Time always appears to be fast. In a blink of an eye, the concept of updating together is already considerable:

Attention is the most precious wealth.
Paying is actually buy advantage.
One hundred percent sense of security is probably the biggest shackle.
Just living in the future can meet wealth.
If you become a distinguished people first, you can meet more and more distinguished people.
It is likely that after 1%, it is backward.
To create a multi-dimensional competitiveness for themselves is the way out.
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In this process, every friend has been moved, touched, shocked, or even “the glasses were all startled”. Do you know what your ability was activated at that moment? Yes, it is that your metacognitive ability is activated:

metacognition:
awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.

When your “meta-cognitive ability” is activated and you begin to function, you realize that:

What? What I thought before was actually wrong, incomplete, imperfect, unreasonable, and unclear...
What? It turned out to be this way!
What? This is a simple truth. How could I never think of it before?
Well! Then I know, I should start thinking like this.
Well? How could I have been brought back unconsciously? Why do I forget to apply the truth that I have already learned?
Alas! It's easy to know, but it's hard to do it. Hum! I don’t believe I can’t make it!
...

The strength of metacognitive ability determines the strength of each person in every aspect. It can even be said without exaggeration:

A person’s wealth creation ability is ultimately only related to metacognitive ability - the others are subsidiary factors.

At the bottom level, the way in which metacognitive ability works is actually very simple:

Oh, I thought it was...
What? Am I wrong to think so?
What! I should think so...

Looks too simple? - Sooner or later, you will understand., this seems that such simple thinking is actually a skill that most people have never learned in their lives. They have not even thought that they should acquire and exercise such skills.

Looking from this perspective, the entire human race, both ancient and modern, has always failed in education. After so many years of accumulation, the education system that has been completed for such a long time (kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, high school, undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral student, etc.) has actually contributed almost zero in this most important capability. Again, even it was in that such a simple situation!

A particularly important example concerns the so-called “emotional intelligence.”

In fact, I don’t think “EQ” is a good, effective and meaningful concept. In fact, after I read a lot of books and literature, I came to a conclusion that the so-called “EQ” is a pseudo-concept (as to what is “Waste concept, pseudo concept, poison concept”, please enter my WeChat public account “xiaolai-xuexi（学习学习再学习）”, reply “concept（概念）”, see an article I wrote at the end of last year).

People who are considered to have poor EQ, in essence, unable to correctly understand the feelings of others. The inability to correctly understand the feelings of others is actually due to the lack of metacognitive ability. It is very simple:

How can a person who is not able to fully and correctly perceive his own feelings understand the feelings of others completely and correctly?!

You may have already observed that the so-called “feel for others” is indeed something that most people cannot do - why? Not because the heart and heart are different, but most people actually do not understand their own thinking process, thinking principles, thinking methods; it is because most people never seriously examined whether their own thinking results are correct and reasonable.

When I started to write “Manage My Time” in 2007 (renamed “Time as a friend” in 2009), I used the word “mind” and when printing was released, I used to give “Time as a friend” a subtitle: “Using the mind to be liberated.” Looking back at that time, I had not yet defined the “mind” sufficiently clearly. Now I can:

The so-called “mind” that can be used to liberate oneself is the brain that has sufficient metacognitive ability.

One more important example is to illustrate the “simple” and “important” of metacognitive ability.

You look back at the first sentence at the beginning of the article: Time always appears to be fast. Then you think about whether you really read it? Let me show you...

Time it is always to use after then feel fast...
Um, really!
Why do you have this feeling?
If this feeling is true, why did I actually ignore this fact? What did I miss?
If this feeling is true, how do I think from now on? How to judge? How to act?
What else do I need to correct?
Please calm down and answer yourself seriously, thinking while writing... No one can complete this process for you, because what you need is your own answer, not what others tell you!

In “Time as a friend” I actually gave my answer. (go to zhibimo.com to see the latest public edition of this book... In addition, some people will “surprise themselves” because the book itself has clearly read later then feel why should I be “confused” at this moment?)

People with strong metacognitive ability, in reading (this is actually the most important way of learning and path), all the time can pay attention to their thinking, all the time in the thinking of their own “reflection”, “check”, “revision”... Of course, the most important thing is “upgrading” - the word “new life” was the core of “seven years is one life” and “way to financial freedom”.

So, when they are reading, they read more than words and words. They pay more attention to the author's "way of thinking", the difference between the author's "way of thinking" and his "way of thinking", and if the author's "way of thinking" is desirable. What adjustments do you need to make in your own way of thinking? So, when a theory of probability is read, most people do not pass the test, but the other few become scientists - because they have improved their way of thinking and can "think like a scientist"...

Not only when they are studying like this, but also when they go to school (“studying” and “going to school” are not the same concept), most people are only trying to cope with the exam and they are struggling how to learn; when most people are simply trying to cope with their boss’s tasks, they learn how to work effectively, how to lead effectively, and how to effectively create real value... In the process of dealing with others, most people just talk about themselves, they can be “serious listeners” - this is a prerequisite for effective communication. You see, how big is the difference between people? And the difference coming from a simple process?

