A short one this week, on reading 'actionable' books: commoncog.com/blog/every-act
In a sentence: master the techniques and you can use them; internalise the principles and you can come up with new techniques of your own.
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It’s a great post on internalising the learnings of any “how to” book. And you picked all the books that are considered go-to sources for respective fields.
Much appreciated!
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Yeah, it's partly why I chose the book, actually. I had to work really hard to unearth the principles in Shape Up, in order to apply them to my situation. I think someone else without the framework of 'two books' would have thrown it away too early.
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You point out a phenomena I’ve had been noticing very well. The principles are there and they inform the actionables.
This then becomes highly challenging when it comes to books that require spiritual/philiosophical development to grok.
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I see this came from twitter.com/ejames_c/statu
Which is a great thread btw
Which reminds me that the best stories/movies indirectly tell universal themes thru' their highly specific plots
I wonder if something similar is happening here with fiction 🤔
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I'm convinced that all useful books are actually two books.
The first book contains the actionable tactics. These are easy to pick up: you just read.
The second book contains the principles that make the tactics work. This requires work to unearth.
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