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Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video, I’ll tell you how I read and take notes on non-fiction books.  This method helps me read faster, retain more information, understand the topic better, and gives me notes to come back to later.  How do you read nonfiction?  Do you read one page at a time starting at the beginning — the way you read fiction?  If so, you are probably doing it wrong.  I wish I could find the article that I read many years ago that changed my thinking on this.  Generally speaking, the point of fiction is to entertain and transport — to tell a story.  Also generally speaking, the point of non-fiction is to convince you of something, present a perspective, or educate you.  Now, in some cases, you WILL be reading non-fiction for enjoyment — like memoirs or history — in which case, use your best judgement and read how you want.  But AGAIN generally speaking, the purpo...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today's video I'll give you my one big recommendation after being a mom for 16 years -- take notes! If there is a running theme throughout my YouTube channel, it's that I have a world-class terrible memory and most of my systems are built to help me remember things or prevent my life from dissolving into entropic chaos.  Because I know this about myself, I take notes.  I take notes about processes I've figured out, events I've hosted, and articles I've read.  Chances are, I'm not going to remember these things later, so I am constantly reaching back to my notes to prevent myself from making the same mistakes over again or to remember things that might be important.  This note taking process falls into the latter category -- remembering things that might be important. As moms, we are all really good at taking notes about our first born babies.  We all were gifted a baby boo...