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Focused

124: Reading and Learning

Apr 27, 2021

01:25:04

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Focus Challenge Accepted

Writing Your Ideas Down - The Pk and Planet

Getting the Dots Gathered in a Book

1.

Introduction

3min

2.

What's the Biggest Elements of Personal Knowledge Management?

6min

3.

Developing Your Ideas Over Decades

3min

4.

Writing Your Ideas Down - The Pk and Planet

3min

5.

The Ultimate Importance of Rolls in Pk M

3min

6.

The Vineois Productivity Podcast

5min

7.

What Can You Get Out of Reading a Book?

3min

8.

Why I Enjoy Reading Non Fiction

4min

9.

The Bookworm Podcast

4min

10.

How to Read a Bookworm

4min

11.

I Love Audio Books

4min

12.

How to Train Your Mind - An Audible Project

2min

13.

P T F Pen - The All Purpose P F Editor

1min

14.

P D F Pin and P D F Pen Pro Work With Pt F Pin for Eye Pad and Iphone for Smooth Editing

5min

15.

How to Summarize a Book

6min

16.

Getting the Dots Gathered in a Book

3min

17.

How to Write Sparky OS

2min

18.

Read Wise

3min

19.

Is This a Good Plug In?

2min

20.

The Key to Success Is Finding an Edge and Leveraging It

3min

21.

How Do You Learn From Video?

2min

22.

Thetubalgarithm - I Like You Two Vidios

3min

23.

YouTube Is Not Like All Cat Vidios

2min

24.

Do You Have a Productivity Challenge?

2min

25.

I Want to Learnevy Day

4min

26.

Focus Challenge Accepted

2min

27.

The One Big Takeaway From This Podcast

3min

In this episode, Mike and David talk about PKM planets and how they read, process, and learn from books and other media.

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Credits

The Hosts
Mike Schmitz
David Sparks

The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time eBook: Tracy, Brian: Books

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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (8601400995709): Catmull, Ed, Wallace, Amy: Books

How to Train Your Mind by Chris Bailey | Audiobook | Audible.com

Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less eBook: Carpenter, Sam: Kindle Store

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading: Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren: 0042516291251: Amazon.com: Books

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