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And not feel stressed about it
At this point, I’m pretty sure friends and family get tired of me making book recommendations. “Another one?! Seriously??” But we all need that one person who recommends valuable content to perpetuate our personal growth, right?
Reading is one of the most powerful ways to elevate your life.
With the infinite knowledge available through books, you can shift your entire life trajectory.
I shifted my entire financial trajectory by reading books on personal finance. I never attended a financial seminar and never had a formal financial mentor.
My primary resource has been books, which continue to be my primary resource for elevating my financial outcomes.
However, there are many other subjects I explore to elevate other areas of my life, such as health, business, personal development, psychology, science, spirituality, and more.
Reading will open your eyes to new opportunities and expand your mind; it will cultivate invaluable ideas that lead to more extraordinary achievement and insight into your higher purpose.
The more you learn, the more you earn. But more importantly, the more you learn, the more you yearn to learn more, which only makes you an infinitely more powerful, intelligent, and open-minded human being.
Audiobooks
With a busy schedule, I cannot sit down and read tons of books every week, but since I’m on the go, I can listen to books quite frequently.
Since this is the case, I’ve been able to tackle multiple books per day, leading to a high number of completed books per week.
There are some days when I can finish four or more books thanks to audiobooks.
The cool thing about audiobooks is you can listen to them while you do anything and everything:
Using the bathroom
Cleaning the house
Taking a shower
Walking the dogs
In between meetings
Driving to your next destination
Working out
Organizing your house
Playing video games
Moving the lawn
Gardening
Watering the plants
Cooking
Doing laundry
Catching a flight
Doing task-oriented work that requires little to no thinking
And the list goes on. Whatever tasks you have, you can pair it with an audiobook.
I used to not look forward to house cleaning. Now, I view it as dedicated reading time while making my house look sparkly clean.
A double win for me!
How To Read 10 Or More Books Per Week
Five hundred books a year equates to about ten books per week, which boils down to about 1–2 books on average per day, which is quite simple with audiobooks.
Here’s how to do it successfully without feeling stressed about it:
1. Stop Buying Books
I used to purchase all of my books, but as a minimalist, it didn’t make sense for me to continue purchasing books unless I planned to read them more than once or found them a necessary part of my book collection.
Hence, my books primarily come from the library app, which has hundreds of thousands of books available for free.
Now, since I get my books from the library, I have a 21-day time limit, which motivates me to get the book completed in time.
I usually have 50 or so books on hold at once that will be completed in a relatively short time frame.
The library is one of the most underrated and underutilized resources.
2. Length of book
Some books are 24 hours long, and some are 1 hour long.
The shorter the book, the quicker you can complete it.
If you want to get two or more books completed per day, you’ll need to estimate how much time you have available to listen and choose your books accordingly (based on their length), but I do have a hack in the next tip that will help you sprint through books at jet speed.
3. Speed you listen to the book
I do not listen to books on speeds less than 1.75x.
For the most part, I am listening to books on speeds between 2.0 to 2.5x. I trained myself to understand when people talk quickly – even when it was difficult because the quicker I could get through one book, the sooner I could get to the next book, leading me to the acquisition of knowledge at super lightning speeds.
Currently, I’m training myself to listen at speeds closer to 3.0, but this will take some time to get used to, and only for certain books; some books are so dense you will have to slow down the speeds to ensure you maintain complete comprehension.
The best part of listening to books at 2.0x or faster is you cut the time of the book in half.
A 24-hour length book becomes 12 hours or less.
A 12-hour length book becomes 6 hours or less.
A 6-hour length book becomes 3 hours or less.
A 3-hour length book becomes 1.5 hours or less.
A 1-hour length book becomes 30 minutes or less.
Training yourself to intake information at super-fast speeds will increase brain stimulation and help you progress faster on your reading goals; this exercise will also help your communication skills and increase your ability to think faster.
4. Experiment with other forms of reading
Though I’m devouring audiobooks, I still consume paperback and ebooks.
My typical plate includes juggling five ebooks and at least 1–2 paperbacks at a time.
I usually read one small or medium section of each book daily, which are daily reads.
Do what works for you.
What Are Your Reading Goals?
Most people read 1–5 books yearly – closer to one if we keep it real.
Television, social media, and videos trump reading more than ever.
Maybe your goal is to read one book a week; audiobooks make this an easier goal to attain without negatively impeding your schedule.
The last thing I’ll leave with you is this:
How much time do you spend reading and learning versus watching television, scrolling social media, or watching YouTube videos?
I’m not knocking these activities, but when not used productively, they don’t add much value to your life like reading does.
I dare you to complete the 500 book challenge. I guarantee you’ll be a completely different person by the end of it. Maybe you’ll go for 1,000 next! It sounds wild, but audiobooks have changed the game of reading.
This content is for informational purposes only — not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before making any major decisions.