Summary
- A great benefit of audiobooks is that they can be listened to whilst doing other activities
- However, the issue with audiobooks is that absorption and retention can be difficult as you’re not giving the audiobook your full attention like you would if you were reading a physical book
- Pick knowledgeable dense audiobooks and relate them to a similar activity whilst listening
- For example, listening to an audiobook about running whilst out on a run herself
- She found that absorbing more from the book whilst doing the relevant activity whilst listening
- She also found that using the rewind tool smartly helped her to absorb information better
- Instead of speeding through the audiobook to finish it quicker, she found it more beneficial to listen to it at a normal speed, or slow it down, depending on the complexity of the audiobook
She also uses note-taking to help with retention, pausing at chapter breaks to summarize the main points, and creating visual or written summaries of key takeaways to deepen her understanding of the material
- Another tip is to immediately create an action plan upon listening to the audiobook so that you put the knowledge into practice to reinforce your learning