Why Your Highlighting Habits Are Letting You Down
The High School Highlighting Habit That Is Holding You Back and How to Fix It
Most of us learned how to study books & highlight in high school. And we’re still doing it the same way.
I don’t know about you but I haven’t been in high school for over 20 years now. Back then the internet was young. We weren’t dealing with constant information overflow & AI wasn’t even a thing.
The world has completely transformed since then. The way we work has changed. The way we consume information has changed. The way we USE information has changed.
But most of us? We’re still highlighting like it’s 1999 😅 (yes I’m one of those people born in the 1900's)
Think about it. You’re reading a book, highlighter (or digital equivalent) in hand, and what do you do? You highlight the “main points.” You try to summarise each chapter. You essentially create a book report… just like Miss Johnson taught you in Year 10 English.
But in reality you’re not writing book reports anymore. You’re a knowledge worker, creator, or professional looking to actually learn & implement what you read. And those old highlighting habits? They’re holding you back.
