# You only know what you make Created On: 01-09-2023 02:13 pm Type: #note/literature📖 #source/podcast Topics: [[Second Brain]] / [[Reading (MOC)]] --- ## Notes * We think of learning and working as two separate phases * School -> Professional career * We need to challenge this * The best way to learn is by doing * Assembling a table is oversimplified as opposed to building it * The process of writing book summaries * Used to pride myself on the quantity of books, but would realize I wouldn't remember anything * Intellectual entertainment - remembering the positive and challenging feeling, but not recalling or having anything else * [[Reading for intellectual entertainment]] * Step into the role as the author - become an authority on the book through your own summaries, metaphors, and experiences * These summaries become the [[Intermediate packets]] in my second brain --- ## Reference(s) 1. [You Only Know What You Make](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tRIIwPH10NY6INnwUcG95?si=ce8556cc0731471a), [[The Build A Second Brain Podcast]], [[Tiago Forte]]