President of Shenzhen Erya | Founder of YouCore wrote about thinking, learning and personal empowerment 0 1.

Kung Fu superstar Bruce Lee once said: I'm not afraid of people who practice 10,000 strokes, but only those who practice 10,000 strokes at a time.

Think about it a little and find that there are quite a few proofs of this sentence.

Qiao Feng and Mu Rongfu in Eight Dragons are a good contrast.

Before they met, Mu Rongfu and Qiao Feng were called "Northern Qiao Feng and Southern Murong".

But two people's kung fu is very different:

Qiao Feng only practiced eighteen palms of the Beggars' Sect, but he practiced this palm technique perfectly.

Mu Rongfu is a kung fu master of all factions, and he imitates the eighteen palms of the dragon just right.

If we only compare it in theory, it seems better, because we will host the Joe Summit and many other cities, but not.

But after the real battle, the result was surprising: ten Mu Rongfu were no match for Qiao Feng.

Then why is it that people who know 10 thousand tricks are not as good as those who practice 10 thousand tricks?

This will start with the characteristics of learning.

Interesting learning curve

People's learning effect often presents various curves, among which there is a very interesting curve called "plateau phenomenon" in learning.

▲ Figure 1, Plateau phenomenon in practice

"Plateau phenomenon" is a concept in educational psychology, which refers to the phenomenon that progress often stops or declines in the process of learning or skill formation and in the middle and late stage of practice.

The learning curve of platform phenomenon is divided into three very different stages:

▼ 1, initial period

This stage is the beginning of practice, because the learning content is relatively simple and learners are often interested, so the learning progress is the fastest at this time.

This stage shows a steep slope on the curve.

▼ * * * 2, * * * platform period

During the platform period, there will be an obvious pause in practice.

At this stage, the progress is not only slow, but also the practice is quite boring. Because it needs to be repeated but there is no positive feedback, many people lose interest in learning at this stage and start to give up halfway.

This stage is shown on the curve as maintaining a certain level, not rising or even falling.

* ▼ 3, * * * Breakthrough Period

After breaking through the platform period, it will enter the breakthrough period. With the increase of learning times, the mastery will be improved again, but the progress will be slightly slower than at the beginning.

The curve of this stage shows that it continues to rise, but the slope of the rise will be gentler than that of the initial stage.

Plateau phenomenon is very common in learning.

For example, when practicing running, the running speed and distance will be greatly improved at first, but then it seems to stagnate, and even if you continue to work hard, it will have no effect.

This is especially true when learning a foreign language.

After just a few days of study, I can say something like "good morning" and "nice to meet you", but after a certain degree, it seems to be stagnant, and no matter how hard I try, my level has not improved.

So many people entered the rhythm of "building sand": I didn't study this time, my interest was gone, and I left temporarily; After a while, I seem to have a motive again. I took it out and studied it again, but I still didn't learn it. Put it aside for a while and come back next time. ...

People who practice 10 thousand tricks are just like running above to learn a foreign language.

At the beginning of each move, it will soon get by, but with the deepening of practice, he will encounter a "platform period" of each move, and then he will not make any progress soon. Maybe he won't make any progress after practice, and even sometimes he will regress.

Therefore, people who practice 10,000 tricks often can't stand the boring platform period, but choose to practice another trick and practice the next trick after encountering the platform period.

But unfortunately, really mastering any skill (martial arts moves, playing musical instruments, or learning a language) is a sudden period after the plateau period.

Therefore, people who practice 10 thousand tricks can't really master one trick.

However, people who "practice one move for 10,000 times" are different. He can practice for 10,000 times, which means that he probably passed the platform period and went far in the sudden period. What's more frightening is that he is still making progress.

Ordinary people take the lead, the most feasible choice.

At this point, some people may have doubts: a person who has practiced 10 thousand tricks must not have mastered any tricks?

Of course not.

Leonardo da Vinci, one of the three outstanding figures in the Renaissance, was knowledgeable and versatile.

Outstanding achievements have been made in painting, music, architecture, mathematics, geometry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, astronomy, meteorology, geology, geography, physics, optics, mechanics, invention, civil engineering and other fields.

He keeps his own manuscript of scientific research achievements, which is about 15000 pages.

This is to practice 10 thousand tricks and recruit people who are proficient. Are you envious after reading it?

But unfortunately, 99.99% of people can't be as knowledgeable as Leonardo da Vinci and achieve in so many fields.

In fact, we are impressed by Leonardo da Vinci's erudition and versatility because there are so few people who can do it.

For us ordinary people, the "plateau phenomenon" in learning is widespread, and it is difficult to understand or master it skillfully without investing enough time. So it is great for ordinary people to make some achievements in one field.

As an ordinary person with limited learning ability, it is better to concentrate on practicing 10 thousand times in advance before mastering one thing.

Because this is the most feasible choice for ordinary people.

