On Implementation

Psychology is your weakest link.

I always find the need to point this out, because this has been the biggest source of mistakes in myself and in the past.

All of these "techniques" are fine and good, but here's one thing to remember: techniques only work if you actually do them.

One of the greatest mistakes you can make is to (1) try to add all of these things in at once (2) struggle and suffer, and (3) get bored, burn out, and quit reading altogether.

If you're starting out, it's best to make small, incremental changes. Make one change. Then, after you figure out what you need and whether or not it is useful, make another. Don't try to incorporate everything at once—it'll be a disaster if you do all this stuff without knowing why you're doing it or how it lines up with your other goals in life.