A Reading journal
"I read. I write. I remember"- my formula
While listening to the Eventual Millionaire Podcast episode with Matt I learned an important lesson. I have read many books and captured a few notes from them. If I was lucky they inspired me to create a blog post or two.
That is not enough!
Matt Morris talked about how he reads every night about 10 pages before he goes to sleep. That does not seem that different than a lot of people. He even used to highlight the books he reads. But then he went an extra step.
Matt decided to actually take notes and write his thoughts in a journal as he was reading the book. His approach was to take the book and pretend that he is going to train others on the message of the book.
Brilliant!
I have been thinking about doing this but my efforts were half-hearted as best. So the confirmation that someone who is successful is doing exactly what I thought of doing is inspiring.
What is also cool about the journal is that in one journal you might get many book thoughts. If you are focusing on an area it will become your "book" on that topic. Very cool!
Today's question is:
"Do you have a Reading Journal?"
"I read. I write. I remember"- my formula
While listening to the Eventual Millionaire Podcast episode with Matt I learned an important lesson. I have read many books and captured a few notes from them. If I was lucky they inspired me to create a blog post or two.
That is not enough!
Matt Morris talked about how he reads every night about 10 pages before he goes to sleep. That does not seem that different than a lot of people. He even used to highlight the books he reads. But then he went an extra step.
Matt decided to actually take notes and write his thoughts in a journal as he was reading the book. His approach was to take the book and pretend that he is going to train others on the message of the book.
Brilliant!
I have been thinking about doing this but my efforts were half-hearted as best. So the confirmation that someone who is successful is doing exactly what I thought of doing is inspiring.
What is also cool about the journal is that in one journal you might get many book thoughts. If you are focusing on an area it will become your "book" on that topic. Very cool!
Today's question is:
"Do you have a Reading Journal?"
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