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Parrish is the entrepreneur and wisdom seeker behind Farnam Street and the host of The Knowledge Project Podcast, where he focuses on turning timeless insights into action. His new book is Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments Into Extraordinary Results
While I’ve posted this before as part of my series on reading a book, I wanted to draw your attention to this beautiful excerpt from Mortimer Adler’s How To Read A Book:
This piece originally appeared on Farnam Street.
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