Comments on: Interview with Josh Kaufman and First Review http://www.books-that-can-change-your-life.net/2009/interview-with-josh-kaufman-and-first-review/ A selection of rare and challenging books to change your life Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Olivier Roland http://www.books-that-can-change-your-life.net/2009/interview-with-josh-kaufman-and-first-review/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Olivier Roland Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:56:30 +0000 http://www.books-that-can-change-your-life.net/?p=305#comment-188 Hello William, thanks for your comment, but you know, reading is definitively not the most challenging part of the project, writing the summaries and applying what I learn ARE the challenging part of the project. I think that if I only commit myself to just READ, I can read all the books of the Personal MBA. But if I do that a lot of the knowledge will pass in one ear and out the other. Writing summaries is a great way to fully understand and retain the concepts of the books, and of course this understanding and retaining help a lot for applying on the field. But it is demanding. Often, I take more time to write the summary than to read the book. But I think that it's easily the equivalence of 3 reading of the book ;) . Of course you don't have to write summaries as long as mine, but I recommend a minimum of a few bullets points per chapter. Hello William, thanks for your comment, but you know, reading is definitively not the most challenging part of the project, writing the summaries and applying what I learn ARE the challenging part of the project.

I think that if I only commit myself to just READ, I can read all the books of the Personal MBA. But if I do that a lot of the knowledge will pass in one ear and out the other.

Writing summaries is a great way to fully understand and retain the concepts of the books, and of course this understanding and retaining help a lot for applying on the field. But it is demanding. Often, I take more time to write the summary than to read the book. But I think that it’s easily the equivalence of 3 reading of the book ;) .

Of course you don’t have to write summaries as long as mine, but I recommend a minimum of a few bullets points per chapter.

]]> By: William Lang http://www.books-that-can-change-your-life.net/2009/interview-with-josh-kaufman-and-first-review/comment-page-1/#comment-187 William Lang Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:17:03 +0000 http://www.books-that-can-change-your-life.net/?p=305#comment-187 I just wanted to write a quick note of encouragement in regards to your 52-week challenge. It is indeed an ambitious schedule, but it's doable. 12 books in 15 weeks is certainly a nice start. The important thing is that you absorb the material and put it into application - regardless of schedule. It seems you're absolutely doing that so far. I just started the PMBA conquest myself and have found it to be a rewarding experience so far. Good news about your schedule - the 37signals book is a quick read, you can probably knock that one out in a day or two. That should help you catch up. Good luck. I just wanted to write a quick note of encouragement in regards to your 52-week challenge. It is indeed an ambitious schedule, but it’s doable. 12 books in 15 weeks is certainly a nice start. The important thing is that you absorb the material and put it into application – regardless of schedule. It seems you’re absolutely doing that so far.

I just started the PMBA conquest myself and have found it to be a rewarding experience so far. Good news about your schedule – the 37signals book is a quick read, you can probably knock that one out in a day or two. That should help you catch up.

Good luck.

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