<ul><li>We live in a world where people are so afraid of being disliked that They would rather change their whole personality than accept the fact that there are people who dislike them. </li><li>Just by this deep-rooted desire to be liked by everyone Sometimes we even choose a career we do not want and we choose to hang out with people we barely could stand. And for what?</li><li> Even then, there are people who dislike you and there are people who dislike me.</li></ul>

The Courage to be Disliked

It is true that nobody wishes to be disliked. But look at it this way: What should one do to not be disliked by anyone? There is only one answer: It is to constantly gauge other people’s feelings, while swearing loyalty to all of them. If there are ten people then you have to swear loyalty to all of them. When you do that, disapproval by someone is inevitable. You’re nothing but a politician who has fallen into populism, you have no stand but to please other people's needs.The real Freedom is being disliked by other people. It is proof that you’re being your authentic self

What is Real Freedom?

Some people deal with dislike or disapproval in a very different way they would start a fight or an argument. This implies that you’re a tyrant and won't tolerate any opposing force, this is not a solution either. The most ideal way is to be okay with it, Just Have the courage to be disliked.

So What you should do if someone dislikes you?

I am not saying start doing things that everyone dislikes. Just be courageous enough to do what you do despite being disliked, only then you can truly achieve real freedom in this world. Courage is not about becoming indifferent to dislike or disapproval but more like moving ahead while acknowledging the opposing force. That is the psychology of courage by Alfred Adler.

The Psychology of Courage

Alfred Adler was a physician, psychotherapist, and the founder of Adlerian psychology, sometimes called Individual Psychology which is also called the psychology of courage. Adler is often considered one of the big three founders of psychotherapy alongside Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.Adlerian psychology emphasizes the importance of overcoming feelings of inferiority and gaining a sense of belonging in order to achieve success and happiness.

Who was Adler?

Sometimes in life, You will feel like you’re not enough, you’re not worth it, you're an unwanted loser etc. These feelings are termed feelings of inferiority in Adlerian psychology. Do not fear these emotions, these feelings of inferiority serve you immensely. The point is not to get rid of these emotions. The point is to acknowledge them and keep striving despite feeling like not enough. That's the purpose of all these emotions, to push you forward. They are like a launchpad.  Even the most successful person is constantly suffering from these feelings of inferiority.

Why do we dislike ourselves?

We come into this universe as helpless beings and we all have a universal desire to escape that helpless state. Adler called this pursuit of superiority.In The pursuit of superiority, we are constantly suffering from feelings of inferiority. The pursuit of superiority and the feeling of inferiority are not problems or diseases.

The Pursuit of Superiority

Sometimes we lose the courage to move forward and cling on to our current familiar state. We cannot accept the fact that our lives can be changed by making realistic efforts. When people give up without even trying and say things like” I am not that smart, so I won’t succeed. I am not that good looking enough so I won't be able to become an actor. I don’t have this so I can’t do that. I don't have A, so I can't do B. Inferiority complex is a serious condition where a person gives up without even trying.

What Is an inferiority complex?

I know you have gone down this road many times before so Let’s play this game again for the sake of this discussion. If only I were born as him or her or even in better financial circumstances, my life would be so much better. He or she has it so easy, Why am I the only one who is suffering?When you say if only I were him or her my life would have been so much better. It means that you’re not happy now, right? Say you could snap your fingers to become whoever you want to become, I bet you’d still feel the same way, not in the right body or circumstances.

If only I were born in better circumstances.

You’re so hung up on what you don’t have, that you forget how to make the most of what you have. It’s this perspective of lack or victim mentality that is stopping your growth. I am not saying there are no victims, there are definitely victims. So many terrible things happening all around the world. But With this mindset, you won’t be able to grow as a person. We waste so much of our time and energy by fixating on things that can never be changed. Why not focus on things that we can change. This leads me to one of my favourite quotes of all time.

Your Life Is Decided Here and Now

God grants me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to tell the difference.

This is when I had a major epiphany and I truly realized the real meaning of Self-acceptance. So self-acceptance is: It’s okay for you to be you, not just the way you’re.Because You could be so much more, you can be incomparably better across multi-dimension and in pursuing that better you will find the real meaning of life.

Self-acceptance

It is a tool which is of great use when you’re about to do something you have never done. Self-affirmation is making suggestions such as I can do it or I am strong even when I am not sure if I can or can’t.

Self-affirmation 

So I have heard people say this many times before that my only competition is with me, I only compete with myself but I never truly understood why someone wouldn’t wanna compete with anyone else. Actually, This phrase reflects the true meaning of self-acceptance and healthy feelings of inferiority.

I only compete with myself 

According to Adlerian psychology, A healthy feeling of inferiority doesn’t come from comparing yourself to others, but from comparing yourself to your ideal self. So Make a rule: I will not compare myself to others because it is unhealthy to do so.

