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Posted May 15th, 2012 at 9:09 PM

Jove

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I've heard Owen and Brad read about this much. How? There's many books I want to read this summer and it's taking me too long. I'm learning how to get faster obviously, but any tips to speed me up would be appreciated.
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Posted May 15th, 2012 at 9:24 PM
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Desmond

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I know this isn't what you asked, but. Assuming we are talking about non-fiction here... Isn't there some benefit reading slow aswell? You'll get more time to digest the material, process it over time and draw new conclusions.
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Posted May 15th, 2012 at 9:36 PM
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 yeah, I like to take "breaks" and sorta meditate on what I've read, but I'm sure others do too. I wanna meditate on what I've read AND read fast. Obviously, digesting the material is the most important thing tho.
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Posted May 15th, 2012 at 9:36 PM
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 Learn to speed read
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Posted May 15th, 2012 at 9:53 PM
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Jove

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 Here Brad says he read 12 books in 3 weeks

http://www.bradbranson.com/five-closest-friends/
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Posted May 16th, 2012 at 12:39 AM
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 Try out different ways of reading a lot. You can do it.

For me, I read a good amount when I'm reading like 4 books at once, and I will just try to read one chapter out of each per day, that adds up quickly. Good luck.
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Posted May 16th, 2012 at 1:36 AM
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You need to remove television from your life and lower your time spent on the internet. You can read all of the books you want but if you are not understanding the concepts it is a waste of time, at least in the self-help genre. start by reading one book at a time.
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Posted May 16th, 2012 at 1:41 AM
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Jove wrote:
I've heard Owen and Brad read about this much. How?
Very carefully
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Posted May 16th, 2012 at 2:49 AM
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read childrens books
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Posted May 16th, 2012 at 3:08 AM
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Well, there you go, that's how you do it.  

Teach a 21 day bootcamp in Dubai and don't have a daytime office job.  
Jove wrote:
 Here Brad says he read 12 books in 3 weeks

http://www.bradbranson.com/five-closest-friends/
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Posted May 16th, 2012 at 4:56 AM
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You can create the habits of reading 25' every morning with your coffee and 35' before bed. Also read when on train, bus, watiting etc. That stuff builds up to 20+ hours of more reading a week. Also my personal recommendation is to get yourself a Amazon Kindle (or any other good ebook reader).
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