Writing summaries is more important than reading more books — Andreas Fragner
One thing I’ve learned over time is to read fewer books but to take the time to write summaries for the good ones. The ROI of spending 2h writing a synopsis is much higher than spending those 2h powering through the next book on your list. Reading is not about page count or speed. What matters is ...
Hasnain says:
I definitely found myself nodding along here for obvious reasons. Picking a quote alone takes time, and whenever I try to write a more meaningful summary it takes a lot longer. Let alone doing this for a book…
“It’s surprising how even many of the most prolific readers I know are unaware of the value of inspectional reading. Most readers start on page one of a book and plow through until they’re done or decide to cut their losses — without ever reading the table of contents or the preface.
One great alternative to writing summaries is to talk about the books you’re reading. Explaining the ideas you’re reading about to someone else is one of the best ways to engage with the material, since (a) it forces you to formulate it in your own words, and (b) they might challenge the ideas and get you to examine them more critically.”
Posted on 2023-05-25T04:20:22+0000