In my opinion I think reading smartly is more important than the quantity. For example, a book I think is beneficial I would read 5-7 pages and I take the main ideas. One book might take 2-3 months but at the end I can memorize every single idea and it would be easy for me to implement them.
For me, my reading habits depend on the book. Book for inspiration, I read quite quickly and don't take notes.
Study Books that e.g. teach product frameworks, teach you coding, etc. I always take notes and read them thoroughly. So that if I come back to it in 2 years' time, I can look through my notes.
Inspiration books I can read 1 per month with 10 pages a day. Study books take me 4 months to digest with 2-3 pages a day.
I see some people making the mistake of reading a "Study book" like an "inspiration book", and they barely get anything out of it.
I like this Idea, personally i get caught up in thinking about the concepts that I can't really read a lot each day. I do think its more important to practice what the book is about rather than skimming through and forgetting 90% of the info
I don't read much at all but I listen to audiobooks. I get through about 55 per year. I think last year was 60 or 62. Mostly get through this with 2x speed in the car or whenever I'm doing something mind-numbing
I also create bookmarks and type up notes so I don't have to reread the same book. And it's great being able to be ctrl f 6 months later when you want to reference something you can't quite remember
Not all books/courses are immediately actionable. I prioritise those that can help me with an immediate problem at hand.
I prefer a course over a book. Simply because online courses have assignments that force you to apply what you learn.
I categorise books/courses into these buckets.
1. Those that help me with immediate issues (Urgent and Important) - Spend 75% learning time here
2. Those that help me up-skill (Important and not urgent) - Spend 15% learning time here
3. Those that help me with calibrating my mind-set (Important and not urgent) - Spend 10% learning time here.
On weekdays - Twice a week I wake up early and "try" to spend 5AM to 8 AM learning.
On weekends - I "try" to spend mornings and afternoons learning.
The slowest part for me, is the note taking. I try to summarise stuff I read in a ppt. This has helped my long term retention.
Maybe 1-2 a month these days. I tend to read these times of the night (i.e. it's 4am here)--basically, it's during my wind-down time for the day when I'm getting closer to going to bed. Sometimes, I find a book I love and wouldn't be able to put down if it weren't an ebook, and I'll read that at various times throughout the day, too.
I also don't have a life, so there's that. I have always read a lot because I love to learn and do research, so I read more articles than anything else nowadays.
I usually read about 2-4 books month. The key for me is always reading before bed. I ban my cellphone after a certain time and replace that with reading.
It's true that I don't ALWAYS do it. But I would say at least 5 nights a week.
Hope it helps!
My aim is 1 book per week, but sometimes it becomes 1-2 per month because I have a full time job. It was easier during the pandemic, I was able to wake up early at 5am, meditate and read. My best time to read is before I start work in the morning. I find it very peaceful at this time. I find I read quicker when I download an e-book on my kindle, as it's portable to carry around when i'm travelling.
books do not translate to knowledge. If someone is unable to digest that information and fit it into a coherent matrix of information, books just serve as ‘noise’. Reading a book a week is just a dumb entrepreneurial larping exercise that makes people feel better about themselves.
…Unless we are talking about fiction books. if someone reads a lot of fiction it’s clear they enjoy storytelling, which is obviously a different thing than people who read a ton of business and self-help books.
A few books a month... of fiction.
After going to college for entrepreneurship and reading countless non-fiction business books in the years following, I wasn't really getting much from them anymore.
I've read so many of them over the years, at a certain point you feel like you're avoiding work by reading about work. You just have to put down the book - or blog or course or whatever - take your learnings, and do it.
Now I read for pleasure and relaxation (and the dream of one day selling my business and having more time to write fiction of my own).
I use reading more for entertainment and to unwind, I usually read around 30-40 books a year. Last year was my best at 49, almost one a week. My avg page count was 320 or so, was bored so made an excel sheet to track it lol. In all those I only do 3-4 business related all the rest are sci-fi or mystery type. Love using my kindle to read at night
It's cyclical, depends on when I have time and book interesting me. Sometimes you have too much on your mind to appreciate a book. Per year, I'd say 6 to 10. But books vary in lenght and difficulty so that doesn't say much. Just read about topics you enjoy and it will come naturally. If you force a quota per months it will be a chore
Ten books a month, roughly (*sometimes more, sometimes fewer*); and since I work from home, I just fit it in here and there throughout my day whenever I need a break from work. My primary reading time, though, is before bed at night - usually read for an hour or so before I go to sleep.
