Write down notes from your reading/learning in your own words for maximum benefit
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Information only useful once processed and put in our own words, not just copy quotes
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When writing in our own words, we cannot help but change it to something that is our own and new. At the same time, what we read is changing what we think. It generates organic growth in our thinking, as well as a richer zettelkasten
When we actively generate words (by talking or writing), more parts of our brain are activated then just reading the words.