Ryan Holiday's 3-Step System for Reading Like a Pro

Start reading like a pro with this 3-step system from bestselling author Ryan Holiday.

Steps:
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - How You Should Read
02:29 - How To Organize What You Read
03:25 - How To Use What You Read

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Steps:
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - How You Should Read
02:29 - How To Organize What You Read
03:25 - How To Use What You Read

[DrProgNerd]

"I don't read fast. Speedreading is bullshit." I was so happy to hear you say that. I reread passages, paragraphs and pages constantly. I don't want to gloss over. The author took the time on each sentence - because they wanted to convey meaning. I don't want to miss out. Ryan, I started reading again because of you. Just want to say thank you.

[MosesRabuka]

“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia the author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to YOU.” ~ Carl Sagan

[estacoda]

“Speed reading is bullshit.”

YES. 100 %

[moshefabrikant]

1:28
Have a conversation in a book
2:40
Let the book sit for a couple of months just pick later on the best idea from it.
3:40
Have a common place book, where you put notes.
Write the theme why it touched you
6:00
Find patterns between wisdom and connect them.

[bowmanvmi]

I've been doing this for about a year now and have hundreds of notecards and it's absolutely incredible how much easier I find it to recall interesting bits, quotes, ideas, etc., from books. Thank you!

[filmcourage]

Fascinating to see your process Ryan. Thank you for posting. Great video!

[stoicpoetrywisdom]

I am a software engineer and I have a lot of books about engineering but sometimes struggle to retain the information. I will definitely be trying the advice of this video. Excellent work and excellent channel

[JS-jhcy]

I hate how other people keep harping on advantage of digital products when I find that reading on paper 📜 helps me to relax and get away from the digital poisoning stress

[Fishsticks]

Physically Writing things down increases learning /memory of them. When I was in college I would study and write notes and then I would copy those notes before exams, Rewrite them/copy them- and while rewriting them -I would have to think about them again -and everything would really just easily stick in my mind.It definitely works… Thanks Ryan enjoying your channel!

[nickmurray]

Keeping a commonplace book is absolutely the most useful thing I have ever done. I started just over a year ago–mine is virtual on Evernote, but I do have a system to interact with the book multiple times to remember the info before putting it into the virtual storage. I’m studying Psychology and Philosophy in university, and this practice has absolutely transformed how I research, how I write, and how I think more broadly.

[sacdaabdurhman]

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” Sharing some love from small YouTuber

[morefiction]

Have you considered writing a book on how you organize those boxes? more details on indexing and categories?

[nikkihall]

Weirdly, I had never heard that quote about the best time to plant a tree, yet this video was the second time I heard it TODAY. Definitely writing that one down.

[emishelly]

I like the part when you mention how one book leads us to another book. I love this constant reading journey 😀

[jeffskinner]

I also use 4"x6" notecards but I don't use a common-place book: I use a 'common-place Wall'. I use binder clips to hold 'classes' of notecards together in packets with a cover-title card on top then hang these packets by the arms of the binder clips onto a premeasured grid of thumbtacks on a wall. I suspect this gives me a more 'at-a-glance' reference to my various studies- projects- records-etc.

[PhuNguyen-xezu]

This is exactly what I needed to hear at this very moment. Thank you Ryan for continuing to add value to my life.

[rogerrobins]

I died laughing when you said speed reading is bullshit. I always thought I was slow because I had to reread to hear the writers voice for context.

[richardsmith]

Some 40 years ago I wanted to document what I was reading because of the relevance to what I was doing at the time so I just started to put colored post-it tabs in books. This led to using notepad to track the information more easily. I also added a "#" in front of keywords (that are tracked through a notepad file) which allows me to search for specific information in any given book. At 71 years old the automation helps a lot in finding related information across multiple books. What this does not do is anchor the information through muscle memory as you put it. Yet, I am able to anchor the information in memory through meditation and hypnosis techniques connected with the specific notes. The meditation and hypnosis techniques are the repetition element that parallels each technique. Different techniques that produce similar results. Both seem to work which is the goal. This was the basis of a "catch-and-release" concept of reading books for specific information in an effort to not have a massive physical library in the event I needed to downsize as I aged. This works for me with that in mind.

[tamveilleux]

This is hands down the best YT video I've watched in six months. I love this and will institute it NOW. My commonplace book never had a name until now, and it's always been in unusable journals. I'm blown away. Thank you.