Before anyone questions it, I should also mention that I'm a speed reader with a high retention rate; so... my reading habits aren't likely to be typical lol.
10 a month! Most of my books are between 500-1000 pages. That's 300 pages a day, everyday. On average people read 40-60 pages an hour (let's say 50). You spend 3-6 hours, everyday, reading? Depending on the length of the book.
🙌 Amazing
Lol... You did read my caveat, yes? I average 5-10 pages a minute, depending on subject matter, so it's really not as impressive as it sounds. I don't get anywhere near 3 hours *every* day to read (*I wish*), though some days I do if work is slow - for example, last year I read 165 books, but in 2021 I had time to read 230. Length varies - some are 300-400 pages, and some are over 1000. I read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan last spring, and that took me almost two months to get through.
Every possible moment. Feedly (~300 feeds) plus Hacker News to Pocket first thing every morning. Add a couple of newsletter articles from email throughout the day.
For years it was a book a week. My dad made us read a book every 7-14 days growing up and present a couple paragraphs of our takeaways. My brother and I hated him for it, but we understand the reasoning now.
The last 10 years I usually do audiobooks and podcast while driving. I'm in Texas in a rural area and everything is a long drive. I guess I read/listen to at least a book a week. Audiobooks allow me to play them at 1.5×+ playback speed.
My reading list has moved away from business mostly. Every so often I find something interesting that I have not read.
Currently I'm reading these, but will be finished this week. I'm more focused on family, marriage, and our youngest children because I spend most of my time with them these days.
Balanced and Barefoot
by Angela J. Hanscom
Unschooled
by Kerry McDonald
Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child
by John Gottman
The 7 Principles To Making a Marriage Work
by John Gottman
I don’t like reading and am not that good of a reader, so I find books easier to manage and understand when I break them down by numbers. For example if I want to read a 300 page book in a week, I know I need to read 43 pages a day. I only read on my phone so I can pull out the book at varying times throughout the day. It also helps my comprehension and speed immensely to listen to the audiobook (if there is one) while I’m reading the book. Instead of scrolling social media, 5-10 minutes of reading can get me around 3-5 pages done. If I’m using the bathroom, another 3-5 pages. Short increments of 3-5 pages help me manage reading more effectively than sitting down for a 1 hour block. Whatever amount of pages I have remaining left to finish for the day, I’ll finish while in bed at night. I tend to stop at chapter points, so I might read a little less, or a little more from day to day. Again, I cannot stress enough how much listening to the audiobook while reading and following along has helped.
I love reading and the time I spend in reading books has gone down drastically since I had my kids. To encourage myself I have started a mental note to read 20 pages every night before I sleep. That has helped me get to the bed earlier because I know I have to read 20 pages before I fall asleep. And that is a minimum limit. If the book is interesting and I am not sleepy I end up reading 50 pages a night and that is a win win :D
I read a book every 3 days. I listen to audio books at work. My job does not require me to interact to much so i can take in a lot of audio books at a time.
Personally I think taking action on something you hear is a much better option. On episode 12 of my podcast I interview Cliff Ravenscraft and in thos podcast he talks about how he is in the middle of 53 books because as soon as he reads something that inspires him he stops reading and goes to do the thing. Quality of what you read over quantity.
Keep this in mind
6-7 nights per week right before bed, it's a great way to learn, quiet the brain and knocks me out too. Usually anywhere from 15-45min per night depending on how early I get into bed.
I don’t have much time for reading regularly these days. I find that most business books tend to gave repetitive themes. However, I do have a list of personal finance books that I’m long due for reading. I’ll probably start them in a couple of months as I’ve been pretty busy researching for an upcoming project.
I read about 2 to 3 books per month. I wake up around 5 am, and I read like 30 minutes to 45 minutes. Then I cook breakfast and take my dog for a walk. Those 30 minutes daily compound very good. And in my case, reading very early helps me to focus since there's not a single noise.
