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So I was wondering what are your reading habits?<br />
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In the past I absorbed as much information as possible from books, but now I am becoming selective and even want to have a restriction of maximum books I should read during the year, focusing on application of whatever I am reading and thinking about the ideas I just got from them.<br />
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Is anyone trying a similar approach? In order to avoid over information-action faking.
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These days I am really into reading as, actually through this forum (and other resources), I came to see and realize how powerful studying other people's successes can be when it comes to business growth. Plus, library books are free.<br />
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Here are a few very recent thoughts that are helping me:<br />
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1) What if you could read "better"? I finished a speed reading book I'd had on my shelf which promised to increase reading speed by 40x while increasing comprehension. With all the drills, etc that needed implementation during the book, it took me 7 months (!) to finish. That said, I actually increased reading speed by 50x (!) while yes, increasing comprehension. Now speed reading is a part of my skill set, and I plan to use this greatly in the weeks and months to come. I already have my next book on "speed reading" lined up - in hopes of continuously improving my own reading skills<br />
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2) Reading related to goals. I started a chain a while back and numerous really, really helpful replies came in, about whether reading is really the #1 habit of wealthy people. My summary of that chain was like this:<br />
*Goals<br />
*Reading (related to goals)<br />
*Thinking (related to goals)<br />
*Action (related to goals)<br />
These (and in this order) are the keys to new and fresh results. So far this is helping me greatly to attack priorities in exciting ways.<br />
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3) So far (aside from speed reading) I have been reading about 10 books per year. Let's say I have 30 years ahead of me of useful reading life. That means I can only read 300 books in my whole life!!! If you knew you could only read a max of 300 books in your whole life, how would you choose those books? Out of the millions of books on the market? Hence why "reading material related to your goals" is such a powerful and important concept.<br />
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Hope these thoughts somehow help you!</div>
