hello you sweetest potatoes welcome back
today we're gonna talk about how to read
more yes looks they're great so since
the year has started I've finished
reading four books I've also started
reading over ten books which we'll get
into in a bit so I think by now we all
know the benefits of reading why it's
great which is also why you probably
consciously or subconsciously clicked on
this video or a little quick refresher
reading can help broaden our perspective
it can help challenge us creatively
intellectually it can help us learn from
the best teachers I love this quote from
Tolstoy I cannot understand how some
people can live without communicating
with the wisest people who ever lived on
earth it can help you start a youtube
channel it can help change your life it
can also help with reducing stress a
list goes on forever boo boo boo boo boo
boo so if you're sitting here like yes
or weena I know why reading is great but
I just don't have time I'm too busy well
this is exactly what we're going to be
talking about today we'll be going over
four tips on how I've been able to
finish at least one book a month for the
past couple of years and none of these
four tips are going to be groundbreaking
earth-shattering or like super
innovative which is why the title is
what it is that they have helped me and
I hope it'll help unlock the inner nerd
within you as well so let's get started
with the first point so where your heart
leads you read multiple books at once to
start there really is no right or wrong
way to read I feel it before I will
usually get stuck on a book because I
feel like I need to finish one book
before I can start another one and if I
get stuck in the middle of one book I
just stop reading all together it's like
identifying the problem or the
bottleneck and working backwards so
asking myself why am I not reading as
much as I'd like and how can I change
this knowing what I know so what I found
for myself was that okay I can actually
read more than one book at once and I
don't need to finish a book before I
start another book what title speaks to
you what chapter speaks to what do you
want to learn about today what genre are
you craving what is your heart
gravitating towards wherever it is that
is taking you all of that learning that
I can pause and quit any book that I
wasn't that into was lowkey one of the
most liberating things I've ever devised
I think it really helped open up my
world and my life to just consuming a
lot more books and being able to finish
a lot more books you can literally read
however you want there is no rule to
reading all that to say at one time I'm
reading at least 1015 books and while it
does take me longer to go through all of
them when I do find the one I blaze
through it like there's no tomorrow so
read what speaks to your soul and don't
be afraid of Xing out of books like you
would exit of articles create a system
for reading we've been talking a lot
about building systems on this channel
so what does creating a system for
reading look like it could be utilizing
found time to read for at least 15
minutes a day or committing to reading
20 pages every morning without fail like
author James clear he has a really
awesome article that I'll link down
below and I'm gonna be quoting atomic
habits his book there this video as well
so committing to your reading for 15
minutes a day or 20 pages every morning
is creating a system for reading while
wanting to finish a book is a goal so
this is the difference between setting a
system and a goal if you guys want to
know more about this there's two videos
that do that if with that I'll link down
below what it comes down to is creating
an environment where you don't have to
think about what how where or wide to
read you just do it every single day
without fail because knowledge like
habits accumulate and compound over time
I love this concept from atomic habits
aim to be 1% better daily what starts as
a small win or a minor setback
accumulates into something much more why
15 minutes or 20 pages I feel like if
you're really into a book you're gonna
spend more than 15 minutes reading and
if you're really into a book you're
gonna read more than 20 pages because
it's a good book and you just want to
keep reading the second part is that I
feel like 15 minutes or 20 pages it's so
much more realistic it's very practical
it's not intimidating at all and I feel
like we all have 15 minutes or we all
can carve out time to read 20 pages
which both are very attainable as
opposed to like I'm gonna read a book a
week or a book a month but you're not
actually breaking this goal down into us
system all right so this is another
quote for atomic habits success is the
product of daily habits not once in a
lifetime transformations everything
compounds be a positive or negative so
strive to be 1% better every day or 15
minutes per day or 20 pages a day and
see how these 15 minutes or 20 pages can
compound over time into something
beautiful and wonderful how do you like
consuming content be open to different
ways to read so choose your fighter
there's the Kindle which is like a
digital there's PDFs there's physical
books there's audiobooks which one
speaks to you most questions you can ask
yourself one what are my options and
preferences and two how can i fit this
into my lifestyle again go where your
heart goes if you're a die-hard physical
book fan you love the smell of it you
love the feeling of it you like touching
things then do that if you like Kindles
because there's no distraction you're
not connected to the Internet and then
there won't be any notifications do that
and if you like being talked to instead
of reading which is something that I've
been really into lately using your ears
instead of your eyeballs do that if you
find that you can't focus when you're
reading physical books try audio or
digital and if you find that you can't
concentrate or focus as well when you're
listening to audio then go for it
physical or digital the world is our
oyster yes and if you prefer all of the
above which is where I am at now do not
limit yourself and do not hold yourself
