Conquering Books: The Hack For Reading More, Learning More, and Staying Unstuck.

Naval Ravikant has figured out how to read more. The solution? Read less. Yes, it sounds nonsensical. I love when that happens. Let me explain.

Here’s the scenario: You’ve decided you’re going to become an avid reader. You plan to read at least one book a week. You just need to cultivate the habit of reading, and then it’ll become second nature. This is how habits are formed, right? It’s totally going to work.

So, you start adding books to your Kindle library. “Oh, this one is supposed to be good. Yes! Lots of reviews on this other one. Add it to the list!” Before you know it, you’ve got fifty great books lined up. You’re pumped. You should be able to get through these in less than a year!

Then reality sets in.

It’s week one, and you’re halfway through your first book. But you’ve hit a slump. The first few chapters were good, but it got a little boring in the middle. Week two rolls around. You’re still stuck in the middle of book one. Crap. This isn’t going to work. Fail.

Enter Naval Ravikant. Naval is the CEO of AngelList, but he’s also a prolific reader. He reads ten to twenty books at a time, and has read thousands over the course of his life. How does Naval do it? Simple. When he gets bored (as we all…