How To Remember Everything You Read (My Notecard System)
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How To Remember Everything You Read (My Notecard System)
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TitleHow To Remember Everything You Read (My Notecard System)Ryan Holiday
Look, it's good that you read. Look, it's good that you read. Look, it's good that you read. It's good that you read a lot. It's good that you read a lot. It's good that you read a lot. But if you can't remember what you're But if you can't remember what you're But if you can't remember what you're reading, if all this is just going in a reading, if all this is just going in a reading, if all this is just going in a black hole somewhere, you have a massive black hole somewhere, you have a massive black hole somewhere, you have a massive problem. Right? Cuz a lot of what we Cuz a lot of what we Cuz a lot of what we read now, a lot of what we are learning read now, a lot of what we are learning read now, a lot of what we are learning now, it is valuable. And we may need it, now, it is valuable. And we may need it, now, it is valuable. And we may need it, just not at this moment. So the question So the question So the question becomes, how do you collect, organize, becomes, how do you collect, organize, becomes, how do you collect, organize, preserve all the things that you're preserve all the things that you're preserve all the things that you're reading and learning? Because the cost Because the cost Because the cost of forgetting a story or a lesson means of forgetting a story or a lesson means of forgetting a story or a lesson means really high. It could be money. It could really high. It could be money. It could really high. It could be money. It could be time. Could be relationship, right? Like you're reading about something now Like you're reading about something now Like you're reading about something now that could be of great benefit to you in that could be of great benefit to you in that could be of great benefit to you in the future. Could be the solution to the future. Could be the solution to the future. Could be the solution to your problem. Could save you. But if you your problem. Could save you. But if you your problem. Could save you. But if you your problem. Could save you. But if you don't remember it, if you haven't don't remember it, if you haven't don't remember it, if you haven't recorded it, if you can't easily access recorded it, if you can't easily access recorded it, if you can't easily access it, may as well never have read it in it, may as well never have read it in it, may as well never have read it in the first place. Right?
- 01The Reassuring Opening
Open by affirming the audience's current behavior, then repeat the affirmation to make it feel important.
OriginalLook, it's good that you read. Look, it's good that you read. Look, it's good that you read. It's good that you read a lot. It's good that you read a lot. It's good that you read a lot.
- 02The Memory Failure
Introduce the hidden weakness: the audience may be doing the right thing but losing the benefit because they cannot retain it.
OriginalBut if you can't remember what you're But if you can't remember what you're But if you can't remember what you're reading, if all this is just going in a reading, if all this is just going in a reading, if all this is just going in a black hole somewhere, you have a massive black hole somewhere, you have a massive black hole somewhere, you have a massive problem. Right?
- 03The Relevance Pivot
Explain that the information still matters even if it is not immediately useful, creating a reason to preserve it.
OriginalCuz a lot of what we Cuz a lot of what we Cuz a lot of what we read now, a lot of what we are learning read now, a lot of what we are learning read now, a lot of what we are learning now, it is valuable. And we may need it, now, it is valuable. And we may need it, now, it is valuable. And we may need it, just not at this moment.
- 04The Central Question
Turn the problem into a clear practical question about building a system.
OriginalSo the question So the question So the question becomes, how do you collect, organize, becomes, how do you collect, organize, becomes, how do you collect, organize, preserve all the things that you're preserve all the things that you're preserve all the things that you're reading and learning?
- 05The Cost of Forgetting
Raise the stakes by naming several real-world consequences of losing useful knowledge.
OriginalBecause the cost Because the cost Because the cost of forgetting a story or a lesson means of forgetting a story or a lesson means of forgetting a story or a lesson means really high. It could be money. It could really high. It could be money. It could really high. It could be money. It could be time. Could be relationship, right?
- 06The Future Rescue Scenario
Show that today's information may later become the solution to an important problem.
OriginalLike you're reading about something now Like you're reading about something now Like you're reading about something now that could be of great benefit to you in that could be of great benefit to you in that could be of great benefit to you in the future. Could be the solution to the future. Could be the solution to the future. Could be the solution to your problem. Could save you.
- 07The Final Consequence
End the intro with a blunt warning: information that cannot be retrieved has almost no practical value.
OriginalBut if you your problem. Could save you. But if you your problem. Could save you. But if you your problem. Could save you. But if you don't remember it, if you haven't don't remember it, if you haven't don't remember it, if you haven't recorded it, if you can't easily access recorded it, if you can't easily access recorded it, if you can't easily access it, may as well never have read it in it, may as well never have read it in it, may as well never have read it in the first place. Right?