5/27/2023 0 Comments Cuz i remember every time![]() ![]() Get Some ContextĪ good place to start is by doing some preliminary research on the book. ![]() For example, the Hayes translation of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations is regarded as being truest to the original text, while also having a modern (accessible) feel. The more interesting and relevant we find a book, the more likely we are to remember its contents in the future.įor older books or those that have been translated, check which version is considered to be the best. Focus on some combination of books that: (1) stand the test of time (2) pique your interest or (3) resonate with your current situation. ![]() In fact, there’s an advantage to be gained from reading things other people are not reading. This isn’t school and there are no required reading lists. We don’t have to read bestsellers, or classics, or books everyone else raves about. There are no rules when it comes to choosing books. What you do before you read matters way more than you think. Which is why the plot of every book ever can be boiled down to ‘someone is looking for something’.” - Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay AliveĪ lot of success in reading boils down to preparation. And books themselves seemed to reflect this idea. But each map was incomplete, and I would only locate the treasure if I read all the books, and so the process of finding my best self was an endless quest. “Every time I read a great book I felt I was reading a kind of map, a treasure map, and the treasure I was being directed to was in actual fact myself.
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