The Art Of Critical Reading [Part 1 & 2‪]‬

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It's important to allow your filters to contradict, you don't want to be so smart you're stupid.

Critical reading is valuable because it delays your judgment! The space between consuming information and coming to judgment about information is the place where thinking happens. Critical reading isn't about leading you to the "right" version of things. It's about helping you absorb what you read, understand it in a certain context, and then make a value-informed choice about whether to view that information positively, negatively, neutrally, or somewhere in between. To do that, you have to leverage your "reading" lenses. The more you think for yourself, the more legendary you become.

In this "mini-book" you will learn:
To be a critical reader, you must be able to read and instantly separate out opinions vs. okay data vs. strong data, just like you recognize letters of the alphabet.Facts don't get clicks. Filters get clicks.The 5-step process to improve your critical reading skills and rewire your brain toward category design thinking.Critical reading is the key to rejecting the premise; To reject the premise you must revisit and revise your facts, filters, feelings, and forecasts.To reach conclusions that benefit you and your goals, without all the mental spinning around and self-doubt.
Short, sweet, and jam-packed with incredibly valuable insights, this "mini-book" explains how to read and interpret information using critical and reflective reading.