Quote Originally Posted by ctklai View Post
I am currently in the progress of finishing a book written in the 40s by Mortimer Adler called 'How to Read a Book'. It is a practical book that proposes readers to adopt a set of behaviours if they wish to understand great challenging books above their intelligence level. The various acts in the skilled operations, including specific actions and rules one must take and follow, constitute the art of reading.
So you should read a book to learn how to read books above your intelligence level? Interesting idea!

Quote Originally Posted by author of the book
In order to forget them as separate acts, you have to learn them first as separate acts.
It does not work this way. You cannot learn to properly bend knees or to look downhill while standing at the top of the hill. In GTD it is not possible to learn Collecting step without Processing and Organizing and Doing and Reviewing because you will end up with a big pile of unprocessed notes.

I think the best way to improve an element of the process is to focus on it while performing the whole routine.