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Study Smarter, Not Harder book.
My favorite books, written by Tony Buzan, addressed speed-reading, mastering memory, mind mapping, and much more.
Get through the book in multiple passes—each with a different purpose, speed, and comprehensive level. Learn to let go and feel comfortable with missing (not reading) some pages of the book.
Do I stop reading a book once it has fulfilled my curiosity? Do I stop once the book has answered my question? If
not, why?
Competent readers never let their minds fall into the default mode. They read with purpose and intention.
Understanding your strength and your situation Activating the “gold miner mindset,” reading
with the “one thing” principle. Building your reading habit around your situation, goal, and available cognition.
You should read every day. The best time is in the morning before breakfast and in the evening, after dinner.
A better position is to lie down and put your feet up on a chair, so that your legs are parallel to the ground. You might not be able to do this all the time, but try to be in that posture whenever you can.
Reading needs to start with an intention. If you meet the author, what is the one question that you want to ask him or her?
Start by reading the book jacket. Learn more about the author and unblock your authority bias.
Next, read the table of contents. Read the introduction and skim through the first chapter. Then figure out which chapter will most likely fulfill what you are trying to acquire.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
As Charlie Munger, a respected investor and a billionaire, said, “I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do,”
“I’m trying to learn about [insert skill here]. What do you recommend I read?”
Not having any reading activity is unwise. But reading the wrong book is even worse. I would rather not read any book than read the wrong book.
Roger Hamilton, a multimillionaire and the author of The Millionaire Master Plan,
All of that advice and knowledge are all correct; we are all on the same map—just in different places.
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Cialdini
“Knowing what I know now and the amount of key information I retained from the book, how much time do I wish I’d spent reading this book?
Your goal should be the driver of your reading. It should guide you in making the decision about which chapters you read, rather than letting the commitment bias take over, causing you to read the whole book.
Selective focus is the practice of choosing the right book to read. Selective focus is achieved by being aware of and following two ideas. First, you need to know your strengths, weaknesses, and current situation.
What’s the ONE THING I can do, (2) such that by doing it, (3) everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
The next books you read need to address, at least 80%, this issue.
“Five years from today, you will
be the same person that you are today, except for the books you read and the people you meet.”
Timothy Kenny, the author of Accelerated Learning
He scans his notes immediately after the reading if possible. If that is not possible, he will do it at the end of the workday.
