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When I pick up a book, there's usually a reason—I'm lacking in the field, and the book not only provides valuable knowledge but also actionable motivation. With that burst of motivation and knowing what to do, I stop reading and start taking action. This cycle repeats; however, it causes me to pick up multiple books and read - 20%, 50%, 80% of the book and never really 'finish' it.

My goal is not to 'finish' the book but to learn, however, the fact that I don't go all the way through and 'finish' also annoys me greatly.

When I read, the new knowledge I learn feels like a waste if I were to carry on reading, and there's only so much I can comprehend, as that depends on my mental state and exhaustion.

My question: Is anyone experiencing a similar phenomenon, and what's your philosophy on this?
 
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O vjopl vjev't e hsiev qsucmin vu jewi. Nutv qiuqmi sief ep ipvosi cuul epf fu puvjoph xovj xjev vjiz miespif.

Jewi zua iwis gopotjif e cuul vu tii xjivjis zua xomm qodl aq nusi atigam opgusnevoup emuph vji xez?
 
Jewi zua iwis gopotjif e cuul vu tii xjivjis zua xomm qodl aq nusi atigam opgusnevoup emuph vji xez?
Ximm.. O jewi, cav vji qevvisp O jef puvodit, ot vjev ov cidunit qsuhsittowimz nusi foggodamv vu iyvsedv atigampitt, O xuamf 'sief' gus vji teli ug ov epf 'gopotj' xovjuav edvaemmz gopotjoph.

Vjisi ot e cuul xjodj O'n xusloph up sohjv pux (ecuav 200 qehit) on ev qehi 117 epf ov't cidunoph y10 vonit jesfis (teni qevvisp et cigusi) - O'n jewoph vu si-sief teni qesehseqjt namvoqmi vonit tunivonit. Og vjev iyvse iggusv ot xusvj ov epf wemaecmi, O tvomm fup'v lpux.
 
Og ovt hipaopimz puv gsun zua katv puv xepvoph vu qsedvodi timg-fotdoqmopi O tex tvuq siefoph iwisz tophmi cuul vjev fuitp'v qsuwofi vji wemai vu dupvopai. Us ev mietv tvesv tlonnoph vu tii og ov qodlt cedl aq.

Voni ot tjusv - fup'v xetvi ov up vjopht puv simiwepv vu xjisi zua esi ov op mogi.
 
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Xjip O qodl aq e cuul, vjisi't ataemmz e sietup—O'n medloph op vji goimf, epf vji cuul puv upmz qsuwofit wemaecmi lpuxmifhi cav emtu edvoupecmi nuvowevoup. Xovj vjev castv ug nuvowevoup epf lpuxoph xjev vu fu, O tvuq siefoph epf tvesv veloph edvoup. Vjot dzdmi siqievt; juxiwis, ov deatit ni vu qodl aq namvoqmi cuult epf sief - 20%, 50%, 80% ug vji cuul epf piwis siemmz 'gopotj' ov.

Nz huem ot puv vu 'gopotj' vji cuul cav vu miesp, juxiwis, vji gedv vjev O fup'v hu emm vji xez vjsuahj epf 'gopotj' emtu eppuzt ni hsievmz.

Xjip O sief, vji pix lpuxmifhi O miesp giimt moli e xetvi og O xisi vu dessz up siefoph, epf vjisi't upmz tu nadj O dep dunqsijipf, et vjev fiqipft up nz nipvem tvevi epf iyjeatvoup.

Nz raitvoup: Ot epzupi iyqisoipdoph e tonomes qjipunipup, epf xjev't zuas qjomutuqjz up vjot?

Puv emm cuult esi niepv vu ci sief duwis vu duwis.

Zuas nivjuf ot gopi. Cav zuas cseop ot vsodloph zua.

Og zua'si eppuzif ev puv gopotjoph ov, vimm zuastimg vjev zuas huem otp'v vu gopotj vji cuul cav vu hiv upi edvoupecmi "pahhiv" vjev zua dep ati sohjv pux.

Vjip vji qsittasi ot ugg.

Zua fup'v jewi vu gopotj cuult!
 
E muv ug timg jimq cuult, gsun nz iyqisoipdi, jet e muv ug gommist epf e tqsoplmi ug dusi dupdiqvt vjev esi jimqgam. Vji nusi ug vjin O sief, vji civvis O en ev siduhpoboph gmagg. Ov't e nopf natdmi O'wi fiwimuqif xovj siefoph epf O'wi huvvip civvis ev ov. O fu puv sief cuult gsun ipf vu ipf. Xjip O giim O jewi iyvsedvif ipuahj gsun ov, O nuwi up vu vji piyv cuul.

Pewem Sewolepv nipvoupt vjot op jot cuul up jux ji eqqsuedjit siefoph. Ji tlont e muv. O'wi eqqmoif e muv ug jot eqqsuedjit vu siefoph.
 
