# Scott Young - The Efficiency Mindset (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Efficiency-Mindset1-1024x512.jpg) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/31696278) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Scott Young]] **Full Title**:: The Efficiency Mindset **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.scotthyoung.com](https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2023/08/29/efficiency-mindset/) **Host**:: [[www.scotthyoung.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-08-30]] **Created**:: [[2023-09-02]] ## Highlights - If you can’t reinvest the resources, doing things more efficiently doesn’t pay off. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h927t6xy2ayh2n3m9kx1zbea)) ^588568516 --- cover: "https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Efficiency-Mindset1-1024x512.jpg" --- # Scott Young - The Efficiency Mindset (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Efficiency-Mindset1-1024x512.jpg) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/32836645) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Scott Young]] **Full Title**:: The Efficiency Mindset **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.scotthyoung.com](https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2023/08/29/efficiency-mindset/?ref=refind) **Host**:: [[www.scotthyoung.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-10-04]] **Created**:: [[2023-10-06]] ## Highlights - A common criticism of the efficiency mindset is rooted in an overly-narrow interpretation of assumption #1, the things you want. Consider speed reading a novel. This is “efficient” in the sense that you’re getting through the book in less time. But is that really what you want? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hby402xv2nxwfj65g4fqrcdv)) ^605431048 - The real failure of efficiency isn’t an overly narrow conception of what we desire, but when assumption #4, that you can reinvest resources saved by being more efficient, breaks down. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hby41q4mdjxh5zcqx81yqaxs)) ^605431049