The 5 Hour Rule: You Are Being Reckless if You Do Not Spend 5 Hours Each Week Learning
Oprah, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett all use the 5-hour rule.
Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.
— Brain Tracy
Who invented the 5-hour rule?
Benjamin Franklin invented the 5-hour rule to set aside 1 hour each day to read, reflect, and experiment if you are interested in why the 5-hour rule is so important to become successful in life and why every successful person like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Oprah Winfrey, devote some time to learning each day.
Objective
There is a reason why constant learners all embrace the 5-hour rule. The objective of continuous learning and improvement has been known to enhance your productivity and self-development.
I love to read about successful people, especially the auto/biographies, to learn from their mistakes and implement the strategy in my life to increase productivity. Here I will share how successful people apply the 5-hour rule.
Reading
Every successful person reads for 1–3 hours daily to learn new things. Elon Musk learned how to…
