Not all books are worth large efforts
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The Barbell Method is a phrase coined by Nassim Taleb. It means that you make sure that the majority of your investment is safe while you make small but very risky bets.
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- Read the book. Read swiftly but don’t skip any parts unless they make you vomit or put you to sleep. Mark all the passages that stand out and contain useful, interesting or inspiring information.
- Read the book a second time. But now you read the marked parts only. This time you make notes, connect them to past notes (Zettelkasten Method!) and think about what you’ve read. Make mindmaps, drawings, bullet points – everything that helps you to think more clearly.
The Barbell Method of Reading • Zettelkasten Method https://zettelkasten.de/posts/barbell-method-reading/
The whole point about this method is to make the best of our time while reading. Reading quick will get us to detect where the gold nuggets are in the text, and taking notes allows us to keep the pace while being able to come back to it later. When we do, we’re mentally prepared to reflect on that nugget and extract the information we’re really interested in keeping or processing.