{"id":21611,"date":"2020-12-26T20:35:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T00:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=21611"},"modified":"2021-01-03T19:17:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T23:17:36","slug":"selective-ignorance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/selective-ignorance\/","title":{"rendered":"Selective Ignorance: Learn Only The Info That Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is selective ignorance? How does it work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selective ignorance is when you choose to ignore information that won&#8217;t help you. If you can&#8217;t learn from it or act on it, you don&#8217;t have to take it into account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to find out how selective ignorance works and how to use it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Selective Ignorance for Unimportant or Unactionable Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading and informing yourself takes up a lot of energy. If you want more free time, you need to <strong>drastically cut down on the amount of time you spend consuming information. Do this by ignoring anything that\u2019s not important or that you can\u2019t do anything about.<\/strong> For example, the author only reads newspaper headlines as he walks to lunch. He spends only four hours a month reading <em>Inc.<\/em> magazine and about \u2153 of <em>Response<\/em> magazine. He assumes that if anything really important happens that he has to do something about, he\u2019ll hear about it from someone. In five years, his \u201cignorance\u201d has never caused a problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key to this ignorance is that it\u2019s selective. <strong>Ignore whatever the world throws at you. When you do need information, seek it out, ideally in a more digestible format than the original.<\/strong> For example, Ferriss learned enough to vote in the last federal election by doing the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He asked smart American friends with similar values to his how they were going to vote.<\/li><li>He was living in Berlin at the time and asked his friends there for an outside perspective.<\/li><li>He watched the presidential debates.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only was this an efficient way to get all this information, it was also free. This is an example of selective ignorance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t have friends who can advise you on a particular topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read a book on the subject. Choose it based on reviews and authoritativeness. Only read the parts that are immediately relevant.<ul><li>For example, when the author was trying to get <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/4-hour-work-week-book\/\">The 4-Hour Workweek<\/a><\/em> published, there were tons of books about getting published. He chose one by first-time authors, like himself, who had done the same thing he wanted to\u2014sell a book to the world\u2019s largest publisher.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Using what you\u2019ve learned from the book, come up with good questions. Get in touch with experts in the field for answers. Not only will you get information, you\u2019ll network.<ul><li>For example, the author posed his questions to authors and literary agents.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Steps to \u201cSelective Ignorance\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three steps to starting and maintaining selective ignorance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <strong>Ignore all media for one week to demonstrate to yourself that you don\u2019t need to be spending time on it.<\/strong> No news, magazines, books, audiobooks, radio, or TV. No going on the internet unless you absolutely need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-complete-a-task-successfully\/\">complete a task<\/a> for a particular day (no advance research). You can still listen to as much music as you want, watch an hour of TV for fun, and read fiction for an hour. (And keep reading <em>The 4-Hour Workweek<\/em>.) Things to keep in mind while doing this step:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Spend the time you\u2019ve freed with your family or studying <em>The 4-Hour Workweek. <\/em>(It may seem hypocritical to suggest reading <em>The 4-Hour Workweek<\/em>, but the author says it\u2019s not because the book contains important information that you need immediately.)<\/li><li>Ask someone for a five-minute review of current events at lunch every day. Once you realize that current events don\u2019t affect your life or decisions, stop asking.<\/li><li>Use web plugins to block certain websites.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Make sure that, <strong>if you\u2019re going to consume information, you\u2019re going to use it immediately, and on something important.<\/strong> If you\u2019re not going to use it immediately, you\u2019ll forget it by the time you need it, and have to relearn it. Learn things only as you need to know them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.<strong> Don\u2019t finish things if they\u2019re not helpful.<\/strong> If you start reading a book and discover it\u2019s boring or unhelpful, stop. You\u2019ll save yourself time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Speed Reading<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Speed reading can help you with selective ignorance. Follow these steps to increase your reading speed in just a few minutes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For two minutes, read while running your finger or a pencil under each line as you read it as fast as you can. This will help your eye jump to the next line without losing any time reorienting.<\/li><li>For three minutes, focus on the third word at the beginning and end of each line. This way you can move your eyes less. You can catch the beginning and end of each line with your peripheral vision. 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