In the past two decades, cognitive science and brain science have developed rapidly. The theoretical basis for “success” has also been upgraded many times. A large number of studies have shown that the skill difference between people, the evidence comes from the “Deliberate Practice”. And one person can do “deliberate exercise”, and they only one that can rely on is metacognitive ability. In turn, metacognitive ability will inevitably be strengthened in the process of deliberate exercise. Now you can imagine how big is the difference in people and people?

There is a very common condition called Depression. In every corner of the world, there have may be poor people who are being devoured by this disease. Although even today, there is no clear, reasonable and complete explanation for the cause of depression, but there is one point that has reached a consensus: the improvement of metacognitive ability will effectively prevent the occurrence of depression. For people already suffering from depression, in addition to taking some drugs, it is also an effective cure to increase metacognitive ability through specific training.

And why do I say that “a person’s wealth creation ability is ultimately only related to metacognitive ability - everything else is an accessory factor?” Very simple and straightforward:

Your ability to create wealth depends on how much real value you can create for others. (This is just another way of saying that “a person’s value is equal to his social contribution rate...”)

Your creation is meaningless if just yourself think it is valuable. It is necessary for others to think that there is value, and the more people there are, the better. The more people there are, the more the higher the value of creation - isn’t it?

Let me give one more example: When you think about it, do you know that people with poor metacognitive skills will have poor quality of sexual life? Because those with poor metacognitive ability cannot know how to take care of the other person’s feelings. This logical reasoning is simple clear. (I’m a person who is not limited to studying various fields, and I even wrote a rare book called “when squeezing then have something - for guide to orgasm for girls（挤挤都会有的——写给女生的性高潮指南）.” Focus on the WeChat public account “xiaolai-xuexi”, reply to “girls”. After reading, those who came to ask “there are have boys version?” are poor reading comprehension people...)

Therefore, you can only strengthen your own “meta-cognitive capabilities” so that your thoughts and ideas are more and more close to being correct, more complete, and more efficient... and even one day after all, even if it is what you create without thinking and even can casually creating something both truly valuable. It is valuable not only to yourself but also to others, to many and many people, and even to the vast majority of people... Fortunately for you, wealth is nothing more than a “incidentally” thing. (Again, can you think about it clear? Can you think of why this is why “those who put all their attention on money and think that money is the most important resource ultimately make money so difficult”?)

The design of our subscription column is based on the following two scientific facts:

Metacognitive ability is the most important ability one can possess.

Metacognitive ability can be learned not only, but also through deliberate training for long-term sustainable development.

We are updating ideas very week, and the so-called “renewal” can be successful because the reader’s metacognitive abilities are activated, so that they can realize that their original ideas are like that and realize their current ideas. This is the case, aware of the difference between this and that; even in the course of repeated choices between right and wrong, good and bad, superior and superior better, poor and worse, they constantly strengthen their identification. On, yes, being able to realize that your attention - the most precious resource in your life - is dispersed, that is, metacognitive ability is at work.

Still the same:

We will not be anxious to “want to change ourselves with an article immediately” because we are different from others and we have enough patience. Where does patience come from? Remember? We are a group of people determined to live in the future. Thus, that unparalleled patience must come from such a fact:

We know what we want to change and what we can change is not “now ourselves,” but “the future of ourselves.”

So, we will immediately understand that before the “change”, there is no need to add a “immediate” or “right now”... is not it? Whoever is in a hurry and who is anxious to go, anyway, we are not in a hurry.

Therefore, next time we will discuss the methodology of “deliberately exercising metacognitive abilities” - It’s no use to be in a hurry, so let’s not rush.

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Thinking problem:

1. Do you think your metacognitive ability is strong? In addition, when thinking about what kinds of issues and areas, you feel that your metacognitive ability is stronger?
2. Now that you already know the importance of metacognitive ability, do you think that you should deliberately use your metacognitive ability when thinking about something?
3. If you want to think for yourself and find it yourself, can you figure out ways to improve metacognitive skills?
4. You have realized that metacognitive ability is so important. How can you make your loved ones, your children, and your close friends aware of the importance of metacognitive ability? (Believe me, this thing is very difficult, and often it’s hard thank... But is it always worth the effort of their loved ones.)
5. Look at your surroundings. Who do you think them metacognitive ability is stronger or even stronger? What can you learn from them?
6. Many times, in fact, it is not that others do not understand you, but you do not express clearly, so others can not understand you... Can you think of an important experience of yourself like this? What kind of reflection should you get from it?

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【The previous chapter】
What is the best strategy from mediocrity to excellence?
Do you have any capital?
What is the most heavy shackle of your life?
Pay is get more! Do you really know?

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We learned about 12 weeks together and today's article has entered a new phase. Every translation and perfection has benefited me a lot and I hope everyone can benefit from it: I hope everyone will getting better and better.