Ryan Holiday

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37,979 appearances 208 recordings 12 series first heard Jun 2016 last heard yesterday

Ryan Holiday’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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How did you become an expert in the first place? voice-verified

By reading about something that you didn't know about, that at one point you didn't even. voice-verified

Even know you were interested in. voice-verified

So great readers read widely. voice-verified

They don't just read for confirmation. voice-verified

In fact, they actively seek out disconfirmation. voice-verified

They want to be challenged. voice-verified

They don't straw man the ideas that they disagree with. voice-verified

They read the steel man, the best versions of the arguments they disagree with, and that's how they get better and smarter and wiser. voice-verified

Okay, so if I had to summarize this in three points, I'd say voice-verified

Number one, read well and read widely. voice-verified

Number two, voice-verified

Don't just read, but but take notes. voice-verified

Extract. voice-verified

Organize, synthesize this information. voice-verified

Take it out of the books and put it somewhere that you can use it. voice-verified

Which leads me to the third and the final and the most important rule for reading. voice-verified

You have to apply it, right? voice-verified

We're not reading to impress people. voice-verified

We're not trying to collect random sentences or trivia. voice-verified

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