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The domestic epidemic situation is improving, and people are returning to work one after another. However, with the development of the global epidemic, more and more people are staying at home abroad.

in the days of staying at home, some people are empty and bored, while others read quietly.

Because of the epidemic, those stars who have been busy outside have nothing to do and are going crazy.

ellen degeneres, the host of a popular talk show "Ellen Show" on American CBS TV, is very popular with her relaxed and humorous hosting style, and even Obama has been on her show.

But because of the epidemic, Allen had to stay at home recently.

She can't stay at home at all, and she feels crazy. She keeps calling celebrity friends to kill boring time.

She even plays poker with her friends through videos.

But these are just short-lived pleasures. After the prosperity, I still feel that I have nothing to do at other times, so I have to lie on the sofa and brush my mobile phone.

On the other hand, in our country, there is also an excellent host: Teacher He Jiong.

how did Mr. He Jiong spend his days at home?

In a program, Mr. He Jiong said:

My previous reading was fragmented, and sometimes it may take more than ten days or even a month to finish reading a book.

But recently, the reading speed has become very fast, probably because my mind is relatively fixed.

Sometimes you can read one or even two books a day.

Mr. He Jiong's emotional intelligence and super improvisation skills were not brought by strong winds, but precipitated from one book after another he read.

As herzen said,

If you don't study, you won't have real education, and at the same time, you can't have any discernment. ?

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There is a young man who just graduated from college for two years. He feels that his job is average, and his income of several thousand yuan a month seems calm, but it also has great crisis.

his girlfriend has repeatedly urged him to buy a house, but with his current income level, it is not enough to buy a bathroom without eating or drinking for 1 years.

He inquired about ways to make money everywhere, and finally listened to the advice of an "elder" to make more contacts, because contacts are equal to money.

So he, who was originally introverted, began to attend parties, cocktail parties, banquets, KTV…… ... whenever someone said to get together, he would attend.

Colleagues' parties, year-end leaders' party, high school reunion, university reunion, and just friends' parties, but friends will bring friends.

no matter what he is doing, as long as someone asks for a party, he will be on call.

Sometimes an appointment with his girlfriend will be rescheduled, because he thinks that going to the party will make him know more people, expand his social circle and expand his contacts.

He thinks of many friends and many roads, so he seldom stays at home after eating every day, but goes out to play table tennis or participate in various social activities.

Although he hasn't achieved anything yet, he thinks that establishing contacts is a shortcut to success.

His girlfriend calls him and asks him what he is still doing. His answer is often:

I'm having dinner with a famous person at a certain place!

It seems that eating with celebrities immediately improved one's level and class.

As a matter of fact, he has been taking photos with celebrities for several years, which has not improved his life level.

Because his time and energy are spent pursuing photos with celebrities from all walks of life.

It is rare for girlfriends to see him before 11: pm.

For this reason, his girlfriend quarreled with him many times and threatened to break up.

but it didn't work.

He told his girlfriend that he was paving the way.

although we don't know where the road leads yet, there is always a way to go if we pave the way.

However, after half a year, he didn't pave the way. He added many WeChat friends, but he didn't know what to say. He gradually became a "zombie" friend, and he couldn't speak rashly.

The people I met at the party were just acquaintances, and they didn't bring contacts at all, let alone money connections.

His girlfriend advised him not to engage in these ineffective social activities. However, he felt that even just chatting with others was good, and more opportunities for communication would lead to more learning.

However, in crowded places, he found that the content of people's chat was not very nutritious, but was full of entertainment gossip and dirty jokes.

Even if there is a theme exchange meeting, as long as there are many people, they often start to go astray. People are either peacemakers, pawnbrokers or simply don't say a word.

watching the excitement, in fact, the harvest is empty.

There was a lively conversation at that time, but there was little interaction afterwards, and I gradually forgot about it.

this kind of entertainment takes a lot of time, but it pays little.

The essence of networking lies in how much exchangeable value you have. The greater your exchangeable value, the more people you can attract.

you're not at that level, and it's no use taking photos with the biggest coffee.

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And a pediatrician I know rarely socializes.

When friends get together, he always refuses. He says he doesn't have much time, and his spare time is no more than 21 hours a week.

He should make good use of every minute of these 21 hours to do what he likes.

At work, he is a rigorous angels in white, but after work, he is a crazy reader.

He bought a whole wall of bookshelves, and whenever he was free, he sat in his reading chair and immersed himself in another world.

He reads classic works at all times, at home and abroad, and writes book reviews and film reviews from time to time and publishes them in newspapers and magazines.

Many colleagues are sour. Every time they see the green postal money order sent by the postman, they say with jealousy:

Oh, our great genius has received millions of manuscript fees again!

The pediatrician kept a straight face and secretly made up his mind to achieve financial freedom.

after much thought, I feel that I am interested in stocks, so I plan to invest in them.

unlike others, he added some investment groups everywhere and was cheated out of everything in the end.

instead, read all the classic books on investment that you can buy.

one year later, he invested according to the method in the book, and as a result, he achieved initial financial freedom, and he still held many rising stocks.

He also started an offline reading class in the local area, which attracted many people to follow him and listen to his reading experience.

People gathered around him to ask for a list of books, and followed in his footsteps to grow together.

There are many big coffees who admire his thoughts and take the initiative to add him to WeChat to communicate with him. Gradually, he naturally formed his own circle of contacts.

in many cases, it is better to read a book quietly than to have an ineffective entertainment.

Mao Mu once wrote in his Reading Notes:

Reading can neither help you get a degree nor make a living.

I can't teach you to sail, nor can I tell you how to start a broken car.

But it will make your life richer, fuller, more complete and happy.

Only by seeking inward, improving yourself and making yourself attractive will you attract more people and become the center.

and if you don't study, but are constantly busy with all kinds of social and social activities, it is useless to know more people.

Save the time of ineffective social interaction and improve yourself, and you will be the biggest winner.

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If a person wants to achieve extraordinary achievements in his life, he is doomed to be inseparable from reading and lifelong learning.

Today, the lunch with Warren Buffett has been photographed at a sky-high price, but Buffett said that his most cost-effective investment is reading.

Charles Munger, his partner, once commented on him:

There is not a smart person from all walks of life I have met who doesn't read every day-no, none.

You may be surprised by Buffett's reading. He is a book with two legs.

if you want to achieve something in this life, you can't waste it, and you will shine more and more with the time. Only reading.

Because, in your temperament, there are books you have read and roads you have traveled.