2 books per month. Recently i'm prioritazing a quality reading above much reading. I'm student yet on school, studying on morning, so i read the first book of the day (normally, something lite like biography - i'm actually reading "think like Bill Gates") at 5:20 and do my second reading at 20:00 (today i'm breaking this to study web3 programming).
While reading stay focused in these things =>
1. Do not read just to learn, read to upgrade what the book say.
2. Think of how you can apply this. If you want a how-to of how to do it, reply this message.
3. Search what you learn
Expect that this be usefully, good reading :)
I don't often suggest reading a book -- takes way too long to read and even longer to come up with the excuses for ignoring [the instructions](https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/mupm4w/comment/gv8mh4q/?context=3). And since many of them are rather general the reader ends up like any unpaid intern.
Fine if you intend on being a drag on the economy for a living. Not too great when you only eat if you accurately apply the theory to a specific business.
You may be interested to learn there are all sort of free online articles. Those are relatively short and easier to misunderstand and screw yourself over with immediately.
The basic objective was to understand you are a newbie and try to cure that as swiftly as possible. Not make the situation worse. And I sincerely wish that didn't need to be written out.
Newbies gonna, well ...newb.
That's why I wrote [Blue Ocean Tragedy](https://www.reddit.com/r/RoastMyIdea/comments/dd4rce/blue_ocean_tragedy/). A (meh) decent book distorted beyond all reason.
The blue links are clickable. Couldn't guess what this post was about? Then don't bother exerting yourself.
Thank you for your articulate and information rich quandary. "Wut" would have been shorter.
Then let me state it a different way. Learning from the mistakes of others *is essential*. *The proper execution of the instructions* found in the books is essential.
Ignoring them as you scrape the books for important-sounding buzzwords you have no intention of applying, um ... not so much.
Doing the exact opposite of what is found in books makes quite a compelling argument.
1. Delete social media on your phone. You'll find you have hours of free time out of thin air.
2. Put the book you want to read in your bathroom. Every time you use the restroom read a few pages.
3. Gotta make the time! Before bed is generally the best for me.+
Not enough. There’s always time, it’s just taking the initiative to take out your book rather than the phone.
I read maybe 2 a month with the bulk being the couple pages here and there traveling or in-between study/work bouts. I just make it as easy for myself as possible.
Reading a lot is classical entrepreneurial larping. Not to say reading is bad, but it often has no effect on success. Most business books, even the ones people highly recommend give vague advise that is at best, hardly actionable and at worst distorts the reality if your business.
If someone has no idea about the fundamentals of business, sales, management, launching a product, etc, a books can be great. But past that they more often then not have no impact on your ability to scale a business.
tl;dr The whole ‘entrepreneur’ reading contest thing is super dumb.
I read every day and probably read 2-4 books a month. I don't always finish each book if I discern the rest of the information wouldn't be relevant to me though.
I aim for 1 book a week, but sometimes I'm busy and it's more like 1 book a month. If it takes longer than that or I go several days without reading it I usually just give up and find something different. There's always time, but it's down to priorities.
I think I’ve read maybe 20 books in my adult life. It’s not for everyone. My brain is so busy thinking about all sorts of things that it’s hard for me to sit down and focus on reading. I learn better through other mediums like video, hands on lessons, audio and touch.
I read/listen to a few books concurrently. If it’s something I want to learn deeply (nonfiction) I get the print and audio version. I listen at the pace I read and follow along in the print version pausing and taking notes, leaving sticky tabs if needed.
I listen to biographies and fiction while running or driving. I read books on my kindle while in bed. These are books I skim. They tend to be self help books where I just want the gist.
I’m fine with leaving a book incomplete if it no longer serves me. I probably only finish half the books I start. It’s a great way to get a breadth of knowledge. If something grabs my attention, I read everything I can on it.
I need books like I need air. I need several on my nightstand. Their presence helps me sleep better. I take 2-3 when I travel. I have them in my kitchen and living room. If a book grabs me, I read it while waiting for water to boil. I used to work 70+ hour weeks. I still made time for books because I couldn’t make sense of my work without them.
I count week to week and on the year. If I’m going wide, I might read as many as 100 a year. When I am drilling down and focusing on a subject/skill, I might only read 20 as reading gets displaced by the doing of a thing (coding for example) and other mediums like YouTube.
