Posts from 2024
The Heist – How to Process a Practical Book Quickly
If you don’t master the exploiting way of reading, you waste a lot of time and energy. Not every book should be processed in the same way. A novel contains different elements than a non-fiction book. But you also need to consider your own interests. For example, we read some books purely for the actionable information they contain. This requires an efficient and selective reading mode.
Strange Loops: Reading a Book on How to Read a Book
Dear Zettlers, Currently, I am slowly processing “How to Read a Book” by Adler and
van Doren. It is a classic book on reading, which I read more than a decade ago.
Contrary to the contemporary praise, I didn’t like it. The reason is
that you can learn a lot about reading, but I didn’t find anything
actionable. It reminded me of the SQ3R reading method which we learned
in university, only to find out that in practice nobody uses it.
The Zettelkasten in Action: My Book on Habit
I’d like to address the legitimate criticism of the Zettelkasten Method that there is little real world demonstration of its might and power. For this reason, I’d like you to present you my current project. I decided to attack a book on habit, because this book can hit two birds with one stone: The habit book is an essential part of my “What is a good live?”-series. It is one of the central supplementary instalments to the 5 volumes of the main series.
The Iceberg Theory of the Zettelkasten Method — Exploring the Depths
The Zettelkasten Method is not only a method of knowledge work. It is also a diagnostic tool. To demonstrate this, I would like to start with a short story from my work as a health and fitness trainer: A client contacted me because she wanted to lose weight. We discussed her situation and I sent her the first steps. One month later, she reported failure. She was unable to implement the program that we had discussed together. We reduced the program because my client said she was unable to implement it as planned due to time constraints and stress. The pattern repeated the next month. So we looked more closely for the causes. A surprising problem came to light:
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Field Report #7: How I Process “Atomic Habits” by James Clear
Those who do not react flexibly to the demands of the situation make themselves slaves to their stubbornness. When processing James Clear’s Atomic Habits, I deviate from the actually recommended reading method. The reason is: I work the way the book requires and not the way I would like to.