Sep 2022

Tags: Reading

220904 The Barbell Reading Method

Information is just an opportunity. It means nothing if you don’t use it.

Two steps to read a book:

  • First reading, read swiftly and mark notes that catch your interest
  • Second reading, read marked notes only. Make notes, connections, insights etc.

Approach to reading something

Difficult to understandEasy to understand
UsefulRead twice
Process heavily
Read once
Process heavily
Not usefulRead twice
Don’t process or sparingly
Read once
Mostly ignore
Skip if something puts you to sleep or if it's too hard.

References

https://zettelkasten.de/posts/barbell-method-reading/