Not all touches are effective. It's like when you read a lot of great articles and were so impressed that you put them in your favorites, but after a while, you can't remember them anymore. If you were asked to draw something that touched you in a book, there might be a lot of lines on the page, but obviously you can't use all of them. It's like having a Band-Aid in your medicine cabinet but not remembering to use it when you cut your finger. What's the difference between not being touched? It really makes no difference, because they're just "fake touches." When a new piece of knowledge is near the edge of our cognitive circle, the trigger is generated, but the trigger does not mean the connection is tight. If not reinforced in time, new triggers are likely to stay for a while and then "fly away." In order to keep it, to make it part of your system, you have to find a way to have a relationship with it, to connect with it. The more of these connections, the better, but in three main ways. One is to reinterpret new knowledge in one's own language, which causes one's own knowledge system to react to the new knowledge. If you can explain a knowledge, a truth, a thing clearly in your own language, so that the layman can understand, then these knowledge, truth, things will become part of your own nine times out of ten. Frequent exporters tend to grow quickly because they are constantly making connections between old and new knowledge. The second is to be able to extract knowledge smoothly when needed, and the knowledge that can not be extracted is pseudo touch.

For example, I often listen to Luo Zhenyu's 60-second voice share, but when I write, I can extract only a few ideas from those 60-second voice share, most of which I forget. Once in a while, I look back at those ideas and say, "That's a lot of good knowledge, but why didn't I remember any of it?" This kind of knowledge, which is very exciting at the time but completely unable to remember when you need it, is called "fake stimulation." It means they are far from our real needs, so let them go. If an idea comes to you while you are reading, writing, or talking, even if you don't remember the specific content, even if you have only a faint clue, you should attach great importance to it, because the knowledge that can be extracted when needed is the knowledge that really touches you. The valuable connection between you is still there, so find ways to actively relate and strengthen it. A lot of people when they read a book tend to focus on whether they understand the content of the book, but often ignore the thoughts that come to mind. In fact, these ideas are very precious, let them go, our learning effect will be greatly reduced. The third is to be able to practice or use these knowledge frequently in life, because practice is the ultimate way to create a strong connection. Learn not to know, but to make real change. As you apply that knowledge to those truths, the details will keep coming to you. When you do, you will not only become a cognitive powerhouse, but also a physical powerhouse. In the end, you'll realize that learning and growing -- reading, writing, reflecting, developing habits, practicing skills, building cognitive systems -- are essentially the same thing: stretching out from the edge of your comfort zone, little by little. Once you figure that out, everything is easy!

Not all touches are effective. It's like when you read a lot of great articles and were so impressed that you put them in your favorites, but after a while, you can't remember them anymore. If you were asked to draw something that touched you in a book, there might be a lot of lines on the page, but obviously you can't use all of them. It's like having a Band-Aid in your medicine cabinet but not remembering to use it when you cut your finger. What's the difference between not being touched? It really makes no difference, because they're just "fake touches." When a new piece of knowledge is near the edge of our cognitive circle, the trigger is generated, but the trigger does not mean the connection is tight. If not reinforced in time, new triggers are likely to stay for a while and then "fly away." In order to keep it, to make it part of your system, you have to find a way to have a relationship with it, to connect with it. The more of these connections, the better, but in three main ways. One is to reinterpret new knowledge in one's own language, which causes one's own knowledge system to react to the new knowledge. If you can explain a knowledge, a truth, a thing clearly in your own language, so that the layman can understand, then these knowledge, truth, things will become part of your own nine times out of ten. Frequent exporters tend to grow quickly because they are constantly making connections between old and new knowledge. The second is to be able to extract knowledge smoothly when needed, and the knowledge that can not be extracted is pseudo touch.

For example, I often listen to Luo Zhenyu's 60-second voice share, but when I write, I can extract only a few ideas from those 60-second voice share, most of which I forget. Once in a while, I look back at those ideas and say, "That's a lot of good knowledge, but why didn't I remember any of it?" This kind of knowledge, which is very exciting at the time but completely unable to remember when you need it, is called "fake stimulation." It means they are far from our real needs, so let them go. If an idea comes to you while you are reading, writing, or talking, even if you don't remember the specific content, even if you have only a faint clue, you should attach great importance to it, because the knowledge that can be extracted when needed is the knowledge that really touches you. The valuable connection between you is still there, so find ways to actively relate and strengthen it. A lot of people when they read a book tend to focus on whether they understand the content of the book, but often ignore the thoughts that come to mind. In fact, these ideas are very precious, let them go, our learning effect will be greatly reduced. The third is to be able to practice or use these knowledge frequently in life, because practice is the ultimate way to create a strong connection. Learn not to know, but to make real change. As you apply that knowledge to those truths, the details will keep coming to you. When you do, you will not only become a cognitive powerhouse, but also a physical powerhouse. In the end, you'll realize that learning and growing -- reading, writing, reflecting, developing habits, practicing skills, building cognitive systems -- are essentially the same thing: stretching out from the edge of your comfort zone, little by little. Once you figure that out, everything is easy!