I Learned an Entirely Different Way of Reading Books (That Doubled the Number I Read)
This is how you can learn more from books. And stop wasting time trying to find books worth your precious time.
The “Naval Ravikant effect” can easily bleed into many areas of your life.
Naval is known for dropping wisdom bombs on Twitter. His truths were even published in a best-selling book with 6000+ positive reviews. Naval isn’t a genius, though — he’s the master of simplicity.
He can take a 300-page thought and unleash it in a single sentence. He applied this formula to reading. This is Naval’s approach to reading that I adopted. It doubled the number of books I read.
The most radical reading strategy
School ruined my life. All my English teachers jackhammered into my head that a book you start reading has to be completed. Naval completely changed my thinking.
It’s okay *not* to finish a book.
Wow. I’ve been practicing defective reading for decades. Treat a book like a series of blog posts. Read the ones that interest you and skip the rest. If you read one blog post from the book then you’ve done well. Books don’t owe you anything. One gem is better…
