The #1 Reading Mistake To Avoid At All Costs:
Discovering a life-changing, mind-blowing insight that gets your heart racing, and then doing nothing with it.
Unless you are reading to be entertained, the failure to take action when we find what we need is a criticalmistake.
My advice?
Read things that are connected to specific goals and projects you are working on so that you know how to take action.
Paul Mussosubstack.comPaul Musso, PhD on Substack
The gist of it is that knowledge is useless until it’s coupled with action.
Susan Cain • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Trust me when I tell you, what you are missing is not more information, or the correct information, or quality information.
What you are missing is your own perspective, framework, worldview, or project from which and through which you can interpret information and apply to the problems of your life in a meaningful way.
In order for new information t... See more
What you are missing is your own perspective, framework, worldview, or project from which and through which you can interpret information and apply to the problems of your life in a meaningful way.
In order for new information t... See more
Paul Musso • Why You Need a Micro-Philosophy
I’ve met plenty of people who tell me they’ve read all the advice books out there but “nothing worked.” My question to them is always the same: “Did you apply the advice?” The answer is always no. It’s always easier to keep reading than it is to stop and do the exercises, and trying on new behaviors does require you to stretch in sometimes uncomfor
... See moreValerie Young Ed.D • The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It
In truth, most of us don’t suffer from a knowledge deficit—we suffer from a doing deficit . We take online courses and read books but rarely apply what we learn. The hard part isn’t learning what to do; it’s doing what we already know. So how can we shift from passive thinking to active doing?
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Ness Labs: The Doing Deficit ⭕
We figured out why we were reading this particular text and how it fits in with our goals and our curiosities. We took a small amount of time to get the structure and the argument of the book straight in our head before we dived right in. We’re already ahead of the curve and now we can take it another step. Here’s how we’re going to do it. 1. We’re... See more