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# Reading tips

Reading tips insights from net

1. The hardest part of reading is **sitting down to start.**
2. **Quit boring books** to make room for **brilliant ones.**
3. Reading one book may not change your life but **reading every day will change everything.**
4. Read fewer books that have been around for **days,** read more books that have been around for **decades.**
5. If you ever say you **don't have time to read,** just take a look at your **phone's screen time.**
6. **All reading counts** – try **print books, ebooks, and audiobooks.**
7. It's not about how many books you get through, it's about how many books **get through you.**
8. **Put your phone on silent** and leave it in another room before reading and you'll **10x your focus.**
9. **Read good books, reread great books, rebuy groundbreaking books.**
10. You don't become a reader and then start reading books. **You start reading books and then become a reader.**
11. It's better to **quit a book** than to **quit reading.**
12. If a book **changed your life,** aim to **reread it once a year.**
13. **Return, regift, or recycle** books you didn't enjoy.
14. **Speedreading** is reading twice as fast to **remember half as much.**
15. The best places to read are **airplanes, beaches, and parks.**
16. The rite of passage all readers must go through is learning how to **pick books for themselves** instead of waiting for others.
17. **Reading book summaries** and thinking you understand the book is like **watching a movie trailer** and thinking you understand the movie.
18. The irony of speedreading is that if you can **speedread the book, it isn't worth reading.** The best books **make you stop and think.**
19. The goal of reading is **application, not memorization.**
20. If you want to build a reading habit, set a goal to **read for 2 minutes every day.**
21. The person who **writes the book summary** benefits **10x more** than the person who reads it.
22. If you read a book but **don't change your behavior or thinking,** either the book sucked or you learned nothing.
23. Just because you **bought a book** doesn't mean you must **finish it.**
24. Everyone who reads **100+ books a year** is either getting paid to read or reading **fiction.**
25. **No man ever reads the same book twice,** for it is not the same book and he is not the same man.
26. Books are an **investment, not an expense.** A $10 book can make you **$100,000** or even more.
27. Your **reading environment** is more important than your **reading motivation.**
28. **Carry a book everywhere.** You never know when you'll find time to read.
29. Give a book **3 chapters** to win you over. If not, **quit without guilt.**
30. Easy hack: **Download an ebook or audiobook** so you always have something to read.
31. The highest praise for an author is showing them a **highlighted, marked-up, devoured book.**
32. Spend more time reading **short books.** Some of the **shortest books have the deepest lessons.**
33. For **timeless problems, read timeless books.** For **modern problems, read modern books.**
34. Books are the **ultimate life hack:** For $10 you can download **10 years of wisdom in 10 hours.**