How to Remember What You Read | How I Digest Books (Plus: A Few Recent Favorite Books) | Tim Ferriss
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About Tim Ferriss:
Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 400 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running.
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Tim what you think about Ryan holiday method... Need your view
2 weeks I asked you about zettelkastle system... Your system is much similar to that but to transfer your highlights made it soo easy to make notes. Thanks Tim
Regards.
1. Indexing: Page numbers with brief descriptions/phrases
2. Revise Index with multiple readings by adding stars and asterisks.
3. If using kindle use Evernote and Amazon notebooks to import/export indexes and highlights similar to paperbacks
4. Take down Next Steps/Further Actions to do and keep track after reading
5. Read with Intent to get real behavioral change after reading from both fiction and non fiction
I loved the definition of freedom: “Freedom is knowing who you are, what you’re supposed to do and doing it. It’s not doing what we want.”
Freedom is knowing when our animal instincts are running the show and countering them.
@@brokenbulbs perhaps at times instincts is gut feelings and can save ur ass. Theyre not always bad.
Yes couldn't agree more!
@@brokenbulbs not always. Some animal instincts are good, some bad for you. You'll have to be aware about that.
How does one know who one is? 😅
4:54 reminded me of the quote "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." -Carl Jung
The best advice is the most simple. Just dive into what you enjoy. Your curiosity will naturally expand on its own. And your retention works best when you’re most engaged and can relate the most. As your relate to more, you’ll be able to relate to more. This is how you naturally progress in your reading level.
I love when you catch yourself using the word ‘interesting,’ and then quickly going back to not only replace the word, but to also elaborate on your thought process. It’s so true that ‘interesting’ is lazy, even a word that locks up freethinking. I highly appreciate your awareness and aspire to catch myself in the same way.
I appreciated that moment as well, but the more I think about it, it's more safe than lazy. It implies "thought provoking" to the listener so that they can explore it however they choose. Philosophically, it may be appropriate. Other words may impose more of your own beliefs or open up to a rabbit trail more than you want in the moment, though from a writer's perspective, there may be more colorful ways to say it, e.g. "thought provoking."
When I read library books, I slap a lined 4"x6" post-it note in the front cover with the book name and author. I take notes then transfer the post-it to a notebook when I'm done.
Great idea, Christine. Thanks for sharing
In one of the TED Talks there was a guy whose name I can't recall, who made a comparison between readers and miners because the way you looking for a nugget and just working ,working just mining through hundreds of pages is the same. When you find something valuable , just take it and keep it. Tim Ferriss does so by taking notes .
I could never digest books. That's why I stopped eating them.
lol
This comment was the only one I was looking for when I clicked on this video 😂 I can go watch another video now
I can only imagine you are as thin as a rake these days!!!!
Respectable dad joke
He means comprehension not literally eating books
Notes on the different techniques for different reading contexts.
+ For Fiction
* Underline phrases
* Create an Index in the beginning of the book
- Page numbers with what I found interesting
- Phrases with the abrievation 'ph' and the quote
+ For How to: Writing Down The Bones
Create an Index in the beginning of the book
- Page # fundamental timed exercise (week later star then week later circle to underline techniques/takeways that work or are useful.
+ Poetry: The Gift
* Create Index
- Add favorite short poems
+ Kindle: Already Free
1. Highlight interesting bits
2. Bounce highlights to evernote from amazon journal
+ Business memoir: In Pursuit of the Common Good
* Create Index
- Methods key takeaways .etc
- Boxes for next actions. How are you going to use this information what do you want to research next?
+ Key takeaway: Take notes and consider plausible next actions in response to those notes. You can do this with all kinds of books including fiction.
I probably missed something. Comment below if I did!
This comment needs to be higher up like upvoted more...its like its hidden under the sands.
This is the comment I was looking for. Thanks!
Yes you missed something
You forgot this 👑
When we should do that? After finishing a chapter or after reading the whole book?
Fatma Z Abdeldjouad Do it as you are reading. Enjoy!
1. Travels with Charley in search of America(comic)
2. Writing down the bones(how to book)
3. I heard god lauging(poems) + The gift
4. Already free(kindle)
5. In pursuit of common good
Thanks!?
“How should there be a common good? The term contradicts itself. Whatever can be common always has little value”
-Nietzsche
Thanks!
@@tomcat8662 Do you agree?
Travels with Charley isn't a comic
For those who don't want to mark in the books: fold a sheet and leave it in the front of the book with your personal index. Next to that, code your notes with the colored Post-it notes (add symbols or short titles, whatever you'd like). That's how I roll. Cheers.
Could you elaborate on the use of the colored post it notes?
@@alexanderhdo Sure thing! So I have three colors in those and I try to use them a little differently than most. For example, in academic literature I use orange (quotes), yellow (relevant figures or numbers), green (relevant citations). It's not an exact method because obviously some quotes from from the relevant citations, but I know more or less what I'm looking through.
@@alexanderhdo Ohh, I haven't used the Kindle notes before, but I'm slowly trying to adjust to that as well haha.
I carry post-it notes everywhere. Not as nice as a notebook but much more convenient. Stick a post-it note on the front page, or wherever you want to take notes, and you can physically move them somewhere more useful instead of having to copy them
Colors make the world pretty. Duh :)
One of the best tips I ever received don't remember from whom is to write each page's main idea on the outside margin, that way whenever you want to go back to that book you can always browse the outside margins and get the main idea. Also fold and star the corner of pages that contain idea that are extremely good.
When I was going through graduate school, I would mark up the hell out of my text books, and I would never use a highlighter. Back then, it would help my focus so much. I would write in the margins, and I would use the empty space up front as a notepad. Just like Ferriss.
Years later, I went back to look at my notes, and I was astounded at the level of focus I had. The notes and underlines left clues for me.
Tim your energy is infectious. Keep it up man - love what you’re doing 🙌🏽
You've become so much more relaxed in your videos! Thanks for sharing this great info.
I love that you described reading comprehension strategies that we teach children in school; making a text to text connection, making a text to self connection and making a text to real world connection.
Love the mention of “Travels With Charley”. Immediately recognized the cover sitting on the table. Just a random book high school me picked up at the public library for no other reason than recognizing the author and liking the cover art. Fell me back into a lost love of reading from the first pages. Beautifully written and paced
I'm Persian and I am truly thrilled and amazed by how Hafez has crossed the boarders of cultures by his amazing book for a native English speaker. I wish you could read his book in our perspective to see how he put words together to make this incredible book. it is not just meaning and metaphors that he used, but also perfect rhyme and mindfulness of his poems. his book is precious to Persians not just by its poetic nature, but also sacred because we have a tradition which we think about a subject in our head(something like intention or something that you need a guide for) and then we open Hafez book; its interesting that how you can relate and seek answers from the appeared poem... thanks for sharing
If Shima sH is still listening, please reach out.
@@johnbraman3792 Hi, I'm here!
@@shimash8955 I value your perspective and wonder how we might collaborate to read Hafez, and similar works, such that y"our perspective", (Persian) can be shared with others? Very much enjoyed reading your comment, particularly in current context. Broadening understanding seems to be a skill that could be cultivated? How might we accomplish that?
@@johnbraman3792 Thank you, John. Although I'm no expert in the Persian language or Persian literature, I can share my perspective and perception as a normal native Persian speaker. I'm not sure about your platform or where you want to collaborate on those poems, but I can help whenever you need an external point of view. By the way, Hafez is not the only famous Persian poet. You might also have heard about Rumi, whose poems are widely translaintod in other languages.
My next actions: to get a kindle, to start writing index notes on the front page of books, to re-read some of the books/highlights. Read with behaviour changes in mind!
inner light yeah dude, same here! I really believe that re-read books is even more important than read a new book
I love the kindle or kindle app to highlight and type notes when reading certain books as my memory is not great. I have my kindle connected to Goodreads website/app and when I log in to Goodreads I see what I have highlighted and it also brings over notes.
I like the idea of the kindle or Kindle app more than I actually like the product. For me personally, there's a ton of books that i would want to read that just aren't on kindle. There's also the thing about them being just as expensive as a new book would've cost. Personally I enjoy going to a used book store and loading up on a bunch of books I want to read for a really good price. The only unfortunate part about that is that they take up space and get heavy quick. Any who....✌
"I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson.. If that's good enough for him, it's good enough for me.
Wow it's impressive to me that someone can remember what they've eaten😂
Ye but he was a literature geek not someone trying to improve their life smh 😑
I read books on my phone, and while reading it I take notes on notes or just copy straight text from iBooks. If it's something I feel I need to properly absorb, then I read and write it in my own words in my notes. I've read a lot of books and forgotten more than half of them. I've read all Bukowski in a binge when I was in college, and I remember almost nothing. I started the practice to take notes very late. I forget things now too, but I go to my notes and just read a synthesized version of the book. Digital reading and writing are very efficient and it's all saved up in the cloud.
Helmet I can relate to this!!
Lucy Stanton thanks, although many people still endorse buying hard copies, but I think it's far easier, effective and efficient reading on phones. Provided that your phone has a a good screen size. It is the same as people who argue the audio quality of a vinyl record and cds are unmatched. Which is true, but how many cds can you own, where can you carry the ancient player and your crazy speakers, and do you have enough storage space? Would your kids spare it? A smartphone my friend is the ultimate answer.
Thank you Tim!
As someone who's been reading Hafez since I was 10, I can tell you that the original script is even more complex and "thought provoking"! Also, you don't need to understand it to enjoy the sound of it!
Love the topics of these recent videos Tim. I don't listen to the podcast anymore but this type of content is super interesting to me. Please keep going and make more!! I've built an entire career applying your meta-learning strategy to the point where I've now got a serious background in multiple different skillsets that don't usually come together. Thanks for all you've done!
I’ve never heard the term “lazy adjective” before. Very often I find myself writing in the journal assigning a “lazy adjective” to each action/activity, and while I’m always aware of what I’m doing, I never knew how to define it in such a simple way.
Thanks Tim!
My next action will be making notes on next actions when reading a book. Thank you for this lesson Mr. Ferriss.
Thank you so much for making these videos and making them not pertain to anything that’s going on on TV or in the world! I really really really appreciate it it’s like a breath of fresh air thank you so much, have a great day! 💌💌
FREEDOM reframe - it’s not just doing whatever you want necessarily - there’s freedom in constraint and focus ...
WOW MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY from the messages in the books so far on what I’ve seen. On the meaning of freedom, which I’ve been reflecting on, by thinking about feeling a lack of focus and all over the place with interests. This really boils those feelings down nicely.
0:40 1st book
1:10 indexes of repeated point
5:20 2nd book
8:50 3rd book
11:00 digital evernote
15:00 ending
Perfect video in time when I am reading more at home and it becomes hard to remember all the good content. Thanks
Glad you’re healthy and continuing to create content. Thanks, Tim!
Take a look at the positioning of the books on the table. The parallel positioning is no coincidence. That is Tim in a nutshell...and I love it.
One of the valuable and timeless videos for readers! Thanks for making this, Tim!
Tim, you offer so much valuable content within so many different contexts. But the information in this video is so relevant to me, particularly now as since at 40 I have been diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD. I've recently been thinking a lot about how much information I consume, and try to digest. And how I read books often not finishing them, occasionally taking notes in an unsystematic manner.
Now, just to be focused enough to consistently implement this method and finish reading my books from cover to cover!
P.S. a vision of mine is to create enough financial wealth that I can one day afford to fund education development and research for alternative/natural health and ecology/sustainability. Hearing you share that you have done this already is yet another aspect of your work that inspires me 🙌🏼
The indices at the front of the book is a real winner in my book! Thanks for helping me to retool the idea better.
Thank you for sharing these tips! I’ve never thought about directly noting and indexing in the front page of a book! What a brilliant way! And my favorite part is the right bottom box of next-action! I’m going to try it. Thank you Tim!
I use a bullet journal and put page numbers I should refer back to in the index. Makes it easy for me to find the pages and book for which refering to.
"In this course, I'll teach you how to learn. I'm Tim Ferris, and this is my masterclass..."
Yes.
He did a masterclass? Other than the four hour life™️?
YES PLEASE.
@@abdulrahmana8623 na, just a joke lol. His intro here made me think of it. That being said, he definitely should have a Masterclass, and it probably should be something along the lines of "The Art of Learning" 😎
@@jasonlieberman4606 Have you seen his series on Vimeo ? I can't remember exactly what it was called but he showed how he learnt, the drums, golf, poker, a language and some other things in a short space of time. It was probably 3-4 years ago now but it was really cool.
Thanks for a glimpse into how your mind works! I like how you find lessons & takeaways from seemingly unrelated fields & apply them to your life or endeavors
Dude one of the greatest post ever! Thanks Tim!
Loved this video! Got all your books and been following you for years now! Thanks for being a mentor to me! your on of the best teachers out there! Kind regards, Anthony
Active reading. I use sticky notes and write my notes on them attached to the page. It keeps the book as is also easy to update.
Great video Tim! What's really changed the game for my retention is Readwise. Highly recommend.
i listened to this how-to with some gentle instrumental bluegrass playing softly in the background. would recommend.
I acknowledge your appreciation for learning with humour. I was hesitant to use humour when I started speaking and writing my book, but authors like you give me the encouragement to be both hilarious and beneficial. Thank you. :)
Really enjoying these new videos! Love these book recommendations and retention habits.
Buongiorno, Tim and team, 2 questions for you:
1. One of the risks I see is having too many actions from a book in search of a problem to fix (that might not be there). What is your process of elimination to focus only on the few actions that are insightful_and_relevant_for_you (and not only insightful)?
2. Let’s say in a month your takeaways were a. visiting different churches, b. pondering how anger is fear displayed in public and c. applying the charity PR stunt to raise money. What is your next step in the process: do you classify ideas in can-apply-today and can-apply-tomorrow? Do you actively create opportunities to make them happen e.g. start visiting churches or stay attentive but wait for the right moment to come up?
Wooowww. Your videos have been paradigm shifting in my thought process & more specifically examining and refining my thinking via writing , reading & journaling. Thanks
Amazing timing! My buddy and I were just talking about this an hour ago. Thank you for covering this topic.
Brilliant, really brilliant. That's also my take on reading that it should be done for a meaning, for a lesson, for a change.
Thank you Tim for sharing some great tips on getting more from books!
Simple yet effective.
Thanks for sharing.
Been waiting for this on how Tim takes notes 📝 this comes handy. In kindly is quiet simple when you highlight passages then transfer them to ur pc
This is great Tim. Thanks for sharing. I do something similar, but place all of my notes (and amazing quotes) in a notebook. I do this as the chances of me revisiting an actual book twice in a year are slim. However, with these notes easily at my disposal, I can review them often and be re-inspired.
Tim, I was thoroughly delighted by these reviews. Will you consider once a month with 5 books covering different genres offering your reviews?
Love this. Taking notes manually on the print book is so precious and irreplaceable.
Hello Diana 👋
How are you doing today?
wow! I've been searching about this - how Tim Ferriss reads and takes notes - for a few months now! (and I think many people too) Bull's eye content Tim!
Tim is a well-rounded individual who can teach on all things.
Hearing someone calls Hafez "hilarious" is absolutely a new thing to me.
And then I heard the translation you qouted and knew why!
It's the beauty of Hafez that even in the language that's written people can get different msgs. Not only that, by translation it's a whole new world!
Hafez poetry is so deep like a wonderland, you can cry, smile, be surprised and.. at the same time.
I don’t believe this guy said the word “Umm” the whole video! Impressive 😂
Watch Elon Musk's videos !
I think he was planning to go for one at 7.39 but stopped himself. 😋
@@Tuong11a Elon is a painfully bad speaker. This guy is great even at 1.5x
High functioning ppl can’t use that verb fart if they wanted to.
Ums, like foosball, are the debil.....
You're amazing man! Such an inspirational human being. I wish you all that your heart wishes for.
Great video, and as an Iranian I have to complement your remarkable pronunciation of 'Haafez' . Thanks Tim, I've learned a lot from your method. Cheers
When Tim smiled and said he'd read us a poem, I got a little tingly.....in my spine.
"Some books are to be tasted , others to be swallowed , and some few to be chewed and digested." Lord Francis Bacon
deepak saini "Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, writing an exact man " also Sir Francis Bacon.
Bacon sounds like he was a wise man
deepak saini Lord Bacon was Rummered literary Work of words included.. 😉he's A scribe of New testament Shakespeare's "Hemingway's"
Lord Bacon Seems tobe Nemisis aka apparently Shakespear was illiterate as his children where as well according to Folklore.
Just something I learned on the internet. Jmo.
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@@anthony-j-alibrandi-369 Sorry, what?
@@AgingFlux
Sorry about my jibarish texting Short Hand.
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I love audiobook because it's Convenient.
Eternal Life Blessings
Brother's And Sister's
Haha... that opening... love the lightheartedness Tim.
Yes indeed, your mind is like gazing at art.
This video was a total gem. Thank you so much.
Tim you really changed my life i swear to god I love you Greetings from Germany
Ok, this is creepy. I literally just submitted my form to try and win "How to change your mind" and I suggested you create more content like this! Tim, you're too good.
Sarah up same! I specifically put down note-taking! So crazy
Trippingly.net has a good summary but if it's a pain to read, I have an audio version of it on my podcast : Green & Gold, with Tegan Ariel
Audio of the summary
That’s a good idea I’ll have to take notes on the books I read from now on, thank you for sharing!!😁💯
Love this video! Thanks for opening me up to this Steinbeck novel, had never heard of someone doing what I did when I went to various synagogues of different denominations and writing about it.
I got some great value out of this video, thank you! I like the system of notetaking and will definitely try to adapt my note taking but I keep all my notes in the same notebook, not the book I happen to be reading because then the actions and further research notes are in one place, not in the individual book. Also, I like to keep it minimal on my bookshelves and almost always move a book along to a new life after I've finished it so I need to retain the notes some other way.
Great ideas, Tim. I am reading The Gratitude Project. I have underlined, boxed sections and highlighted various paragraphs to look back on. I like the idea as well of your separate area of notes for actions. Thank you!
Thank you Tim. As usual you are amazing! Very helpful.
You are such a life saver. Thank you so much
My parents took my brother, sister and I to maybe 10-15 wildly different churches. I hadn't thought of that since this video. It was definitely an interesting experience, looking back. Especially since we weren't particularly religious. One was a pretty wild all black church, they were vibrant in there expression and laughing at us sticking out in the crowd. It was great!
"In one eye and out the other" 😜 He knows me to well.
Just being around book is quite uplifting vibe.
After implementing the GTD process for the first time over the last couple of weeks, this feels like a timely watch.
Mr. Tim Ferris love you . Thanks for this video and for your channel extremely useful for showing us the way to uncomplicated living and much more
warmest wishes from India
Gosh you read my mind - I was literally wondering how you digest and remember all your books.... this is gold!! Thanks Tim
Awesome video. Thank you Tim!
Love this, love you! Thank you.
I’m in love with the fact you read ACTUAL books with paper pages then write in them!!! No devices here. Beautiful. 😍🥰🤓 📚
Edit: note to self...watch full video before commenting to prevent 🦶 in 👄
Natalie Goldber's book, Writing Down the Bones, is one of my favorite books, ever. I've not seen many people talk about it-- happy to see it on your list :).
Love this Tim and thank you. I'm a notetaker but not as good as this; it all makes sense. I like REAL books but will try once again to embrace my dusty Kindle! Just ordered two of those books as I finally get to writing seriously :)
Thanks for reading alittle of it much appreciated.
I never done note taking on a *physical book* but it's a good idea since I sometimes lose post its I mark in books etc. and with Kindle, I don't have the curiosity to *"look through it again"* like I do with my physical books.🤔
*On another note, Tim reading us a poem, is the highlight of my quarantined day* 😂
I love that Tim demonstrates that books should be thoroughly interacted with-the pages should be dog eared and the spaces should be scribbled in. A book is only as valuable as the information I am able to extract from it. I’m going to employ these strategies.
Thanks Tim
Great content and extremely helpful, useful and practical !
Really appreciate it 😊🙏
Added this channel to my morning coffee routine!
This is an old video, but I just watched it. I write down page numbers of good quotes or ideas on the back pages of a book. I used to keep a “Commonplace Book”, where I captured the nice turns of phrase. Haven’t kept up with that, unfortunately. Great talk Tim.
Nice one Tim, you've been producing some really valuable content lately! Another video for which I'll be using the concepts!
Thank you sir that helped a lot!!
wohooooooo! thank you for this new guidelines. Def gonna copy this. Thanks Tim
Your videos are stunning! Thank you!
super thank you for this Mr. Tim
Thank you very much for this video! These are some great tips and I will start incorporating them into my reading! :)
This is so crazy I'm reading Travels With Charlie right now! Highly recommend anything by Steinbeck!
that's cool, slim odds, so...
Freedom in focus. I like it. Time to reframe.