A few days ago a good friend and I discussed books and he asked me how many books I usually read each year. I got a bit ashamed and thought about my posts on why you should read books and how to surround yourself with exceptional people. I’ve almost been a hypocrite on both these.
Books often consists of great high quality content since people are expected to pay for them. Why would you spend your time writing a book with low quality which no one would buy?
Reasons to read a book a week
Reading one book every week may sound trivial and you may be asking yourself what you will gain of it. Well, think of it in long term. By reading one book each week you will have read over 500 books within 10 years. That’s a lot of knowledge you will gain.
According to Brian Tracy this habit will make you an international expert in your chosen field within 7 years. Imagine you work with photography. If you read 52 books on photography each year, will that make a difference in how good photos you’re taking? No doubt.
Book reviews
Since I will be spending my time reading about personal development, how to make money online, overcoming procrastination, social skills, leadership, etc. I thought it may interest you as well. Therefore I will be publishing a short, or sometimes long, review about most of the books I’m reading.
In the sidebar over at your left you’ll find the term book reviews. There I’ll be publishing links to all of my reviews, a list on books I’m going to read and a list on books I’m going to buy.
If you have any suggestions for books, just leave me a comment and I’ll have a look at it.
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This is a great commitment since it’s an ongoing project that I’ll be spending a lot of time with, although, I would like to see more of you doing the same thing. Start by deciding to read one book a month. You will manage that without any problems what so ever.
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Wow, a book a week is way to much to ask of me. I’m not a big book reader and get bored most of the time. I will try my best to start reading more and see what happens.
BTW, the rest of my family are big book readers. I guess I was adopted
You do need a bit of determination to manage it. As I wrote in my post I recommend you to start reading at least one book a month. If you schedule some time every day before going to sleep, you’ll see how easy it gets.
I guess we all have differences to our families, which sometimes makes us wonder.
you should be more specific as to what kind of books you are talking about .
i’ve always been a reader . i mean … since i was like 7-8 years old and learned to read . my first book ( real book , not story collections and such ) i read when i was 9 years old .
however … i have never considered a guide book , or topic specific book …. as a book . somehow they are not books to me .
what happens after reading 500 books from your field ? you become a dull person .
reading needs change . you need to read old fashioned books as well . stories .
they are highly underrated these days . but they do teach you about people . and ultimately this is what you are working with ( unless you are a computer technician or something like that ) .
everything techie you can pick up easy if you have the proper background and enough interest … but you can’t learn to deal with people that easy .
ahh .. now i got a look at the review list . my commentary is pointless giving that you already figured out what i was saying .
good challenge .
You are right Nelson and I should have mentioned that in my post. Reading 52 books a year about one subject, for an example PHP, isn’t healthy and you need to vary your subject.
A book a week may be a too big of a goal, especially for people who work full-time jobs, run websites/blogs. Maybe one book every two weeks for me.
It usually takes about 350-400 minutes to complete a books with under 300 pages. By reading 60 minutes each day you will make it without problems. I’m sure most people spends more time watching TV each day and therefore most of you will manage to do it.
On the other hand one hour of reading may sound to much for many and maybe they should, as you suggested, read one or two books a month. Another alternative is to start listening to audio books.
I used to read lots of books when I was studying in University. Nowadays, I usually read online ebooks and sometimes I need more time to finish the ebook. For me, read a book a month is my target.
I’m not really fond of reading books…infact i hate to read..i used read my regular books also only when its exams time
But i know am doing wrong and need to read if you want learn