Mind Transformation 197

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I want to change my method of reading and add a new feature to it. Today I tried to talk to myself about the chapter I had read and couldn’t recall anything; even the name of the chapter. Then I asked myself, why? Indeed, I have been reading the entire hour and can’t say anything about what I’ve read? Does it make sense, such reading? While I was reading I understood everything, but afterwards my mind suddenly became empty. I was thinking for a moment and realized that I just don’t set a goal to memorize anything. I used reading to improve my attention, and it was mostly a funny game rather than a dull exercise, but what if I pay more attention to what I read and at the end of every session retell at least for five minutes what seemed to be important there? At the beginning I can train my brain to memorize the name of a chapter; then it will be something like a general idea, main problems, etc. I can improve my method of reading and with each new book understand better and better not only meaning of the book but the language it is written, the author’s style, and so on. Now I basically read such books which I can’t call profound and deep. I often think about something else while reading and excuse it by saying this or that. Well, it’s time to change it.

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