【Lifehack】How to memorize knowledge and the dancing prayer

In a nutshell

1. My way of memorizing knowledge is basically based on "SOFT SKILLS." I decide on a scope and memorize it.
2. First, I play with the subject. For example, if it's Illustrator or Photoshop, I just play around with the tools.
3. Next, the walking prayer. I chant. I intentionally set aside time to walk and do image training and a solo lecture. Finally, I create multiple personalities and cram.

SOFT SKILLS

I basically try to memorize books when I read them, so I've been able to increase my knowledge dramatically. However, just memorizing the content of a book is completely useless. Knowledge only becomes effective when you actually use it.

【How to Read Books】gonjitti's Way of Reading and Remembering Books

Also, there is a huge amount of knowledge in the world other than books. Office software skills, programming languages, design tools, sales skills, marketing skills, interpersonal communication skills, discussion skills, how to create hit business ideas, and so on.

The variety of knowledge is so wide that when you encounter knowledge, you should treat it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and raise it to long-term memory on the spot. This time, I will introduce gonjitti's way of doing that.

First, I will present my basic policy. My basic policy is to "limit knowledge to a range that I can master and polish it."

This basic policy is generally based on "SOFT SKILLS." This book is a masterpiece that covers all the skills for life design as an engineer, and I refer to it extensively, from career planning and learning methods to real estate investment and strength training hacks.

In the chapter on learning methods in this book, a 10-step learning method is presented. I couldn't remember all 10 steps, so I borrowed the elements of "decide on a knowledge acquisition goal" and "play with the knowledge" from the 10 steps. First, I want every software engineer to read it, but I think people on the business side can also enjoy it as a life hack book.

Play with the subject

First, as a necessary step to acquire knowledge of a world you know nothing about, I recommend the step of playing with the subject.

For me, the symbolic experience was when I was learning how to use Illustrator and Photoshop.

When you open the software, all sorts of tools are displayed, and you have no idea what's what. So, I just clicked on the buttons randomly and tried to associate the functions with their behavior.

In the case of Photoshop, I opened an image in Photoshop and loaded it. I had no idea what I was doing, but I just pressed the tool button. The image was cropped. It was filled with white. Oh, if I press the eye mark, does it remove red-eye? I'll try adding text. I'll try to extract the color with the eyedropper tool. I'll try exporting it. And so on.

Honestly, you can start with the getting started guide, or you can decide on a goal and proceed while searching for the necessary knowledge for that. In fact, that may be the shortest route.

Even so, the reason Iわざわざ (go out of my way to) set up a playing phase is because I want to broaden my knowledge beyond the regular route. I want to find a loophole.

Through the playing phase, you will acquire a hacker-like way of thinking that finds loopholes in everything, and you will be able to apply it by combining it even in fields of knowledge where there are no guidelines. If you can't apply it, you're just like any other ordinary person. There is a word called shuhari, and some may say that you should learn the principles first. Of course, that policy is correct. However, the legitimate route takes time and you can't differentiate yourself. In any case, in order to find the hacking points of that field of knowledge from the beginner stage, you should increase your points of contact with the knowledge more than others.

By the way, I recently started studying video editing, but I suddenly did 4K 60FPS video editing, so I got stuck in a special case and suffered. While learning the principles, I moderately deviate from the scope and touch on application problems. It may seem like a detour at first glance, but this will have an unexpected effect later.

Walking Prayer

The next phase is the walking prayer. Is it the Jishu sect?

I set aside time to walk to the station or to run intentionally, and I do the walking prayer.

If there is knowledge that I was just memorizing in front of a book or PC, I will give a solo lecture on it. I will talk as if I were explaining it to someone.

You may have had the experience of learning something yourself when you taught it to someone. When you teach someone, the knowledge is properly organized, and if you can explain it orally, you will be able to apply it in a meeting setting.

This is also practiced by Atsuhiko Nakata of the comedy duo Oriental Radio, who is currently developing "Atsuhiko Nakata's YouTube University," so I hope you will refer to it.

But I go one step further. The "gonjitti style" is not just to do it on a lecture basis, but to go as far as to have a debate and a discussion.

First, I bring in myself, who is positive about acquiring knowledge (my current self), and myself, who is negative (the personality I will install from now on), like a medium, and conduct a hypothetical question and answer session. Of course, in reality, it just looks like I'm chanting a prayer while running or walking. It's okay.

Being strong against negative opinions is effective for knowledge retention. The merits and demerits of acquiring knowledge become clear. Furthermore, if you go as far as hypothetical questions and answers, you will be able to win discussions in business meetings. This is because another personality will have already created a collection of hypothetical questions and answers for you. It can also be used for brainstorming business ideas.

As a side effect, you may have the rare experience of getting irritated with your own opinion during a discussion. Be careful of personality splitting. You should not continue to do it until you can no longer tell which is your true self.

Another point is that there is also the merit of improving your ability to be considerate of others because you will be able to read their feelings and background. The number of questions you can ask when interviewing someone will increase automatically.

Personally, I feel that a solo lecture is enough, but if you are interested, I hope you will also try a solo debate. If you can get to the point where you can have a scuffle with yourself, you're something special.