Want to get more from books? Stop reading them cover to cover. | Shane Parrish

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- We've been taught to treat books like a linear experiece: start, then continue reading until the end. - But problematic because it doesnt correspond to how we actually extract knowledge from books. - Here are a few ways you can get more from reading books while investing less of your precious time. Shane Parrish is a former Canadian intelligence officer and the founder of Farnam Street, a go-to resource that CEOs, athletes, professional coaches and entrepreneurs rely on to find signal in a world of noise. Shane's work has been featured in nearly every major publication, including Forbes, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and most recently, the New York Times. Read more at BigThink.com: bigthink.com/videos/reading-books Follow Big Think here: YouTube: goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom Twitter: twitter.com/bigthink

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