Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People

Elisabeth Gruner: The Zen of Writing, Reading, and Learning

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Sep 14, 2022
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INSIGHT

Reading As Transformative Alchemy

  • Reading transforms readers by making experiences part of their inner life and identity.
  • Elisabeth Gruner calls this change 'alchemy' because reading converts experience into personal change.
INSIGHT

Reading Invites Personal Imagination

  • Reading requires readers to invent voices and images, producing a different imaginative engagement than film or audio.
  • Film fixes a particular representation, while text invites individual interpretation and identity projection.
ADVICE

Use Short Free-Writes Daily

  • Start writing with short free-writing sessions to break anxiety and build flow.
  • Write often because writing begets more writing and increases ease and output.
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