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Reading with purpose

Reading with purpose

Instagram is full of people in love with their image of reading.

Reading for learning is not all coffee shops and cosy couches. Most of the time is pen and paper and rereading concepts that are difficult to grasp.

You read because you want to know more, do more, grow more.

You have a purpose.

You're looking for things that could give you an edge, that you could later use in your purpose.

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I'm a Deepstasher passionate about history, art and community projects.

We sometimes get lost in the process of reading. We go to slow or take too many notes. Here's how to read efficiently, remember & mix new concepts.

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