after writing my popular article on speed reading, i received a lot of comments from people who wanted to read faster. but reading faster isn't the whole picture. if you want to get more information with less time, you can't just pick up the pace. you need to read smart.

在我寫(xiě)完關(guān)于快速閱讀的一些文章之后，我收到了許多想讀得更快的人們的評(píng)論。但是，僅僅讀得更快并不是全部，如果想在更少的時(shí)間內(nèi)獲取更多的信息，僅僅加快速度是不夠的。你應(yīng)該學(xué)著更聰明地閱讀。

it doesn't matter how fast you can read if you aren't reading anything important.

重要的不是你能讀得多快而是你讀的東西是否重要。

here are some methods i've found when buying books to help eliminate the junk and read smart:

下面是關(guān)于買(mǎi)書(shū)時(shí)如何篩除掉爛書(shū)，從而讓你能更聰明閱讀的技巧。

popularity - although i wouldn't say popularity is a universal measure of quality, it does help filter out a lot of crap. a great book might not be popular but if it is on the amazon bestseller list it usually isn't complete garbage.

流行程度 —— 盡管我并不認(rèn)為流行程度是一個(gè)選擇圖書(shū)的萬(wàn)能標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，但是在一定程度上它確實(shí)能夠幫我們過(guò)濾到很多垃圾。一本好書(shū)或許并不流行，但是能夠出現(xiàn)在amazon暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)榜上的書(shū)一般都不會(huì)是徹頭徹尾的垃圾。

subjects that interest you - i only use popularity for about 20-30% of my books. the rest i often pick through simply searching for a subject that interests me. this means i get specific, if you narrow down your subject of curiosity enough you can usually get a book that matches. that means don't search for “fitness” when you want “beginners running.”

感興趣的主題 ——我只對(duì)20-30%的書(shū)使用上面的方法。其余的，我經(jīng)常簡(jiǎn)單地通過(guò)尋找我感興趣的主題來(lái)過(guò)濾。這意味著我開(kāi)始對(duì)內(nèi)容變得更挑剔。通過(guò)你感興趣的主題來(lái)漸漸地縮窄你的瀏覽范圍，最終你就會(huì)找到適合你的書(shū)。換句話(huà)說(shuō)，在最初開(kāi)始找書(shū)的時(shí)候，不要刻意尋找“最合適的書(shū)” 。

use the library - books aren't expensive, i can get several weeks worth of reading from amazon for less than a hundred bucks. but often once you buy a book you feel obligated to read it, even if it is drivel. economists call this a sunk cost. get books from the library so you don't feel guilty leaving it unfinished.

使用圖書(shū)館 —— 書(shū)并不算貴，我常常能用不到一百塊從amazon上買(mǎi)回值得我看幾個(gè)星期的書(shū)。但是你可能經(jīng)常會(huì)買(mǎi)回來(lái)一本你發(fā)現(xiàn)并不喜歡的書(shū)。經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家們將這種現(xiàn)象叫做 ” 沉淀成本”。從圖書(shū)館借書(shū)，這樣就算你沒(méi)讀完，也不會(huì)有負(fù)罪感。

but how you get books is really the least important aspect of reading smart. i've read few books i could say were complete crap. most had at least a few interesting ideas. the best had great ideas densely packed into the pages and the worst had one or two within three hundred pages of noise.

但怎樣挑書(shū)，只是關(guān)于怎樣更聰明的閱讀的最不重要的一個(gè)方面。事實(shí)上。沒(méi)幾本書(shū)能算得上是徹底的廢話(huà)，大多數(shù)的書(shū)里面至少會(huì)有一些能吸引你的觀點(diǎn)。盡管好書(shū)往往全書(shū)充滿(mǎn)了好的思想，而爛書(shū)可能幾百頁(yè)的篇幅只有一兩點(diǎn)精華。

the first way to start reading smart is to start cutting out garbage. remember, time is short, information is limitless - read what you need. here are some tips i use to cut down on the amount i read while preserving the best information:

想要更聰明地去閱讀，第一步就是不去讀無(wú)價(jià)值的東西。時(shí)光短暫，信息無(wú)限，讀你所需。下面是一些技巧，它教你在能獲取那些最優(yōu)秀的信息的前提下，盡可能地減少你的閱讀量。

know when not to start - trust your instincts of the book based on the first fifteen pages. i know they tell you not to judge a book by its cover, but if a book is great it usually shows itself within the first few dozen pages.

