[Reading Notes] Leverage Reading by Honda Naoyuki
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This English version was translated from my Chinese original with AI assistance.
Leverage Reading
Author: Honda Naoyuki
Translator: Bing-Ting Ye
Publisher: Azoth Books
Purpose
Boost the "reading ROI" of business books by approaching reading as an "investment".
Philosophy
- Based on the author's experience, the return on investment of reading is 10000%.
- Merely doing the "input" is just self-satisfaction. Being able to "output" and use what you read is what really decides the game.
- Leverage reading means using a book up completely, until it falls apart.
- If you carry your reading notes around and reread them a few times, you'll gradually internalize the content — like a well-worn tool that becomes one with your hand.
Method
- Read with a clear "purpose" in mind, skip the unimportant parts, and "skim".
- To build skills you can use right away, pick "experience-based" books.
- Read books in the same category thoroughly — whatever every book mentions is the key point of that field.
- Discover new books in physical bookstores, and actively buy them in online bookstores.
- Underline, jot down thoughts, and dog-ear pages to squeeze the maximum value out of a book.
- Make "reading notes" (I think this is the most valuable part of the book), then reread your notes over and over. Unless the book is amazing, don't go back and read it again.
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