After reading the 10 page summary, the 100 page document is read - total reading of 110 pages. By writing considerably higher quality summaries it is possible to read just the summary and not the original document. Information lock is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when people give up reading due to excessive reading requirements. In the diagram below a person has been given 1,200 pages of information, but has stopped reading after 75 pages. Leveraging Knowledge, Time and Technology - Uncovering the Secrets of Superior Performance , Ken Standfield, IIKM, 1998.
Time is required to integrate, restructure, reformat at retain the information.
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