If you're like me, it's hard to read when the entire internet is clawing for attention. So... block the internet. https://www.freedom.to/ 4/
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One last tip: Set your current book as your phone's lock screen, as a reminder of how you'd rather spend your time. (Here's mine...) 13/pic.twitter.com/ubmcyli3cN
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https://twitter.com/unfinishthought/status/857913958740578304 … I've stopped all straining to try and grasp concepts. 1) it's overrated 2) easier to pick up the book next time.
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This is critical. T. Galleway explains it beautifully in The Inner Game of Work
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- spend 2.5h / day commuting on a shuttle - have a balance of books, so you can read something when you can't get through your densest one
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- get enough sleep - buy or borrow books whenever you think you have a 50% chance of extracting good value. Abandon as needed.
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Think of books as loose collections of articles (chapters). You're not sitting down to "read a book". Too intimidating. Just one article
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I recently wrote about a technique i've developed over the years: http://edouard.us/2017/04/04/reading-networks/ … tl;dr I select 2-3 books to read in parallel
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reading a few books alongside each other builds really strong associations, which get me remembering concepts/details i wouldn't otherwise
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Publish/organize Kindle notes after finishing a book—build your own searchable library of the most interesting passages you've read
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One of the biggest ones for me is: I should probably be reading most of the books I read much less carefully (c.f. “How to Read a Book”).
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