How To Remember Everything You Read - 6 Tips in 60 Seconds #shorts

2021-06-27 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books and reading · mode: List of tips or lessons

In a Short, Ali gives six tips for remembering what you read: make Kindle highlights, use Readwise, write reviews, write summaries, make mental links and read what you enjoy, and points to his longer video on his magical insight logging framework.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Six tips in under 60 seconds to remember what you read

• ★★ To remember a book, Ali advises writing a quick review of it on Amazon or Goodreads just after reading it: you are then more likely to remember the story that resonated with you. — 00:00:00 · Amazon
• ★★ Ali writes book summaries as a series of tweetable bullet points, which he calls a great way of adding value to others and of building his audience on Twitter. — 00:00:29 · Twitter
• ★★ Ali advises making mental links: we are far more likely to remember new material when we link it to what we already know. — 00:00:29
• ★★ Ali's sixth tip for remembering what you read is to have fun: if you are not enjoying a book, throw it away and read something else, since we remember more of what we enjoy and find interesting. — 00:00:29

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• refine · How do you remember what you read? — To remember a book, Ali advises writing a quick review of it on Amazon or Goodreads just after reading it: you are then more likely to remember the story that resonated with you. (00:00:00)

Mentioned

Amazon · Goodreads · Kindle · magical insight logging framework · Readwise · Twitter

Only in the description or credits: lifelong learning

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