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There are many different ways to read more. You should read smart and I will give you some tips on how to do it. Always have in mind that you will get benefits from reading. The most important is JUST START READING. Do not let yourself to procrastinate. Don't leave things for tomorrow and start today. I would recommend you to read thing relating to health, wealth, love and happiness. Try non-fiction and bibliographies. This type of books will help you more than reading fantasies.
You need to decide a specific time to read. Morning, afternoon, at night it is your choice. If you are a beginner start with five minutes a day. Our brain is like a muscle you'll get used to it! For example, you can read five minutes while you eat breakfast or before going to bed.
If you decided to read 5 minutes before going to bed. Take your smartphone and put on the timer. This way you won't read less or more than what you have decided.
A good way to read more is to find a comfortable place to read. You can do it laying on a sofa or just your most comfortable place. Also get good illumination.
Bookmarks are a great way to remember where you stop reading.
Never be afraid to write on books. Unless is bored. Circle or underline big concepts and make notes.
If you really like your book or is very important, downloaded to your smartphone.
Think why you are reading the book. If its a book that teaches you how to do something, then look for those key things. 80 percent of books or just supporting statements of the main ideas. That means that you need to be looking for that 20 percent of valuable knowledge. Get on main idea every time you read.
Read the jacket or back of the book. Learn more about the author. This will give the book more authority and it will tell you why you should be reading that book.
Read the first chapter and introductions because of the most important concepts are located here. Then you will need to read the last chapter. Finally look for those chapters you want to know more.
You don't have to read the whole book. Just look for the important concepts that will give you the knowledge you need.
Based this overview on Tai Lopez tips for reading. If you might want to check out his website.
]]>You can tell a lot when seeing someone’s personal library. Done right, it leaves an impression on you that tells you not just how learned this person is but it gives you some insights into their personality and preferences as well.
Still, oftentimes a personal library is, unfortunately, more for show than actual use. Simply having these powerful and inspirational books is not enough. You have to build a personal library you’re going to use time and time again. Here’s how:
Does the Volume of Books Matter?
Having a personal library of a dozen or so books isn’t really enough either. Even if you have them memorized from front to back. You need to have specific choices on four main categories health, wealth, love and happiness. This way you can integrate these books teachings into your own knowledge and experience.
There is no “right number” when it comes to the volume of books in your personal library. But start with 150.
Why 150? The number comes from anthropologist Robin Dunbar who believes the evolutionary structure of social networks limits us to 150 meaningful relationships at a time. So think of books as friends that guide you through life. Can you have more or less? Absolutely, but to me, this number is a good, solid basis for building a personal library that you can continue to learn from.
Building a personal library isn’t just about bragging rights for having “the most” books. You also have to read them over and over again. Not just in the span of a few weeks or months or any other predetermined time-frame.
But you’ll notice over time, as you re-read the books in your library, new insights and discoveries will pop out at you. Things you may have skimmed over the first time, or areas that you didn’t feel applied to your situation will suddenly become hyper-relevant. And it will continue to work like that as you grow and continue to build your library.
Don’t Just Read Your Books Once and Put Them Down (And Never Pick Them Up Again)
Building a personal library means being able to come back to your books again and again, and glean even more from them than you did the first time you read them. Because as you grow in life and experience new things and meet new people, you’ll come back to your personal library, pick up a book, and discover even more ways to apply its teachings and advice to your current situation.
Don’t just read these books to become book-smart. Read them so that their teachings become a part of you. The fact is, there are going to be times in your life where you have to make swift judgments and decisions. And you won’t have time to go and pore over your books and find the perfect piece of information that precisely reflects the situation you’re in.
But when you read, re-read and really let that information sink in and practice it until it becomes second nature, you’ll find that the snap judgments and decisions you make may seem quick and potentially full of regret, but the truth is that they’re rooted in solid, honest facts and findings. You’ve just incorporated them into your life to the point where they become a part of you.
Even after you’ve slowly and steadily built up your collection of books, and even after you find yourself referring to them again and again and continuing to learn from them, you’ll still be doing yourself the disservice of “boxing yourself in” as far as knowledge, strategy, and expertise. So don’t just stop after you’ve reached a certain number of books -- keep learning and growing.
The fact is, building a personal library is a lifelong process. But even with that being said, it’s never too late to start. By working smarter and not harder, you’ll be able to “upgrade” so many areas of your life to become happier, wealthier and healthier than you ever thought possible and it can all start with a single book.
Most people categorize books into two sections -- fiction and non-fiction. They may even go so far as to categorize them based on the subject, like “health books”. I believe that there are three types of books that you need to read and keep reading in order to fully integrate them into your life -- as the Dalai Lama says, become so familiar with their principles that they are instinctual.
It’s not as scary to fail when you know that others have failed before you. Knowing that they survived and came away from the experience even stronger can help inspire you and give you the boost of courage you need to move forward.
]]>First, get a timer. I’d recommend starting out with 15 minutes, 3 times a day.
But that may be too much for you. I’d rather you spend less time and get more out of it. So what you’ll need to do is figure out, realistically, how much time you can wholly devote to reading. This is just like scheduling time for other activities in your life, like working out at the gym.
Even if it’s just 15 minutes a day -- that’s okay. Find a number you can realistically commit to and stick to it. Mine is 45 minutes broken up into three 15 minute intervals. Whatever number you choose, divide it by three for the morning, noon and night.
So let’s say that with your busy schedule, you can only devote 6 uninterrupted minutes a day to reading -- that’s 2 minutes at breakfast, 2 minutes at lunch, and 2 minutes at dinner. I like to schedule my reading time close to meals, but you don’t have to if you don’t want to. Now, here’s what to do next:
The morning reading time is what I like to call the “soap of the brain” you’re cleansing your mind from ads and other crud and preparing for the day ahead. We see 2,000+ ads per day. It’s just too much. We need to scrub our minds from all of this consumerism, and you do that by reading a classic -- a great work by a timeless author, orator or philosopher. Someone whose advice has stood the test of time.
So now, while you’re having breakfast, you set your timer for the number of minutes you’ve allotted for the morning. You can use an app or anything that you feel will help you stick to this new routine.
Whatever book you choose, it’s important to “scan with intention”. Let’s say you’ve been feeling kind of depressed this morning, so you need a good, classical dose of happiness. So you scan your chosen classic book with the intention of finding some little nugget of happiness in those few minutes you have devoted to reading.
Lunchtime - Eat, Read, Nap
A “power nap” is one of those little gems that all the great thinkers and athletes incorporate into their daily routines - and I believe you should too. Most of us find that our batteries tend to wind down after eating a good lunch anyway, making this the perfect time to eat, read and nap.
So now that your mind is in the full of the day, it’s the best time to read your How-To book. I recommend Winning by Jack Welch if you need one to help start you off. If you’re going to take a nap after reading, add, say, 20 minutes to your timer in addition to the time you’ve allotted for your afternoon reading. Any more than that, and you may feel groggy when you wake up.
Reading is one of the best ways to fall asleep. Our brains are made for chewing stuff over while we sleep. We’re not made to try and sleep in complete silence. But if we have something to mull on, we’ll fall asleep faster. This is a great time to be reading a biography. Not only is this a great time to be learning from others, but it gives your mind something to work on as you sleep. We also tend to read biographies slower than other types of books because there’s obviously a lot to mentally digest in them.
]]>We don't see the consequences very clearly. If someone could invent the machine that would show us a movie of what our life could have been, we would be in shock. Imagine if a few years ago when you decided to go on that diet or start working out at the gym, you actually had done it (and stuck to it). What would your body look like today?