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The average prisoner in Alcatraz (the infamous maximum security prison) read 75-100 books a year and most of it was "serious literature." Image

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This is @jimkwik.

He went from being the "boy with the broken brain" to reading 1,000+ books and selling 1,000,000+ copies of his book "Limitless."

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F is for Forget

Forget what you already know about the subject.

If you think you already know everything about a subject, you won't be interested or open to absorbing new information.

Start every book with an open mind instead of a closed one.
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When reading a book, highlight key lessons, write down ways you can apply those lessons, and then go out and take action on them.

The more action you take, the more you'll get from the book.
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This is @jimkwik.

He went from being the "boy with the broken brain" to reading 1,000+ books and selling 1M+ copies of his book "Limitless."

Here are 11 tips to help you read books faster and better: Image
1) Use A Visual Pacer

Use a pen or your finger to follow the words that you're reading.

This technique can help you read 25-70% faster.

Your eyes are naturally attracted to motion, so your reading speed will increase when you use a visual pacer.
2) Skip Small Words

Learning how to read faster is all about eliminating the small, unnecessary words that fill up a page.

When we’re trying to read quickly, we can often skip these words with no ill effects: “if,” “is,” “to,” “the,” and “and.”
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Before Napoleon was a leader, he was a reader.

He read everything he could get his hands on–history, philosophy, politics, etc.

Here are the 10 books that influenced him the most: Image
1) "Lives" by Plutarch

Napoleon discovered this book when he was 9 years old.

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2) "Julie" by Rousseau

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Napoleon copied Rousseau's writing style, wrote similar books to his, and used his books as a template for his love letters. Image
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Oct 30
7 Strategies that will make you a better reader:

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1) Stop Reading Books You Aren’t Enjoying

You turn off a TV show if it’s boring. You stop eating food that doesn’t taste good. You unfollow people when you realize their content is useless.

Life is too short to read books you don’t enjoy reading.

My rule is 100 pages minus your age. Say you’re 30 years old—if a book hasn’t captivated you by page 70, stop reading it.
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I do this almost every weekend in what I call a “commonplace book”— a collection of quotes, ideas, stories and facts that I want to keep for later. It’s made me a much better writer and a wiser person.
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