How to Read And Learn More Effectively (Ep. 48)

The Inforium

Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

Personal Branding, Career, Productivity, Business, Learning, Lifehacking, College, University, Education, 101, Lifestyle Design, Work Smart, Class

4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2015

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

When you read a book, how much do you retain? How much do you actually apply? Shane Parrish, the founder of the excellent blog Farnam Street, will teach you how to improve the way you read books. Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: Farnam Street Follow Shane on Twitter How to read a book Shane's current reading list Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey it's Thomas Frank. I've just got a quick note for you before we get into the show.
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0:34.0	Hey there everybody I'm Thomas Frank and
0:40.0	welcome back to the college info geek
0:42.0	podcast this show exists to help you as a student become
0:45.1	better at studying, more efficient at learning anything, getting the jobs you want, and
0:50.2	learning how to manage your money. And today on the show I have a guest.
0:52.8	His name is Shane Parish,
0:54.4	and he is the founder of a blog called Farnam Street,
0:58.4	which you can find at Farnam Street blog.
1:00.7	And honestly, I think Farnam Street is one of the smartest sites on the internet.
1:05.0	So Shane actually reads a ridiculous, just a ridiculous amount of books, and he pulls out the most salient points out of all these books and he's a huge fan of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger and these guys had just the amazing mental models that allowed them to learn very quickly and take action and obviously succeed immensely in life.
1:24.0	So if you want to learn how to become a better reader, a better learner, and a better
1:27.8	a plier, is that a word, aplier of the things you can pull out of books. And this episode is for you.
1:34.0	And I really hope you enjoy the interview that's coming up in just a few minutes.
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