In the last article, we talked about "seeing is surrender", that is, everything done by "100-day self-discipline plan" should be presented in the form of records. When we can see these contents, it means that they have been "surrendered" by us.

The presentation form can be set according to the actual situation. In the process of practicing "100-day self-discipline plan", I usually adopt the following four presentation forms:

1, handwritten notes

Zhang Ruimin, the founder of Haier, said in his New Year message on 20 19 that he didn't use a mobile phone and didn't have a WeChat circle of friends. Many people asked him why he didn't use WeChat. His answers are: First, he is afraid of information fragmentation; Second, I am afraid of memory outsourcing. So he chose to read books and take notes.

As a world economist, Wang Shuo went to Yale University to listen to the famous professor paul kennedy. He wrote The Rise and Fall of Great Powers. In class, the professor said, "Never use computers and mobile phones, but learn to take notes by hand, which is extremely important for your career." Kennedy spent ten minutes praising the legend of another Yale professor and former US Deputy Secretary of State Charles Seel. Hill was an adviser to Kissinger when he was young. No matter how urgent and hectic the meeting was, he sat there calmly and wrote down the essence of the meeting, "beautiful, organized and recognizable." Kennedy moaned to the students: you can't reach his level, but it is extremely important to write down what is happening clearly and concisely. He told a story: the colonel made a report to the general and read it according to the report file. The general interrupted him, "Colonel, I can read, too. Tell you what, see you in Alaska. " So the colonel was sent to Alaska in the second half of his career.

Wang Shuo said with emotion, I don't know what others will do after listening to this statement. Anyway, he turned off the computer after listening.

Calling on people to take notes in the digital age seems to be a retrogression. However, more and more research shows that in today's electronic age, the importance of handwriting is becoming more and more prominent.

A study by the University of Washington shows that primary school students who write by hand are more likely to write complete sentences and read faster. In another study, students who took class notes by hand performed better in the exam than those who took notes by keyboard, and they could remember this knowledge long after the exam. Compared with typing, tactile training brought by writing can stimulate the brain more effectively. Handwriting activates many areas in the brain at the same time, so the knowledge learned will be imprinted in the brain more deeply, which is why there is a teaching that has been passed down to this day: good memory is not as good as bad writing.

In the past, we gave up writing because we felt that handwriting efficiency was too low, and the speed of typing or voice conversion was really much faster. However, the benefits of handwriting also come from its inefficiency. We can't record a book or a meeting word for word, so we must simplify the language and summarize it in our own words. This kind of content transformed by our own thinking is the real internalization of knowledge, and the internalized knowledge is our own knowledge.

Through handwriting, we can not only enhance the internalization of knowledge, but also enhance associative thinking and draw some unusual solutions or viewpoints. Just as many internet companies have given up using PPT to explain internal meetings, they have directly replaced them with big white papers. In the past three years, I gradually gave up the habit of using PPT in training courses and changed to handwritten course content on big white paper. The teaching effect and knowledge density of the course have achieved a qualitative leap.

We specially prepared a notebook of "100-day self-discipline plan" for this book, hoping that everyone would start taking notes by hand, especially the daily study notes.

Most notebooks are designed as blank pages so that we can express ourselves more freely. We design the layout of each page according to our own needs, which is equivalent to customizing a growth record for ourselves, and finally making this notebook a unique existence. In addition to paying tribute to time, it also shows the luxury quality of "advanced customization" in our life, thus enhancing our overall value.

? This customized notebook can be used for multiple purposes at the same time, because it has study notes, so it can be used as its own database; Because I have a daily plan, I clearly know how many things I have done during this time to make myself feel more fulfilled; Because there is a small fortune every day, you can feel the beauty of the day every time you look through it; Because of the daily principle summary, I can clearly see the trajectory of cognitive growth; Because I have a daily time record, I can use my time more effectively. When you finish writing such a note carefully, you will get a more comprehensive outlook on life, and you will find all kinds of potential connections and possibilities in your life.

When we use the notebook "100-day self-discipline plan", we will turn over a new page every day to remind ourselves that this is a new beginning. This new beginning will let us get rid of the stock thinking of the past and let us meet today in an incremental way. Moreover, we also clearly know that writing this page of notes is equivalent to successfully completing today and increasing our sense of accomplishment.

Write a notebook for each "100-day self-discipline plan". If we can finish writing 100 notebooks, at that time, besides making life more meaningful, we will also build a powerful life library for ourselves to read at any time.

Haste makes waste. Handwritten notes, a seemingly inefficient but very efficient recording method in the long run, will enable us to choose valuable content more effectively to nourish our spirit and enrich our lives in an era of extremely noisy and overloaded information.

