This little gem comes from Matt’s Idea Blog almost a year ago and helps me get through educational reading, particularly when I want to read a lot of books in a short time. It’s a simple process. The first 3 steps should take around ten minutes [not much extra, hey?] and prepares your brain to take in the information. Because you’ve, essentially, already read the book three times, when you do finally read it in it’s entirety the information becomes much easier to sink in.

  1. Table of contents, glossary, index. 2. Anything in bold, titles, and subtitles. 3. First line of every paragraph. 4. Entire book Warning: Does not work for fiction. How To Read A Lot Of Books In A Short Time – [MattsIdeaBlog]