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May 2020

The greatest gift we've ever had
Here's a story of Derek Sivers and a 100X less interesting story of mine to make my long-winded point.
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What would you like to see?
Hey friends,
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The Ultimate Guide for Taking Smart Notes
“Why do we take notes in the first place?”
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An Easy Trick to Outsource Your Reading Workflow
How would you like to outsource the first step in your reading workflow?
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How note-taking should be
The classic approach doesn't work; note-taking supposedly helps to accumulate insight.
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One Thing You Need to Learn to Fight Information Overload
Except information overload isn't the problem, good books don't guarantee good learning, and learning too much is a thing.
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On content quality
Avoid "money content" like the plague. Devour content written for the subject's sake.
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Serious Reading
What does it mean to read seriously? Surely, it doesn't mean attempting to intersect your eyebrows (or lack thereof) as much as possible.
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