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Tell me something, I'll forget it
Show me it, I'll be able to remember it
But involve me in it and I'll understand it
-- Chinese proverb

Try to follow your tastes.
- Read what pleases you.
- It is not necessary to start at the beginning or finish at the end.

There's a technique I've found very useful.
It consists of placing at the footer of each page a phrase that represents the main idea, or the main ideas.
This way, when you pick up the book, you can quickly review it by reading those footers.
But the greatest utility comes from the effort of writing those phrases.
- It's not about underlining or copying the most relevant text.
- It's about expressing in your own words what that page says.
- And, by doing so, you engage with it, you understand it.

One way to adapt the footer technique is to use the annotation tools provided by the reading application.
Another way is to make annotations in an independent medium.
- For example, a system like Obsidian.
- Or, publishing it on a web page, like this.