Regarding reading, if you have the following questions, then this book is well worth reading:
I have always wanted to read a book, but I don't know what to read.
Rushed to the bookstore excitedly, faced with a dazzling array of books, I don't know how to absorb and select?
Influenced by some commercial propaganda, I bought a bunch of books on impulse, but I didn't know where to put them before I finished reading them.
I read a lot of books, but I can't remember what they say. Can't remember the contents of the book.
I have read more and more books, but they have never been of any use.
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The core idea of this book can be summarized in four simple words: reading notes.
Yes, just keep taking reading notes. Maybe you think it's ordinary and not innovative!
But:
1. How many people have you met who insist on taking reading notes?
The reading notes told by the author are quite different from what you think.
The author divides the reading process into five stages: book selection, book purchase, reading, recording and flexible use. Then the method of reading notes runs through the whole process of these five stages required for reading. (that is, reading notes are used in all the processes of book selection, book purchase, reading, recording and flexible use. ) as shown in the figure below:
Make full use of this method, you can effectively put an end to blind reading, do active reading, fully digest the contents of the book, and then turn it into your own knowledge in your mind, so as to achieve the purpose of flexible learning. And all this process only needs a notebook (paper notebook, not a computer, the same below) and a pen to complete. Is it really so amazing? And see how the author does it.
One step? 1? Take the book list and choose books by name to buy books.
Imagine if you had a book list in your hand before you went to the bookstore to buy books. Wouldn't you be so overwhelmed by the dazzling array of books in the bookstore? So, how to make a list of books? The author provides three steps:
Step 1: Record all the reading inspirations in your mind at any time and place, including all reading information from external sources, such as advertisements, book reviews, TV, magazines, newspapers, other people's recommendations, books, etc. Because this information from daily life reflects your real desire to read.
Step 2: Search the Internet to see if there are any target books.
Step 3: Make a list of books. (As shown below, just list the title, author, publisher and remarks. )
Buy books by name with a list of books.
Peng Comment: Actually, I think it is really unrealistic to hold a notebook anytime and anywhere, but we can use a very practical mobile APP (Evernote) instead of a notebook to record the reading inspiration scattered in our lives. When I get home at night, I will sort out the scattered information in my impression notes into a list of books to buy.
Replace paper notebooks with evernote APP.
One step? 2? Buying books in physical stores is more impressive (author's point of view)
After the first step is to make a list of books, the next step is to take this list to the physical store, find the corresponding book and decide whether to buy it. (The problem of buying books blindly and impulsively can be effectively avoided by buying a list of books. )
Peng's comment: Maybe I'm too lazy. Personally, it's too much trouble to buy books in a physical store. I buy books in online bookstores such as Dangdang, JD.COM and Tmall. Moreover, you can basically retrieve the book review information of the corresponding bibliography on Douban, and even try to read some chapters, so personally, it is more convenient to buy books online.
One step? 3? Read, mark while reading, and prepare for the next reading notes.
After buying the books you want to read, the next step is to start reading. But when reading, don't read aimlessly, read with the mentality of "writing reading notes after reading", so that you will keep thinking in the process of reading: What can be written in reading notes?
French writer Shigeru Kashima said that the book is focused and there is no need to read it carefully from beginning to end. Accordingly, there is no need to cover everything when making reading notes. Only record those parts that move you the most, arouse you the most, or subvert your original ideas the most. Taking reading notes is a very personal matter, and you can take notes at will.
In order to make reading notes simple, comprehensive, concise and profound, try to remember only the essence and discard the invalid content. The author provides the following methods.
Step 1: Read through. While reading, turn to the page (upper corner) that you think is valuable.
Step 2: Reread. After reading it, look at the page with broken corners again. If you still feel valuable, fold the other corner (lower corner) of the page.
Step 3: Mark. Read the pages with the upper and lower corners folded again. If you think it is still valuable, mark it with a pen.
Step 4: Record. Reread the parts marked with a pen. If it's still hard to give up, extract it from your reading notes.
In this way, through the four-step screening, we can ensure that the content extracted from the reading notes is profound and refined, and it is the part that brings you the most emotion and * * *. After rereading the reading notes, you can quickly absorb all the nutrients in the book.
One step? 4? Note-taking method of scallion hot pot
Note: Tuna (Sanweiyin) refers to tuna.
How to record reading notes after marking? The author suggests that the basic information such as reading date/title/author/publishing house should be written down before the formal writing of reading notes, so as to facilitate later retrieval. For example:
[20 16082 1]/ How to read a book effectively/Xiao Ye Xuanzhi/Jiangxi People's Publishing House
Then I entered the important method of writing reading notes: onion hot pot reading notes method.
Onion tuna chafing dish refers to a Japanese specialty dish with onion and tuna (tuna) as the main materials, which is very famous in Japan. Here, onion and tuna are used as metaphors to write excerpts and feelings from reading notes.
Reading notes of scallion fish in hot pot means that reading notes only need to record two kinds of information: excerpts from the original text (indicated by circles)+personal feelings (indicated by five-pointed stars). Excerpts and notes alternate.
Written form is as follows:
Notes on onion tuna hot pot
Peng Comments: Through experiments, the notes on scallion hot pot are really a good way to take notes. It can not only promote the memory of the article content, but also deepen the understanding of the article content. Emotion can connect the information in the book with your own life. Lay the foundation for the next step (output ideas through speeches, writing, etc.). ).
One step? 5? Flexible use and positive output promote the internalization of ideas.
The purpose of reading is to use. If you have read so many books, but feel that there are no eggs, what is the point of reading? After the first four books, you have collected all the essence of one book into your notebook. Then how do I use it? The author's point of view is to actively output the knowledge you have gained. The output can be in the form of writing, speaking or even chatting with others.
We all have this experience: even if we feel very familiar with a thing, when we tell others or write it down, we always feel that there are still many vague contents. Therefore, whether it can output effectively is the best way to test whether it is mastered. You will really understand this book when you explain it to others. When you study on the premise of thinking output, the quality of thinking input will also improve.
For example, writing this article is an output process. This can not only deepen my understanding of the contents of the book, but also test my mastery through readers' feedback. This is killing two birds with one stone.
The above is the basic method of how to choose books, buy books, read books, record them, and then learn and use them flexibly, which is introduced by Kono Xuanzhi in How to Read a Book Effectively.
In fact, this book also involves many issues, such as:
How to read three books at the same time and make reading notes for them?
When there are more and more reading notes, how to ensure that the previous notes can be retrieved as quickly as possible when information is needed?
If you can use reading notes to solve the puzzles in real life?
How to manage books you have read, books you have read without reading notes, and books you have finished reading notes?
How to clean up books that I will never read again?
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I won't go into details about the spatial relationship. Interested students might as well read this book by themselves, maybe you will have your own brand-new gains and insights.
PS: In addition to the methods introduced by the author, I also use mind maps to make the contents of the book into the following picture and put it in my reading notes. In this way, I only need to see this picture to recall the main framework of the book, which is also a good way.
Thinking-guided reading notes
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