How to read magazine Part I

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Charles "tremendous" Jones:

"The only difference between who you are today and the person you will be in five years will come from the books you read and the people you associate"

"The only difference between you today and five years later is the people you encounter and the books you have read ".

Nowadays, online reading has replaced the reading of books to a considerable extent, but many of my friends are still reading magazines like me. A good magazine is not only an easy-to-use magazine, but also inspires a sense of attention in knowledge. I once hoped to subscribe to some Chinese magazines in the United States. Unfortunately, it was too troublesome, so I read most of them on weekdays. In the past two months, I have made some experimental changes to my previous reading methods and shared some reading experiences and methods with you. It mainly includes four aspects: selection, browsing, summarization, and synchronization management. Before you begin to share your reading experience, let us first explain why we started to experiment with changing reading habits. First, it was inspired by the reading of the book getting things done last year. The next step was to sort out the bookshelves at the beginning of the year, which made me feel a little frustrated. Last year, my family sent a few books but did not translate them for a year. Both of the above have prompted me to make some changes in my determination in the subsequent cleanup process (half of the magazines I subscribed last year have not been read ).

Select magazine:

The more types of magazines, the more choices you choose, but not all magazines are suitable for you. It is worth the time and effort to read them. For example, the two famous magazines time and fortune subscribed last year, but they found that they were not suitable for reading by themselves, and the Times magazine had too many political content, it's hard to read, boring, and Fortune magazine is too "Fortune". The analysis reports are usually hundreds of millions of yuan, mostly between large companies, this type of magazine is more suitable for those who track the Wall Street stock market or investors. Therefore, the above two magazines are resolutely abandoned this year. The rest are PC Magazine, Mac World, etc. However, since engadget and Gizmodo entered the RSS reader, there is basically no need to waste time and discard these "Browser" magazines. Summary:

1. You are not expensive. Choosing a good magazine is your guarantee of time investment.

2. Suitable magazines. Select the magazine that helps you the most according to your reading habits and interests.

3. subscribe to the magazine of your favorite columnist.

Browse Directory-(Tool: highlighter)

I used to read a magazine from the beginning to the end. I can see where it is, because the reading time is fragmented and the consistency of the magazine content is not strong, I often do not have the center of gravity after I finish it.

The current method is to read the magazine catalog carefully. First, you can familiarize yourself with the content arrangement and distribution of the magazine, which is the key to saving reading time. In addition, the magazine's contents generally list the highlights of this issue.ArticleAnd brief introduction. Mark the articles and columns you are interested in with a pen, and read these marked articles first.

Summary and markup-(tools: Post-It tags)

Appropriate summarization and marking of articles during reading can make reading more rewarding, in addition to the highlighter, the main tools used here also include the vertical and vertical labels (post-it is called "vertical Stickers "?). The most important abstract objects include some data, summary, observation, and summarization based on their respective needs. At the same time, you can use color tags to classify and classify your own methods. Color vertical labels can be red, blue, yellow, and green. Use your own method to represent them.

1. Red = China

2. Blue = technology-related

3. Pornography = commercial

4. Green = innovation, ideas

Then, according to the content of the intensive articles, the corresponding labels are attached. Here, the rqta method of Don blohowiak is also used.

1. r = research this further-further research

2. q = quote directly-direct reference of content

3. t = technique to integrate into the processes of my work or life-skills that can be applied to life and work

4. A = action item to put on my to-do list related to work in progress-to-do

Combine the color with rqta and add a letter to the tag. For example, if an article about China needs to be further understood, add the red tag and add "R ".

We can combine tags of different colors with custom steps based on our own needs. For example, we can directly write "important" on the labels of important articles ", alternatively, you can use the slip note to attach some simple instructions and experiences.

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