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Which one skill do most of us possess but not use enough?

Organize your Reading List

Take out daily or weekly time to read an organized list of topics and books, making it a monthly goal.
Take a mixed genre approach to your reading list, to keep your brain stimulated with a variety of topics.

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How to Develop a Reading Habit to Unlock Life Growth

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We all know we should read more. Yet so few of us develop a reading habit that allows us to do it. Warren Buffet, one of the greatest investor of the 20th century, spends 80% of his working day reading and thinking.

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“Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can..."

Warren Buffett

Learning constantly

To get better results in life you need to learn constantly. And the best way to learn is to read effectively and a lot.

Upgrading your brain

A new idea, outlook on life, mental model, is all it takes for something to click inside your brain.

Your brain will start making connections between books that seemed to be on different topics. The more you read, the more links you form and the richer your understanding becomes.

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Why I'm sick of reading hacks

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Despite not quite being the role model we all thought he was, I still think Dr Seuss had it right when he said: "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

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The Issue Behind Reading Hacks

Often manifesting as techniques for faster reading, nowadays, there is a mass illusion that reading many books by itself can bring about change into someone’s life.

Many try to do it as...

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Dr. Seuss

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

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John T. Reed's analysis of Robert T. Kiyosaki's book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Part 1

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A number of people asked me about Robert T. Kiyosaki and his book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. When I said I didn't think he was a real-estate guru, they insisted he was. Several told me I would like him, that he preaches a message like mine.

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"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" is Fiction

John T. Reed, a real estate investor, looked into the accuracy of Kiyosaki's best-selling book and found it inaccurate:

The Rich Dad is most likely an invention. ...

"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" contains dangerous advice

According to John T. Reed the famous book is filled with bad advice:

Dangerous advice

"If you're gonna go broke, go broke big"
Convinces people that college is for suckers

Law-breaking advice

Advocates committing a felony: have rich friends for trading stock based on non-public inside information, he says "That's what friends are for."
Recommends tax fraud by deducting vacations and health club dues
Brags about using a partner weasel clause in which his cat is his partner

Kiyosaki is making money from a personality cult

Many critics pointed out that Kiyosaki is selling a cult, not financial advice.

He is accused of tapping into the fantasies of the masses & being short on specifics, both attributes of religious cults.