How Bill Gates Reads Books and What Every Reader Can Learn From Him
Continuous learning is the minimum requirement.
Bill Gates does not need an introduction.
I don’t know a single successful person who hates books.
It’s also true that not all successful people are great readers. However, they do engage in continuous learning.
Bill Gates is a voracious reader. He became famous for his Think Week practice.
What is a Think Week?
A think week is nothing but setting aside 7 days to think, brainstorm, and plan.
During this time, a person typically disconnects from the regular sources of information.
It’s also called a digital detox.
Mr. Gates shared many times the way he read books. In a nutshell, these are the four main things.
1- Taking notes in the book margins
2 — Don’t start what you cannot finish ( I disagree with this. You don’t need to waste your precious time if the book is uninteresting. I am a nonfiction reader, and most of the time, the book's objective is stated by a nonfiction author in the first 1–3 chapters, and then the rest is just full of examples (not all books, though).
