How to Read Business Books - Turn Reading into Earning

Name: How to Read Business Books - Turn Reading into Earning
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Make Business Books pay for themselves.

Created byRobert G

Last updated 12/2023

English

What you'll learn

Make Reading Business Books a Business Decision (2020)
Pick what you should read next depending on Your Situation
Decide which format to use
Make sure you attain and, more importantly, act upon, all of the important information
Other bonus tips and tricks

Course content

7 sections • 25 lectures • 41m total length

Introduction2:20
Learn a practical system for extracting value from business books and applying insights to your own business, based on my experience running a translation agency.
Let me know!1:10
Learn to use course Q&A, search for similar questions, ask questions, rate the course, and provide feedback or contact the instructor to improve your reading for earning from business books.

Before Reading0:17
You are Entrepreneurial1:10
Reading a Book is a Business Decision0:59
Decide whether reading a business book makes sense by weighing its cost against the potential earnings, including time and opportunity costs.
Reading a Book is a Business Decision II2:19
Treat reading as a business decision by setting aside dedicated time during business hours, avoiding distractions, and taking notes when you find something useful for your business.
What Should I be Reading?3:27
Set a Goal for each Book0:38
Set a goal for each book, write it down, and revisit after reading to apply lessons and assess impact, while staying flexible as goals may evolve.
You can also Cluster books1:07
Cluster books on online sales to read three in a row, then compare and contrast their ideas to spot agreements, disagreements, and reasons behind them from different perspectives.

As You're Reading0:29
Start reading business books as a strategic business decision and apply the steps you should take while reading to turn insights into earnings.
Relate each point to Your situation1:40
Relate each point to your situation and extract actionable steps you can apply immediately to your business, turning reading into earning even when examples differ by industry.
Does this relate to a previous book?0:45
Taking Notes2:39
Taking Notes - e-reader1:18
Explore note taking on an e-reader, including highlighting and margin notes on Kindle, and choose the easiest method—link notes to your computer or use a notebook.
Taking notes - Audiobook1:33

After Reading the Book0:17
Fail quickly1:16
Apply the fail quickly approach popularized by Seth Godin to reading business books, test ideas fast to see results, and avoid six months of pursuing concepts that don't work.
No Guaranteed Process1:56
Recognize that there is no guaranteed process for success, so apply flexible, situation-specific guidance from books and online advice rather than chasing a universal blueprint.

Requirements

This Course is for anyone who doesn't want to waste all the knowledge available in Business books today

Description

How many business books have you read? How many times, after having finished the book, do you think "Well that was interesting!", and then tossed the book aside, with the vague idea that possibly, one day, you would follow the author's advice? And did that ever happen? Did it really? As in, did you follow all the steps outlined in the book?

If you are like most of us, you read business books as you read any other book: while you're going to sleep, in your spare time, as an audiobook while driving, etc. But is this the best way?

Reading a business book is a business decision. If you are taking other aspects of your business so seriously, why not the advice you can get from some of the greatest minds ever? Why are you treating this valuable information so lightly?

This course aims to help you treat business books the way they deserve to be treated, and give them the attention and analysis they deserve.

This course will cover:

How to pick what you should read next
How to decide which format to use
How to make sure you attain and, more importantly, act upon, all of the important information
Other bonus tips and tricks

You will also learn how to cluster books, how to relate books to previous ones you have read, how to take notes, and what to do about audiobooks!

Who this course is for:

After reading a business book, have you ever thought "Well that was interesting!", and then tossed the book aside, with the vague idea that possibly, one day, you would follow the author's advice?
And did that ever happen? Did it really? As in, did you follow all the steps outlined in the book?
This Course allows you take action on the advice you read in business books. ANY business book.

How to Read Business Books - Turn Reading into Earning

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 4min

Before Reading7 lectures • 10min

As You're Reading6 lectures • 8min

After Reading3 lectures • 3min

Audiobooks1 lecture • 4min

Additional Tips5 lectures • 10min

Bonus Lecture1 lecture • 1min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: