He was the first student in Fujian Province to be admitted to Yale University and won a full scholarship for four years.
At the age of 22, after graduating from Yale, he entered Goldman Sachs, the country's top investment bank, with an annual salary of more than one million.
At the age of 25, he was admitted to Harvard Business School and received a scholarship to graduate with honors and a master's degree.
At the age of 28, he was included in the Forbes Under 30 elite list.
In addition, he also runs a self-media account "Leo Senior", with more than 5 million fans across the platform, and is affectionately known as the "National Senior" by the majority of netizens.
He is, Li Zhaoyuan.
Li Zhaoyuan's excellent degree is undoubtedly more than 99% of his peers. Why can he live so brightly?
Educator Zhu Yongxin said: "He is a self-disciplined and efficient young man, self-discipline lies in the fact that after he sets clear goals, he strictly requires himself to execute; efficiency lies in the fact that he has many methods and tools in the process of execution." ”
In the book "Learning Master" written by Li Zhaoyuan, he frankly said that the key to his grades can open up the gap with others lies in the learning method.
Li was born into a family of ordinary intellectuals in second-tier cities. His father was born in the countryside, and in the 1980s, he was admitted to a prestigious university, and since then he has walked out of the mountains and changed his destiny. My mother was an English teacher. His grandmother and grandfather have high cultural attainments.
His fathers and grandfathers changed their fate because of knowledge.
Therefore, he has understood from a young age that if a person wants to live better and better, he can only continue to learn through the right method. Learning ability is an important skill that accompanies a person's life.
Many people think that learning = immersing oneself in hard reading.
This is actually a very big misunderstanding.
Charlie Munger said: "Human society can develop rapidly only after human beings have invented invented methods." ”
In the same way, only after you master the method of efficient learning, your grades can hope to jump.
Benefiting from efficient learning methods, Li Zheyuan went to the world's top universities and saw a broader landscape.
How can I learn effectively? In Li Zhaoyuan's view, this is a system. Including how to write notes, how to memorize efficiently, how to write, how to review, how to sort out the wrong questions...
In this article, I will summarize three points based on the "Learning Master" written by Li Zheyuan, hoping to inspire you:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" > First, learn to memorize efficiently and remember knowledge points more firmly</h1>
Students memorize a large number of texts, English, historical knowledge, mathematical formulas, etc. every day. Boring knowledge, it is difficult to raise interests, can only be memorized by rote. Maybe I remembered it now, but I forgot it a few days later.
Regarding memory, I believe you must have heard of the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve.
The knowledge that has just been memorized, if not strengthened and consolidated, will be forgotten the next day, and the rate of forgetting will gradually slow down over time. But in the end, there is little knowledge left.
How can I remember efficiently?
1. Multi-sensory stimulation method
Multi-sensory stimulation memory method is to use our multiple senses at the same time, such as sight, hearing and smell, to remember.
When we recite, we usually use only the sense of "vision".
Like memorizing English words, apple, you just stare at the words with your eyes, a-p-p-l-e, memorize each letter, and then integrate them.
In this process, you only use the visual areas of the brain and cannot form enough stimulation of the brain. To strengthen memory, you can put on headphones to listen to words while reciting, and stimulate the auditory area of the brain synchronously.
When Li Zheyuan recites words, he often uses the "1+2" memory method:
"1" refers to listening to the recording simultaneously while reciting words. Listen and memorize.
"2" refers to the need to take two fragments of time on the day and listen to the word audio twice. For example, if you recite words in the morning, you can listen to them again at lunchtime and again before going to bed.
Multiple senses are stimulated at the same time, and the memory center can be fully mobilized. Memorizing things can be more efficient and reliable.
2. Six-step chicken blood back word method
Anyone who enrolls in Yale University takes the SAT exam, commonly known as the American Gaokao. If you want to get a high score, you have to take down the very difficult GRE word. GRE is the U.S. graduate school entrance exam, how hard are the words in it? It can be said that many Americans have never seen or heard of it in their lifetime.
Li Zhaoyuan bought a "GRE Vocabulary Red Treasure Book" with 9,000 words in it, and in addition to the 5,000 TOEFL words he had mastered, he also had to memorize the remaining 4,000 words.
The exam was ten days later.
That is, he has to master an average of 400 words a day.
How did he quickly write down the words? He calls this efficient method of memory the "six-step chicken blood back word method":
· Step 1 Phonics directly, read the words and Chinese meanings in their entirety
· Step 2 Split the words and spell out the syllables
· Step 3 Spell each letter in each syllable one by one
· Step 4: Read words aloud in three different pitches (simulating the different tones of words in real contexts)
· Step 5 Split and spell each letter in the word one by one, and finally read the word and Chinese meaning again
· Step 6 Place the words in the example sentence and read the sentence once to strengthen the memory
For example:
1) global [ˈɡloʊbl] global, worldwide
2)believe-ball
3)g-l-o-glo, b-a-l-bal
4）global, global, global
5) g-l-o-b-a-l global, worldwide
Air pollution is a global problem.
When memorizing words, he also combined the previously mentioned "multi-sensory stimulation method" to play vocabulary audio before going to bed, stimulating the brain memory center through hearing.
Through ten days of devilish training, Li Zhaoyuan's SAT scored a high score in one fell swoop.
Later, he went to Yale University and shared the experience with his American classmates, and many people found it incredible: "Leo, no way, that was impossible!" (Leo, this is impossible!) ）
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="116" > second, take notes efficiently and better absorb what is learned in the classroom</h1>
Taking notes is something that every student knows, but is also the least likely thing to do.
