Things to Help You Plan Which Books to Read
- Choose Great Books. Focus on some combination of books that: 1) stand the test of time; 2) pique your interest; or 3) challenge you. The more interesting and relevant we find a book, the more likely we are to remember its contents in the future.
- Get some context. Do some preliminary research of the book. It will be a major boost if you want to get a lot out of it.
- Know your why. You have to have some idea of what you want to get from the book. If you don’t read with intention, what you read will never stick.
94
310 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
I stash ideas and quotes from the things I read, listen, watch, and do. Will be stashing both in English and Indonesian.
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about writing with this collection
Strategies for promoting inclusivity
How to address unconscious bias
How to create a diverse and inclusive workplace
Related collections
Similar ideas to Things to Help You Plan Which Books to Read
Filter Your Reading
There are no rules when it comes to choosing books. We don’t have to read bestsellers, or classics, or books everyone else raves about.
Focus on some combination of books that: stand the test of time; pique your interest; or resonate with your current situation.
The m...
More Things to Help You Plan Which Books to Read
- Intelligentily skim. Use this information to situate your expectations and refine what you are looking for as you read.
- Match the book to your environment. When choosing books, take a look at your own situation and decide on genres or authors that mi...
Read
Most good mentors are dead. But we have them in our books! You should read a book a week . Tai can read a book a day. He looks at the contents, then he flips all the pages, then he does it again, and finally he reads 1 chapter of the book.
He says most books have not more t...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates