From 5421d05e9c5842940d2215eb6c4fc7f6da8744c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles-Axel Dein <120501+charlax@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:06:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add How I read --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c07b977..40d4f81 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1705,6 +1705,11 @@ JavaScript is such a pervasive language that it's almost required learning. - There was an interesting contrarian take in the [Hacker News thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36011599): "Once I relaxed and decided, 'If the stuff in this book is good enough, my brain will keep it FOR me' both my satisfaction AND utility of books increased dramatically." - [You Are What You Read, Even If You Don’t Always Remember It](https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/you-are-what-you-read/) - "I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.", Ralp Waldo Emerson +- [How I Read](https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/how-i-read) + - I read pretty slowly. I take notes, I underline, I highlight, I jot my thoughts in the margins, I pause if I encounter an especially interesting passage or idea. + - "Listening to books instead of reading them is like drinking your vegetables instead of eating them" + - “You will not learn anything of lasting importance from TV, movies, podcasts…they’re junk food. Successful people converge on 3 ways to learn: lots of reading time, some exercises and projects, and conversations with people who are slightly ahead of them.” + ### Refactoring