When you are reading, do you often encounter this situation: you have read a lot of books, but you can never remember the content, and you always feel that your brain is blank.
No matter how many books I have read, this situation has not changed. ?
Dabai was in this situation before. No matter how many books he read, he still couldn’t use them. Sometimes he couldn’t even remember the title of the book.
It wasn’t until I came into contact with self-media writing that I started to read systematically. Now not only can I read 5 books a year, but I can also export the contents of the books. ?
In fact, it is not as difficult as everyone thinks to read a book efficiently. Just follow these 5 steps and you can too. ?
1? Clarify the purpose of reading
Ask yourself: What problem do you hope to solve by reading this book?
Different questions require answers to different books. Reading with questions will improve reading efficiency.
2? Preview
In this step, you only need to look at 3 points. Look at the front/back cover: the highlights of the book, suitable readers, and the problems that can be solved are all placed here. Look at the table of contents: quickly understand the structure of the book and find the chapters you need. Look at the preface: what the author wants to say and the essence of the book are all here.
3? Scan and read
Just find the relevant chapters that have the answers to the questions you want to solve and read them. Do not read them word for word, as this will seriously slow down your reading speed! ?
At the same time, we can use the Z-shape reading method, focusing on the beginning and end of each paragraph, skipping lines in the middle and looking in a Z-shape.
4. Focus on the key points (intensive reading)
If a certain chapter really has the content you need, you can read it intensively. Usually, you take notes while reading. You can also read it in one go, highlight the key points, and then organize them in a unified manner.
5? Check the review and summarize the output (very important)
Have you achieved the purpose of reading at the beginning? What was gained?
Then output, retell it to yourself, share with friends, post in circles to share your experience, write articles, make videos and share the results
In short, only by output can you remember it better. ?