form ideas out of thin air, which is too much trouble. We only need to refer to the existing knowledge to put ourselves on the high ground.
3. Books generally put the important information at the beginning and the conclusion at the end, read roughly and make a summary, then continue
It is close to "reading the whole text"; at the same time, browsing the table of contents can also give you a general understanding of the content of the book.