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1)Quit More Books
Life is too short to waste it on average books. The opportunity cost is too high. There are so many amazing things to read.
Start more books. Quit most of them. Read the great ones twice.
Life is too short to waste it on average books. The opportunity cost is too high. There are so many amazing things to read.
Start more books. Quit most of them. Read the great ones twice.
2)Choose Books You Can Use Instantly
One way to improve reading comprehension is to choose books you can immediately apply. Putting the ideas you read into action is one of the best ways to secure them in your mind. Practice is a very effective form of learning.
One way to improve reading comprehension is to choose books you can immediately apply. Putting the ideas you read into action is one of the best ways to secure them in your mind. Practice is a very effective form of learning.
3)Create Searchable Notes
Keep notes on what you read. You can do this however you like. It doesn’t need to be a big production or a complicated system. Just do something to emphasize the important points and passages.
Keep notes on what you read. You can do this however you like. It doesn’t need to be a big production or a complicated system. Just do something to emphasize the important points and passages.
4)Combine Knowledge Trees
When you read something that reminds you of another topic or immediately sparks a connection or idea, don’t allow that thought to come and go without notice. Write about what you’ve learned and how it connects to other ideas.
When you read something that reminds you of another topic or immediately sparks a connection or idea, don’t allow that thought to come and go without notice. Write about what you’ve learned and how it connects to other ideas.
5)Write a Short Summary
Write the name of the book at the top of a blank sheet of paper, then write down how you’d explain the book to someone who had never heard of it.
Write the name of the book at the top of a blank sheet of paper, then write down how you’d explain the book to someone who had never heard of it.
6)Surround the Topic
Reading a book takes effort, but too often, people use one book or one article as the basis for an entire belief system. This is even more true when it comes to using our one, individual experience as the basis for our beliefs.
Reading a book takes effort, but too often, people use one book or one article as the basis for an entire belief system. This is even more true when it comes to using our one, individual experience as the basis for our beliefs.
7)Read It Twice
Nassim Taleb sums things up with a rule for all readers: “A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third. Any book not worth rereading isn’t worth reading.”
Nassim Taleb sums things up with a rule for all readers: “A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third. Any book not worth rereading isn’t worth reading.”
