1.4 Set goals and objectives

When you’re embarking on a journey, you need to set a destination and use a route map. Well, you can do the same when reading a book or article to help identify what you need to read.

Ask questions like ‘Why am I reading this?’ and ‘What do I want to get out of this?’.

These kinds of questions will help to maintain your focus. You may want to note your answers down somewhere so you can refer back to them – but keep them distinct from the rest of your materials, perhaps by using a different colour than the normal text or highlighter you have been using.