![]() Here’s how: Read the title, foreword and text on the back flap, followed by skimming the index. Just like you don’t have to read everything that ends up in your hands, you don’t have to read everything that’s in whatever you do decide to read. By getting an overview of what a book or article is about, you’ll get a better sense of the bigger picture and figure out which parts will be relevant for you to read in the first place. This won’t work with fiction books, but for everything non-fiction, it helps a lot. Lesson 2: Subject everything you’re about to read to a preview, it might be enough. For example, a scientific paper that might help you solve an important problem one of your clients has should probably take precedence over your child’s homework review, especially if your kid is already an A-student. The second one digs into whether you’ll actually use what you read. ![]() The first question helps you figure out if you’re just servicing someone else’s request, or your own desire of being able to say “I have read that.” For example, just because you failed to read the 2014 industry report for the past two years does not make it relevant now, so you might as well toss it.
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