Recall Before Rereading

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Rereading can feel productive but it robs you of the opportunity to strengthen your memory by recalling the information.

Always recall first. Then reread if you’re unsure whether you were correct.

And here’s the kicker: this also applies to reasoning/derivations. Recall first, and then reason/derive after.

You want to build memory of both the process and the outcome. That is how you become fluent at multiple levels of scale. That is how you develop the ability to think in systems.

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