How to read more than 30 books a year, without spending a lot of time

Once, Warren Buffett, the man commonly referred to as the greatest investor of the twentieth century, spoke to students at Columbia University. One of them asked how to best prepare for a career in the investment business. After thinking a bit, Warren took a stack of documents and trade reports, which brought with him, and said:

"Every day to read for 500 of these pages. Knowledge accumulated as compound interest. Each of you is capable of doing it, but I guarantee that few actually become. "

Buffett himself about 80% of the time spent on reading and meditation. It made me wonder whether the books read through enough myself. I realized that there are several reasons why this amount is not as great as we would like.

Why do we read a little

For a man who has mastered the process of reading a book, in fact, should not cause difficulties. You just have to find time for it. Of course, in words it is easier than in reality.

I thought about my habits, I realized that usually acted reactively, rather than proactively. If I saw a link to an interesting article on Facebook or Twitter, I read it. But I did not allocate separate time for books. I just read something that came to my eyes.

As a result, I almost always read online. Of course, on the Internet a number of excellent articles, but the books are generally higher quality. They are better written and more carefully edited, more quality in them, verified information. So, if you want to learn something, it is better to read books instead of articles online.

How to fix it

I developed a simple system, which is now helping me to read more, despite the usual case.

Read 20 pages at the beginning of the day

I usually wake up, drink a glass of water, write down three things for which I am grateful, and then read through 20 pages of a book. I stick to this habit for 10 weeks. Today, I came to the hundredth page of the seventh book. At this rate (seven books in 10 weeks), I will read them for about 36 years. Not bad.

I think this approach works because the 20 pages - is a bit of text is not scary. Most read as much for half an hour. Do it early in the day, while urgent cases did not have time to distract you. In addition, 20 pages - it's a great average speed. You like to read a little, but move quickly.

If you can, I spend more time books. After writing an article about how better sleepI added reading in your evening ritual. But no matter what I had planned for the day, I have to read 20 pages of the morning.

Properly spend the first hour of the morning

What are you doing in the first hour after waking up? The majority holds him in trouble and job duties. But why not spend it on something to get better? Why not wake up every day an hour earlier and do not deal with them? Imagine how it will affect your results at work, relationships, and even you as a person.

Reading the morning just to help in this. Insert the morning time in the self-development before moving to daily duties. Read books that will make you better. Like most habits are changing lives, it seems non-urgent, but it is very important.

20 pages per day. That is all that is needed from you.