EGD News #141 — How I get the most out of books
Sent on July 1st, 2022.
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I read over 60 books last year. I’ve already read some 32 books this year, and we are in the middle of June. I love to learn new things and apply the learnings from those books to my work.
Here’s how I get the most out of the books I read. You can watch the video below or read the piece below it.
Kindle
I usually read books on the Kindle. It’s so easy to buy a book on Amazon and then have it instantly delivered to my Kindle.
But that’s not the only benefit. As I’m reading books on my Kindle, I tend to highlight interesting phrases or paragraphs that I feel are worth saving for later processing.
What I do is I swipe the area, which I then add as a highlight. I also try to add a note for each highlight so that I can remember the context of what I might have been thinking here as I included the highlight. It helps to give more reasoning why this highlight was important.
Readwise to Roam Research
You see, Readwise is hooked up to my Roam Research, and when I enter Roam Research, I can see all the new highlights that have been synced into Roam during the night. I read a book last night and added these highlights, and now they are in my Roam Research.
Literature Notes
These thoughts I store as Permanent Notes.
Permanent Notes
(Photo by Perfecto Capucine)
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