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Derek Sivers

What's Your Process for Reading a Book?

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I don't skim. Whenever it's like reading time, i try to slow down my internal clock just o focus on just this. And most important, which we can really nert out on if you want, is i underline every surprising or interesting idea that i want to think more about later. When i'm done, i take all those underline ideas and i put them into a text file. Then later yet, i reflect on these ideas. That's why i saved them. I'm never trying to summarize the book. I actually don't care about the book. Like when you pick up a book, are you searching for something that you wanted to learn? What's your

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