## Principles - Find the essence of what you consume to stay concise - Helps with [[Notes discoverability]] - [[Summarizing content to encourage critical thinking]] - [[Use resource summaries as a foundation for your own thinking and creating]] - There is no way to be able to effectively summarize without thinking through the material - You need to be able to revisit that thought process in which you were able to come to a conclusion - [[Imitate the thinking and writing of your role models]] - [[Give people value and time by consuming content for them]] ### Practices - Practice [[Progressive Summarization]] to create layers of varying detail - Turn consumed content and highlights into your own [[Evergreen Notes]] - [Forte Labs Summarizing Books](https://fortelabs.co/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-summarizing-books/)