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“A book is like a mirror: if a donkey looks in, you can’t expect an apostle to look out.”

“By reading, a man already having some wisdom can gain far more; but it is equally true that reading can make a man already inclined toward foolishness far, far more foolish.”

“If you prep your mind with the right kinds of questions before you read, you’ll see answers everywhere.”

“If you prep your mind with the right kinds of questions before you read, you’ll see answers everywhere.” The Three Questions to Ask Before Learning Anything Before engaging with any new material, ask yourself:1. How can I use this? 2. Why must I use this? 3. When will I use this? Exercise Your Memory A simple practice: Take a minute right now to memorize the phone number of someone you communicate with regularly. Memory, like any muscle, needs deliberate exercise to stay sharp. 03 Information & Opinion Overload We live in an age of unlimited information — which also means unlimited opinion. The danger is not just that we consume too much, but that we quietly outsource our thinking to a handful of trusted sources. “The ubiquity of information about everything also means that there’s a ubiquity of opinion about everything.”