• Choose Great Books. Focus on some combination of books that: 1) stand the test of time; 2) pique your interest; or 3) challenge you. The more interesting and relevant we find a book, the more likely we are to remember its contents in the future.
• Get some cont...

Just take some minutes at the end of each chapter and use your highlights to fill out these form.

• Chapter number:  
• Chapter title:  
• “Big ideas”:  
• Arguments supporting big ideas:  
• Interesting facts, stats, or analogies:  
• Resonating quotes:  

• Convergent thinking. When we want to solve a problem, we tend to look for useful facts to guide us to the correct answer. This type of thinking works well when the problem is straightforward and requires a reasonable solution.
• Divergent thinking. F...