Before asking the question "How to learn to process information?", You should decide: into what or for what it needs to be processed. Oddly enough, but even watching TV in the background, and even more so zapping (frequent switching of channels) is also information processing. Apparently, it is worthwhile to understand its meaningfulness.
Instructions
Step 1
Processing information is assimilation, memorization and storage in such a way that it is convenient to use. The words of Sherlock Holmes fit perfectly here: “… the human brain is like a small empty attic, which you can furnish as you want. The fool will drag there any junk that comes to hand, and there will be nowhere to put useful, necessary things …”Pragmatic extremes are useless, but the principle - not to litter - should become fundamental for you.
Step 2
It is clear that efforts must be made to get the result. Of the efforts, perseverance, the ability to retain attention, is decisive. Despite the apparent ease, concentration in an adult requires strong motivation. The school had enough responsibilities (to teachers, parents) and fear of poor grades. Outside, and even more so after school and university, you have to convince yourself of the need. All means are good here: the expected earnings, victory in disputes, the opportunity to show oneself on occasion from the best side. The setting "I need this for …" with clearly expressed benefits will not let you relax.
Step 3
You need to read or watch the materials under study in full, if necessary, for example, in significant volumes, split into fragments that you are able to "digest". Incomprehensible places should not be skipped, but repeated until they become clear. However, it is important to remember the effect of satiation - this is when words (terms) or phrases cease to be perceived by consciousness and lose their meaning from frequent use. Therefore, you need to repeat the incomprehensible not in a row, but returning to it after short breaks. In difficult cases, do not be lazy to refer to reference books and dictionaries.
Step 4
It is especially important to learn to separate the actual from the irrelevant. The easiest way is to constantly correlate goals and means. If you intend to learn more about how the team works, about the interaction of leaders and subordinates and the resolution of conflict situations, then you hardly need to pay attention to the color of the cover of any "Self-Study Guide for Beginning Leaders".
Step 5
The last step for the successful processing of the received information in different techniques is usually called "binding". You are constantly using the Internet, which means you have an idea of hyperlinks. Take Wikipedia. From the first paragraph of the article "Information" you can go to articles on computer science, geometry and axiomatics. In the same way, you need to organize the work of your consciousness, only interconnections, in addition to conceptual ones, can also be emotional. Reading about industrial conflicts? Try the described situations for yourself, do not disdain even an imaginary experience.
Step 6
Constant comparison and comparison of the studied data will teach you to analyze, and therefore, to properly organize the subsequent storage of information that you can easily retrieve, as from a warehouse, as it is updated.
