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Reading slowlyon purpose

Twelve books a year, fully digested, beats fifty skimmed.

I used to chase reading goals: fifty books a year, a neat little progress bar, and almost nothing I could remember by December.

Now I read about twelve, slowly, with a pencil. I write a page of notes for each one and argue with the author in the margins.

Twelve books, fully digested, have changed how I think far more than fifty skimmed ever did.

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