Stick to 30 Minutes a Day,” a best-selling book about study methods and improving study efficiency, by Yukio Furuichi, has sold more than 500,000 copies in Japan and is written for people who have no study habits.
Excerpts from “30 Minutes a Day
Chapter 1: Only learning can be successful
- The desire to learn is greatest when there is a “sense of learning”. If you focus on learning at this Time, you will often achieve great results.
2, 30 minutes of study every day for 5 years, than 5 hours of study every day to adhere to the effect of a week to 10 times higher.
3, three days of fishing and two days of sunshine can also be, if you can repeat 50 times a year, a year of learning time will have 150 days.
4、The knowledge you learn for the first time should be reviewed after 1 week, and the 2nd review after 2 weeks, and the 3rd review within 1 month afterwards, so that the best learning effect can be achieved. - Y (learning outcome) = a (quality of material/Education) × b (attention) × X² (quadratic of learning time) + c (accumulation of past learning).
6, to improve learning efficiency must pay their own pockets (i.e. self-investment). Without spending your own money, the absorption of knowledge is zero.
7, you can get the current income by virtue of the “savings” before this.
8, most of the investment in yourself will pay off in years.
9、If you don’t invest in yourself now, you will be in danger in 5 or 10 years.
Chapter 2: The way to squeeze in time to learn
1、If you don’t watch TV, you can save 2 months of time a year.
2、The company has all the study tools. You can come to the company 30 minutes to 1 hour early to study. You can also use the cafeteria as a place to study.
3、Use the time on the way to and from work to study, assuming 45 minutes each way, then the study time can reach 400 hours a year.
4、Learn during mobile time (driving/walking).
5、Adopt a morning-type lifestyle, study more efficiently in the morning.
Chapter 3: Ways to concentrate
1, the brain acts in a very simple way: 1. to avoid pain; 2. to pursue comfort. Compulsory learning is a kind of pain for the brain. In order to escape the pain, the brain will make the instruction not to study, which leads to learning can not persist for a long time.
From my personal point of view, there are three reasons why I get bored with learning: 1. I get bored with studying the same subject; 2. I get bored with studying in the same place; 3. I get bored with the above two reasons together.
- The cycle of “study for a short period of time (30 minutes) – rest (15 minutes)” is used as a group, and you can basically stick to 2-3 groups. Before attention decreases and boredom arises, pause the study immediately.
4, adhere to a long period of study, if the “decline in attention”, “bored” feeling, we must immediately suspend learning.
5, after a long period of study, there will be “recently do not want to study”, “out of shape” period, then you can suspend study 2-3 days. People who have a clear plan and a clear goal are naturally stimulated to study again when the pendulum swings away.
Chapter 4: Short-term focused/long-term planned learning method
1, hope to see the effect of learning in the short term, do not wait until you are desperate to start, but should start studying in advance.
2, short-term concentrated learning period should focus only on targeted learning. Eliminate all activities that are not related to targeted learning.
3, usually study time to more than 3 hours, rest days to reach more than 8 hours.
4, long-term plan type to control the amount of daily study in the degree of “is not a little less”, which is the key to persist in every day. The result will increase the amount of learning accumulation.
5、Study is lonely. To prevent the feeling of loneliness, you need to make a study plan carefully.
Chapter 5: English learning method for those who are determined to learn
- The reason why English (conversational English) is difficult to get better anyway is that it deviates from the necessary learning goals. Native English speakers basically do not use the more difficult expressions and words in the test.
2、The reason why you can’t improve your English conversation even if you go to an English school is that the amount of learning is far from enough.
3、To improve your English, I recommend familiarizing yourself with some phrases and words that are commonly used by native English speakers.
4、To improve your listening skills, you need to memorize phrases and words, practice correct pronunciation while listening and watching, and master the knowledge of pronunciation adjustment.
5、To improve reading ability, I suggest insisting on speed reading for about 30 minutes a day.
6、To improve your writing ability in English, you can only do so through practical training and revision by instructors.
7、If you want to learn English well, then you need to learn English for 1000 hours a year, at least not less than 750 hours.
Chapter 6: How to set goals to ensure success in learning?
- Emphasize learning a little every day and sticking to it over time – this is important.
- Goals that are impossible to achieve do not exist. The reason it cannot be achieved is that the goal is set unreasonably.
3, including the date, be sure to clarify in advance what you hope to achieve. The biggest reason many people do not achieve their goals is because they have not made up their mind. Have you ever hesitated and delayed a decision? This is called the state of reservation, and finally lead to the emergence of inconsistent results with their expectations, the key reason is that they can not make a decision when the opportunity arises.
4, we all, without exception, will grow old, do not know when to die – please try to face this reality. Hold this awareness to spend each day, it will be understood that many things in Life want to do, hope to achieve the dream too late we delay. - To achieve your goals, you should first write them down on paper for visual stimulation.
6, “set the ultimate goal → set a long-term goal → set a medium-term goal → set a daily goal” – if you refine your goals in this way, it will make them easier to achieve.
7、The biggest reason why many people fail to achieve their goals is that they are “not determined”. The first thing to do is to clarify the goals or Dreams you want to achieve, including the date.
8、Write your goals on a notepad and carry it with you, so that you can speed up the achievement of your goals. - Reading the goal repeatedly every day will change the unconscious state. If the unconscious mind changes, actions will also change. When actions change, results will naturally change as well.
Chapter 7: Eating/sleeping – can improve learning efficiency
- Eating is a major enemy that leads to lower learning efficiency. Countermeasures: Do not eat too much at a time, chew slowly when eating, do not study immediately after eating, try to eat a diet centered on vegetables, etc.
2, breakfast – noon only eat fruit. It is recommended to develop a noon – 8:00 pm [vegetables + rice] [vegetables + protein] eating habits. Start working or studying 10 minutes after eating.
3, in order to improve learning efficiency as well as enhance memory effects, sleep is important. The ideal sleep time is 7 hours, with a minimum of 6 hours of sleep guaranteed.
4、Waking up and taking a hot shower can wake up your brain in a short time.
Chapter 8: Tools to improve learning efficiency
1、The rhythm of study and rest time can be adjusted with a timer to ensure concentration.
2、Ear plugs and A4 writing board can be used as weapons when studying outside.
3、Investment in the chair is more important than investment in the table.
4、It is recommended to invest in the order of chair → lighting → table, so that the best investment.
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