Summary

Mental Masturbation

“you are not allowed to consume anything insightful or practical unless you are willing to sit down and take notes on it”

  • “mental masturbation” feels good. But what’s the point? Consumption must have a purpose.
  • you must sacrifice quantity of content for quality
    • i.e. consume less content/information, but the content you do consume will mean more to you because you actually sit down and take notes, take action, etc

Consume with Intention

  • ask yourself: is this piece of content for fun or informational?
  • if it’s for fun, just go for it. Don’t stress about notes or anything like that.
    • in my case, most fiction books will be for fun
  • for informational content, always take notes. Even if it’s a podcast or video

Note Taking

  • use your own words
  • add your own thoughts to your notes. Make them your OWN

Revisit Your Knowledge

  • your knowledge should grow overtime.
  • in order to grow your knowledge, you must revisit your existing knowledge to refresh it
  • overtime you forget stuff so to counter-act this you must review your notes