1/ Just finished reading 15 book summaries created as part of my anti-book club, in which everyone reads and summarizes different books and shares the summaries using a standard template
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2/ First, it was a fantastic experience, condensing somewhere around 100 hours of reading (plus summarizing) by 15 ppl into 4 hours of condensed insights. I feel practically drunk on new knowledge
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3/ But of the 15, I only want to read 1, which brings up some disturbing possibilities: either a summary (even a multi-level, in-depth one) simply can’t communicate a book’s value, or worse, most books just aren’t worth reading once the main points are revealed
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4/ All books were drawn from a curated list chosen specifically because of their relevance to the book I’m writing, so I’d think my interest would be very high. But maybe that’s exactly the point: they mostly seemed like familiar rehashes of things I know already
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5/ I also got the strong impression that precise timing would play a decisive role. Writing a post on lean or just-in-time, I’d want super detailed notes on The Toyota Way. But not before
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6/ If I was facilitating a workshop soon, I’d want Six Thinking Hats ready to go, but not before. If I was training a dog, Don’t Shoot the Dog would be super useful. This confirms my belief that just in time learning is essential and much more practical
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Replying to @fortelabs
I thought of doing this once but realized that for me writer-to-reader is not a commodity dumb pipe that can be shared. Reading is not BitTorrent.
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Replying to @vgr @fortelabs
You have to see the book through the eyes of somebody to whom it can mean more than to you, so their take can include/emulate your hypothetical take had you read it. They have to read-as-you. Approach the book like you would. So at least narrowly emulate you.
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Only easy if you’re yourself a commodity type, like an MBA factory empty-suit executive consuming the same airport books the same way as anyone else.
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