This is a question I ask myself all the time. I am talking about technical books mostly since I have to read immense loads of information at university. After some amount of research on the Internet, I want to share with You some tips I found on the Internet and my own experience of following them in the real life. Highlighting crucial information Unfortunately, to me this does not work. I spend too much time trying to grasp each and every word I meet in the text in order to analyse whether it is something important or not. I need something easier in order to build the whole picture of the chapter spending less time. Mind maps I would not say that I practice this often but to me it is a good way to "build the picture" that I was talking about in the previous part. It is also involves logic and analysis in order to draw some maps which leads to structuring the information you need to memorise in your mind. Answering the questions after the chapter Actually,