Ryan Holiday's 3-Step System for Reading Like a Pro

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

"It's a short, 1,100 page book. I read it in a week." 💀💀💀

"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.

“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

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.

“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 YouTuber

“Speed reading is bullshit.” YES. 100 %

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! 🙏🏻

Some 40 years ago I wanted to document what I was reading because of the relevance to what I was doing at the time so I just started to put colored post-it tabs in books. This led to using notepad to track the information more easily. I also added a "#" in front of keywords (that are tracked through a notepad file) which allows me to search for specific information in any given book. At 70 years old the automation helps a lot in finding related information across multiple books. What this does not do is anchor the information through muscle memory as you put it. Yet, I am able to anchor the information in memory through meditation and hypnosis techniques connected with the specific notes. The meditation and hypnosis techniques are the repetition element that parallels each technique. Different techniques that produce similar results. Both seem to work which is the goal. This was the basis of a "catch-and-release" concept of reading books for specific information in an effort to not have a massive physical library in the event I needed to downsize as I aged. This works for me with that in mind.

Knowing is not enough we must apply,willing is not enough,we must do. ‐Bruce Lee.

Your greatness is your process, Thank You sharing this applicable wisdom method. Writing on the tablet of your heart like Biblical prophets did. Things you love about life are usually character enhancing interfaces with the truth of being. Lose reception, acquire perception.

Fascinating to see your process Ryan. Thank you for posting. Great video!

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.

This is great, very enlightening. I agree with you that doing it manually, eschewing technology is the way to go. Reading, and writing are human, sensual pursuits, using technology takes away from that. Thank you for the great video.

Not me reading this almost 3 years later wondering where you got the box. It's the perfect size! And as someone who has already started a digital second brain, but then, again, forgets what's in there because it's not touched quite as many times as the physical process would be - I can't agree with this enough.

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 really liked this video. Great ideas to apply to my reading and note taking. Also, I totally agree with you on the topic of "speed reading is bullsh...". Reading is supposed to be an activity that one enjoys and savors like a good meal, cigar or a special moment with your woman. You don't want to rush and do it fast in those occasions Many thanks to the creator of this video, keep them coming 😊👍🏾👌🏽💯💯💯

I am becoming a professional reader and I needed this video badly. Thank you much, you are handsome and amazing.

I like the part when you mention how one book leads us to another book. I love this constant reading journey 😀

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