I often hear people teasing me like this. The book I read the most is the textbook.

once upon a time, this happened to me. I read too few books, and occasionally I turned over a few books, and I was basically in a state of forgetting after reading them.

I read a book recently, and it started with four questions, which left me speechless.

Here, you can also think about it: How much have you memorized after reading so many books? What is this book about? What part of the book do you like best? What effect does this book have on you?

If you are like me, I highly recommend you to read this book "How to Read a Book Effectively" written by Kono Xuanzhi.

The book describes in detail the processes from buying books to reading books, including how to choose books: how to choose the books you really want to read? How to buy books: how to buy books that are really beneficial to you? How to read: how to deepen understanding and think deeply?

Kono Xuanzhi is a very famous master of finishing in Japan. From this book, we can see that he not only shares what paper is better for taking notes, but also refines the advantages and disadvantages of various pens and how to use the cover of the book. It can be said that finishing is applied to the extreme. His original information collation and wisdom creation are very popular among business people, with a cumulative sales volume of over 511,111 copies.

if the reading process is likened to cooking, then' book shopping list' means buying ingredients,' writing reading notes' means washing and cutting vegetables, and' exporting ideas through reading notes' means cooking with fire. "I will use these three steps to cook a reading" feast "for everyone.

In the preparation stage of cooking, it is necessary to introduce the unification of Okuno's notebook, which is the basic skill to master his reading method.

what is notebook unification? It can be divided into five aspects:

① You can write anything

② Write it in chronological order

③ Attach the date, for example, 181722 (i.e. July 22nd, 2118). This is for easy searching.

④ Flexible use of shorthand or shorthand

⑤ You can paste the contents of newspapers and magazines or book extracts.

He said: "In such a note, not only the content does not need to be classified, but also the writing and space do not need to be deliberately distinguished."

Hiroyuki Okuno thinks that the notebook is unified, and there is no need for complicated classification. Unifying the notebook can help you to keep records better, and you only need to find what you need here. If you can't find it, it is not.

This basic method has been clarified. Let's talk about it first. Why should we make a list of books?

Hiroyuki Okuno thinks that the book shopping list can help us find the books we really want to read. Maybe many readers think it's fun to find books in bookstores, but the key point is that many books are wrapped in over-packaged advertising words. If you are confused by them, it's easy to buy books that you don't really want to read on impulse, and it's inevitable to be picky and waste a lot of time when choosing books.

Recognizing the many benefits of the book purchase list, let's get down to business. How to make a book purchase list?

The first thing is to write random notes, that is, to write down your usual feelings, which is closely related to book selection in the future. For example, "Ah, are there any books on this subject?" "It seems that there was a book before, and I especially want to read it." These fleeting thoughts can be recorded in notebooks, and the titles of books learned through TV advertisements, book reviews, recommendation sections in books or recommendations from friends can also be recorded in notebooks.

Books purchased through the book purchase list will cause you to think, "Why should I read this book?" And this can often help us to confirm the purpose of this reading. Reading with purpose is very different from reading without purpose. At the same time, when we look back at the reading list ourselves, we will also know what kind of books we really want to read.

Here, "How to Read a Book Effectively" also gives a little skill in selecting books, that is, finding "pivot books", that is, books recommended in the book. When the author recommends a book in the book or he mentions it repeatedly in the book, it shows that this book has a great influence on the author and must be a good book.

prepare the ingredients, and then the most important part is to read and record the reading notes.

after reading this, you may have doubts. Why do you write reading notes? Is it really that important?

it's really important to write reading notes. In Ohno's view, this is the fundamental reason why many people can't read the contents of the secretary.

if we can take reading notes as the goal to study, the focus of reading will change, instead of "writing reading notes because of reading", we will read for the sake of writing reading notes. When you study on the premise of thinking output, the quality of thinking input will also be improved.

Before taking notes, you should be able to read. Okuno suggested that you can read in three steps:

① Read through

While reading, turn off the page that you think is valuable.

