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Deciding To Read The Entire Book
Skimming helps you reach a decision point: Does this book deserve more of my time and attention? Why?
Unless you’re reading for entertainment, if you can’t answer that question, you can toss the book.
Mastering intelligent skimming will:
- save you a lot of time because most books are not worth reading
- offer knowledge of the book’s blueprint and contents so you know where to find stuff if you need it in the future
- and improve retention, if you decide to read the book in its entirety because you’ve primed your brain with the contents.
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Superficial Reading
This is used when you’re taking a book that’s notably above your level.
A superficial reading means that you quickly read from start to finish without stopping to ponder the things you don’t understand. The reason this works is that by reading the book from start to finish...
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Just Read It
Superficial reading is the first step towards analytical reading – that is, understanding and interpreting a book’s contents. If you stop and go over everything you don’t understand on your first reading, you get lost. Sure you finish the book but you’ve lost sight of where you’ve been and where ...
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Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.
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Inspectional Reading
There are two types of inspectional reading: systematic skimming, also known as pre-reading or intelligent skimming, and superficial reading.
The first type of inspectional reading is systematic skimming, which you can easily put into practice today.
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How To Systematically Skim A Book
- Read the cover and preface.
- Read the table of contents, which will give you a feel for the map of the book.
- Understand the language of the book. This means skimming the index. Not only will this give you an idea of the r...
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Superficial reading is the first step towards analytical reading – that is, understanding and interpreting a book’s contents. If you stop and go over everything you don’t understand on your first reading, you get lost. Sure you finish the book but you’ve lost sight of where you’ve been and where ...
Reading The Book Twice
Anything worth reading is worth reading twice, or even again and again. Just like a great song sounds better after you have listened to it a few times, a great book will give you new insights every time you read it. You will find older passages and ideas relevant to you which were ignored when yo...
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- Decluttering in one shot allows for immediate transformation: If you tidy a little at a time, you would tidy forever because you wouldn't see the drastic results.
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