I overcame my fear of reading

Learn how to take atomic notes and create masterful work with my book Atomic Note-Taking: https://www.atomicworkflows.com/atomi... I'm building a note-taking app to help you study, learn, think, write and publish-with maximum efficiency and consistency. Check it out at: https://join.flowtelic.com. To join the private community to improve your note-taking skills and contribute feedback for this channel, head over to: https://meda.io/community/join. Support the channel by using my Shortform affiliate link: https://go.meda.io/shortform This video I share the challenges I had being a slow reader but reading hundreds of books and how I've streamlined the use of audiobooks, kindle books, note-taking and book summaries. Chapters: 00:00 How I learned to read 00:31 I'm a slow reader 00:44 The thing that changed my reading 01:24 My first audiobook 02:01 Broadening my reading 02:36 Rewiring my mindset 02:59 The two things that changed for me 03:35 Reading made me happier 04:17 The problem with audiobooks 04:57 Discovering the Zettelkasten Note-Taking method 05:31 The Commonplace 05:58 How to take notes from audiobooks 06:33 Pair audiobooks with Kindle ebooks 06:51 Reading books with LiquidText 07:37 Making fleeting notes from books 08:24 Note-taking with the Kindle app 08:39 What notes to make from a book 09:12 Example of a book note 10:18 Making notes from things that don't make sense 10:55 Making a kindle note 11:04 Phrase it how you understand it 12:09 Connecting the note to new ideas 13:55 Goal of making book notes 14:10 What if my notes are just copies of the text? 14:44 How to write things in your own words 15:14 What I do with all my book highlights 15:28 Convert them to atomic notes 15:57 Make permanent notes from literature notes 16:12 Going beyond elementary level reading 16:31 Reading for comprehension 16:49 My technique using audiobooks 17:12 How I use Shortform 17:41 How I save time reading books 18:04 Should you read only book summaries? 18:32 Differences of Shortform and just a book summary 18:54 Using Shortform with LiquidText 19:13 Using Shortform to create fleeting notes 19:29 Thoughts on the book How to Read a Book 19:36 How I get cheap Kindle books 19:56 More books than you can read 20:22 How I will approach reading books in Flowtelic 20:49 Studying with Focus Mode in Flowtelic 21:29 Aligning my reading with my purpose 21:47 Summary of my reading workflow 22:18 Join the Flowtelic waitlist 22:41 Join the community 23:05 Link for Shortform --- Blog: https://meda.io Twitter:   / martin_adams