And if you do it first thing in the morning, then the urgencies of the day don’t get in the way.įinally, 20 pages seems small but adds up fast. Most people can finish reading 20 pages within 30 minutes. Here’s why I think this pattern works: 20 pages is small enough that it’s not intimidating. At that pace (7 books per 10 weeks) I’ll read about 36 books in the next year. As of today, I’m 100 pages into my 7th book. For the last 10 weeks, I have followed this new habit. I usually wake up, drink a glass of water, write down 3 things I’m grateful for, and read 20 pages of a book. Here’s the only pattern I’ve been able to stick with consistently: So, I had to figure out a strategy that would allow me to read more books without letting typical distractions get in the way. From a learning perspective, it’s probably a better use of my time to read books than to read online content. Books typically have better writing (more tightly edited) and higher quality information (better fact-checking and more extensive research). Now, there are plenty of excellent articles on the web, but generally speaking, the quality of good books is better. I was simply reading interesting ideas that were pushed in front of me.Īs a result, most of my reading was done online. I wasn’t proactively making time to read books each day.
If an interesting link flashed across my screen on Facebook or Twitter, then I would read it as a reaction. When I looked at my own reading habits, I realized that my reading habits were mostly reactive, not proactive.
If you know how to read, then reading books is relatively easy. When I asked myself that question recently, I realized that there were some simple reasons I wasn’t reading as much as I would like to, and I developed a reasonable system that is helping me read more than 30 books per year. It’s enough to make you ask, “Am I reading enough books?” All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.” 1īuffett estimates that 80 percent of his working hours are spent reading or thinking. After thinking for a moment, Buffett pulled out a stack of papers and trade reports he had brought with him and said, “Read 500 pages like this every day. One of the students raised his hand and asked Buffett for his thoughts on the best way to prepare for an investing career. Warren Buffett, the man commonly referred to as the greatest investor of the 20th century, was standing in front of 165 wide-eyed students from Columbia University.
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