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Choosing Your Next Book

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Improving what you get out of reading starts with choosing the right books. Most books are a waste of time. This article gives you two simple ideas that you can stop wasting time on books that you forget in a few days and pick the most valuable book every time. Spending a little time filtering books, dramatically improves the quality of the raw material you put into your mind. Here is a simple two-step process you can use. Get back to basics. Understanding the basics, as boring as it sounds, is one of the key elements of effective thinking. A lot of people assume the basics are not important and never really take the time to learn them, preferring the sexiness of complexity. Understanding a simple idea deeply, however, creates more lasting knowledge and builds a solid foundation for complex ideas later. The more basic knowledge you have … the less new knowledge you have to get. Build your foundation. The key here is brutal honesty with yourself about what you really know. Take the time

Reading | Reading Time: 4 minutes Choosing Your Next Book Improving what you get out of reading starts with choosing the right books. Most books are a waste of time. This article gives you two simple ideas that you can stop wasting time on books that you forget in a few days and pick the most valuable book every time. Spending a little time filtering books, dramatically improves the quality of the raw material you put into your mind. Here is a simple two-step process you can use. 1. Deep Simplicity Get back to basics. Understanding the basics, as boring as it sounds, is one of the key elements

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