Ryan Holiday's 3-Step System for Reading Like a Pro
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Start reading like a pro with this 3-step system from bestselling author Ryan Holiday.
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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
This similar to the original Zetlekasten in action. Amazing to see you do it all without a digital interface
Hey Ryan. Can you post a link for the note card boxes you use?
@@alexkimbrell653 Cropper Hopper by Advantus Corporation
Don't forget the time stamp for "Speed reading is bullshit"
Hey Ryan, I bought the Daily Stoic and have made it a practice to read one day at a time and then make notes from the book and note my reflections. I would really like to read the additional stuff you have referenced but the links are not working. Thanks
"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.
Finally, I found someone that can validate my thought "speedreading is bullshit" . I sincerely believe that the human brain is not equipped to assimilate and process information at the speed of a machine. The synapses of the human brain depends on other major organs to assimilate knowledge, store and be able to use it favorably.
Exactly. So much patience went into the craft of writing and rewriting to convey information. Absorbing the thoughts of another via symbols should not be taken lightly.
DO AGREE WITH YOU, RYAN INSPIRED ME TO READ
I couldn´t agree more. Deep reading is far superior to speed reading in virtually every possible way. Sure, it takes a bit longer, but on the other hand you get far superior comprehension and recollection of the material, so it still gives a higher payoff per unit time. Not to mention the far greater pleasure of methodically savouring a book instead of just rushing through it.
I disagree, some books you can read perfectly well with the speed reading techniques. Also a lot of eg self help and psychology books have only a couple of quintessential messages and could have been 4 times shorter. A lot of hard facts are not important for example some historical facts about some people that have influenced the authors... and so on. Another big argument for SR is that many words are just connective words, that are not important for the overall understanding. Just saying something is bs without explaining why is not an argument .
“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
One of the most beautiful quotes ever.❤️
Yes
Yes, ... beautiful
That’s really powerful
Wow! That's a great and profound quote!
“Speed reading is bullshit.” YES. 100 %
I know, I was like finally someone said it!
Lol no it’s not… it’s literally been proven time and time again… in order for SR to work, you need to work on short term memory. Stop taking 1 guys example as gospel.
@@WarrenKirkpatrick My friend, as someone trained in literary analysis, I promise you speed reading is bullshit. No one should make speed reading a goal if they care at all about anything other than surface level information. I say that as someone with no real investment in Ryan Holiday.
@@estacoda545 well you can tell your friend I’m a living example that it’s not BS, and you can’t promise anything when my own personal statement back this up, I can read on average around 700WPM and used this to get a 2.1 bachelors degree..so this is where you’re wrong, speed reading isn’t a goal, it’s a technique to help achieve certain goals. you can literally say anything you want but the mere fact that I use it on a daily basis proves it’s not. Lol I don’t have any real investments in anyone apart from myself and family. if Ryan is reading philosophy and wants to enjoy his literature, that’s 1 thing, for ppl with a mountain load of info they need to get through, that’s a completely different.
@@WarrenKirkpatrick The irony here is that I called you my friend. I wasn’t speaking about my friend. Perhaps, oh, I don’t know, speed comes at the cost of comprehension?
"It's a short, 1,100 page book. I read it in a week." 💀💀💀
60% which are skipped
It would take me forever to read 1,100 pages lol. When he said a week I was oh snap I need to catch up
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.
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!
I love reading, but I’ve never taken the time to take notes on what I enjoyed or learned from the book Definitely will start this method!!
Hey, are you still writing notecards?
You are an inspiration Ryan. Everytime I watch your video or read your book, I end up learning some thing valuable and simultaneously get inspired to kickstart my life again.
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.
This is exactly what I needed to hear at this very moment. Thank you Ryan for continuing to add value to my life.
Thank you so much for the advice of annotating between the lines while reading. I used to have many fleeting thoughts and sparks of ideas while reading but I lost most of them in a blink of eye. Now I always read with a pencil at hand and turn off my cell phone so I can set myself in a deep thinking process along with the text and in the meantime keep jotting down whatever interesting thought that occurs to me. I finally got to keep them in this way.
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
I have been feeling a lack in my system. No more! Thank you for sharing your system. Your energy is contagious and powerful.
Excited to try this, have just buckled down to writing a 30 minute act of comedy also just got Ego is the Enemy delivered yesterday, I CAN'T open it until I go buy flash cards and highlighter pens, I see this working for me so well!
