Writing Summaries is More Important Than Reading More Books
If your goal is to maximize comprehension, writing summaries is important because it forces you recall and reconstruct information, leading to a more deliberate and meticulous reading.
Summary template:
- In 1-2 sentences, what is the book about as a whole?
- What are the 3-4 central questions it tries to answer?
- Summarize the answers in one paragraph each.
- What are the most important things you have learned personally?