If you want to learn how to take notes in books, this video is a must-watch:
I recorded it with Tiago Forte and it recently passed 750,000+ views.
Here are quick 5 step summary:
Step 1 → Highlight important information as you read the book
"As you read the book, you want to highlight the important information. If something really resonates with you and sticks out, you want to capture that. Specifically, look for insights, quotes, and actionable advice.”
Step 2 → Create a custom table of contents on the front cover
"What you want to do as a reader is create your own table of contents. So as I read the book and I find something interesting, not only will I highlight it, I'll go back to the front cover of the book and I'll write down the page number and why I found that interesting.”
Step 3 → Summarize the most important lessons on the back cover
"As I finish the book, next up would be to distill the information so I go to the back cover and on the back left-hand side, I'm distilling the most important lessons I've learned from the book in your own words. Maybe like it's been a few months since you built your second brain, you want to refresh pressure memory, you just go to the back cover, and you're like okay what lessons did I find important or what did I want to apply that I haven't yet applied."
Step 4 → Turn the lessons into actionable advice
"I try to take the lessons I've learned and try to figure out how I could turn them into actionable advice. On the inside of the back cover, you have your expression, your interpretation, which is how you're going to apply those lessons exactly.”
Step 5 → Don’t try to remember or apply everything, just pick 3 things
"If you read a book like Atomic Habits, you can't just apply 20 habits at once, so I came up with the rule of three: let me find 3 lessons and 3 pieces of actionable advice, and that's my goal with every book I read.
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I recorded it with Tiago Forte and it recently passed 750,000+ views.
Here are quick 5 step summary:
Step 1 → Highlight important information as you read the book
"As you read the book, you want to highlight the important information. If something really resonates with you and sticks out, you want to capture that. Specifically, look for insights, quotes, and actionable advice.”
Step 2 → Create a custom table of contents on the front cover
"What you want to do as a reader is create your own table of contents. So as I read the book and I find something interesting, not only will I highlight it, I'll go back to the front cover of the book and I'll write down the page number and why I found that interesting.”
Step 3 → Summarize the most important lessons on the back cover
"As I finish the book, next up would be to distill the information so I go to the back cover and on the back left-hand side, I'm distilling the most important lessons I've learned from the book in your own words. Maybe like it's been a few months since you built your second brain, you want to refresh pressure memory, you just go to the back cover, and you're like okay what lessons did I find important or what did I want to apply that I haven't yet applied."
Step 4 → Turn the lessons into actionable advice
"I try to take the lessons I've learned and try to figure out how I could turn them into actionable advice. On the inside of the back cover, you have your expression, your interpretation, which is how you're going to apply those lessons exactly.”
Step 5 → Don’t try to remember or apply everything, just pick 3 things
"If you read a book like Atomic Habits, you can't just apply 20 habits at once, so I came up with the rule of three: let me find 3 lessons and 3 pieces of actionable advice, and that's my goal with every book I read.
–
PS: Want to start reading more books but don't know where to start?
Grab a list of my 100 favorite books (plus a new book summary every week) for FREE here: https://lnkd.in/eBFYc3xE 👈
♻️ Repost if you found this helpful.