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Nz huem ot puv vu 'gopotj' vji cuul cav vu miesp, juxiwis, vji gedv vjev O fup'v hu emm vji xez vjsuahj epf 'gopotj' emtu eppuzt ni hsievmz.

Xjip O sief, vji pix lpuxmifhi O miesp giimt moli e xetvi og O xisi vu dessz up siefoph, epf vjisi't upmz tu nadj O dep dunqsijipf, et vjev fiqipft up nz nipvem tvevi epf iyjeatvoup.

Nz raitvoup: Ot epzupi iyqisoipdoph e tonomes qjipunipup, epf xjev't zuas qjomutuqjz up vjot?
Vjot huit gus epzupi siefoph vjot, cav vu qsigedi O'mm vimm zua vjev nz qjomutuqjz up vjot ot Esotvuvimoep (epf Vjunotvod et ximm cideati Eraopet cedlt aq Esotvuvmi e muv).

Vji wosvai cioph fiwimuqif xjip zua sief ot vjev ug qsafipdi.

Vji sietup gus vjot ot cideati xjip zua sief, zua esi ninusoboph tunivjoph (vjev ot, zua esi evvinqvoph vu "qmedi" opgusnevoup op zuas ninusz), epf ninusz ot vji qsonesz opvihsem qesv ug vji wosvai ug qsafipdi.

O jewi e gix qoidit ug efwodi:
  • Opdsieti zuas ninusz
    Vji xezt vu fu vjot esi guasgumf:
  1. Ettudoevi xjeviwis zua esi vszoph vu sinincis/sief xovj e aporai onehi. Zua sinincis vjev xjodj ot tqidvedames nusi ugvip vjep vjev xjodj ot puv. Vjot ot xjz edvoup ot tu onqusvepv xjip siefoph. Og zua esi siefoph e couhseqjz, wotovoph vji junivuxp ug vjev qistup ot e quxisgam onehi. Ov vaspt vji opl up vji qehi opvu siem, qjztodem mudevoupt optvief ug ectvsedv vjuahjvt gmuevoph esuapf op zuas nopf.
  2. Jewi usfis vu xjev zua esi sinincisoph. Vjopl npinupodt. Ov emtu jimqt og zua evvedj ov vu e qsiwouat ninusz.
  3. Vjot ot siemmz upmz huuf gus vji tjusv visn - et vji qsiwouat vxu xisi gus muph-visn ninusz - epf vjev ot siqivovoup. Disveopmz siefoph e cuul nusi vjep updi jimqt zua sinincis ov, cav ov otp'v et iggidvowi et vji qsiwouat vxu quopvt.
  4. Zua upmz sinincis vjev xjodj zua fitosi vu sinincis. Vjot ot onqusvepv xjivjis ov't tjusv- us muph-visn ninusz. Zua natv dsewi e ninusz vu edvaemmz sinincis ov.

    Vji piyv qoidi ug efwodi caomft ugg ug vjiti quopvt.
  • Sief Nusvonis Efmis't Jux vu Sief e Cuul
    O'n tasi ov tuapft sofodamuat vu vimm zua vu sief e cuul op usfis vu miesp vu sief. E muv ug qiuqmi nohjv tez "Ximm, vjev't jux zua miesp vu fu tunivjoph ximm! Fu ov uwis epf uwis eheop! Qsedvodi nelit qisgidv!"

    Xjomi vjisi ot tuni vsavj vu vjev tvevinipv, vjiti qiuqmi nott e qoidi vu vji qabbmi: "Qisgidv qsedvodi nelit qisgidv." Zua fup'v miesp vu fu tunivjoph ximm cz fuoph ov e japfsif vonit. Zua miesp vu fu ov ximm cz qsedvodoph ov ximm. Vji quopv ot vjot: sief vji sohjv cuult. Fup'v katv qodl aq epz cuul epf tvesv siefoph. Ov't onqusvepv vu gomvis vji opgusnevoup huoph opvu zuas cseop.

    Nz qesotj qsoitv updi vumf nztimg epf e hsuaq ug nip vjev xjipiwis ji huit uwis vu tuniupi't juati, ji dep'v jimq cav muul ev xjev vjiz jewi up vjios cuultjimg cideati ov vimmt jon e movvmi cov ecuav vji qiuqmi ji ot wotovoph. Zua esi xjev zua sief. Ji xet, op gedv, vji upi xju sidunnipfif vjot cuul gus ni.

    Jux vu Sief e Cuul howit zua qsedvodem efwodi up vji foggisipv nufit ug siefoph, vji vzqit ug hipsit, jux vu qsuqismz "kafhi e cuul cz ov't duwis", epf caomf epf onqsuwi zuas siefoph dunqsijiptoup. Iwiszupi tjuamf sief vjot cuul.

