I have read Leverage Reading again.
The key point of this book is that reading with clear purpose is an investment, and there is no other investment that can provide such a reliable return.
When it comes to business books in particular, there’s no reason not to read them. By learning from the wisdom of those who came before us and putting their ideas into practice, we can easily gain 10 times the value of what we paid for the book.
In this book, the author recommends to make a “Leverage memo”.
What is the “Leverage memo”?
A “Leverage memo” is a collection of the most important points from the book. The author recommends reviewing those notes over and over again whenever you have a spare moment, until the ideas becomes deeply ingrained.
So, I decided to put this idea into practice by creating leverage memos in my System Techo (ring-bound planner).
The planner I used is the Roroma Classic in Bible size by Raymey Fuji, with 14mm rings.
I chose this size and rig diameter because it is compact enough to fit in any of my bags, while the Bible size provides enough space to fit a reasonable amount of text on a single page.
I also considered going with the M6 size to make it even more portable. However, I ultimately settled on the Bible size because printing on M6 refills can be difficult, and the smaller page size would require too many sheets.
Here’s the Leverage memo I cleated
I used Pages to create this. I set the document size to Bible size and printed the text on the left side of each page.
I use the right side as a space to jot down ideas and thoughts that comes to me as I reread the memo over and over again.
Key takeaways
・Be clear about why you are reading a book, read only what is useful to you, and skip anything unnecessary.
・Rather than trying to read every page perfectly, it is better to read quickly and take action on even one useful idea.
・Reading is an investment activity with an incredibly high return, so there is every reason to read.
Until next time.
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