BookJive

For people whose time is so precious, sitting in a corner with a single book is not a good way to spend the day. A book summary is a great help of course. What if no summary is available?

We need strategies that can keep us going through everyday routine and at the same time nurture our minds with materials we’d like to read. I’d like to share these strategies that I got from mindtools.com. These are:

1. Know what you need to know and read appropriately.

2. Know how deeply to read the document: skimming, scanning or studying?

3. Use active reading techniques to pick out key points and keep your mind focused on the material.

4. Use the table of contents for reading magazines and newspapers, and clipping useful articles.

5. Understand how to extract information from different article types.

6. Create your own table of contents for reviewing material

7. Use indexes, tables of contents, and glossaries to help you assimilate technical information.

I’ll go deeper into each strategy in my future posts. But for now, if you have any strategies in mind, you’re very much welcome to share your own strategy here.

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