Saturday, January 25, 2020

5 Ways To Make Reading A Habit via Forbes


5 Ways To Make Reading A Habit
Forbes: 1.23.2020 by V R Ferose

An average person reads less than four books a year while an avid one (like Barack Obama or Bill Gates) reads 50. I read around 10 books from cover to cover every year while skimming through around 50. I only read an entire book when I need to know much more than the summary, where there's something deeper that I find enriching.

1. Start reading from your topic of interest: If you’re a non-reader your first hurdle would be how to start reading. The best way is to read books on topics that you are interested in (football, gardening or cooking, for example) and then look for recommendations, which you can easily get through a Google search.

2. Keep aside some time every day for reading: Set aside an hour every day for immersion in a book of substance.

3. Avoid distraction by reading physical books: Our biggest challenge is to find the time and attention span to not get distracted. Physical books are helpful in keeping us focused

4. When short of time, use Apps like Audible and Blinkist: While there is no substitute for reading, there are some good apps for maximizing the time you have at hand. Listening to audio books while driving is a good technique.  READ MORE >>

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 8.3
Lexical Density: 68.0%
Total word count 203
Unique word count 138
10 hard words
Sentence count 13


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