5. Connect the dots

• Keep learning: Read a book while you are idle, and you can finish 50 books a year.
• Make a 'To Learn' list, like a new language, or skill.
• Try to be with intellectual friends.
• Teach: teaching forces you to look at a concept with a beginner’s mind, providing the clarity...

We must be attentive to the input we consume. It affects us in deep and profound ways.

Avoid watching endless hours of mindless television or uncritically ingesting the worst of popular culture erodes character. Try instead reading books, listening to podcasts and attending conferenc...

Most of us have a preferred way of learning. Get to know the learning style you're most comfortable with and study in the ways you learn best.

Note that these styles are just a way to think about diffent studying techniques – they're not hard and fast rules that say you should only study in...