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![]() ![]() “Marking a book is literally an experience of your differences or agreements with the author. It’s not going to give you an edge, make you better at your job, or allow you to avoid problems. But most people aren’t really learning anything new. It means you’re likely to parrot an opinion that isn’t yours as if you had done the work. That means you’re reading for information. And how you read makes a massive difference to knowledge accumulation.Ī lot of people confuse knowing the name of something with understanding. While great for exercising your memory, the regurgitation of facts without solid understanding and context gains you little in the real world.Ī useful heuristic: Anything easily digested is reading for information.Ĭonsider the newspaper, are you truly learning anything new? Do you consider the writer your superior when it comes to knowledge in the subject? Odds are probably not. ![]() If you’re like most people, you probably haven’t given much thought to how you read. There is a difference between reading for understanding and reading for information. ![]() ![]() I bet you already know how to read a book. How You Read Matches Why You’re Reading.Let’s hit the books and explore the following: As part of our series on reading, this guide dives into how to read a book using the classical framework provided by Mortimer Adler.īy the time you finish reading, you’ll have a framework for reading at different levels that you can apply right away. ![]()
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