Chapter 61 Pay attention to improve observation

The average human mind does not notice a thousandth of what his eyes see.Our powers of observation—really powers of observation—are incredibly poor. Inventor Thomas Edison once found that 27 of his research assistants walked back and forth across Menlo Park, New Jersey, from the lamp factory to the main laboratory every day for six months.There is a cherry tree beside this road, but when Edison asked them, none of the 27 people noticed the existence of this tree. Enthusiastic and energetic, Edison thus declared: "The brain of the average man notices not a thousandth part of what his eyes see. Our powers of observation--real powers of observation--are incredibly poor."

Introduce two or three of your friends to any random person, and I'm sure after two minutes he won't be able to remember the names of any of them.Why?For he hadn't paid much attention to them in the first place, nor had he observed them properly.He probably told you that it was because of his bad memory.But that was not the case at all, it was his poor observation skills.He wouldn't blame the camera for not being able to capture the fog, but he expected to capture a rather blurry impression.Obviously, this cannot be done. Joseph Pulitzer, who founded the New York World, put this sticker on the desk of every man in his editorial office:

exactly right exactly This is exactly what we need.First of all, you have to hear the other party's name clearly, and you must figure it out.If there is still something unclear, ask him to repeat it, and it is best to ask him how to write the strokes of the name.Don't worry about him annoying you, he will be flattered that you are so interested in him, so you can remember his name, because you have already focused on his name and can get a clear and correct impression .