A personal research assistant…you!

As I re-kindled my obsession with reading a few years ago, I discovered that after devouring a great book and learning a bunch, my goldfish-like memory failed me.  Other than the title of the book, or perhaps the colour of the front cover, I retained almost none of the learnings.  I’d lost all the nuggets in the sluice water.  Enter Tim Ferriss, his advice on indexing, and sticky tabs.  Mine is a simple process, and comes down to a few quick steps.

  1. Tagging & underlining
  2. Distillation
  3. Indexing

STEP 1. Tagging & Underlining:  Seems easy, right?  My first few attempts were unbridled Continue reading A personal research assistant…you!