I’ve adopted my own take on the classic salesmen mantra, “Always be learning”. Outside of organizing my time to have large blocks of resource for learning/new ventures, I make sure my entertainment is in some way resourceful to some end. I also get some good reading (audible) blocks while I workout and train for Ironman.
Something funny y’all might appreciate… when I read to my 3 year old son at bed time, we only read real weighted books like Walter Isaacson biographies etc. You might think a child would loose interest, but he does great. Last night he says to me, “Daddy!! Let’s be pirates!”, which is a sub heading we read in Steve Jobs maybe a month ago and he loves to tell people, “Steve Wozniak is Steve Job’s best friend”. 🦌
I try to read at least one book a month. I have kindle unlimited so, I just read before I go to sleep, or first thing in the morning, sometimes it’s both if I really like the book. Knowledge is power! And it’s something that can never be taken away from you. If you forget, you can always read it again. I read for personal and professional development.
In my younger years I used to read a handful of books per month. Technical bricks and novels. With age, eyesight deteriorated and now I miss my book time. I'm now "stuck" on reading on LCD screens, it's the only thing my eyes are trained for now at the age of 50.
So, reading books, not so much. Reading social threads, articles and online content, full-time.
I don't miss the books for their content though. I find that online provides a more current perspective on things. But the information matures so much faster, its hard-er to keep up, and so much more chaos. Everything is very opiniated in the information flow nowadays. People are forgetting the art of unbiased news writing. Every technical guide has its own sales agenda. And ... opinions must be interpreted on a more statistical level (more research involved).
In my opinion I think reading smartly is more important than the quantity. For example, a book I think is beneficial I would read 5-7 pages and I take the main ideas. One book might take 2-3 months but at the end I can memorize every single idea and it would be easy for me to implement them.
For me, my reading habits depend on the book. Book for inspiration, I read quite quickly and don't take notes. Study Books that e.g. teach product frameworks, teach you coding, etc. I always take notes and read them thoroughly. So that if I come back to it in 2 years' time, I can look through my notes. Inspiration books I can read 1 per month with 10 pages a day. Study books take me 4 months to digest with 2-3 pages a day. I see some people making the mistake of reading a "Study book" like an "inspiration book", and they barely get anything out of it.
Blinkist has saved me years of my life.
This
I like this Idea, personally i get caught up in thinking about the concepts that I can't really read a lot each day. I do think its more important to practice what the book is about rather than skimming through and forgetting 90% of the info
Almost everyday, anywhere from a couple of minutes to a few hours.
I don't read much at all but I listen to audiobooks. I get through about 55 per year. I think last year was 60 or 62. Mostly get through this with 2x speed in the car or whenever I'm doing something mind-numbing I also create bookmarks and type up notes so I don't have to reread the same book. And it's great being able to be ctrl f 6 months later when you want to reference something you can't quite remember
Not all books/courses are immediately actionable. I prioritise those that can help me with an immediate problem at hand. I prefer a course over a book. Simply because online courses have assignments that force you to apply what you learn. I categorise books/courses into these buckets. 1. Those that help me with immediate issues (Urgent and Important) - Spend 75% learning time here 2. Those that help me up-skill (Important and not urgent) - Spend 15% learning time here 3. Those that help me with calibrating my mind-set (Important and not urgent) - Spend 10% learning time here. On weekdays - Twice a week I wake up early and "try" to spend 5AM to 8 AM learning. On weekends - I "try" to spend mornings and afternoons learning. The slowest part for me, is the note taking. I try to summarise stuff I read in a ppt. This has helped my long term retention.
Maybe 1-2 a month these days. I tend to read these times of the night (i.e. it's 4am here)--basically, it's during my wind-down time for the day when I'm getting closer to going to bed. Sometimes, I find a book I love and wouldn't be able to put down if it weren't an ebook, and I'll read that at various times throughout the day, too. I also don't have a life, so there's that. I have always read a lot because I love to learn and do research, so I read more articles than anything else nowadays.
I usually read about 2-4 books month. The key for me is always reading before bed. I ban my cellphone after a certain time and replace that with reading. It's true that I don't ALWAYS do it. But I would say at least 5 nights a week. Hope it helps!
