Tip 2: Don't read every word. It took me a while to figure this one out, because I, like many other conscientious , type-A learners, had been taught all my life to be thorough with my reading.

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Tip 2: Don't read every word. It took me a while to figure this one out, because I, like many other conscientious , type-A learners, had been taught all my life to be thorough with my reading.