Since last year I have been building a lifestyle of reading, probably would have read close to 90+ books and hundreds of articles + many reports.
Sharing few tips on how to pick / read books efficiently
A thread 🧵
Sharing few tips on how to pick / read books efficiently
A thread 🧵
1. How to pick the right book?
It’s never about picking the right book, if you follow this process - you will end up picking up books that have fancy labels/titles.
It’s never about picking the right book, if you follow this process - you will end up picking up books that have fancy labels/titles.
2. Picking the right author is super important because when you read a book, you are reading someone’s thoughts and you do get influenced by that
3. When I research the author before reading their book, these are the few things I look into :
The background of the writer, does he have domain expertise in that specific field or not? Does he belong to the Top 1% in that domain?
The background of the writer, does he have domain expertise in that specific field or not? Does he belong to the Top 1% in that domain?
4. Look at the portfolio of the author
Trying to know the life story of the author and understand his growth trajectory.
Impact his writing has made in that domain.
Trying to know the life story of the author and understand his growth trajectory.
Impact his writing has made in that domain.
5. How to read books?
It’s fine if you read for 15 mins a day / a chapter in a day. The key focus for you has to be to understand the principles and retain as much as you can.
It’s fine if you read for 15 mins a day / a chapter in a day. The key focus for you has to be to understand the principles and retain as much as you can.
6. Dont fall into the trap of influencers who say to be the brightest among your circle you need to read for the most amount of time
To be the brightest among your circle, the key factor is to execute what you read and later on iterate it according to your system or belief.
To be the brightest among your circle, the key factor is to execute what you read and later on iterate it according to your system or belief.
7. Few Tips to read efficiently :
Note down 5 to 10 key points from whatever you read and reflect on them every day. I use google keep to note down.
Note down 5 to 10 key points from whatever you read and reflect on them every day. I use google keep to note down.
8. Share your key learnings and perspective with your circle, let them ask you questions, and make you think.
If something hit you hard from what you read, don’t say it is an aha moment instead ask yourself “why did it hit you hard”
If something hit you hard from what you read, don’t say it is an aha moment instead ask yourself “why did it hit you hard”
9.Don’t have a reading time in a day, if you have someone time later it becomes a routine and ritual- you do it for the sake of it.
Reading has to be your lifestyle, if you really want it you will make time no matter how busy you are.
Reading has to be your lifestyle, if you really want it you will make time no matter how busy you are.
10. When you read something new make a LinkedIn post or Twitter thread around it and share. If you do this you will get to bootstrap your status ( more followers and connections ) and you get better at sharing/ expressing your thoughts.
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