The two students who won the star of the month in June 5438+ 10 and June 5438+065438+ 10, precisely because of their spirit and practice of "practicing 10,000 times in one move", stood out among many powerful competitors.

From June 5438 to 10, Xiang Jing, the monthly star of private education, spent four months practicing logical order and 0.5why analysis, which was four times the time of ordinary students.

Why does it take her so long? Because every time she trains, she tries to combine it with the depth of her work and apply it in practice.

The final result is that the effect of her thinking training is much higher than that of her classmates who finished it in more than a month.

In June 165438+ 10, Ning, a private teacher in Yuezi, also fully showed us the value of "practicing 10,000 times in one move".

It took her half a year to practice the story-based impromptu speech 103 times (the basic requirement of private education is 10 times).

Through the persistence of 103 for half a year, Lening gradually reduced the number of pauses in a three-minute speech from 28 times to 20 times, 15 times, 5 times, 2 times and 0 times; Repeat recording a prepared speech for more than ten times, and gradually reduce it to less than 10 times, and then to five or three times. Until now, the recording can be completed at most two times.

Through the repetition of hundreds of speeches, Lening not only completely changed her image of "dare not speak" and "can't speak", but also improved her OneNote knowledge system with impromptu speeches and changed her habit of pursuing perfection in everything.

These two students told us with their real personal education experience that even if you are not good at the field, as long as you really practice a trick for 10 thousand times, you will definitely become a master.

How to practice ten thousand times more effectively?

Some people may have doubts again: Do you become a master after practicing one trick for 10,000 times?

Actually, not necessarily.

For example, we speak Mandarin every day. We have spoken it more than 10,000 times in the past two or three decades, but we still speak with a local accent.

Why?

Because we didn't practice deliberately, we just repeated it unconsciously.

Don't unconsciously repeat it 10 thousand times, even if it is 100 thousand times or 1 million times, there will be no progress.

Therefore, "practicing 10,000 times with one move" is not blind practice, but practice with goals, methods and feedback.

* ▼ 1, * * * * Practice should have a goal.

Without a goal, it is like a small wooden boat floating in the sea with the wind. Any direction is an endless sea, and people lose the direction and motivation to practice.

Therefore, when you are ready to practice a trick for 10 thousand times, you must first set yourself a goal.

Don't be afraid to set this goal wrong, because the value of this goal lies not in the goal itself, but in providing a direction and measurable standard for 10 thousand exercises. No matter how you set it, this goal is correct.

Take private education as an example. In the daily resumption of classes, we will guide private teachers to set their own overall goals and monthly stage goals, and then resume classes daily around the stage goals.

With a direction and a measurable benchmark, seeing progress every day will give you stronger motivation and better results.

* ▼ 2, * * * Practice should have methods.

When we read martial arts novels, we often find that the martial arts of the disciples of the big schools of noble families are always much higher than those of the small schools of Shan Ye, even higher than the teachers of these small schools.

Why are the martial arts of famous school disciples generally higher?

The reason is that famous schools have higher-quality martial arts cheats, such as the Eight Diagrams Palm, Taiji Biography and Tieyunzong in Wudang, and the Dragon Claw Hand, Luohan Boxing and Tathagata Palm in Juvenile Temple.

These martial arts secrets are strictly forbidden to spread. Once the disciple reveals this secret, he will be expelled from the school where the master is located or his martial arts will be cancelled.

It is precisely because the practice of famous schools is better that the martial arts of disciples are generally higher.

Therefore, when we practice a certain skill, it is best to find a more efficient method first, so that the practice effect will be much better under the same practice intensity.

Take private education as an example. Before students in private education begin to practice any skills, we should learn methods and examples before starting.

* ▼ 3, * * * Practice should have feedback.

Finally, to be effective, you must have feedback and know where you are wrong and how to adjust next time.

Take private education as an example. After each exercise, students in private education have a self-examination form and teacher's feedback to let them know where they are doing well and where they need to be corrected.

More advanced feedback, in addition to professional knowledge feedback, should also pay attention to people's emotions and psychology, in order to give you a sense of self-efficacy and help you better spend the "platform period" in your study.

When I give feedback to Lening, I pay great attention to when I should give her encouragement, praise and pressure.

Although this is not a decisive factor compared with Lening's own efforts, it has given her a good persistence.

05 abstract

A person who has practiced 10,000 moves may talk like a martial arts expert, but he may not be able to beat a savage who only knows how to behave foolishly.

In real life, there are many such people. Astronomy, geography, religion, humanities, can say anything in a few words. I hit the nail on the head when I meet other people's business, but when it comes to myself, I can't even do the most basic work well

For us ordinary people, it is better to practice a trick first than to be a braggart.

This approach is not only more feasible, but once it is done, it can really bring us advantages different from others.

Of course, you can't practice this trick foolishly, but you should be clear about your goals, choose the right method and make good use of feedback. This can not only ensure practice, but also get twice the result with half the effort.

At the beginning of 2020, let's start today for the first time, 10 thousand times!