The presentation I gave at Toastmasters on my process for reading bookings.

1. How I “Read” a Book
Justin Meats

7. 2009

8. 2010

9. 2011

12. “The worth of a book is to be measured
by what you can carry away from it.”
–James Bryce
“To read without reflecting is like eating
without digesting.”
–Edmund Burke
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13. How I “read” a book
• Buy both the Kindle and Audible version

16. How I “read” a book
• Buy both the Kindle and Audible version
• Bookmark in Audible

18. How I “read” a book
• Buy both the Kindle and Audible version
• Bookmark in Audible
• Highlight in Kindle

20. How I “read” a book
• Buy both the Kindle and Audible version
• Bookmark in Audible
• Highlight in Kindle
• Yellow: Regular
• Blue: Tasks

22. How I “read” a book
• Buy both the Kindle and Audible version
• Bookmark in Audible
• Highlight in Kindle
• Yellow: Regular
• Blue: Tasks
• Take notes in OneNote (Could be Evernote, Google Docs, etc)

23. Finished 7 books in 2018

24. Tips
• Listen during other activities
• Driving
• Mowing
• Exercise
• House Chores
• Handiwork

25. “Reading is to the mind, what
exercise is to the body. As by the
one, health is preserved,
strengthened, and invigorated: by
the other, virtue (which is the
health of the mind) is kept alive,
cherished, and confirmed.”
- Joseph Addison

26. Tips
• Listen during other activities
• Driving
• Exercise
• House Chores: Mowing, Dishwasher, Vacuuming
• Handiwork: Painting
• Listen 1.5X speed
• Overdrive.com – Borrow From Library

27. “A book worth reading is
worth buying.”
-John Ruskin

28. If we encounter a man of rare intellect,
we should ask him what books he reads.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

30. I cannot live without books.
–Thomas Jefferson