Once you’ve taught yourself to speed read at a decent pace, and have some books you want to work through, you need an ideal reading environment.

Distraction is everywhere.

Separate yourself from everything that distracts you.

Think of how much solitude you’ll need, then double it.

Sir Francis Bacon once said, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention”