Before you start reading

So don’t read passively and stay aware of what you’re reading. Have you noticed how
sometimes we’re reading mechanically, flipping through the pages, and after a while we
realize that we don’t remember a single thing of what we read? That’s reading passively. You
want to avoid doing that. Instead you want to stay active and engaged with the material.

This preparation helps you to do that.

Finally, remember that you’re reading to grow, to become a better person. So the takeaways
from a book should always be the key messages and the key points. Why did something
happen? What can you learn from that? Don’t focus on what happened. The trivia, the
random facts, are not important. What is important are the things you can take away and
bring to your daily life, and put into practice. So focus on that when you open the book.

While you’re reading the book

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