Personal Development for Smart People Forums - View Single Post - Is there a such thing as reading too much ?

Sunnybayes · 03-21-2007, 04:23 AM

I think you can read too much in certain cases. Like if you are trying to learn a skill, like investing in real estate... you could read forever but then you must apply it.

Same for the forums. You read some good advice but then you have to internalize the information and then stop reading for a while and just sit down and think about the information and how you could apply the concepts that you have learned.

Or else you just end up replacing one item that you have read with another item, maybe like you have a short term memory of a day or so and so that if it becomes full then there is no point in reading more because then you will just forget about the other stuff that you read, so that you need time to think about it so that it has a chance to move to long term memory, and so that you can subconsciously act out the things that you have read and that it becomes apart of you.

03-21-2007, 04:23 AM	#19 (permalink)
Sunnybayes Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 322	I think you can read too much in certain cases. Like if you are trying to learn a skill, like investing in real estate... you could read forever but then you must apply it. Same for the forums. You read some good advice but then you have to internalize the information and then stop reading for a while and just sit down and think about the information and how you could apply the concepts that you have learned. Or else you just end up replacing one item that you have read with another item, maybe like you have a short term memory of a day or so and so that if it becomes full then there is no point in reading more because then you will just forget about the other stuff that you read, so that you need time to think about it so that it has a chance to move to long term memory, and so that you can subconsciously act out the things that you have read and that it becomes apart of you.