How to Use the Bill Gates Method to Power Up Your Reading Habit

His approach to reading will help you remember more of what you read

Kristina Segarra
Curated Newsletters

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Reading is one of Bill Gate’s greatest passions. He looks at reading as a way towards self-improvement and growth. He even created his Book Blog where he writes reviews and shares his reading experiences with others.

As an avid reader, he reads one book per week. As he reads each book, he takes an active approach and reflects on what he reads. Every book he reads helps him learn something new or view things from a different perspective.

He told Time,

“You don’t really start getting old until you stop learning”

Here’s how to utilize his reading technique to power up your reading habit.

Set aside an hour of uninterrupted reading time

First off, if you want to take reading seriously, he recommends that you commit at least one hour of your time to it. He says: “This is not the kind of thing you can do five minutes here, 10 minutes there. Magazine articles or short YouTube videos fit into those little slots.”

When you block out a full hour devoted to reading, it will allow you to focus on the material more and think…

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Kristina Segarra
Curated Newsletters

Freelance health/wellness/self-improvement writer, musician, mom of two boys. Join my newsletter: https://self-empowerment-club.ck.page/a9d23100d4