Darius Classic | Become A Book Athlete: How To 10X To 20X How Many Books You Read Per Year
The Greatness MachineShow Notes
How do you make time for the things you want to do when you have too much on your plate?
Most of us, if not all, wish there were more hours in a day to grind and make time for what brings us joy. Any business owner or entrepreneur can attest to that. Finding a balance between work and life is easier said than done. But when done right, it can make the impossible possible.
Today, I am flying solo to share a few tips on how I managed to surpass my goal of reading 22 books this year with three months to spare.
In this episode, I will talk about the benefits of habit stacking and how it helped me learn to multitask while reading. I will also share the secret on how a busy entrepreneur like myself finds more time to read and what tools helped me to become a book athlete.
Topics include:
The benefits of building good habits
Expert tips to reading more books in a year
How I learned to multitask while reading
The importance of narrator choice in audiobooks
Pros and cons of reading multiple books at once
Effective note-taking from reading
Apps that helped me increase my reading
My reading goal for 2023
And other topics…
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