#100 | 3 Reading Hacks To Help You Read More Books in 2024 🚀
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Hello curious minds 🧠
I read about 50 - 75 books a year.
But I will let you in on a little secret…
I hated reading ❌
In 2019, I read 4 books, and in 2018, just one.
So what changed?
Well, I found three hacks to help me read lots and lots of books!
But more on that later 😜
Most importantly, I love learning…
…more than I hate reading.
Books are an amazing way to learn. Each book contains someone's years and years of knowledge and experiences neatly packed into an understandable framework of wisdom.
I knew that books have many hidden gems, but uncovering them takes so much effort – hours and hours of reading!
And it seems like I'm not alone with this struggle. In 2023, a staggering 46% of people didn't read a single book. According to the findings below...
If you read a book a year, you are in the top 54% readers.
If you read a book a quarter, you are in the top 38% readers.
If you read a book a month, you are in the top 20% readers.
If you read a book a week, you are in the top 1% readers.
How many books did you read in 2023?
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🧠 3 reading hacks to become a top 1% reader
💥 Reading Hack #1: Quantify the Effort
Read one book a week to become top 1% reader.
Sounds like a big challenge, right?
But let's break it down.
The average book has 50K - 80K words or 5.38 - 8.60 hours of audiobook. So, to hit a book a week, you JUST need to read an hour a day 🤪
But let’s be real…
An hour a day for a whole year? That's a lot to ask!
Which brings us to Reading Hack #2.
💥 Reading Hack #2: Master the Reading Levers
To read more, it's all about two levers: time and speed.
Either read more hours at the same pace
…or read the same hour faster
…or both.
Let’s focus on the faster speed route because, let's be honest, we're not keen on reading more than an hour a day.
So, to wrap up a book a week, you can:
Read an hour daily at 1x speed
Crunch 30 mins at 2x speed
Slice 20 mins at 3x speed
So, how can we increase our reading speed?
For me, I used two tricks:
Read and listen simultaneously; double the senses, double the speed and comprehensive
Progressive overload; slowly increase your listening speed. Start with 1x speed, then increment to 1.5x speed, then 1.6x, 1.7x... until you hit 3x speed and beyond! Video speed controller is my favourite Chrome extension that lets you speed up any video at a 0.1 increment.
💥 Reading Hack #3: Love It or Leave It
If a book doesn't spark joy, drop it and find a better one. After all, who wants to read something they don't like, right? 🚀
That’s the 3 reading hacks that has helped me read a lot of books 🚀
But guess what?
📚 This week, I finished reading…
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Ryan O. 🎮
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