This is a very timely and relevant video for me as i have had some slight issues returning back to my first love of getting lost in a book.
This is one of the most practical and useful study guides I’ve seen on KZhead.
I'm a huge fan of yours! Thank you for always speaking up about important things on your podcast and really standing your ground against criticism while teaching us about stoicism. + This is such a cool video!
Thank you so much, this video comes at the right moment to me. I needed it to organise my mind and writing. Thanks 🙏
I've finished your two books at the same time: Obstacle is the way and The Ego is the Enemy. I felt honored to read them, they are amazing. The timing they matched with my life right now, sounds perfectly. For sure, I'll reread these books during my life. In the future, I'll give to my son, my grandchild... Thanks a lot for #sharingiscaring everything you've learned in your life. I hope you keep on your journey Ryan!! You great!! I'll start read The stillness is the key right now!
One of the best videos I have seen on how to read. Thank you for sharing your method of reading Ryan Holiday.
Fascinating to see your process Ryan. Thank you for posting. Great video!
Film courage 😁🙏🏽 incredible channel.. I love what you guys do thank you so much.. especially those screenwriting lessons 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I love the Argue in The Margins strategy. And I do it all the time. Every book is a battle an argument and ultimately a learning experience.
Love this video, super helpful for getting organized and making sure you hold onto the text that really means something to you. I would love to see/hear your thoughts around literary fiction and if you read much from that genre? I've learned as much, if not more, from literary fiction than I have from non-fiction work and would love to hear a "professional reader's" process/opinions. Appreciate the content you produce and have been enjoying your written work for the past few weeks as well!
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!
that's because you go over it at least three times in the recording of it , I will always hold it up as the best way to make something a part of you.
does typing them have the same effect?
@@izquierdo1770 there’s nothing like using your hand and a pencil imho. The human needs to stay closer to who they are to be excellent. Technology masks the human core in my opinion. Human “conveniences” remove authenticity and soul. There’s value in sensing the smell of the lead, the paper, the sounds,
@@Fishsticks007 thanks for the reply!
For all of you reading this, try saying out loud those things that you want to memorise lots of times. In the other hand, if you want to really learn the subject explain it to yourself over and over.
I love the system to retain and reuse! Bullet journaling may be another good medium for common place book. I'm inspired to try this.
He's a machine! Amazing! Focus is unbelievable! Thank you for posting this....rekindling a flame to be productive again.
Ryan !!! You are sharing incredible value. Thank You and God Bless!
Just the type of video I needed today! Thank you for this Daily Stoic! :)
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.
I’m really stoked to try this method! You’re like a sapling that has the wisdom of a tall Redwood. Thank you for all your work 😊
Reading a book is a conversation and or argument.. Just brings reading to life 🤓 Thank you Ryan
I'm just getting into Marcus Aurelius and stoicism and i'm hooked. Ordered your daily stoic book and it will be here tomorrow, really looking forward to it! Got the feeling i'm not done with your books after that.
wow the way you do it man really nails it, and yes no screens when reading,I like that quote you said "not all readers are leaders but all leaders have to be readers" I need information to get better
Your organization by themes is the most useful organization method I've seen, this was extremely helpful!
I am a book person as well with , highlighter in hand, sticky tabs top and sides, color code column notes 📝 🤭 Thank You for sharing your inspiring thoughts with us👍
I love seeing your enthusiasm in the research and learning process. Thank you for this video! ❤
You literally read my mind. I was watching your videos of the course of the last two weeks, and I'd wondered what your reading process itself looked like, and now, here it is. Thank you, Ryan, so much.
Cool! I've been doing that for many years! I first used the method to learn and prepare tours as a Park Ranger. And over the years to learn about yoga/anatomy and also to teach (a variety of subjects). Great way to learn and retain what I read.
I’m a seminarian and this, I can tell, is a good system. I have to remember a lot of information for research. I’ll have to give your system a try!
This is great. It's actually a very old reading system. Umberto Eco also describes a similar system and then there's zettelkasten and commonplace books, etc. I use an almost identical system for philosophy. It's nice to see these methods being rediscovered and preserved!
Dude this is great content. Thank you so much. I am not looking forward to doing all that writing but a wise teacher told me the obstacle is the way.
