Stop Reading Like a Student: Feynman’s Method to Absorb Books

Key Concepts:

• Highlighting and rereading create the illusion of learning.
• Read for understanding instead of memorization.
• Use the Feynman process to absorb complex ideas.
  1. Select a concept.
  2. Explain it as if teaching a child.
  3. Identify gaps in your understanding.
  4. Refine and revise.
• Apply the Feynman process to self-learning, technical skills, and business reading.
• Start using what you have read to solve problems.