2. Photographic records

? Use handwritten notes to record thoughts, and use photographed pictures to record the outside. Just like when we look at photos in the past, we often feel that we were so young and slim. In fact, at that time, we didn't think that only photos could seal the past.

We can't just rely on memories to record the past, because memories are often tampered with by ourselves. I remember when I was a child, my grandmother lived in my house. Because I was late as a child, I was often teased by my grandmother. When I was in fifth grade, my grandmother said: When I was your age, I was at least two heads taller than you. To tell the truth, I was particularly depressed after listening to it, so I argued with my grandmother: How is it possible? I am now 145cm tall, plus two heads long, at least 175cm. How can you be 65,438+075 cm tall, Grandma? I remember grandma was very angry at that time and always lamented that there was no photo to prove the poor conditions at that time. However, according to some photos dug up later, my grandmother is not short, and her height is about 162, but she is definitely not as tall as I remember.

In the first half of the 20th century, psychologist Frederick bartlett made a series of famous memory experiments, which confirmed this point. He read an absurd fictional story to volunteers and found that everyone recalled it in a unique way. But one thing in common is that people tend to make stories more reasonable and easier to understand. I remember the vivid plots in the story more accurately, while for other plots, I will reconstruct the story through my own processing.

According to these experiments, Bartley believes that people will give some meaning to what they see when they recall, which will affect their memory of this matter. This can explain why two people watch the same movie, but their memories are different. It is because people are deeply impressed by the plots in the movie that move them and meet their expectations, so their memories are clear, while the memories of other plots are not accurate and may be reconstructed when they recall. In the process of reconstruction, people's existing cognition has been added.

In order to avoid this memory misplacement, I will take photos and take notes. For example, I take photos every day to record the collocation of healthy meals, the changes of figure at each stage, the changes of calligraphy practice at each stage and so on.

3. Online groups

? We will have an online community like "100 day self-discipline training camp". Everyone will punch their own self-discipline content in the community, forming a "peer effect" atmosphere, stimulating their competitiveness and giving them a sense of belonging, thus making the "100-day self-discipline" plan easier to implement.

Peer effect, the word peer comes from Zuozhuan Xigong Twenty-three Years, which refers to peers who are similar to their own age, status and interests. Studies have shown that peers together will have two effects. On the one hand, peer teams are more likely to form a competitive atmosphere; On the other hand, peer teams are more likely to communicate, support and influence each other. We call these two effects the peer effect.

Two weeks after I started punching in the "girlfriends group", my girlfriends started punching in every day. Moreover, every day when people punch in their handwritten notes, they will open others, which plays an invisible role in supervision and encouragement. One of my girlfriends said that it is because of this atmosphere that they never leave in the most difficult time. This is the "peer effect".

Our "100-day self-discipline" training camp will form a stronger "peer effect", because everyone's goals are more consistent, especially the more people there are, the more coffee there will be, and a stronger "heteronomy" will be formed. It is precisely because I saw my friends taking beautiful handwritten notes in the training camp that I was inspired to practice stick figures to optimize my notes.

Step 4 punch in the circle of friends

My personal habit is to post the content of "100-day self-discipline plan" in the circle of friends as soon as I get up every day, using pictures and words.

Choosing to punch in the circle of friends is a kind of self-commitment, which will give you more motivation and pressure to continue to complete the promised content. Although it seems that you have embarked on a road of no return, it is a road of no return to continue to move towards better. Just like punching in a circle of friends, I finally overcome the two major problems of staying up late and procrastinating. Because I promised to get into the habit of getting up early in 100 days, I punch in my wake-up time in my circle of friends every morning. In order to get up early, I have to go to bed early, otherwise I really can't get up. Because I promise to finish "three things a day" every day, I punch in my circle of friends every day, and I have developed the work habit of sticking needles at every turn, so I am no longer bothered by delays.

As an adult, choosing to punch in the circle of friends requires not only the courage of self-commitment, but also the courage to accept supervision or criticism from others. Because there are all kinds of people in your circle of friends, they don't necessarily understand what you are doing, so they will have different reactions. Of course, there will be encouragement for you, but this is only a small part. If you have it, you must cherish it. However, most of them are questioning or criticizing you. You must be fully prepared in this respect. You must be wondering, why are you doing something to make yourself better and others will have negative comments? There are essentially two reasons. One is that most people are resistant to change, and the other is that most people don't want to change but don't want to get worse, and you are getting better, which means he is getting worse.

A circle of friends is equivalent to a person's "personal brand" conference. When you export "self-discipline" brand tonality every day, you will build more and more powerful brand influence.

More than 900 days after I punched in the "100-day self-discipline plan" in my circle of friends, more and more people began to participate. Many of them privately think how much my life has changed since I did this, which is one of the reasons why I want to write this book. I hope more people can participate, and let us sharpen our minds and realize our dreams through the "100-day self-discipline plan".