https:\/\/scotthyoung.com\/members\/?page_id=42<\/a><\/p>\nActive reading is a tactic I recommend before speed reading for most
\nclasses. While speed reading can be useful, particularly in allowing
\nyou to get comfortable reading at higher rates, it doesn’t foster
\nthe same kind of deep understanding that other tactics do.<\/p>\n
Active reading is a great tactic to use for a 30-Day Trial since you
\ncan incorporate other tactics within it. That can allow you to try
\nout more of the techniques in the program.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
Why You Should Never “Study”<\/p>\n
For most students, “studying” is an undefined blob of a task that
\nhas no starting point, no finishing point and certainly no point
\nwhere they feel confident about how they did.<\/p>\n
That’s a recipe for stress and poor learning.<\/p>\n
Instead of “studying” you should always carve up your work into
\nspecific tasks. These need to be clear action items that have an
\nobvious *done* status.<\/p>\n
For example, if you have on your to-do list, “Review Statistics”,
\nthat isn’t very helpful. What exactly does “review” mean? At which
\npoint have you finished reviewing? When can you relax, knowing your
\nwork is done? I’m sure I’m not the only one that has difficulties
\nanswering those questions.<\/p>\n
A better way would be to break up “Review Statistics” into component
\ntasks, such as:<\/p>\n
– Create notes compression of subject.
\n– Complete 4 practice problems from each chapter.
\n– Read actively on Layer 5 (confused? it’s in the new guide)<\/p>\n
Task-based learning is more effective than “studying” and, best of
\nall, you can relax guilt-free when you’ve finished.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
Mastery as a Side Dish<\/p>\n
What if you want to have an interesting life, full of varied
\npursuits, but you also need to focus in order to achieve your goals?<\/p>\n
My solution is to pursue many other activities (programming, art,
\nphilosophy, psychology, dance, handstand pushups) without
\n*committing* to any of them.<\/p>\n
If you’d like to read more about my philosophy of mastery as a side
\ndish, and how it might reduce your stress, check out my article:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/bit.ly\/9M9zUY<\/a><\/p>\n—<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey, In this email I discuss the “sequel” to my speed reading guide, showing the other side of reading better: reading to understand something deeply. In this email: 1. I discuss the Active Reading implementation guide 2. Why you should never “study” 3. Mastery as a Side Dish (or Why Many Overachievers Burn Out)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}