Reading to Actually Understand
The late spiritual leader Yogi Bhajan once said, ‘If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it.’
Steven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
And in all your first attempts in reading a technical work, make out an Abstract of each chapter in writing, and then deal only with this Abstract.
A. (Alphonse) Loisette • Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget
The basic process of learning consists of reflection and feedback.