How to Turn Every Book You Read Into 50 Pieces of Content (Easily)

This way of taking book notes turns you into a content machine

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You’ve probably read a lot over the past 5 years.

Your Kindle highlights look like a rainbow explosion. Your bookshelf screams “intellectual badass.”

But when it comes to creating content? Crickets.

You sit at your laptop, staring at the blank page, wondering where all those brilliant insights went. It’s like they evaporated the moment you closed the book.

I used to have the same problem.

My brain constantly looks for new information. I’d highlight everything that seemed remotely interesting. But when Monday morning came and I needed to write an article? Nothing.

My brain felt like a leaky bucket.

Fast forward, I’ve been publishing daily content on the Internet for the past five years.

Here’s the system I use to extract 50+ pieces of content from every book I read.

Highlight and rewrite

Most people highlight and move on.

They think the magic yellow marker will somehow transfer knowledge directly into their brain. But it doesn’t work that…