Love your work Ryan Holiday ... very impactful as always
"Speedreading is BS" - thank you, Ryan! Thank you! I am already partway to having a Commonplace Book like you do, because I treat non-fiction book as tools, buying them in paperback and marking them up. I buy hardback copies of the rare few that I want to keep because they are or have been life-changing for me. I want a pristine copy too (and these days, also an audiobook copy if the reader is good) in my bookcase in case it ever goes out of print. The best of books can do this over a long enough time. All I have to do now is get the cards and box to keep them in. Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's main adviser and fixer for many years, kept a commonplace book too, including a book called "The King", which was about the King, who must have been a nightmare to work for! I wonder how much that book was responsible for his relative longevity as an adviser, in helping him to pivot and be adaptable to the King's ever-changing moods.
I'm excited to say I'm already doing Step 1. I have my Stoic books in a 'turnstile' order, and when I get back to the first one, I'll be ready to start with Step 2. THANK YOU!!
I love this, I do the exact same thing with reading books, when I write on them, highlight them, a part of me feels connected to the book as if I wrote it. If i don't annotate on a book a lot of the words brush past me when I have read them. And rewriting raw prose phrases into a notebook helps too, it lodges a new technique into my writer muscle memory. Great video!
This is so precious. Thank you for sharing these kind of informations for free.
Thanks for basics, how you do, and nudge forwards. 👌✌️🙏.
I’ve started keeping a reading journal to become more engaged in my reading. It’s not as sophisticated as this and I borrow a lot of ebooks from the library. But even this small change has affected my relationship with books and it’s exciting.
Thanks for your summary of how you read. I have written 2 books on ADHD and find this very helpful, thank you again!!
I personally have just started this! I used a kettlkasten digital system, but know prefer the physical system because it forces me to physically look through the material. The digits system is out of sight, out of mind. Great content 👍🏻
Hello Ryan, it's so inspirational, I put it directly into practice and watch it again.
Thank you for your comments on speed reading! I too am slow. I love to wallow in the concepts and language of the writer. - Really enjoying ‘Lives of the Stoics’.
Your inspiration is so deep and profound. Thank you!
On top of being a great reader, this video shows you how to be a great writer. Thanks bro 🙏🏽
Really have enjoyed your channel Finding Stoicism has become a big deal in my life Wish i had found all this earlier Found that i have had some of ideas in my life from early on Reading the stoics has validated somethings I have tghought about and have live by THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SHARING
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.
You’re in the beginning stages of a wonderful journey of learning how individuals do what they do in a system, and that’s really cool. I took the maximum number of courses on semester of psychology courses and found so many great interactions between the concepts that way. It was a lot of work but so rewarding and fun too.
Hey, are there any organizing principles or videos on that topic that you can recommend?
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.
People think they should read a lot of books, when the opposite is the truth. You need to read just a few GOOD books every year. It's better to read 5 good books a year than 30 books that were written just to be written. And with a good book you have to take your time. If anyone is interested in a list of good books, made by Jordan Peterson: jordanbpeterson(.)com/great-books/
Speed reading good for different type of things like articles , reports ...etc.
Love the Organizaing System - Your Common Book. I have taken notes of podcasts/books/lectures -- all in various notebooks. It is a good way to reinforce the material in my brain -- but I have always had trouble going back and finding material. Will try the new Common Book System! Thx!
Sometimes when I try to do a new habit that is good such as reading or journaling and think I should probably write this down or do extra work to actually "take the time to learn and experiment" I blow out my own light thinking others don't do this type of stuff and im not smart enough. This is until I saw this and what this guy does. I really appreciate the true experience it takes to really want to learn something and not comparing yourself to others and taking the time to know reading is just more than flipping page.
I admire your work ethic. You are inspiration to me
Your system of retaining memory is awesome. Thank you❤
Thank you brotha. Trusting you’re method. One day I’ll shake your hand for the impact it’s made on my life.
“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 KZheadr
Thank you! Keep up the good work.
This channel is becoming better and better🙌
Thanks for sharing your process. Gonna try this out!
This is really good. I used this system which I used for my fourth book worked very well. I am now using it on my current work.
I 100% have to do this. Thank you.
New to Mr Holiday. All I can say is WOW!! Already ordered some books!
