How to Remember What You Read

How to Remember What You Read

1. 2 types of readers:

   • ACTIVE
   • PASIVE

2. READ WITH YOUR 5 SENSES

   • Important concepts
     • (+)Quality-Quantity(-)
     • Speedreading is bullshit. Read as an Habit
     • Notebook + Pen/// Notes of Iphone
     • Read staff that you like.

3. BEFORE

   • (1) Stand the test of time (2) Pique your interest (3)Resonate with your current situation.
     • DONT WASTE YOUR TIME
       • STAY FOCUSED
       • (+)25 pages/per day (Minimum)
         • The rule of 50
           • GOOD
           • BAD
   • RESEARCH, get some context
     • Why did the author write this?
       • What is their background?
         • What else have they written?
           • Where was it written?
             • What was the situation at the time of writing?
               • Political
                 • Economical
                   • Cultural
   • Why are you reading this book?
     • What do you want to get from the book?
       • Entertainament
         • Improve skills
           • Work
       • CIRCUNSTANCES
         • FEELINGS

4. WHILE READING

   • 1)Take notes
     • Summarise the important facts
     • Conversation between you and the writer
       • - New insights - Associations - Perceptions
   • 2)Check your favourite phrases
   • 3)Do a little resume of every chapter
     • Synthesize your ideas
     • The more you write, your mind will be more ACTIVE
       • “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”
     • 4) Stop and visualize it. (Will help you to remember it in a better way)
       • 5)Pareto principle: Store the most important information from the book
         • What is their purpose?
         • THE LAST) If a book offers advice, does it have practical applications?

5. AFTER

   • The Feynman Technique
     • 1)Choose a Concept
       • 2)Teach it to a Toddler (children)
         • 3)Identify Gaps and Go Back to The Source
           • 4)Material Review and Simplify (optional)
           • Re-learn with the basic explication
             • Organize them into a simple story that flows
               • Read them out loud.
                 • IT SOUNDS SIMPLE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND?
         • Understand
           • Basic concepts
             • Common words
           • Relationships
     • “The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.”
     • The Edge of your knowledge
       • The Limit of your abilities
     • DISCOVER
   • Teach What You Have Learned
     • Why this information has meaning?
       • Catalogue Your Notes
     • Walk them through the author's logic
     • MAKE IT SIMPLE AND ENJOYABLE
     • SOCIAL MEDIA
     • PUBLIC
   • It doesn't give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead.”

6. Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and rightfully on the shelves of every cottage. They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them. Their authors are a natural and irresistible aristocracy in every society, and, more than kings or emperors, exert an influence on mankind.

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