9 Simple Tips To Help You Read More

Eric Sangerma
Wholistique
Published in
6 min readFeb 21, 2020

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“Liber Medicina Animi” (a book is the soul’s medicine)

Do you love reading books? So do I.

I think reading is one of the best gifts we can give to ourselves in today’s world.

But maybe you wish you had more time to spend on your favorite activity. Or perhaps you read plenty but you have a hard time remembering your favorite quotes. Maybe you occasionally look at your bookshelf and just feel stuck.

Let me try addressing those issues below the best I can.

I consider myself an avid reader — over the last 3 years, I’ve read 168 books. But that wasn’t always the case. From my early 20s to my mid-30s, I would read no more than a couple of books per year, mostly the latest Stephen King novels (I’ve been a huge fan since high school).

What made me go from reading a few fiction books a year to reading more than a book per week?

1 — Read books that will help you solve a current problem or tackle issues you care about now.

“Learn both from your teachers and from the books which you read, only those things which you really need and which you really…

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Eric Sangerma
Wholistique

I Help Companies Excel and Individuals Thrive. I write about Mental Health, Relationships and Productivity. Follow me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericsangerma/