# [Reading Notes] Leverage Reading by Honda Naoyuki

- Canonical: https://easonchang.com/posts/lever-reading
- Date: 2015-10-27T18:07:00.000Z
- Language: en
- Description: Boost the "reading ROI" of business books by approaching reading as an "investment".
- Translation: AI-assisted, from the zh-TW original

*Leverage Reading*

Author: Honda Naoyuki

Translator: Bing-Ting Ye

Publisher: Azoth Books

![lever-reading](https://i.imgur.com/9V5G9NC.jpg)

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## 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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Image from Anobii: [http://www.anobii.com/books/槓桿閱讀術/9789866858192/01fdecafeff15f5c07](http://www.anobii.com/books/槓桿閱讀術/9789866858192/01fdecafeff15f5c07)