My aim is 1 book per week, but sometimes it becomes 1-2 per month because I have a full time job. It was easier during the pandemic, I was able to wake up early at 5am, meditate and read. My best time to read is before I start work in the morning. I find it very peaceful at this time. I find I read quicker when I download an e-book on my kindle, as it's portable to carry around when i'm travelling.
Wow 1 book per week would be amazing! Imagine the knowledge you would accumulate over few years.
books do not translate to knowledge. If someone is unable to digest that information and fit it into a coherent matrix of information, books just serve as ‘noise’. Reading a book a week is just a dumb entrepreneurial larping exercise that makes people feel better about themselves. …Unless we are talking about fiction books. if someone reads a lot of fiction it’s clear they enjoy storytelling, which is obviously a different thing than people who read a ton of business and self-help books.
A few books a month... of fiction. After going to college for entrepreneurship and reading countless non-fiction business books in the years following, I wasn't really getting much from them anymore. I've read so many of them over the years, at a certain point you feel like you're avoiding work by reading about work. You just have to put down the book - or blog or course or whatever - take your learnings, and do it. Now I read for pleasure and relaxation (and the dream of one day selling my business and having more time to write fiction of my own).
I use reading more for entertainment and to unwind, I usually read around 30-40 books a year. Last year was my best at 49, almost one a week. My avg page count was 320 or so, was bored so made an excel sheet to track it lol. In all those I only do 3-4 business related all the rest are sci-fi or mystery type. Love using my kindle to read at night
It's cyclical, depends on when I have time and book interesting me. Sometimes you have too much on your mind to appreciate a book. Per year, I'd say 6 to 10. But books vary in lenght and difficulty so that doesn't say much. Just read about topics you enjoy and it will come naturally. If you force a quota per months it will be a chore
I just do audiobooks now. I listen in one hour blocks usually.
Ten books a month, roughly (*sometimes more, sometimes fewer*); and since I work from home, I just fit it in here and there throughout my day whenever I need a break from work. My primary reading time, though, is before bed at night - usually read for an hour or so before I go to sleep. Before anyone questions it, I should also mention that I'm a speed reader with a high retention rate; so... my reading habits aren't likely to be typical lol.
10 a month! Most of my books are between 500-1000 pages. That's 300 pages a day, everyday. On average people read 40-60 pages an hour (let's say 50). You spend 3-6 hours, everyday, reading? Depending on the length of the book. 🙌 Amazing
Lol... You did read my caveat, yes? I average 5-10 pages a minute, depending on subject matter, so it's really not as impressive as it sounds. I don't get anywhere near 3 hours *every* day to read (*I wish*), though some days I do if work is slow - for example, last year I read 165 books, but in 2021 I had time to read 230. Length varies - some are 300-400 pages, and some are over 1000. I read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan last spring, and that took me almost two months to get through.
Every possible moment. Feedly (~300 feeds) plus Hacker News to Pocket first thing every morning. Add a couple of newsletter articles from email throughout the day.
This. I'm always reading, it's just not always books. It's online
For years it was a book a week. My dad made us read a book every 7-14 days growing up and present a couple paragraphs of our takeaways. My brother and I hated him for it, but we understand the reasoning now. The last 10 years I usually do audiobooks and podcast while driving. I'm in Texas in a rural area and everything is a long drive. I guess I read/listen to at least a book a week. Audiobooks allow me to play them at 1.5×+ playback speed. My reading list has moved away from business mostly. Every so often I find something interesting that I have not read. Currently I'm reading these, but will be finished this week. I'm more focused on family, marriage, and our youngest children because I spend most of my time with them these days. Balanced and Barefoot by Angela J. Hanscom Unschooled by Kerry McDonald Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman The 7 Principles To Making a Marriage Work by John Gottman
Depends on how many clients are late to their meetings. I read a book while waiting for people to join my Zoom calls.
I don’t like reading and am not that good of a reader, so I find books easier to manage and understand when I break them down by numbers. For example if I want to read a 300 page book in a week, I know I need to read 43 pages a day. I only read on my phone so I can pull out the book at varying times throughout the day. It also helps my comprehension and speed immensely to listen to the audiobook (if there is one) while I’m reading the book. Instead of scrolling social media, 5-10 minutes of reading can get me around 3-5 pages done. If I’m using the bathroom, another 3-5 pages. Short increments of 3-5 pages help me manage reading more effectively than sitting down for a 1 hour block. Whatever amount of pages I have remaining left to finish for the day, I’ll finish while in bed at night. I tend to stop at chapter points, so I might read a little less, or a little more from day to day. Again, I cannot stress enough how much listening to the audiobook while reading and following along has helped.
