Is it a waste of time to read the instructions?

One experience I want to share is to read the instructions first. For example, when you buy a new product, you are actually learning a new skill and a new use. I usually use it first and feel for it while using it. But my daughter will read the instructions first. Before buying anything, she will read all the instructions on the outer packaging, such as food, toothpaste and shampoo. I think I am very efficient and time-saving, and I think everything is similar, and there is nothing to learn. However, in fact, it is very important to read the instructions in advance, which has several advantages:

1, many products often have new functions. If you always use them according to your traditional thinking, all you use are those functions, and there are many new uses that can save you time and improve your efficiency, which you never know. In particular, the instructions of some electronic products are detailed enough to teach you almost some subjects.

2. There are many taboos, even fatal taboos will be ignored by you. Because people's cognition is limited, many things look similar in appearance, but their essence may be quite different. For example, I once bought a contact lens potion at Costco. I've used 10 for many years, and I didn't feel any problem when I unpacked it and poured it out. My eyes burned badly after using it at that time. I immediately took out my glasses and washed them with a lot of water. They were still very hot. At this time, my daughter looked at the outer packaging and told me that the ingredient of this potion is hydrogen peroxide, so the usage is different from that of ordinary potion. Then, I checked online, and many people didn't read the instructions clearly, which caused permanent damage to their eyes. Fortunately, I took it out soon, otherwise my eyesight would be greatly reduced. What you think is often not what you think. People's experience and cognition are limited. Learning new things only by experience and cognition often leads to big losses.

3, expand learning, you can look at other people's experience in the forum in advance. This way, you will take fewer detours when you walk. For example, when I taught myself JAVA, I installed the system and set up the environment, but I accidentally changed the original environment path, and it took me a long time to find the original path and successfully installed it. It took me more than 10 hours. If I see other people's experience in advance, I will save the path first, just in case, I will take fewer detours. Therefore, sharpening the knife does not miss the woodcutter.

4. In the process of reading the instructions, you will increase a lot of knowledge, and all of them are professional knowledge. For example, after watching too much, my daughter told me that all ingredients in food and cosmetics are proportional. So don't listen to those advertisements or slogans, just look at the top list of important ingredients and you will know how much is actually put.