Comments on: Personal Development: Reading Habits

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:48:35 +0000

@Gretchen – Thanks for participating and thanks for dropping by.

By: Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:47:09 +0000

I saw the nice mention of my blog, The Happiness Project, here. I so much appreciate those kind words and you shining a spotlight on my blog! Thanks and best wishes, Gretchen Rubin

By: Sacha Chua

Sacha Chua — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:44:19 +0000

Thanks for sharing those tips! I wrote about my book workflow for
taking notes so that you can easily refer people to the exact page
they should read. You can find it at http://sachachua.com/wp/2009/02/11/book-workflow/

By: Matthew Cornell

Matthew Cornell — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:37:44 +0000

FYI my updated reading workflow is here: Reading Redux, Plus A 501 Productivity Roundup

By: Matthew Cornell

Matthew Cornell — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:27:33 +0000

Great series, Mark. Thanks!

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:04:56 +0000

Good post Anna. I am always interested in what and how people read. It has been an addiction since first grade.

Currently most of my reading comes from the library. We have a good system here and I can hit any of 3 major branches or 3 neighborhood branches depending on travels. It is hard to enter a library and not leave with something. If I have a goal in mind I will read everything available until I have the principles firmly in place. I probably keep 3 books going at a time. I have soured on self help and spiritual help books. Bite sized blogs more helpful. Most of information in my field is on my shelves. The rest is in trade magazines and online. Magazines need to be tamed. Most likely to be ignored. They’re stacking up. Cull/recycle every so often. Business books haveto be exceptional or they never get 1/4 read. Usually try to keep a book for enjoyment in play. SF, mystery, spy, detective, classic. Often also a heavy that has to be read in very small doses. Sometimes a personal interest magazine. The heavies are most likely to buy as they take several library renewal cycles to read. Currently Amity Schlease “The Forgotten Man” about the Great Depression. Too interesting to stop, too frustrating/scary to read more than 3-4 pages a day.

By: Ariane Benefit

Ariane Benefit — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:53:16 +0000

Thanks so much including my input! I would like to add that my decision to limit reading time is based on the fact that I’m working on my CPO-CD the past year and a half so I’ve had to make tough choices about my reading time.

When I read I use a highlighter and post-its to tag the passages I find most illuminating and helpful. Then I go back later to reread. I have found that reading can be inspirational…and sometimes distracting. It because of how distracting it can be for me, that I have to limit my reading to when I’m purposely taking time off from work! : )

By: Elmer Thomas

Elmer Thomas — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:27:28 +0000

These days most of my reading is done on my Pocket PC (via Microsoft Reader) or on my iPod Touch (via Kindle App or Stanza).

Otherwise, it’s AudioBooks and Podcasts for me on my iPod.

That said, I do have four bookshelves of books (mostly used as reference) and I spend about 30 minutes a day at reader.google.com (that is how I found this)

For “real” books I tend to use the OPIR method: http://blog.thembid.com/2007/08/12/learn-how-to-read-efficiently-with-opir-method/