I just ordered a simple box and note cards, cost me 10 bucks. I am an avid reader, I am skeptical about stoicism, and haven’t read any of your books yet, but I like you share your writing and reading processes. I am inspired by your mentor-mentee relationship with Robert Greene as well. It seems like you really taken his mastery advice to heart! 😂 I will experiment with your methods. Thank you for sharing them, Ryan! 🙏🏻
"You're supposed to be in an argument, in a discussion with the author. It's a two way street". This is a brilliant statement as I'm used to consuming books as a responder versus and active participant in a discussion. I'm going to revisit collecting physical books in contrast with my Kindle...
Its funny how I do these things, read, fold, and write. This is gold, Ryan!
Great stuff man, more of this please!
I shiver everytime he says he folds the pages.
Thank you so much for your insights!
This video is gold, thank you!
Awesome process! Thanks for the inspiration, I'm doing this now!
Really really helpful ideas, this is a game changer for my studies. Thank you so much!
Nice to see that Holiday and his mentor are using the Zettelkasten method, I came across it a few months ago, from the book "How to Take Smart Notes" by S. Ahrens.
Two things-regarding The Obstacle is the Way-in my therapy training we know we are hitting the sweet spot when we encounter resistance-a nerve has been struck, so to speak. 2) If you hold Truman in high regard, his entries in his diary, found in a book of lists (don’t recall the name), summed up the year with one line. Some were things like (paraphrasing): “appointed as judge,” “out of work,” “ate well this year,” showed his highs and lows simply and elegantly. If you’re ever in Independence, MO, I recommend a visit to his home and the museum. I love his daughter’s Washington, DC mysteries which were very well done.
Ryan is truly a pioneer of ancient wisdom for modern times. The methodology explained in this video is really splendid and feasible too.
The pioneer, in my opinion has been Robert Greene, whom Ryan was an apprentice of. Anyway, I have a great admiration for the both of them! You both share an incredible amount of wisdom with the world, thank you!
@@halotubelgia7845 They are both idiots and in no way pioneers.
Wow that's great it actually is something I did loosely on paper thanks for this resourceful tip.
Hi Ryan. Your video came up in my feed and I must say, I’m glad it did. Excellent content. Thank you for sharing. New subscriber.
Amazing job, thanks to show it
Excellent " System " for reading; thank you so much!
Great process Ryan. Thanks for sharing. Super video.
Thank you for this video. Helps me ⚡
Love this. Thanks Ryan.
LOVE thank you Ryan
Best video on the reading topic ever
Just finished Courage is calling and wholly enjoyed it. I would definitely read it again.
Thanks, Ryan.
I keep a system like this on Obsidian. I mark up books as I go through, transfer those notes as Literature Notes and then pull out key ideas that I want to expand on further which I store in my 'Citadel' folder. I link them to relevant keywords or other notes/ideas I've created in the past and over time when I go back through I go down a rabbit hole that leads me to expand my thoughts.
2 years ago Obsidian was not very user friendly but I liked it. Has it improved or do you still have to spend 40 hr. programming that thing to get it to work
@@CDs_KZhead_ I've only been using it for a few months so I'm not sure what the previous experience was. I moved over from RoamResearch and it was easy enough to import all my data and get it updated despite doing a little house cleaning along the way.
@@CDs_KZhead_ It has been around a year now that I am using Obsidian. It find it to a very good app which can be used for many different purposes.
@@MJ-ur9tc 😐 I’ll check it out again,,, I’m not a programmer,,, Do you still have to use some kind of low level code to get everything set up and working? I liked that fishbowl flowchart organization, but learning curve was to big for me to utilize. 🤷🏼♂️
@@CDs_KZhead_ It uses markdown code which is simple. Learning a few commands becomes powerful and there are a lot of plugins the community has created which add a lot of nice features as well.
THANK YOU!!!
Knowing is not enough we must apply,willing is not enough,we must do. ‐Bruce Lee.
Goethe, actually...
I used to take notes and my envelope is full of thousands of intermediate papers. Now I am going to try this out notecards and a commonplace book because i stopped taking notes for 2 months and just read books and highlight. But now I know how. Thank you so much for this! I don't know why I didn't get your book first when i started making book reading a habit late april and I only got to know you and read your first book (ego is the enemy) Last month. Now i am curious about your other books and robert greene's.
Excellent advice, brother. hope you have an awsome life.
I like the part when you mention how one book leads us to another book. I love this constant reading journey 😀
Cross readings. Amazing!
I foumd this extremely useful. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much This video is so useful