If you want to improve what you get out of reading, you have to choose great books.

There are only a few new books that might prove valuable, but most will be forgotten. So instead, let time filter the good books. Find the books that stood the test of time....

You will instantly know if you picked up a good book. It is well written, packed with ideas and insights and is well organised. Naturally, you will want to read the next page.

Good books finish themselves. Trying to finish a bad book is a grind. Instead, skim a lot ...

The best way to get more out of books is by taking notes with the blank sheet method.

• Before reading a book, write down what you know about the subject using a mind map.
• When you finish a reading session, add to the map with a different colour....

Reading the words on a page or screen is the easy part. The problem is that this is often the only way we learn to read.

There are different approaches to reading. 

1. Reading to entertain. This is what we are taught in elementary school.