⢠Book
⢠Pen
⢠Highlighter
A simple guide to taking notes while reading.
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If you ever forget or mix up books, youâll know which is yours.
The date serves as a type of journal entry in your life and can tell you how long it took to read the book.
This could be text you want to review later, include in future articles, makes you stop to think, etc.
(PS: I recommend the clear Sharpie highlighter, itâs wide so it gets the whole line & itâs comfortable to hold)
Remember that this is your book and youâre allowed to write in it.
When a text is super important, highlight it & add a star next to it.
Once you highlight a passage, go back to the inside of the front cover and jot the page # and a few words describing the text.
If you put a star next to a highlighted passage, put a star next to it in your table of contents as well.
This way you arenât just reading & highlighting passages, but rather youâre actively recalling what youâve learned. These takeaways will come in handy later as well.
Letâs say itâs the next day.
Before you start reading again, take a few minutes to remember what you learned from your last reading session.
If youâre having trouble, review your highlights & chapter takeaways.
(tip from âLimitlessâ by @jimkwik)
Once done youâre done with the book, your table of contents will look something like this.
On the inside of the back cover, write the date you finished the book, sign your name, & give it a rating.
Use the left side of the back cover to write down the overall key takeaways of the book.
Go back to the chapter takeaways you wrote & pick out the ones most insightful to you.
Knowledge is only potential power. You need to make it actionable to make a difference.
Think of ways you can apply the lessons and knowledge you learned by turning it into actionable advice on the inside of the back cover.
Thereâs a more detailed version to come but in terms of the 80/20 rule, this 20% of work will give you 80% of the results.
Whatâs your reading & note taking process?
⢠Alexâs Note-Taking Strategy
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