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“ 我得承认，在读这篇文章之前我完全不知道所谓的5小时法则是什么。但文中强调的一些基本习惯以及能从中获得的好处都很有道理。那么你将5小时法则运用得如何呢？ ” Larry Wang 王承伦 | 职商网及王李亚洲资源的CEO 践行5小时原则，走上不断学习的道路 本杰明·富兰克林每天践行该原则1小时，一周共5小时。为什么你也应该这么做呢？ 本杰明·富兰克林在10岁时就离开了正规学校，在他父亲手下当起了学徒。当时的少年富兰克林除了爱看书之外，并没有表现出特别的天赋或天资。 可是去世半个多世纪后，富兰克林成为了美国最受尊敬的政治家、最著名的发明家，还是一位多产的作家和成功的企业家。 在这段时间内，到底发生了什么事情，让他获得了如此巨大的成功？ 这个问题的答案其实就是一个成功策略，我们所有人都可以使用这一策略，而且必须要不断运用这一策略。 五小时原则 纵观富兰克林的成年生活，我们可以发现，他每天会花一小时，专门用于学习，多年如一日。我将其称为富兰克林的五小时原则：在每个工作日抽出一小时时间。 富兰克林的学习时间包括：
每次富兰克林践行五小时原则时，都会从繁忙的一天中抽出时间，至少花一个小时学习，如此一来，那天就会少完成一些事情。但从长远来看，这可以说是他做出的最佳时间投资。 富兰克林的五小时原则印证了一个非常简单的道理，即随着时间的推移，最聪明、最成功的人往往是那些能不断学习、刻意下工夫学习的人。 沃伦·巴菲特每天花五六个小时阅读5份报纸、500页公司报告；比尔·盖茨每年阅读50本书；马克-扎克伯格每两个星期至少会读一本书；伊隆·马斯克的弟弟说，他从小每天读两本书。奥普拉·温弗瑞将她的成功原因归结为阅读：“书是我实现自由的通行证。”家得宝（美国家居连锁店）的联合创始人阿瑟·布兰克每天会花两小时时间用于阅读。白手起家的亿万富翁、克里夫兰骑士队的老板丹·吉伯特每天阅读一到两个小时。 那么，如果你也践行五小时原则，你的生活会变得怎么样呢？ 五小时原则的核心理念：“真空区” 我们来看看国际象棋大师和世界武术冠军Josh Waitzkin。他并没有天天挤时间，以获得最高生产力，他做的恰恰相反。Waitzkin同时也是《学习之道》的作者，他有意在每一天空出一段时间，并将其称为“真空区”，专门用于学习、创意、以更高的质量完成某件事情。近期，他在Tim Ferriss的一期播客中这样解释他的这种方法： “我在生活中创造了许多真空区，用于形成各种创意想法，以及培养一种善于接受的心理状态，以便很好地了解与我一起共事的人们……在创意过程中，我们很容易追求效率，将创意需要的一些微妙的、内在的东西视作理所当然，剑走偏锋。” 学会给自己空出一段时间，这可以让我们： 1.规划学习。这可以使我们有机会仔细思考自己想要学习的东西。我们不应只想着自己要完成什么样的目标，还应清楚自己到底想要学到什么。 2.刻意实践。下意识、自动地做某件事情是不会让你进步。我们可以通过这段时间将学到的各种法则运用于实践，这样才能不断取得进步。我们可以将这些时间用于获取真实的反馈，改进工作，还可以练习某些想要提高的技能。 3.反思。这可以帮助我们从更多角度看待所学之物，吸收新想法；还可以帮助我们培养“慢直觉”，以取得创造性的突破。获得这些新想法的一种绝佳方式就是散步，许多伟人都非常热衷于散步，如贝多芬和查尔斯·达尔文，史蒂夫·乔布斯和杰克·多西。还有一种绝佳方式是与人交谈。 4. 留出时间，专门用于学习。学习方式包括读书、谈话、参加策划、上课、观察他人等各种活动。 5. 解决问题。大多数人会在白天遇到各种问题，但他们会把它们扔在一边，这样就能继续做待办事项列表上的事了。给自己空出一段时间，这样在小问题变成大问题之前，我们就有时间解决它们了。 6.做可能会带来巨大回报的小实验。无论小实验最终成功与否，这都给我们提供了一个学习、测试想法的好机会。 五小时原则带来的改变 许多人会按照他们完成了多少事来评估一天的工作成果。这样做的后果是，他们每天都在加速完成任务，可是这样会放缓提升自己的速度。 五小时原则则是将两者调换了顺序，它首先注重的是学习。 为使大家更好地明白其中的含义，让我们拿销售拜访举例（注意：“销售拜访”可以替换成任意你经常做的活动）。 大多数人会在拜访前做个小调查，然后再进行拜访，做好笔记，保存好笔记，然后进行下一个拜访。 专注于学习的人则会思考要在拜访时运用哪些技巧，然后在拜访时运用它们，接着反思从拜访中获得的收获。如果这个人想进一步提高学习水平，他/她就会邀请一位同事，和他一起拜访，然后在结束后让同事认真地提供一些反馈。 拥有一个不断学习的生活方式，这意味着每做一次销售拜访，我们的水平就能提高一次。要注重学习，这会使我们有意识地训练自己的行为，这样我们才会不断提升，而不是在原地停滞不前。每一件事情都是一次改进自我的机会。 专注学习，将其变成一种生活方式，长远来看，我们会受益良多。 所以，你准备好采纳五小时原则了吗？ 从每周阅读一本书开始，怎么样？比尔·盖茨是世界上最富有的人，雇得起许许多多的老师和顾问，尽管如此，他依然坚每周读一本书。在2016年接受《纽约时报》采访时，他说道，“读书仍然是我学习新东西、测试我的理解的主要途径。” 想知道比尔·盖茨、马克·扎克伯格、桑德伯格和伊隆·马斯克等成功人士推荐了哪些阅读书目吗？你可以找到原文并阅读我们的报告，其中包含了强烈推荐你们阅读的六本书的详细内容，还有460多本他们推荐的其他书籍。 来源：INC 翻译：Tanya
1.留言：文章下方直接评论，小编会在后台动动手指帮你上沙发。或者返回主页面，直接回复你想跟我们说的话。 2.咨询：关注王李每日问答板块，无论是你是刚毕业进入职场的新手菜鸟，还是工作多年的资深人士，留言写下你所关注的职场话题，我们会在接下来的问答环节与你进行深入探讨。 3.推广合作：合作需求请发送至marketing@wang-li.com “ I have to admit that before reading this article I had no idea what the 5-hour rule was. But the fundamental habit that it emphasizes and the many benefits you get from doing it makes a lot of sense. To what degree do you practice the 5-hour rule yourself? ” Larry Wang 王承伦, CEO of Zhishangcq.com & Wang & LI Asia Resources. Why Constant Learners All Embrace the 5-Hour Rule At the age of 10, Benjamin Franklin left formal schooling to become an apprentice to his father. As a teenager, he showed no particular talent or aptitude aside from his love of books. When he died a little over half a century later, he was America's most respected statesman, its most famous inventor, a prolific author, and a successful entrepreneur. What happened between these two points to cause such a meteoric rise? Underlying the answer to this question is a success strategy for life that we can all use, and increasingly must use. The five-hour rule Throughout Ben Franklin's adult life, he consistently invested roughly an hour a day in deliberate learning. I call this Franklin's five-hour rule: one hour a day on every weekday. Franklin's learning time consisted of:
Every time that Franklin took time out of his busy day to follow his five-hour rule and spend at least an hour learning, he accomplished less on that day. However, in the long run, it was arguably the best investment of his time he could have made. Franklin's five-hour rule reflects the very simple idea that, over time, the smartest and most successful people are the ones who are constant and deliberate learners. Warren Buffett spends five to six hours per day reading five newspapers and 500 pages of corporate reports. Bill Gates reads 50 books per year. Mark Zuckerberg reads at least one book every two weeks. Elon Musk grew up reading two books a day, according to his brother. Oprah Winfrey credits books with much of her success: 'Books were my pass to personal freedom.' Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot, reads two hours day. Dan Gilbert, self-made billionaire and owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, reads one to two hours a day. So what would it look like to make the five-hour rule part of our lifestyle? The core concept of the five-hour rule: empty space To find out, we need look no further than chess grandmaster and world-champion martial artist Josh Waitzkin. Instead of squeezing his days for the maximum productivity, he's actually done the opposite. Waitzkin, who also authored The Art of Learning, purposely creates slack in his day so he has 'empty space' for learning, creativity, and doing things at a higher quality. Here's his explanation of this approach from a recent Tim Ferriss podcast episode: 'I have built a life around having empty space for the development of my ideas for the creative process. And for the cultivation of a physiological state which is receptive enough to tune in very, very deeply to people I work with ... In the creative process, it's so easy to drive for efficiency and take for granted the really subtle internal work that it takes to play on that razor's edge.' Adding slack to our day allows us to: 1. Plan out the learning.This allows us to think carefully about what we want to learn. We shouldn't just have goals for what we want to accomplish. We should also have goals for what we want to learn. 2. Deliberately practice.Rather than doing things automatically and not improving, we can apply the proven principles of deliberate practice so we keep improving. This means doing things like taking time to get honest feedback on our work and practicing specific skills we want to improve. 3. Ruminate.This helps us get more perspective on our lessons learned and assimilate new ideas. It can also help us develop slow hunches in order to have creative breakthroughs. Walking is a great way to process these insights, as shown by many greats who were or are walking fanatics, from Beethoven and Charles Darwin to Steve Jobs and Jack Dorsey. Another powerful way is through conversation partners. 4. Set aside time just for learning.This includes activities like reading, having conversations, participating in a mastermind, taking classes, observing others, etc. 5. Solve problems as they arise.When most people experience problems during the day, they sweep them under the rug so that they can continue their to-do list. Having slack creates the space to address small problems before they turn into big problems. 6. Do small experiments with big potential payoffs.Whether or not an experiment works, it's an opportunity to learn and test your ideas. The difference the five-hour rule makes For many people, their professional day is measured by how much they get done. As a result, they speed through the day and slow down their improvement rate. The five-hour rule flips the equation by focusing on learning first. To see the implication of this, let's look at a sales call (note: replace 'sales call' with any activity you do repeatedly). Most professionals do a little research before the call, have the call, and then save their notes and move on. Somebody with a learning focus would think through which skill to practice on the call, practice it on the call, and then reflect on the lessons learned. If that person really wanted an extra level of learning, he or she would invite a colleague on the call and have the colleague provide honest feedback afterward. Embracing a learning lifestyle means that every time we make a sales call, we get better at doing sales calls. Focusing on learning un-automates our behaviors so we can keep improving them rather than plateauing. Every event is an opportunity to improve. By focusing on learning as a lifestyle, we get so much more done over the long term. So, are you ready to embrace the five-hour rule? How about reading a book a week to get started? Even though he's the richest man in the world and could afford to hire an army of teachers and consultants, Bill Gates still reads a book a week. In a 2016 New York Times interview, he said, 'Reading is still the main way that I both learn new things and test my understanding.' Want to read the most-recommended books by top leaders like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and Elon Musk? Please find our report on the six highly recommended books you should read, along with 460-plus of their other book recommendations. Source: INC |
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