留意開(kāi)頭 —— 在讀一本書(shū)前十五頁(yè)的時(shí)候 相信你的直覺(jué)。有人會(huì)說(shuō)，不要憑封面判斷一本書(shū)，但是如果一本書(shū)真的很好，那么往往在頭十五頁(yè)你就會(huì)發(fā)覺(jué)。

know when not to finish - there is nothing wrong with putting a book down that you were halfway through.

適時(shí)結(jié)束 —— 半路就把一本書(shū)放下沒(méi)有什么不妥。

speed read - speed reading isn't about going faster, but controlling your tempo. know when to speed up and when to speed down. i often reread slowly really good ideas and blur over things that don't interest me.

速讀 —— 速讀不是一味的讀快，而是要適當(dāng)?shù)目刂颇愕拈喿x節(jié)奏。 你要知道什么時(shí)候該讀快，什么時(shí)候該讀慢。 我一般會(huì)跳過(guò)那些不感興趣的話(huà)題而詳讀那些好的觀點(diǎn)。

skip chapters - sometimes the book has interesting ideas but has chapters that don't interest you. if you are reading a book on starting a business for the web company you want to setup, skip over the section on franchising. if the upcoming sections look awful, just skip ahead a chapter to see whether it turns around.

跳過(guò)一些章節(jié) —— 有時(shí)候一本書(shū)會(huì)有吸引你的觀點(diǎn)，但在這本書(shū)中其他的章節(jié)你并不感興趣。那么你可以跳過(guò)去. 比如說(shuō)你為了想建立網(wǎng)絡(luò)公司看一本關(guān)于創(chuàng)業(yè)的書(shū), 那么你就跳過(guò)關(guān)于特許經(jīng)營(yíng)權(quán)的部分. 如果哪部分看起來(lái)很難懂, 也可以跳過(guò)去, 看看后面是不是還會(huì)說(shuō)到這一話(huà)題.

the second way to read smart is to utilize the information you want. you've spent a lot of effort filtering out the junk, you might as well use the gems. here are some tips i use to help emphasize good ideas:

第二步就是利用你想獲得的信息。在這以前，你已經(jīng)花費(fèi)了很大的精力來(lái)過(guò)濾掉那些垃圾, 所以你應(yīng)該好好利用剩下的精華。下面是一些小技巧。

use a highlighter - use a highlighter to reinforce ideas you want to remember. i'm very stingy with the highlighter because it does slow you down, so only the important stays.

用一只高亮筆 —— 用高亮筆把你想記住的觀點(diǎn)劃下來(lái)。在用它的時(shí)候我很”吝嗇”，因?yàn)樗鼫p慢了閱讀速度。所以，只在重要的部分停下就足夠了。

stop reading and think - one fault of great books is that they have so many ideas you end up losing them trying to intake too much. whenever i cross a threshold of new ideas in my head i put the book down and think.

讀的時(shí)候停下來(lái)思考 —— 在讀好書(shū)的時(shí)候，你失敗的原因之一可能是它們信息量很大而不能很快的接受。我在遇到很多新觀點(diǎn)的時(shí)候，我會(huì)把書(shū)合上開(kāi)始思考。

applications - when you hit a good idea, ask yourself how you can use it immediately or in the near future. this makes the idea more memorable and more useful.

應(yīng)用 —— 遇到新觀點(diǎn)時(shí)， 試著去問(wèn)問(wèn)自己能否立即應(yīng)用它。這將令這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)更容易記住而且更實(shí)用。

connections - sometimes good ideas are disguised. when you read something you find interesting but isn't relevant to you, think again. ask yourself how topics from one subject can enhance your understanding in another.

聯(lián)系 —— 有的時(shí)候好的思想往往被掩蓋住了。當(dāng)你讀到你感興趣的然而與你不相關(guān)的書(shū)，再想想。 問(wèn)問(wèn)自己這個(gè)方面的話(huà)題能不能增進(jìn)你在其他方面的理解。

these techniques for reading apply mostly for non-fiction. if you just want to read a book to be entertained, don't worry about highlighters and skipping chapters. but if you are reading a book because you want the information it contains, don't just read fast, read smart.

這些閱讀技巧主要是針對(duì)非小說(shuō)類(lèi)圖書(shū)的。如果你讀書(shū)的目的僅僅是為了消遣，就不需要高亮筆和跳過(guò)部分章節(jié)了。但是如果你是為了獲取信息而讀書(shū)，那么不要僅僅讀得快， 而且要讀得更聰明些。