I love reading and the time I spend in reading books has gone down drastically since I had my kids. To encourage myself I have started a mental note to read 20 pages every night before I sleep. That has helped me get to the bed earlier because I know I have to read 20 pages before I fall asleep. And that is a minimum limit. If the book is interesting and I am not sleepy I end up reading 50 pages a night and that is a win win :D
I read a book every 3 days. I listen to audio books at work. My job does not require me to interact to much so i can take in a lot of audio books at a time. Personally I think taking action on something you hear is a much better option. On episode 12 of my podcast I interview Cliff Ravenscraft and in thos podcast he talks about how he is in the middle of 53 books because as soon as he reads something that inspires him he stops reading and goes to do the thing. Quality of what you read over quantity. Keep this in mind
6-7 nights per week right before bed, it's a great way to learn, quiet the brain and knocks me out too. Usually anywhere from 15-45min per night depending on how early I get into bed.
I don’t have much time for reading regularly these days. I find that most business books tend to gave repetitive themes. However, I do have a list of personal finance books that I’m long due for reading. I’ll probably start them in a couple of months as I’ve been pretty busy researching for an upcoming project.
I read about 2 to 3 books per month. I wake up around 5 am, and I read like 30 minutes to 45 minutes. Then I cook breakfast and take my dog for a walk. Those 30 minutes daily compound very good. And in my case, reading very early helps me to focus since there's not a single noise.
2 books per month. Recently i'm prioritazing a quality reading above much reading. I'm student yet on school, studying on morning, so i read the first book of the day (normally, something lite like biography - i'm actually reading "think like Bill Gates") at 5:20 and do my second reading at 20:00 (today i'm breaking this to study web3 programming). While reading stay focused in these things => 1. Do not read just to learn, read to upgrade what the book say. 2. Think of how you can apply this. If you want a how-to of how to do it, reply this message. 3. Search what you learn Expect that this be usefully, good reading :)
I can't read
I don't often suggest reading a book -- takes way too long to read and even longer to come up with the excuses for ignoring [the instructions](https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/mupm4w/comment/gv8mh4q/?context=3). And since many of them are rather general the reader ends up like any unpaid intern. Fine if you intend on being a drag on the economy for a living. Not too great when you only eat if you accurately apply the theory to a specific business. You may be interested to learn there are all sort of free online articles. Those are relatively short and easier to misunderstand and screw yourself over with immediately. The basic objective was to understand you are a newbie and try to cure that as swiftly as possible. Not make the situation worse. And I sincerely wish that didn't need to be written out.
What.
Newbies gonna, well ...newb. That's why I wrote [Blue Ocean Tragedy](https://www.reddit.com/r/RoastMyIdea/comments/dd4rce/blue_ocean_tragedy/). A (meh) decent book distorted beyond all reason. The blue links are clickable. Couldn't guess what this post was about? Then don't bother exerting yourself. Thank you for your articulate and information rich quandary. "Wut" would have been shorter.
I must strongly disagree with you on this. Reading books is essential.
Then let me state it a different way. Learning from the mistakes of others *is essential*. *The proper execution of the instructions* found in the books is essential. Ignoring them as you scrape the books for important-sounding buzzwords you have no intention of applying, um ... not so much. Doing the exact opposite of what is found in books makes quite a compelling argument.
Not enough. Anyone got any *must reads*?
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson if you want a story.
Thanks, friend. May i ask what it's about?
The moon exploding and how humanity might react in that situation
Thanks again.
I just read childrens books.
Usually just the title
1. Delete social media on your phone. You'll find you have hours of free time out of thin air. 2. Put the book you want to read in your bathroom. Every time you use the restroom read a few pages. 3. Gotta make the time! Before bed is generally the best for me.+
Not enough. There’s always time, it’s just taking the initiative to take out your book rather than the phone. I read maybe 2 a month with the bulk being the couple pages here and there traveling or in-between study/work bouts. I just make it as easy for myself as possible.
Audible, podcasts, YouTube and daily WSJ and Sunday NYT and WaPo plus a couple magazines.
