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Training for Habit and Training for Mastery

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Start with reading Threads, then small Essays, then a short book, then a novel. Increase the difficulty slowly. But you MUST increase the difficulty. Because it is very easy to be comfortable with just reading a few Threads or short articles and thinking that you’ve truly mastered an area of knowledge. But you haven’t. A lot of the information we consume is in the form of highlights, summaries, or distillations. It’s the illusion of knowledge. We learn the answer but can’t show our work. - Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking If you’re stuck in reading short-form and summaries, what you have isn’t mastery. What you have is an illusion. Every one of us has a certain lens through which we see the world. This lens is influenced by our lived experience, interests, and biases. You and I can read the same article, but we might write up 2 completely different summaries. When I re-read an article I read 3 months ago and compare my notes then and now, they can be vastly different. The lens through whi

Life Philosophies Training for Habit and Training for Mastery Training Modes for Reading, Writing, and more Akwaaba Tung Feb 27, 2024 30 Share I. In reading When you’re new to reading, the most important thing to do is to establish a habit of reading . Start with reading Threads, then small Essays, then a short book, then a novel. Increase the difficulty slowly. But you MUST increase the difficulty. Because it is very easy to be comfortable with just reading a few Threads or short articles and thinking that you’ve truly mastered an area of knowledge. But you haven’t. A lot of the information w

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