How I Turn What I Read Into Knowledge I Use Everyday
The Reading Workflow That Helps Me Turn Information Into Knowledge
For a long time I read a lot of books and never actually did anything useful with the notes I took.
Don’t get me wrong. I’ve tried a lot of note-taking methods. Highlighting, writing in margins, collecting quotes, filing it away in digital filing systems.
And while I accumulated a lot of information. None of it actually stuck with me. Maybe the odd idea here and there. But nothing compared to the amount of time I spent reading.
But three years ago I started doing something different after reading the book How To Take Smart notes and it’s revolutionised my reading/note-taking workflow.
Here is the system I use to build real knowledge from what I read:
Read → Highlight → Leave Breadcrumbs
I exclusively read books on my Kindle. I love the in built highlighting & note-taking features which make it easy to get my notes into my note-taking system.
Plus I can take a library of books anywhere I go on my phone. So instead of opening my phone to scroll social media, I open it to read.
