Thread by @juvoni

Introducing the B.A.G.E.L 🥯 method for progressive meaning-making with highlights/flags for the books you read.

- B. Big Idea 🔵
- A. Antagonism 🔴
- G. General Noteworthy 🟡
- E. External Reference 🟠
- L. List of Notable Ideas 🟢

Make your reading more fulfilling 📚🧵

You give additional meaning to the pages you highlight when you use post-it flags or colored highlights beyond yellow.

Benefits:
- Quick
- Non-Destructive
- Context w/ Meaning
- Skimmable
- Intentional Reading
- Progressively summarize a book, by giving it a shape via colors.

I selected the colors & purpose for each through trial & error over many years.

The flagging method works best for non-fiction and you can slowly build your way up with the colors started for the first letter down.

https://twitter.com/juvoni/status/1295057579681501196

You can highlight with post-it flags or kindle's built-in colored highlights.

You can ease your way in first with single packs or go all in.
I like to get the post-it flags in bulk:
amazon.com/gp/product/B07…

Now let's break down the meaning behind the colors.

B: Big Idea 🔵 — Blue

A Big Idea is a theme, core concept, or high emotionally resonating statement.

Big Ideas are the most important ideas shared in the book & tie the book together.

A. Antagonism 🔴 — Red

Antagonism is a written source of inner friction, by Disagreement, Confusion, Conflict, or Changed Belief.

Antagonisms you come across are important for being able to debate, confirm, or integrate ideas to learn, grow & overcome confirmation bias.

G. General Noteworthy 🟡 — Yellow

A General Noteworthy highlight is a common highlight that marks an important section in a chapter.

Noteworthy points usually support the big ideas you've uncovered.

E. External Reference 🟠 — Orange

An external reference is something the author includes that is not their own words and is used to support a point they are trying to make.

Usually in the form of a quote, statistic, diagram, story, picture, definition, research or resources.

L. List of Notable Ideas 🟢 — Green

A list of Notable Ideas is a series of General Noteworthy points usually grouped together, that have some density that requires slower re-reading when you come back to reference it.

Often presented as first this, then second, or as sections.

Big Idea examples from The Four Agreements

Big Idea examples from The One Thing

Big Idea example from Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t

Antagonism example from White Fragility

Antagonism example from Amusing Ourselves to Death

Antagonism example from The Almanak of Naval Ravikant

Antagonism example from Atmamun