Day 17: The One Software App I Can’t Live Without For Retaining Knowledge - Ship30for30
As a function of being naturally curious I used to get sucked down all the curiosity rabbit holes. I would see a link mentioned in a newsletter or on social and immediately lose 30 minutes of my life, never to be regained again.
On any given day on ProductHunt, there is a tool being launched offering up a better calendar, to-do list or app claiming to help you with your productivity. Take it from me, it's very easy to lose a day's worth of productivity experimenting with the next 'productivity' app; believe me, I've done it!
Over the years, there is definitely one that has stood the test of time and that's Readwise. Built by Tristan Homsi & Daniel Doyon it's an app that has improved my life for the better. With the recent introduction of Readwise Reader, it's become a part of my daily reading & retention flow.
If You Read Anything, You Should Readwise
Why I love it so much:
- As I'm highlighting quotes in Kindle from my favorite books, they're being imported to Readwise.
- Every morning, as part of my daily routine I review previously saved highlights. After several starts and stops over the years, I'm now on a 164-day streak!
- Over time, I'm recalling more and growing my knowledge
- The new Readwise Reader app now allows me to pull in feeds of my favorite newsletters. Anything I highlight there gets sync'd to Readwise.
This process moves you off of the cycle of reading articles just because they look interesting in the moment (just-in-case learning) to a model of queue'ing up article to read a time that makes sense for your workflow and immediate need (just-in-time learning).
If one of your goals in 2023 is to not only read more, but retain more to the knowledge you're acquiring, you owe to yourself to read smarter. I can't recommend Readwise enough. It's definitely 10x'd my retention.
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