Become A Learning Machine: How To Read 300 Books This Year

In school, we're taught to read so we can have an intelligent conversation about what we read. This couldn't be more wrong. You want your learning to lead to action. In this lecture, we'll talk about the huge difference between the two, and how to make sure you take advantage of this principle.

In this lecture, we'll talk about why reading is like an interview, and why this will completely change how you read (and re-read) books.

In this lecture, I'll share with you the specific advice I got that completely changed how I read overnight. It's another huge mindset shift you need to apply that I learned from a multi-millionaire guest speaker in one of my classes in college. I'm so lucky I went to class that night. It changed my life.

I used to only be able to get through a book a week, until I made this one change -- I changed my standard. In this lecture we'll talk about why this is so important, what type of standard to adopt, and how.

In lecture 7, we talked about standards which can help you read a book a day. But just because you can go through a book a day, doesn't mean you'll get to 300 this year. In this video, we'll talk about how to do that.

In this lecture, you'll learn how to organize the books you've read and the books you want to read, and make sure you're reviewing the right ones. This is really the key to taking the information you read and doing something valuable with it. You'll also get a copy of my 2016 reading sheet.

Reading a lot isn't enough. If you're not reading the right books, it's not only a waste of time. It can be detrimental.

In this lecture, we'll talk about breaking your reading into 2 categories, and why each one is incredibly important for your success. Then in the next lecture, we'll divide these up into 3 specific types of books.

In this lecture, you'll learn the 3 types of books you need to make sure you're always reading and the benefits of each. After this video, you won't be wasting time on pointless books, and making sure the ones you read add the most value to your life.

In this lecture, we'll talk about what you need to do make sure you're always reading and getting through a lot of books. This is something I first learned from Aristotle and is something I've since implemented in all areas of my life.

There's one specific thing you can do as soon as you open a book to be able to go through it the most quickly, and get the most out of it. Here's how to do it, and why.

In this lecture, we'll talk about why there are actually three different ways to read, and why you need to know when to use each one depending on the book you're reading. This will help you get through each book the most efficiently.

It's not only important what you read -- it's equally as important what you skip. The reason is opportunity cost. If you spend your time reading something that doesn't add value to your life, that's time taken away from something you could be reading that would be adding tremendous value to your life.

In this lecture, you'll learn what to skip in a book.

It's not about what you read. It's about what you take away. In this video, we'll talk about taking away the critical information in the book, how to remember the most important points, and learn the most from the book.

In this lecture, we'll talk about exactly how to take notes in the book to help you learn what you're reading, and let you be able to review any book in 20 minutes.

In this lecture, you'll learn a simple trick you can use right now to instantly become a significantly faster reader. This trick instantly eliminates almost all the causes of slow reading, which is why it works so well.

In this lecture, I'll share with you the system I use to remember the key points of any book, and be able to review it in seconds.

In this lecture, we'll talk about the power of reviewing what you read, how to review, and what to review in the first place. This piece is critical.

In this lecture, you'll learn specifically how to read twice as many books without spending any extra time.

Sometimes it's actually better to not read a book. Here's how to know if that's the case.

Here are three strategies to take notes on audiobooks.

Here's another resource you may want to use to go through more books.

In this lecture, let's put everything you've learned together. More importantly, it's time for you to take the 300 book challenge. You're now ready.

In this lecture, we'll talk about how to use what you've learned for every type of book you'll read, including very technical books.

Why it's sometimes better to not finish a book you're reading, and what to do if that's the case.

In this lecture, we'll talk about why you need to re-evaluate where you read in the first place to read more quickly.

In this lecture, we'll talk about the huge difference between reading on your kindle and reading physical books.

Let me show you how I personally apply what you've learned so far, and how it's had a huge impact on my life.

A simple thing you can do in less than 30 seconds to really learn about what you read on a deep level.

What a Roman philosopher said 2,000 years ago about reading and how you can use it to organize your bookshelf.

Here is what I do on Amazon to save hundreds of dollars a year on books.

In this lecture, I'm going to share with you 20 books that completely changed my life, along with the key takeaways of each that you can apply to your life. I've also included links to all the books in the resources section of the video.

Speed reading is only a small part of my overall reading strategy. But it's still a useful skill to have. Here's everything you need to know to reach your maximum reading speed.

Remember, it's better to get 80% of the ideas in 20% of the time. For that reason, and I few others we'll talk about in this video, don't worry about it.

There are 4 parts to this question -- we'll talk about each in this video

Here's a resource I made in response to this question to stay up to date on more book recommendations

To make sure your learning leads to action, ask these 2 questions

Yes and no. Here's why...

A lot of people ask about speed reading -- as if speed reading is some magic formula. To me, the only "speed reading" trick you really need is the trick we talked about in Lecture 16. But if you really want to take your reading speed to the next level, you can also check out my course Ultimate Speed Reading.

Why just reading articles isn't enough -- and how to take a more balanced approach.

Why you need to read the actual book, and not just read summaries

By itself, reading will shave years off trial and error time on your path to success (whatever success means to you). But here are a few other thoughts to find your "career"