② Re-read

After reading it once, read the corner pages again. If you still think it's good, fold the other corner of that page

③ Mark it

Read the pages with folded upper and lower corners again. If you still think it's worth reading after reading for the third time, mark them with a pen. Next, read the contents in ③ again, and copy what you can't give up in the end into your reading notes.

After three screenings, you can leave the part that is really useful to you. Extract this part in your notes, write down the corresponding title, author and reading time, and write down your own feelings and opinions after each excerpt. This is a very important link in reading notes. Because it will make us think and help us better understand the contents of the book.

if you want to make reading notes work, it is very important to keep taking notes. In order to make everyone stick to it, Kono Xuanzhi also reminds us intimately that it doesn't need too much space to write your feelings, and you can start with a sentence, such as: I think this sentence is great! Even if it looks like nonsense, it is better than not writing, because this sentence gives a reason for the book to stay in the notes, and also establishes a memory point in our minds.

Speaking of which, share your reading comprehension. As a lazy person, I don't like to write reading notes and record my feelings. However, after reading several books on reading methods, I found that many masters recommended this method, and gave it a special name called "onion reading method". With a try attitude, I tried to use this method, and I felt that I benefited a lot, and every time I wrote my feelings, I wrote more than I expected, and sometimes I wrote something unexpected.

The method of taking reading notes is good, but don't go into the misunderstanding of formalism. The author especially reminds us not to write for the sake of reading notes, but to write notes in a down-to-earth manner and really understand the contents of the book.

After reading a book, I also wrote the reading notes of the book. The next step is to output my thoughts.

many readers will miss this step. We know that learning a skill may only absorb 11% when you listen to others, but you can absorb 61% or more when you tell others. The process of taking notes and adding feelings is more like a preparatory activity before sharing it with others, and writing them out is like telling others, which is a process of secondary absorption.

Schopenhauer said, "If you just keep reading and don't think deeply afterwards, most of your knowledge will be lost and won't take root in your spirit."

In order to lock in knowledge, we need to reread our reading notes regularly, because rereading can deepen our thinking.

Every time we reread it, we will have a new feeling. At this time, we can add a new comment, which will broaden our horizons.

Mr. Ono suggested that we reread it once every three days, or once a week if time doesn't allow. He also asked everyone to reread in a fixed scene, such as before going to bed or after taking a shower. These are the time for him to reread his notes.

During the time of rereading notes, if he wants to review briefly, he will only reread the reading notes. If he wants to recall more, the author will refer to the key paragraphs in the reference book. If he finds that the book has not been fully absorbed or is still interested in it, he will choose to reread the original book.

Maybe you will think that the author will waste too much time. In this book, he once expressed the feeling that wasting time is nothing, but please don't waste your life.

The purpose of rereading and taking notes is to write a book review, which will make us have a deeper understanding of this book. I feel the same way at this point. After many books were reviewed, I found that my previous understanding of them was too shallow.

Just because I enjoy the many benefits brought by writing book reviews, my mind will silently operate with the thinking of writing book reviews when reading. When reading the preface, table of contents and postscript, my brain will think about how to introduce this book. What does it say? What is the theoretical basis? What benefits can it bring us? When reading the content of the book, I can't help but think: This book can be divided into several key points. What is written in each key point?

These questions will lead me to read and think more carefully, and the reading notes I have written will often become important materials for my book review. As the author said, good reading notes can be taken out at any time and output as needed, just like carefully washing cut vegetables and fresh meat.

By using Okuno's note reading method, I record my thoughts, feelings and understandings of life in a note, buy the books I really want to read according to the books recorded in the note, enhance my understanding of the books by recording and commenting, and output my knowledge by rereading and reviewing the books, thus strengthening my understanding of the books again.

How to read a book effectively is more like a gourmet cookbook to me. It taught me how to buy ingredients, how to treat ingredients and how to cook ingredients, and finally made me taste the delicious food of "reading feast".

I have tasted it. Please try it.