Let me say my opinion first. I think this book is good, and I agree with most of the author's views. Reason: I have seen many of his ideas in different good books, and all the awesome people I have observed in practice basically do so. This makes me deeply feel that many methods of Daniel are similar, and non-Daniel has his own obstacles.
Let's talk about the main content of this book first: this book mainly introduces the holistic learning method. My understanding is to establish links between knowledge and form an information network, which is helpful to better understand knowledge. At the same time, some methods of holistic learning are introduced, and metaphor and internalization are the better methods that the author thinks. The order of holistic learning is acquisition-> acquisition; Understood-> Expand-> Error correction->; Apply. Application and explanation (Feynman technique) can help us to master knowledge better. Finally, some effective methods are introduced.
Why do I agree with him? For example:)
First, there are examples from Zhihu in the book.
Through these examples, I want to say that these cattle people are trying to connect knowledge with practical problems, with themselves and with real life, so as to better understand knowledge or solve problems. Knowledge learning is originally used to solve problems, but we always put the cart before the horse!
Let's start with what everyone is familiar with. Xu Qiang is a master of holistic learning. For example, how did he examine the "learning ability" of job seekers in the interviewer? How should job seekers cultivate this ability in peacetime? Many ideas presented in this answer are similar to how to learn effectively. Starting from this question, what books will make people regret not reading them earlier after reading them? When we get to middle school, we will find that we are also studying. When he studies, he will connect what he has learned from books with his own practical problems, while when we study, we just read. If only it could be a talk.
Reading in this way is enough. Zhao Zhou wrote one of my favorite books, which gave me another understanding of reading. He advocated the idea of disassembling books, used the knowledge in books to solve his practical problems, and provided feasible methods. Zhao Zhou cited many examples in the book. For example, Zhang Ruimin read "Effective Managers" and put forward the "Haier Nissin Work Law" in connection with Haier's reality. What skills can be learned in a short time and bring great help to people's lives? This paper introduces the method of unpacking books. Zhao Zhou's thinking is very similar to How to Learn Effectively, emphasizing connection and application. I strongly recommend you to watch it, especially in the workplace.
Charles Munger is Buffett's partner. In the collection of Poor Charlie, we will find that his articles always mention solving problems with interdisciplinary knowledge. When talking about his decision-making methods, we will also find that he used the ideas of various disciplines when making decisions. Although Charles Munger is an investor, his article Psychology of Human Misjudgment reflects his profound insight into human nature, which is for his better decision-making and problem solving. Solving problems in an interdisciplinary way is also similar to the idea of building expressways in different knowledge structures mentioned in the "holistic learning method". Compared with us, we are often confined to our own majors and are farther and farther away from the reality of life.
Feynman, in Stop it, Mr Feynman, we will find the same abstract knowledge of mathematics and physics, but what he sees is the reality of life, some pictures and so on. You can pay attention to the examples inside. Feynman's skills have always been highly regarded in how to learn effectively.
When Jobs gave a speech at Stanford, he talked about the fonts and fine arts he had studied before, and later they all became character strings, which were reflected in his later products. No matter what Daniel has learned, he can really solve the problem he needs to solve.
There are many other examples: in Fifteen Years of Boiling, when Zhou was doing 372 1, while reading The Great Failure, others were concerned about how the enterprises failed, while Zhou was concerned about how these enterprises were successful and how they were marketed before they failed, which is exactly what his 372 1 wanted to learn and face.
In "Make Friends with Time", Li also wrote his best-selling book with his previous knowledge of batch processing and statistics, which improved the efficiency a lot.
In Liu Weipeng's "Dark Age", there is an article "Learn from Polya to Solve Problems", in which Lenovo is mentioned to solve problems, which is also an example.
Some of these examples were written by myself, which may be inaccurate. Please correct me if there are any inaccuracies. These examples are to illustrate some principles of how to learn effectively. These methods are very useful. Many awesome people think and learn like this.
Second, the examples around you.
We prefer examples in life, because we feel closer to us and have a deep impression. Let me give you some observed examples.
In How to Learn Effectively, it is mentioned that project-based learning is the author's favorite way of self-study. In recent years, I have witnessed a classmate grow into a technical cow through one project after another. (Specifically, all our professional teachers know him. Students ask him if they don't understand, and they often go to other hospitals to find him. I really admire him. Although he often skips classes and has little time for self-study, he integrates his knowledge through one project. Although I always teach myself and study hard, I have to admit that some professional knowledge is not as solid as others, and what I have learned cannot be applied to practice. For example, I have also studied analog and digital electricity. When the circuit encounters a problem, he can use relevant knowledge to analyze and finally find the problem. I often only listen to them, and my knowledge has nothing to do with them at all, just simply coping with exams. Although my grades are good, I have to admit that my professional knowledge is not as good as his.
Or that awesome guy up there. We worked with him on a can bus project, and a hardware system was needed at that time. We have never used altium designer, nor have we drawn schematic diagrams and printed circuit boards. After watching the simple video of the drawing board, the classmate started directly. It took about a week to draw PCB to the hair factory. Finally, this circuit board is easy to use, with only a few minor mistakes. At that time, I was thinking, if you learn, it is estimated that you should read books and watch videos of various parts first, and then draw PCB after you fully understand it, which will be much slower. His learning method is to find a small example to give himself a general framework, and then expand it to be more difficult and complicated, and not understand Baidu and Google directly. The corresponding "how to learn effectively" should be to build a model. Okay, it's a little far-fetched .
Give an example of yourself. Although I still can't grasp the key points and lack contact with reality, I am trying to improve. What problems do you have in college students' learning motivation? I also wrote some. I ask some questions to contact some knowledge.
A recent example: I went to Tongji last semester and handed in a second interview. Teacher Tongji asked me how to model a car (because I participated in the Freescale Smart Car Competition), and I was a little embarrassed. Although I have studied the principle of automatic control (automatic control is a very important professional course in our major), I have never thought about connecting it with my own project, alas. The same is true when handing in an interview. The teacher asked me to combine modern control theory with real life. This shows how important it is to connect theory with your own life and the problems you want to solve!
Finally: too many of us separate what we learn in school from real life (including me), and what we learn is only for exams.