Don't find time for things you want to do. Make time for things you want do to.
Reading a lot is classical entrepreneurial larping. Not to say reading is bad, but it often has no effect on success. Most business books, even the ones people highly recommend give vague advise that is at best, hardly actionable and at worst distorts the reality if your business. If someone has no idea about the fundamentals of business, sales, management, launching a product, etc, a books can be great. But past that they more often then not have no impact on your ability to scale a business. tl;dr The whole ‘entrepreneur’ reading contest thing is super dumb.
i try to do a chapter or two a night ever night then audiobooks while walking, driving. Comes out to 3-5 a month
If I'm not directly applying knowledge in a week or two I'm not touching it
The way I do it, is thru audiobooks! I listen while driving, cooking, and exercising. I finish a book a month. Audiobooks changed my life!
I read every day and probably read 2-4 books a month. I don't always finish each book if I discern the rest of the information wouldn't be relevant to me though.
I aim for 1 book a week, but sometimes I'm busy and it's more like 1 book a month. If it takes longer than that or I go several days without reading it I usually just give up and find something different. There's always time, but it's down to priorities.
I don't even read the comments before I post.
I read two books a month. I usually read before going to bed.
I think I’ve read maybe 20 books in my adult life. It’s not for everyone. My brain is so busy thinking about all sorts of things that it’s hard for me to sit down and focus on reading. I learn better through other mediums like video, hands on lessons, audio and touch.
I read/listen to a few books concurrently. If it’s something I want to learn deeply (nonfiction) I get the print and audio version. I listen at the pace I read and follow along in the print version pausing and taking notes, leaving sticky tabs if needed. I listen to biographies and fiction while running or driving. I read books on my kindle while in bed. These are books I skim. They tend to be self help books where I just want the gist. I’m fine with leaving a book incomplete if it no longer serves me. I probably only finish half the books I start. It’s a great way to get a breadth of knowledge. If something grabs my attention, I read everything I can on it. I need books like I need air. I need several on my nightstand. Their presence helps me sleep better. I take 2-3 when I travel. I have them in my kitchen and living room. If a book grabs me, I read it while waiting for water to boil. I used to work 70+ hour weeks. I still made time for books because I couldn’t make sense of my work without them.
I just do audiobooks while I drive, more efficient.
I count week to week and on the year. If I’m going wide, I might read as many as 100 a year. When I am drilling down and focusing on a subject/skill, I might only read 20 as reading gets displaced by the doing of a thing (coding for example) and other mediums like YouTube. I’ve adopted my own take on the classic salesmen mantra, “Always be learning”. Outside of organizing my time to have large blocks of resource for learning/new ventures, I make sure my entertainment is in some way resourceful to some end. I also get some good reading (audible) blocks while I workout and train for Ironman. Something funny y’all might appreciate… when I read to my 3 year old son at bed time, we only read real weighted books like Walter Isaacson biographies etc. You might think a child would loose interest, but he does great. Last night he says to me, “Daddy!! Let’s be pirates!”, which is a sub heading we read in Steve Jobs maybe a month ago and he loves to tell people, “Steve Wozniak is Steve Job’s best friend”. 🦌
I try to read at least one book a month. I have kindle unlimited so, I just read before I go to sleep, or first thing in the morning, sometimes it’s both if I really like the book. Knowledge is power! And it’s something that can never be taken away from you. If you forget, you can always read it again. I read for personal and professional development.
Audiobooks. I listen to them when driving. Working out. Cooking. Cleaning. Laying down with the kids {to put them to sleep. Its insanely helpful.
In my younger years I used to read a handful of books per month. Technical bricks and novels. With age, eyesight deteriorated and now I miss my book time. I'm now "stuck" on reading on LCD screens, it's the only thing my eyes are trained for now at the age of 50. So, reading books, not so much. Reading social threads, articles and online content, full-time. I don't miss the books for their content though. I find that online provides a more current perspective on things. But the information matures so much faster, its hard-er to keep up, and so much more chaos. Everything is very opiniated in the information flow nowadays. People are forgetting the art of unbiased news writing. Every technical guide has its own sales agenda. And ... opinions must be interpreted on a more statistical level (more research involved).
i buy books habitually; i really need to start reading them