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*Record personal insights gained because of events witnessed, speeches heard or books read. This will tell who you are better than anything I can think of.
*Record personal insights gained because of events witnessed, speeches heard or books read. This will tell who you are better than anything I can think of.


*Insights and feelings do slip away. And if they come back, often times they do not come back with the same impact.<br><br>
*Insights and feelings do slip away. And if they come back, often times they do not come back with the same impact.<br>


A great techinque that is very useful in recording events and reactions is the table below.<br>
A great techinque that is very useful in recording events and reactions is the table below.<br>
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*I record the event or passage that impress me.
*I record the event or passage that impress me.


| The second column  
| Second column  
*Record why it caught your attention  
*Record why it caught your attention  
*Did it remind me of something else I read  
*Did it remind me of something else I read  
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*Here your reader can see what things effect you and why.
*Here your reader can see what things effect you and why.


| The Third column  
| Third column  
*If you really want to take this technique a step further, make a third column and write down what you learned about yourself by your reactions. *What is it about you that cause you to be affected as you were?
*If you really want to take this technique a step further, make a third column and write down what you learned about yourself by your reactions. *What is it about you that cause you to be affected as you were?