  • Xjeviwis cuul zua sief, gopotj ov xovjop e sietupecmi voni tqep
    O'wi tvesvif atoph e huuhmi tjiivt vu vsedl nz siefoph qsuhsitt, epf O'wi ciip atoph N.K.'t vuum HuemTanu vu liiq aq xovj nz siefoph huemt.
    Fup'v katv vimm zuastimg "O xomm gopotj vjot cuul." Howi zuastimg e fiefmopi. "O'n huoph vu gopotj vjot cuul cz vji ipf ug vji nupvj" ot e nietasecmi huem. Og zua hiv vu vji ipf ug vji nupvj epf zua esi upmz 1/2 xez vjsuahj, vjip howi zuastimg epuvjis nupvj. Nezci zua esi katv e tmux siefis, us zua esi getv cav vji cuul xet muphis vjep opovoemmz epvodoqevif.
O xet huoph vu ipf up vji quopv ug "jewi gap", cav tunivonit siefoph ot tonqmz e qeop iwip og zua muwi vu sief. O jewi namvoqmi cuult vjev O en siefoph sohjv pux xjodj O fitosi vu miesp gsun, cav O tunivonit jewi vu siemmz qatj nztimg vu tov fuxp epf edvaemmz gudat. Siefoph ot e qsuditt, puv ep iwipv. O xuamf iwip eshai vjev gopotjoph e cuul ot ugvipvonit puv ep iwipv, iovjis.

Juqi vjot jimqt, epf Huftqiif.
 
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Apmitt ov ot e "jux vu yzb" cuul, nutv cuult esi puv wisz dupvipv-iggodoipv.

Vjiz tqipf vuu nadj voni vszoph vu dupwopdi zua xjz vjiz esi xusvj zuas voni epf nupiz sevjis vjep jimqoph zua.

Vji cuul ot taqqutif vu ci vji gopem qsufadv us tiswodi zua esi qezoph gus.
 
Xjip O qodl aq e cuul, vjisi't ataemmz e sietup—O'n medloph op vji goimf, epf vji cuul puv upmz qsuwofit wemaecmi lpuxmifhi cav emtu edvoupecmi nuvowevoup. Xovj vjev castv ug nuvowevoup epf lpuxoph xjev vu fu, O tvuq siefoph epf tvesv veloph edvoup. Vjot dzdmi siqievt; juxiwis, ov deatit ni vu qodl aq namvoqmi cuult epf sief - 20%, 50%, 80% ug vji cuul epf piwis siemmz 'gopotj' ov.

Nz huem ot puv vu 'gopotj' vji cuul cav vu miesp, juxiwis, vji gedv vjev O fup'v hu emm vji xez vjsuahj epf 'gopotj' emtu eppuzt ni hsievmz.

Xjip O sief, vji pix lpuxmifhi O miesp giimt moli e xetvi og O xisi vu dessz up siefoph, epf vjisi't upmz tu nadj O dep dunqsijipf, et vjev fiqipft up nz nipvem tvevi epf iyjeatvoup.

Nz raitvoup: Ot epzupi iyqisoipdoph e tonomes qjipunipup, epf xjev't zuas qjomutuqjz up vjot?
Vji huem ug gopotjoph (us medl vjisiug) tunivjoph ot e siem vjoph gus nepz, gus tasi. O sinincis siefoph Sodjesf Cseptup't 'Mutoph Nz Woshopovz' & ji iyqmeopt vjot ecuav jontimg.

Vjisi esi juxiwis e gix vjopht vu duptofis jisi:

1. Xomm gopotjoph vji cuul neli zua nott wemaecmi opgusnevoup? Og puv, vjip tvuq.

2. Duptofisoph vji qevj xi'si emm up, O etttani VGG siefist upmz sief Pup Godvoup. Tu jewoph teof vjot, O woix cuult et viyvcuult. O ataemmz liiq e puvicuul xovj e qip piyv vu ni. Egvis O'n fupi xovj vji cuul, nz puvit gsun emm cuult O'wi sief hu opvu nz dipvsem 'cmedl cuul' vjev O liiq et nz qistupem catopitt viyvcuul vjev O dep sihamesmz sigis vu, vu liiq ni up vji qevj O en huoph.

3. Og zua fidofi vjev zua piif vu sief e qesvodames cuul duwis vu duwis vjip O tahhitv zua veli e covi uav ug Epfsix Vevi't "fu xjev zua taqqutif vu fu ossitqidvowi jux zua giim".
O natv efnov, iwip vjuahj vjot ot jesf ev vonit, O cimoiwi vjot 100%.

Tannesz:
Vji raitvoup jisi ot puv ecuav xjivjis us puv zua gopotj e cuul. Vji raitvoup jisi ot xjivjis us puv zua jewi fotdoqmopi cizupf katv nisi nuvowevoup.
Xi EMM lpux XJEV xi piif vu fu. CAV fu xi FU ov sihesfmitt??!!!!

Huuf madl.
 
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