7 steps to organize and memorize a book using mind mapping:

Step 1. Read and understand a book quickly

Open a book After reading the book, check the catalog first to get an overall understanding of the book. When reading formally, combine the table of contents for quick reading.

It is recommended to at least double your usual reading speed. After quickly scanning a book at at least 2 times the speed, find the places that interest you, the places that are important to you, and the places that you cannot understand. place, and then slow down a little bit to read, and do another intensive reading of the essence found in the second reading. (Many people think that this may be troublesome and time-consuming, but this is not the case. It does not take more time than reading slowly, and it has many benefits: such as making you curious, problem-aware, and reading. It will not be so boring, reading will be more targeted and focused, deepen understanding and impression, etc.)

When I read it once, I usually do it at a speed of about 3,000 words per minute (if the book It’s very general (I don’t read it after reading it once). When I encounter the content I want or the content I don’t know, the speed will slow down a little. When I read it intensively for the second time, I will slow down a little more. After my continuous attempts and application, I found that this method is very good. If your reading efficiency is low, it is recommended that you learn speed reading (please refer to Elite Speed ??Reading). A reading speed of two to three thousand words per minute is still easy to master.

Step 2: Sort out the context of articles and books and construct a mind map

Sort out the context and main content of books. The entry-level method is the reference catalog. The table of contents is the basic logic of a book, that is, the outline. If you don't know how to sort it out, just sort it out by referring to the author's table of contents. All you need to do is to polish, add or delete the table of contents (appropriately add important content to you, and delete or write over unimportant content appropriately).

A better way is to sort it out yourself. After all, the chapter list is the logical content that the author hopes to express, and you should have your own thinking logic. That is, after reading, understanding, and thinking, split and reorganize the content according to your actual understanding, and sort out a logical structure that suits you.

Of course, different methods can be used for different content themes, such as using "time as the main line, characters as the main line, and events as the main line" to sort out. The key is to make yourself clear at a glance, which can help your understanding, memory and thinking.

After sorting out the main lines and context, once you have the basic structure and knowing what the key points are, you can draw a mind map based on your structure (of course you can use tools to make it, but most of the time it is better to draw it by hand. One is flexibility, the other is convenience, and it also helps you think clearly and make a deep impression).

Step 3. Extract or condense keywords or phrases in articles and books

Extracting keywords can be done during reading or after reading. I usually do it while reading. During the fast reading process, I will outline key sentences or quickly write down the words that come to my mind while reading. If you don’t have any, don’t worry about it. I will talk about it when I read it for the second or third time.

Several techniques for identifying, selecting and condensing keywords: ① Points are keywords used in titles, beginnings, etc., generally with an overview and purpose; ② Lines are paragraphs and processes The keywords are generally process, action, trend and inferential words; ③ side are the keywords in the connection of each paragraph, usually time, place, sequence and judgment words; ④ body is The overall, comprehensive, and systematic keywords of the article are generally inductive and summary words.

In addition, you can also use the method of "asking questions" to refine keywords. For example, after reading a paragraph, ask yourself what the paragraph is about, and answer it with a word or a short sentence. This The answer is the keyword you want. (For different content forms, you can use different questioning methods to ask yourself)

If you want to exercise your ability to extract keywords, you can refer to the "Elite Speed ??Reading and Memory Training Software". The reading method is very helpful for you to quickly capture the key points and key points in articles and books; the mind map training will specifically teach you how to capture keywords and give examples and references.

Step 4. Use keywords to extend your memory and mark the corresponding positions of the content

After extracting the keywords, fill these keywords into the mind map you drew.

In order to better recall the content in the future, it is recommended that you mark or make notes next to the keywords in the book where the content corresponding to the keywords is located. For example, the page number in the book (indicated by P), if you do not draw it manually, but use a tool to make it, you can directly note the content (if you have organized the content).

Step 5. Close the book and use the prepared mind map to retrieve memories

Compared to simply recalling, the more relevant keywords you are given, the more likely you are to remember them. Easily retrieve the information you need. For example, after you read an article, you will be given a multiple-choice question and a fill-in-the-blank question based on the article. In contrast, you are more likely to get right on multiple-choice questions because the correct answer is right there, and it gives you hints that make it easier to recall. The keywords in the mind map have this function, helping you better recall the content behind the keywords.

After completing the previous steps, you can use the keywords in the mind map to recall and extend them one by one in a certain logical order.

Step 6: Optimize the areas that cannot be recalled

If the relevant content cannot be recalled based on keywords, there are generally two reasons: First, the selection of keywords , the appropriate keywords are not selected, and the association cannot be well stimulated; the second is the unfamiliarity and lack of understanding of the content behind the keywords.

For keywords that do not trigger associations well, the first thing you have to do is to return to the book content corresponding to the keywords, read and think again, and further become familiar with and understand the content. Then, through your re-reading, determine whether the keyword you chose is appropriate. If not, change it to another one.

Step 7: Refer to the forgetting curve for spaced repetition and retrieval

All memories are short-term memories at the beginning, which are easy to be blurred and forgotten. If you want to remember them for a long time, Then it needs to be repeated. The repetition to be done here is not a one-time concentrated repetition, nor is it a simple reading, but referring to the forgetting curve (specifically, the difficulty of the knowledge and your memory ability should be considered), and after forgetting a little, "retrieve or retrieve" again Memory, so as to better consolidate memory and trigger new associations.