# Morgan Housel - Paying Attention (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/28947700) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Morgan Housel]] **Full Title**:: Paying Attention **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [collabfund.com](https://collabfund.com/blog/paying-attention/?ref=refind) **Host**:: [[collabfund.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-06-13]] **Created**:: [[2023-06-22]] ## Highlights - Sherlock Holmes says in the book, *The Study of Scarlet*: > I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2svm4577h28x0ys473tmczq)) ^547144151 - The best reading strategy I’ve come across is the idea of [a wide funnel and tight filter](https://collabfund.com/blog/how-to-read-lots-of-inputs-and-a-strong-filter/). Be willing to read anything that looks even a little interesting, but abandon it quickly and without mercy if it’s not working for you. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2svnhthcbmcsgx9a7x8mgg9)) ^547144236 - For nearly every blog post and most non-fiction books: there is no need to devour and focus on every word. If I can remember a few great stories and epic lines, it’s a win. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2svqhjs80jvvx1tq99xp2ac)) ^547144562 - Pay close attention when someone you admire disagrees on a topic you’re passionate about. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2svqwetskthb57vtabj9kts)) ^547144583 - Charles Darwin, according to Charlie Munger, wasn’t exceptionally bright, but became a first-class scientist because he spent his life trying to prove himself wrong. “One of the great things to learn from Darwin is the value of extreme objectivity,” Munger once said. “He tried to disconfirm his ideas as soon as he got ‘em. He quickly wrote down in his notebook anything that disconfirmed a much-loved idea.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2svrph1wz1da8n9nepdnntk)) ^547144985