Ways to Read

"One cannot read a book: one can only reread it."--Vladimir Nabokov

• "Speed reading is a collection of methods for increasing reading speed without an unacceptable reduction in comprehension or retention."

• Structure-Proposition-Evaluation (SPE) (Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book) 
• Read
• (1) for the structure or outline; 
• (2) for the logical propositions made, organized into chains of inference; and 
• (3) for evaluation of the merits of arguments/conclusions. Suspend judgment until the work is fully understood.

• Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review (SQ3R) reading toward being able to teach what is read

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_(process)

LLL

Often others who are not, never were, lifelong learners stereotype the few who are into two polar opposites. The nervous bookworm who does too much research. They are afraid or maybe just overcomplicate things by thinking too much about how their time is supposedly best utilized with more background. Then there's the impulsive decision-taker who goes with that gut feeling. They experiment and get out there, but at the cost of making sketchy half-assed leaps.
"But there’s a middle road between paralysis and bravado. That’s the road where you avoid a lot of the fear, self-doubt and uncertainty by making carefully chosen actions to gain more information before moving onto bigger decisions."--Scott Young

• Preempt pet projects with pilot projects.

• Master the general, before the specific (for certain things).