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My #1 Trick for Remembering Books

👋 Hey Reader,

Before we dive into this week’s message on deep reading, I want to remind you of the challenge I shared last week: read a short story, an essay, and a poem each night for seven days. Many of you joined me in the challenge, and I loved hearing what you discovered. I also wanted to share my own favorite read from the week—which happens to be this week’s recommendation: Ray Bradbury’s short story “In a Season of Calm Weather.” You’ll find a link below where you can read it for free.

My #1 Trick for Remembering What I Read

I’m not sure we’re designed to naturally remember what we read. We can stare at pages for hours, study until our heads hurt, and still lose track of most of the information.

To prove the point: I earned a degree in accounting and assumed I knew the field pretty well—until I got my first job at a CPA firm. It wasn’t until I had to apply the concepts from my textbooks that I realized how little I actually understood. Over time, the real-world practice is what made the knowledge stick.

Books work the same way. While we’re reading, the ideas make perfect sense. But once we close the cover, the details disappear.

The secret to remembering what we read is in my motto: read slowly – take notes – apply the ideas.

It’s that last step—applying the ideas—that locks the lessons into your long-term memory.

Try it. The next time you finish a book, actually do the thing it teaches. When you put an idea into practice, the experience cements the principle in your mind.

For example, if you read a book about building financial wealth and do nothing, you’ll glance at it next year on your bookshelf and vaguely remember that it was “about retirement.” But if you follow the advice—put a percentage of your free cash into CDs, start a backdoor Roth IRA, set up a quarterly meeting with a financial advisor—those actions will etch the book’s lessons into your memory for life.

If you want to remember the books you read, apply what they teach. The more you do, the more you’ll retain.

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📚 Until next time, read slowly - take notes - apply the ideas.

-Eddy

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New This Week: ​

Book Recommendation In a Season of Calm Weather by Ray Bradbury Listen to the Podcast Design the Perfect Reading Space with Thatcher Wine | EP 119 Book Club Update What We're Reading This Week

Book Recommendation

In a Season of Calm Weather by Ray Bradbury

After last week’s challenge to read a short story, an essay, and a poem each night, I looked back to see which piece hit me the hardest. This short story wins by a mile.

I tracked down a free copy online for you—it’s only about six pages long and absolutely worth your time. I won’t spoil anything, but I will say this: you can’t capture or control life; you can only live well in the moment.

Read the Short Story for Free→

Listen to The Podcast

Design the Perfect Reading Space with Thatcher Wine | EP 119

In this episode, I sit down with author Thatcher Wine to talk about something most of us overlook: the space where we read. Thatcher shares practical ideas for creating a room that invites focus, comfort, and deeper engagement with books. We also walk through his books For the Love of Books and The Twelve Monotasks, and explore how slowing down and reading with purpose can change the way we approach challenging texts. If you're trying to build a stronger reading habit, this conversation will give you tools you can use today.

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Update From Book Club

What we're reading

Reading Pace: 10 pages / day

Dates: 11/4/2025 to 12/9/2025

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This book has already sparked some of the best conversations we’ve had. Young pulls us into the sensory lives of animals—creatures who feel vibrations through their bones, see colors we can’t imagine, and map the world through scent. It’s forcing all of us to rethink what it means to perceive reality.

This week, the discussion got surprisingly philosophical. One member asked, “If we give into our perceptions, what might we miss that's right in front of us?”
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It led to a great conversation, and honestly—it’s moments like that that make this club so special.

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This Week's Book Club Recording

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A Book Note From This Week

Page 191 – The Vibrational World Beneath Us​
Most humans are mostly unaware of ground vibrations, but many animals detect subtle waves traveling across land—much like ripples on water. Surface waves are perpendicular oscillations that can carry detailed information about movement. To many species, the ground is alive with signals that humans overlook due to our relatively insensitive mechanoreception.

You’ll find this note and nine more from this week's meeting inside the club.​
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