Comments on: How to Read 1: Who You Are and What You Read http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/03/29/how-to-read-1-who-you-are-and-what-you-read/ Where Ideas are Valued.. and Evaluated Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:02:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Haider http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/03/29/how-to-read-1-who-you-are-and-what-you-read/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Haider Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:46:00 +0000 http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/03/29/how-to-read-1-who-you-are-and-what-you-read/#comment-367 Salaam Computerchi, To start off with, reading requires a lot of effort on your part to concentrate on what you're reading. You need to make sense of what you're reading *before* you can be captivated by it. On the other hand, all other forms of communication are more passive. Reading is an extremely active process, which is why many people find it tiring, especially if they can't easily get into the flow of reading. TV captivates you before you can figure out what the documentary is about: "Ooooh!! A lion! Let's see some more!" Although I won't be dealing with this issue in great detail in this series, and thank you for bringing the issue up, but you really need to select the type of information you read, according to your energy levels and mood. You can't read a contract when you're dead tired, but may enjoy reading a novel (or an inspirational story) at that time. You might even feel more energized or refreshed by what you read! Salaam Computerchi,

To start off with, reading requires a lot of effort on your part to concentrate on what you’re reading. You need to make sense of what you’re reading *before* you can be captivated by it. On the other hand, all other forms of communication are more passive. Reading is an extremely active process, which is why many people find it tiring, especially if they can’t easily get into the flow of reading.

TV captivates you before you can figure out what the documentary is about: “Ooooh!! A lion! Let’s see some more!”

Although I won’t be dealing with this issue in great detail in this series, and thank you for bringing the issue up, but you really need to select the type of information you read, according to your energy levels and mood. You can’t read a contract when you’re dead tired, but may enjoy reading a novel (or an inspirational story) at that time. You might even feel more energized or refreshed by what you read!

]]> By: Computerchi http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/03/29/how-to-read-1-who-you-are-and-what-you-read/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Computerchi Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:10:42 +0000 http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/03/29/how-to-read-1-who-you-are-and-what-you-read/#comment-364 Reading is difficult. I'd rather watch TV. I do read however, quite a bit too. But I do it because I need to. If I can get the information through other means I would go for it. I find that I grasp more information from a good documentary than from reading the script of the same program. Audio-visual techniques are more effective for me. I quite enjoy listening to eBooks rather than reading them. I also hate reading an entire page only to find that I was on auto pilot, finishing a fight I was having in the office in the morning. Age, fatigue, lighting, seating, noise, time, family, TV,... all are working against me too. The amount of reading keeps growing too. Emails, letters, contracts, reports, more emails, SMS, BlackBerry, Internet, some more emails, blogs, and then there is AFilsForYourThought, are all competing for me eyes and attention. Don't tell me to open a book when I want to relax! Alas, I have to in order to keep up. If I do not educate my self then email would be my sole education. I think it was Mark Twain who said, "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Wassalam Reading is difficult. I’d rather watch TV. I do read however, quite a bit too. But I do it because I need to. If I can get the information through other means I would go for it.
I find that I grasp more information from a good documentary than from reading the script of the same program. Audio-visual techniques are more effective for me. I quite enjoy listening to eBooks rather than reading them. I also hate reading an entire page only to find that I was on auto pilot, finishing a fight I was having in the office in the morning.
Age, fatigue, lighting, seating, noise, time, family, TV,… all are working against me too.
The amount of reading keeps growing too. Emails, letters, contracts, reports, more emails, SMS, BlackBerry, Internet, some more emails, blogs, and then there is AFilsForYourThought, are all competing for me eyes and attention. Don’t tell me to open a book when I want to relax!
Alas, I have to in order to keep up. If I do not educate my self then email would be my sole education. I think it was Mark Twain who said, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

Wassalam

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