Twenty pages a day beats a shelf of half-read spines.
Fast reading is fine for information and useless for change. Books that alter something are read slowly, with a pen.
Underline, argue in the margin, and stop at the end of each chapter to write two lines about what you would do differently.
One book properly read a quarter is four genuine shifts a year.
How to actually do it
- 01Pick the book that has been recommended to you twice.
- 02Read twenty pages a day with a pen in hand.
- 03Write two lines per chapter about what changes.
You already know if this is the one. Go put a date on it.
Date it in the app