I was of the very same mind that you are now. I was somewhat against textbooks, but now textbooks are my only way of learning, not only for strong knowledge but also fast.
I think there are several important things in changing to textbooks only, first I have replaced my habit of completionism: not finishing a particular book in some field but change, it if I don’t feel like it’s helping me or a if things seem confusing, by another textbook in the same field. lukeprog’s post is very handy here.
The idea of changing text-books has helped me a lot, sometimes I just thought I did not understand something but apparently I was only needing another explanation.
Two other important things, is that I take quite a lot of notes as I’m reading. I believe that if someone is just reading a text-book, that person is doing it wrong and a disservice to themselves. So I fill as much as I can in my working memory, be it three, four paragraphs of content and I transcribe those myself in my notes. Coupled with this is making my own questions and answers and then putting them on Anki (space-repetition memory program).
This allows me to learn vast amounts of knowledge in low amounts of time, assuring myself that I will remember everything I’ve learned. I believe textbooks are key component for this.
I was of the very same mind that you are now. I was somewhat against textbooks, but now textbooks are my only way of learning, not only for strong knowledge but also fast.
I think there are several important things in changing to textbooks only, first I have replaced my habit of completionism: not finishing a particular book in some field but change, it if I don’t feel like it’s helping me or a if things seem confusing, by another textbook in the same field. lukeprog’s post is very handy here.
The idea of changing text-books has helped me a lot, sometimes I just thought I did not understand something but apparently I was only needing another explanation.
Two other important things, is that I take quite a lot of notes as I’m reading. I believe that if someone is just reading a text-book, that person is doing it wrong and a disservice to themselves. So I fill as much as I can in my working memory, be it three, four paragraphs of content and I transcribe those myself in my notes. Coupled with this is making my own questions and answers and then putting them on Anki (space-repetition memory program).
This allows me to learn vast amounts of knowledge in low amounts of time, assuring myself that I will remember everything I’ve learned. I believe textbooks are key component for this.