#2 Why should you be reading? Reading is an activity with an incredibly high ROI. A book costs something like $10—and may change your life. The only thing you need in order to read is time, and some willpower.
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#3 As with all things, you can only read a lot by doing it consistently. Thus, reading has to become a habit. There is no shortcut or way around this—it is the most fundamental requirement.
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#4 First, start by reading a bit (1 page+) every single day. The first crucial step is to achieve a pattern of consistency. To do so, set the minimum goal EXTREMELY low, like 1 page. Start slow, then grow!
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#5 Here’s the math behind reading. A book has ~365 pages (equals # days in a year). The average reader reads 1 page/minute. Thus: very incremental minute reading every single day adds one book per year. 10 minutes/day equals around 10 books per year.
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#6 So, the math behind reading is actually quite simple. If you want to read 30 books a year, read half an hour every day.
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#7 What should you read? This is a question many people ask me. My go-to resource for the past years has been https://sivers.org/book by
@sivers. Also, many threads on Twitter discuss recommendations.2 replies 1 retweet 6 likesShow this thread -
#8 At some point along your reading journey, you will learn about interesting topics and authors. You can do your research on
@amazon or on@goodreads. I like to get some context on the books, and reviews often provide this context.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
#9 Eventually, rather sooner than later, you will reach a point where the list of books you want to read is so long that you struggle to find the time to read all of them. This is normal. All the unread books remind you of how little you know.
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#10 Put differently, the more you know, the more you’ll realize how little you actually know. Socrates talked about this, and
@nntaleb also talks about this in the context of Umberto Eco’s "antilibrary". Here's an article about it: https://fs.blog/2013/06/the-antilibrary/ … (@farnamstreet )1 reply 0 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
#11 Reading opens a door to the world of the writer’s thinking. It’s an incredible way to connect with the great minds of human history. Reading is not merely about “knowledge generation”—but about expanding your vision of the world.
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