📜 The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that (…) Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s (via Quotations from Famous Entrepreneurs on Entrepreneurship )

April 17, 2009 · 1 min · 34 words

📋 The 8 survey steps of Smart Reading

Take 10 minutes to: Read title, subtitle and jacket summary. Identify author or source, and date of publication or copyright. Skim the Table of Contents. Examine Index for relevant references. Read the Preface, Forward, Introduction and Conclusions. Review pictures, captions, charts, maps, graphics, bold headings, summaries, sidebars, exercises and study questions. Read a paragraph to judge writing style. Overall picture. Review what you’ve learned and make your decision:" To read or not to read....

February 19, 2009 · 1 min · 81 words