Has this happened to you in your life? I want to recommend a few good books to my friends. After thinking about the reasons for the recommendation for a long time, I can only say one or two of them, or a pale one. I really think they are good. If you don’t believe me, read them. Organize your own bookcase. , I found that half of the books on the bookcase were marked as read, but few of them could remember the contents. When I was writing, I clearly remembered that I had seen a suitable golden sentence in a book. After thinking about it for a long time, I just couldn’t remember it. Know where it comes from.
I have many situations like this. I have read many books, but I can’t remember the content, or I only remember a little bit of the content. I need some content for reference, but I can’t remember where to go. Find it in this book. Recently I read "How to Read a Book Effectively | Super Practical Note-Reading Method", which made me discover my own shortcomings. The author of this book is Nobuyuki Okuno. The book tells us in detail how to take notes correctly when reading and how to apply notes in life so that our books are not in vain.
The author of "How to Read a Book Effectively" is Nobuyuki Okuno. He personally likes to use notebooks to record various things, including life and study. He is called a "notebook writer". His information organization skills Very popular among business people.
So how do we take notes correctly so that we can fully remember and apply the knowledge in the book so that our reading is not in vain? First, let’s take a look at the benefits of taking notes consistently.
1. The benefits of persisting in taking notes
Okuno Nobuyuki advocates that we reflect on our daily life and the books we want to read, including TV, book reviews, books recommended by friends, and clippings from various newspapers The contents and usual reading notes are recorded in the same notebook in no particular order.
1. Record the books you want to read in your notebook, and you can find the books you really want to read.
Okuno Nobuyuki advocates using the book shopping list to buy books by name, so that you can find the books you really want to read. The books we want to read, and the book shopping list is compiled from the book lists we usually record in our notebooks. Organize the books in your notebook into a book list and go to the bookstore to buy them directly. You can avoid the temptation of publisher advertisements, quickly find the books you want to read, and understand your reading needs.
2. When reading, if we read with a clear purpose, we will be more active in reading
When we read, if we read with a clear purpose, we will be more efficient. . For example, your goal before reading is to read 10 pages of the book today, but you must find a shining point in the book and write down your own thoughts. At this time, while reading, you will think about what is good about this book and what is worth excerpting. content.
3. Taking notes while reading can truly digest the things in the book and make them your own
When reading and taking notes, you should not only consider which part of the essence to extract, but also To write down your own insights, at this time you will think about the content in the book, unconsciously connect it with reality, and think about how to use the content in the book. Make the things in the book completely your own.
4. Review your notes frequently, have a deep understanding of the key points and ideas in the book, and refer to them at any time
After writing reading notes, read through the notes again after a period of time, and you will have a deeper understanding of the book. content in the book, the memory will be deeper and the content in the book will be better understood.
So how can you get twice the result with half the effort by taking notes while reading? Nobuyuki Okuno proposed a method for us in "How to Read a Book Effectively", which is the green onion hot pot note-taking method.
2. How to take notes correctly?
Before taking reading notes, we should first understand the three principles of note-taking.
1. Three principles for taking notes
(1) When writing reading notes in the early stage, persistence is the most important. Even if you only write one sentence of your own insights, you must write it and develop it. It’s a good habit to take out your notebook whenever you want to study.
(2) After reading the book, you should carefully recall the good content in the book, think about what is well written, what touches you, what you want to excerpt, strictly select, refine your own feelings, and use the shortest quotations to express the book. medium meaning.
(3) Reading Mark Trilogy
When reading, you should read it completely for the first time and fold a corner of the content that you think is good; re-read the folded content again to make better choices. Twist the content; re-read the two-fold content and make excerpts and comment on the ones you feel are better and cannot be discarded.
2. How to take notes – scallion hotpot style reading notes
Okuno Nobuyuki personally likes to use the scallion tuna (wěi) hotpot style reading note method, (scallion tuna hotpot is Japanese) (a kind of hot pot), that is, when we take notes, we write part of the excerpts of the original text and part of the comments, which are our own subjective thoughts.
Before taking notes, we should first clearly write down the date when we took notes, the title of the book we read, and the name of the author for easy reference later.
For excerpts, according to the trilogy of reading marks, strictly select the content that you think is the best. Copy it in your notebook. You can add a circle in front of it to indicate that it is an excerpt.
To comment, read the excerpted content again and write your own subjective comments. It can be a sentence or a paragraph. Add a five-pointed star in front to indicate a comment.
After writing like this, I not only have a deep memory of the original text, but also my own thoughts.
In addition, when you are reading, you can put the book bundle, information cards, and bookmarks on your notebook. You can also copy the original text in the book and your own reading notes to make newspaper clipping-style notes and green onions. Combined with hot pot notes.
3. Improve yourself through reading notes
It is not enough if we take notes but do not use them, otherwise we will forget them after a long time, so we must learn to use reading notes.
1. Re-read notes at a fixed time and with a fixed frequency.
The books you usually read and the notes you take should be reviewed frequently. Set a fixed time to read the reading notes to review the content in the book and deepen your memory.
2. Reread the notes to think and generate inspiration.
When we read the notes we have written before, we may find that they are used in our life, or after reading a note, you suddenly have inspiration.
3. Use notes to write book reviews
You can reorganize the comments in the notes at that time and output the book review.
As you read more and more books, you can mark the outside of your notebook, such as writing a reading list, putting sticky notes on the waist of the book, etc. You can also digitize the search, number the notebook, and read the date. Notebook type. The book title, author, publisher keywords, etc. are recorded in the electronic version for easy reference.
"How to Read a Book Effectively" by Nobuyuki Okuno is very helpful for people who cannot remember the content when reading. He introduces in detail how to take notes correctly, and by applying the notes to real life, it can help We keep books in our minds and in our lives, so they will not be wasted in vain. If you have trouble remembering when you are reading, then come and read this book and learn to take notes while reading, right?