(This article is excerpted from: zhihu personal Q & A: reading (6) how to solve the contradiction between taking notes and reading and the type of Reading Notes) Question 1: how can we solve the contradiction between taking notes and reading? Question: Is it confusing to read quickly and understand the ideas conveyed by the author, or to read carefully? Probably our answer is
(This article is excerpted from: zhihu personal Q & A: reading (6) how to solve the contradiction between taking notes and reading and the type of Reading Notes) Question 1: how can we solve the contradiction between taking notes and reading? Question: Is it confusing to read quickly and understand the ideas conveyed by the author, or to read carefully? Probably our answer is
(This article is excerpted from: zhihu personal Q & A: reading (6) how to solve the contradiction between taking notes and reading and the types of Reading Notes)
Question 1: How to solve the contradiction between taking notes and reading?
Problem description:
I am confused. Is reading faster and understand the ideas conveyed by the author, or is reading more carefully? Probably our answer should be self-thinking, But how should we deal with it?
I always think that my thoughts will pass away for a moment. Many times I feel that I will forget my mind after reading the next line of text, but timely recording will lead to a lag in reading. What are the questions raised during the reading phase? Timely recording? The record will interrupt reading, but it will be forgotten if it is not recorded.
My answer:
1. You can take the time to try 5-10 copies of each method to see which is better and which method is more suitable for you.
If you think your thoughts will pass away for an instant, you can record your thoughts and try several books to see how much value these ideas are worth. The idea is gone in the past, but the content of the book won't run.
You can try to use mind maps to take notes and directly record your thoughts during reading. After reading the book, you will find that this is a very good habit.
2. My habit is to read the first time quickly and take notes on the second or third time.
After reading a complete book, you can have a judgment on the quality of the book. You can make some choices when taking notes and understanding the key points of the book.
The reason why I am not used to reading and doing it is that most books are written in depth and paved the way for 1.1 points. It is very easy to waste my energy on many details, the previous paragraph often makes sense, but after reading the content, you will find that the previous point of view is insignificant or overwrites the previous point of view.
If reading speed is slow, you can take notes after reading a chapter, sort out and review the content of this chapter, and record your thoughts at this time. In rare cases, when reading, I think an idea is very good. I will stop and write down the idea.
If it is your own book, you can use your pen to focus on it or record your thoughts in the blank space. If you borrow or use a mobile phone to take a picture or record an idea in a bookstore or library.
For me to read a book without taking notes, I will forget it after a long time, and the reading time will be completely wasted.
3. Simple extensive reading and intensive reading do not make much sense. Different types of books have different reading methods.
In this era, we must remember that reading is a continuous experience and process. Reading is only the first step. Taking notes, reading theme, analyzing, setting up a framework, and thinking, to practice, to improve, to record, to share, to understand opposing ideas, to expand horizontally and vertically, to query and collect relevant information, learning in multiple ways, such as audio, video, communication, communication, and sharing, is continuous. Instead of simply reading, reading needs to be continuous and out-of-bounds.
For reading, it is best to master a variety of reading methods, including topic reading, skimming, skip reading, intensive reading, analysis and reading, and understand the advantages and disadvantages of each type of reading, can quickly determine the main framework and focus of a book, express it in your own words, develop the habit of taking notes, and make comprehensive use of it according to different situations, it is not limited to a certain method or simply reading.
Remember that the smartest part of reading is understanding, thinking, and action, not speed.
Question 2: Do you take reading notes? If so, do you write a summary, a comment, or other forms?
Problem description:
A long time ago, I did not take notes when reading a book. Later I found that after a long time, I would forget the content in the book, which is equivalent to reading the book and forcing myself to take notes slowly. After continuous improvement and adjustment, the following four methods are most used:
My answer:
1. Summary
After reading a book, try to write a few hundred words for a summary. Rate this book and try to express the framework of the book in a few words. Some books are easy and some are difficult. Put these notes on EverNote, add tags, and you can find them in a search. These comments are often shared on Weibo and Douban for discussion and communication.
2. Extract notes
Extract the useful parts from the book and summarize the important points. This Blog will share many of these notes. For convenience, books are often captured as images by mobile phones or cameras. If they are in an electronic version, they are captured directly. Then, OneNote or Hanwang is used for Ocr to convert the images into text, the layout is then finalized and saved in Evernote.
3. Mind Map
The mind map is not static. When I take my own notes, I will not strictly follow the rules. Basically, I will not add images, but will make constant adjustments. However, no matter which one, I must remember, mind Map reorganizes and summarizes the content, rather than simply listing the content of the book. It is best to add the reading experience to the Mind Map and try to express it in your own words.
The first time I started to write all the points in the book. Now, I usually share this type of map directly on the blog www.write.org.cn: Reading Notes. I have estimated that at least two or three books can be made in a month.
Second, integrate and adjust the thought map points based on your understanding.
Sometimes, you can write a mind map directly during reading. You can easily record all the ideas you have created and put them in the Mind Map. After reading the mind map, you can further classify these ideas and take notes.
The third time you start to delete only the parts that are useful to you.
The fourth step is to create a new mind map based on the 5W3H method. This is a very good analysis model that helps you further analyze and classify the content in the book.
The fifth time, I put the content of this book into the knowledge tree of my personal industry for Supplement and expansion. This knowledge tree is accomplished through reading, practice, and accumulation of reflection.
In general, the adjustment and integration of these parts are based on the actual situation and time. The two or three versions may be retained according to different situations.
4. reading experience
I remember seeing in a book that I can clearly explain the content in the book in my own words to see to what extent I have mastered it. Basically, after each reading, I will modify my experiences and record the reading time. After two or three times of repetition, you can write a good book review. At present, there are many such book reviews, but not many of them are shared. In the future, you need to strengthen the sharing on Douban.
I read only a few times, usually two or three times. If the content of the book is better, it will take more times. Basically, after each reading, you will make some changes and adjustments to the notes, which are often beyond the scope of the changes, and then summarize or link them to a large knowledge tree.
Different books, time, and environment use different methods. Taking notes is a habit. It is not too difficult to take notes, but it takes a long time.