back whichever means whichever medium
whichever way that you feel like you can
consume content bus explore all of that
take time and get to know these
different methods or these different
mediums and then see what you're
naturally gravitating towards sports the
second half of last year I realized that
I really really enjoy being talked to
and I really really enjoy listening to
books on audible whether it be commuting
whether it be what I'm tithing or
cleaning or packing or washing my dishes
or just like doing stuff around my house
I like that I can do stuff while I also
listen to something you know and it's
helping me be better and to do better
oh it's also great when you're working
out sometimes I'm like music like
I want to be more productive so I'm
going to listen to an audiobook again go
with the flow don't limit yourself to
just one medium for consuming literature
I found that in the past I was like I
need to either do audio or either need
to do Kindle or either need to do
physical books and it just it just
completely stopped me from reading so
bottom line if your objective is to read
more maximize all the ways in which you
can get that done by opening up the
different avenues and the different
channels in which you can receive and to
consume content why are you reading know
your why it can be reading for
entertainment you can be reading for an
enjoyment you can be reading because you
want to learn something you can be
reading because there's questions that
you have in your head that you want
answered there's many many reasons for
why we want to read but I think it's
important to know for us and for
ourselves why you want to read reading
can be a part of your self-care routine
it can be a part of me time it can be a
part of wine downtime it can be a part
of productivity time it can be a part of
anytime you want to make it to be but
you just have to be aware and
intentional with why you are reading I
personally started reading sophomore
junior year of college when I had
questions that I couldn't answer for
myself like why do I exist why do we
exist as humans why am I here what is my
purpose what does it mean to live a
meaningful fulfilling life just very
very light questions that you ask
yourself before you doze off and for me
like during this time in my life I
couldn't sleep until life 3 or 4 a.m.
because I just was constantly anxious
and probably was little a lot depressed
and so I really believe that we all
innately know what we need and what's
best for us so during this time in my
life books came up and they popped up
into my life the first book being the
power of now I found it at home and I
was like I think I need this book and so
I read that I was like oh this is great
and I found the alchemist I was like oh
wow this is great and then after that I
read the little prince and after the
little prince I was like wow books are
kind of cool I'm actually learning so
much about myself and learning so much
about why I am the way I am or why I'm
feeling the way that I'm feeling
fast-forward a few months when I started
charlie
myself creatively playing around with
the idea of starting a YouTube channel I
came across big magic start with Y and
the dip it helped me make this video and
it helped me start my channel by this
point I was completely hooked and I was
completely sold on the magic of books
and all that it can help me with so take
some time sit with yourself and ask
yourself what do you like to figure out
or what you like to learn about no
matter what I'm rating so long as
reading I'm getting inspiration
somewhere somehow I'm learning I'm
bettering myself in whatever capacity
and trying to do and be better by 1%
every day or 15 minutes every day I more
than content as with everything and
anything that we do having a solid wife
or doing what we're doing will really
help us persevere in the long run and
motivate and encourage us in ways that
are actually beneficial to us instead of
these like momentary sparks of
inspiration so yeah knowing ry having a
solid North Star of why we're reading or
I think for me constantly having
questions that I want to answer for
myself so I talked all about this in my
every single book that I read video
where in the beginning I was like what
does it mean to live a meaningful and
fulfilling life once I answered that
question it turned into a different
question of I forgot I'm drawing a blank
right now but then eventually now it's
like okay how can I be more intentional
with my time and the questions that I'm
trying to answer right now is how can I
be a better leader how can I run a team
better how can I give more structure to
start up of a team and I think when I
was younger reading business books and
breeding management books was fun but
it's very different when you're actually
doing it like when you're actually doing
something and you have questions and you
don't really know where to turn to this
is where like the magic happens because
you can read things and they can make
sense in theory but unless you're
actually doing it it's very different
all of the how is just to say it's
helpful to have these guiding questions
in your life for something like reading
I really really really do believe that
innately we know what we need and what
we want and the voices in her head will
remind us from time to time to be like
this book that book or like oh you
should look read into this I think
that's the universe's way of reminding
us and sharing with us these little
nuggets of wisdom when we need it or us
to be able to receive these little hints
and these little messages we need to be
at a calm enough place and space in our
life where we can even hear these things
because if we're constantly just in our
heads not allowing any other things to
penetrate her to come in and we won't be
able to hear or we won't be aware of
these hints or these messages however
whatever you want to call them with all
that being said thank you guys so much
for watching I hope you enjoyed this
video and I'll see you guys next week
what an epic unscripted pending all
right back up yeah yeah yeah okay bye