I used to have a tablemate who, when I was in math class, recorded almost every sentence and every line of the board book that the teacher said. She said she was afraid that she wouldn't understand it, so that she could go back in the evening and understand the problem according to the notes.
But in fact, her math grades always failed.
What's the problem? She spends her time taking notes instead of "understanding."
How to take notes is also a science.
Li Zheyuan wrote in "Learning Master": "People who are good at doing and using study notes have more opportunities to get good results even if they have a mediocre IQ, because doing notebooks is another complete and in-depth learning outside the classroom." ”
One of the most important methods recommended by Li Zheyuan is the "Cornell Note Method". This method was invented more than half a century ago by Walter Pauk, a professor at Cornell University in the United States. When Li Zheyuan was studying at Yale, many of his classmates around him also admired this note-taking method.
How does cornell note-taking work?
Divide your notebook into three sections.
About 70% of the space on the right, called the "main column", is used to record the new knowledge points, difficulties, and important cases that the teacher talks about in class in real time. There is no need to copy every word the teacher says.
About 15% of the length on the left is called the "summary column". It is used to summarize and refine the knowledge points in the main column after class. Write only keywords and key phrases.
The 15% of the space below is called the "thinking column". When you review and review the knowledge points of the "main column" and "summary column", what problems you encounter can be written in the thinking column.
I'm using this method of note-taking. After watching Harry Potter 6: The Betrayal of the Half-Blood Prince, I was interested in the character of Snape. So the analysis was done using Cornell's note-taking method.
The column on the right briefly summarizes Snape's character story. The summary column on the right, refining the underlying logic of this character, he is a typical double-sided spy, this role is very common in film and television and novels, and plays a great role in promoting the development of the plot. The following thinking column reminds me that when writing a novel, I can try to use such a character to conceive the plot.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="121" >3. Ask the teacher and make good use of the valuable resources around you</h1>
Looking back on my previous student careers, I rarely asked my teachers questions. I always feel "sorry to bother the teacher".
I can now understand that this is a fear of authority. This mentality continues into adulthood, and gradually evolves into the workplace, who dare not consult the leader and are unwilling to ask for help from the leader.
This kind of behavior, when I think about it now, is really not worth the loss. During the student period, academic delays. In the workplace, delay promotion.
Li Zhuyuan is a person with a great understanding, who knows how to use force to make a difference, and he summed up the teacher's consultation as "the method of holding the teacher's thigh".
1. Make an appointment in advance
Don't make a surprise attack, the teacher may be busy at work and don't have time to take care of you. The best way is to make an appointment with the teacher for a time that is convenient for each other.
2. Prepare a list of questions
Don't think of anything to ask.
Before asking for advice, first sort out the knowledge system you have recently learned, organize your knowledge blind spots into a list of problems, and write them down in a notebook.
The list lists about 3-10 questions. Next to the question, note what your doubts about the problem are – are you not mastering the formula theorem? Or are you completely clueless?
Clearly label the source of the problem. Is it the third question from the monthly exam paper multiple choice question? Or is it the second question of the workbook application question?
3. Don't be afraid to look stupid in front of the teacher and don't know how to pretend to understand
Don't worry about the teacher hating that he doesn't understand, or "poor comprehension ability", don't be embarrassed.
If Li Zheyuan didn't understand it the first time, he would ask without any concern: "Teacher, I'm sorry, I still don't quite understand, can you talk about it again?" ”
In the process of listening to the lecture, he would immediately write down the information that made him open up on the list of questions.
4. After the consultation is completed, ask the teacher to make an assessment for yourself
After each time Li Zheyuan consulted the teacher, he would ask the teacher to give him a simple assessment:
Indicate your current strengths and weaknesses and recommend additional learning materials that are best for you.
Li Zhaoyuan wrote in "Learning Master": "The core value of asking a teacher is not so much a list of opportunities to answer questions, but rather a tailor-made learning tactic for you, which will also be of great benefit to your future learning." ”
Every learning method that Li Zheyuan shared in detail in "Learning Master" is not only to cope with exams, but also to cope with learning. From the method, we can see the underlying logic of a person's work.
People who are good at asking for advice are not only good at learning, but also in the workplace.
When Li was in his junior year at Yale, he began to prepare for an internship in the investment banking department of Goldman Sachs. Before preparing for the interview, he asked the Yale Student Career Counseling Center for a contact sheet for Wall Street alumni and identified five alumni who worked in the investment banking department of Goldman Sachs.
Li Sent them an email asking if they could spare ten minutes, and he wanted to ask his seniors how they passed the Goldman Sachs interview.
Of the 5 alumni, 4 of them finally readily agreed to Li Zhuyuan's request.
Li Zhaoyuan took the scriptures smoothly. I also successfully entered the Goldman Sachs internship.
"Learning Master" is a method tool written by Li Zhaoyuan to students and parents to cultivate efficient learning ability.
How to memorize in order to firmly grasp the knowledge points?
How to review to establish a complete body of knowledge?
How to overcome partial discipline and balanced development?
How to deal with wrong questions and avoid making mistakes again and again?
How to do time management, 3 times to improve the efficiency of work?
……
In the problems you often encounter in learning, you can find super practical solutions in Li Zhaoyuan's book.
Fan Deng was very excited to read the book and said, "I can't wait to show it to my son, because it is too academic." ”
The mother of a 14-year-old child often quarrels because of the child's poor grades. After adjusting the study with Li Zheyuan's method, the child has been admitted to a key high school.
The same is learning, why are some people scum, but some people have become bully? Between people, what opens the gap is not IQ. Scientific studies have long shown that the IQ of most people is almost the same.
What really opens the gap is the learning method.
I hope that every child can master more efficient learning methods, improve academic performance, and open up a broader life pattern.