Healthy feelings of inferiority

This is one of the reasons why you should have the best version of yourself in writing so you can compare and see, Am I there yet. Do this thing today when you’re free. Write down the best version of yourself, Be as specific as you can be like: My ideal self is Financially independent or Financially abundant, Highly skilled in such and such things, Fit in physique, He or she has this much money in his or her account, Family can rely on him or her. Whatever it is that you see in your best version of yourself, Write it down.

Best version of yourself

Because These ideas changed my whole perspective of life and I started making efforts towards my goals. This book answered a lot of my questions which several adults failed to answer correctly.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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A single book can change your life. Already an enormous bestseller in Asia, with more than 3 million copies sold, The Courage to be Disliked demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, it follows an illuminating conversation between a philosopher and a young man. The philosopher explains to his pupil how each of us is able to determine our own lives, free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It's a way of thinking that's deeply liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change, and to ignore the limitations that we and those around us can place on ourselves. The result is a book that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already read and benefited from its wisdom. Now that The Courage to be Disliked has been published for the first time in English, so can you

Ichiro KISHIMI Philosopher, Adlerian psychologist and translator of English and German languages. Born in 1956.M.A.in philosophy from Kyoto University. Director of the Japanese Society of Adlerian psychology. Former counselor at Maeda Clinic in Kyoto and has taught philosophy and ancient Greek at various institutions such as Kyoto University of Education and Nara Women's University. He presently teaches educational psychology and clinical psychology at Meiji School of Oriental Medicine in Suita, Osaka. Kishimi now has his own private counseling office in Kameoka, Kyoto, and devotes his time to giving lectures on Adlerian Psychology and child education.

Ichiro Kishimi

Fumitake Koga is an accomplished writer whose work has resonated with readers around the world. Fumitake Koga has published several books that explore a range of topics, from fiction to nonfiction, and has received critical acclaim for the ability to weave compelling narratives. Fumitake Koga's writing style is known for its depth and authenticity, and has earned quite a loyal following of readers.

Fumitake Koga

The Courage to Be Disliked

" Don’t let the past blackmail your present to ruin a beautiful future "

" When we understand ourselves well enough ... then it doesn't matter what others think about us ... not at all "

" Sometimes we choose a difficult path only because … we feel that to attain important things we need to choose a difficult path … we think that it’s important to punish ourselves … but why can’t we choose a simple path … what’s wrong with that … especically when we are not ready to face that difficult path "

" To feel safe you first need to remove all your fears "

" If we don’t take the steering wheel of our life in our own hands … thensomeone else will sit on the driver’s seat"

" A person who has the answer to every question is not a genius … a genius is a person who has the patience to get to every answer "

" Albert Einstein had said that … a person is mad when he does the same work everyday … but still expects the result to be different "

" In life when you see a pattern or a habit forming … then you should think about that very carefully … genius is about knowing when to stop "

" If you are not able to cry openly … then how will you laugh openly? "

" When we go to buy chairs we try many before buying one, so then what is the problem in looking for options while selecting a life partner? "

" We Are All Our Own Teachers in the School Of Life "

" Life is like a jigsaw puzzle … people like me can only help you in finding and connecting the puzzle pieces … but only you can complete the puzzle "

10 life hack dialogues from Dear Zindagi which will make your life easier

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12 life inspirational quotes which will make your life easier

"If you struggle with procrastination, read this"

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Concentrate on forming habits by taking small steps forward everyday. If you want to finish a 500 page book. Start by reading 10 pages daily, not 100 pages daily.

Strategies to overcome procrastination: 

Force yourself to start and to make the first step. The hardest step is always the first step. Once you take the first step you forget about procrastination and the job gets done. I definitely recommend reading about the timeboxing technique.

2.  Just start working

Take regular breaks throughout the day<ul><li>walk, </li><li>stretch, </li><li>eat, </li><li>water, </li><li>nap</li><li> Find your peak productive hours and push yourself. When your energy is getting low take those breaks.</li></ul>

3. Consider your energy levels 

<ul><li>Get enough rest (7 – 8 hours), </li><li>eat a healthy diet,</li><li> exercise a few times a week, </li><li>drink enough water, etc. </li><li>Low energy typically leads to procrastination.</li></ul>

4. Find ways to have more energy

Trying to get it perfect will lead to procrastination, and understanding that nothing will ever be perfect will help you beat procrastination. By breaking the habit you will go to places you would have never imagined before.

6. Make sure perfectionism isn't holding you back

LLists will help you feel like you're doing something, and crossing something off as "DONE" will keep you motivated. Making a list will reduce the risk that you forget to do something.

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Just take the steps to see the magic of change

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The greatest ideas are the simplest. Now there was something to be done they worked with passion”

“People don’t help much.”

“Thought was a valuable thing, that got results.”

“There is nothing in it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but – being hunted, as if something’s behind you all the time in the jungle.”

Sucks to your ass-mar!”

“If faces were different when lit from above or below — what was a face? What was anything?”

These Lord of the Flies quotes show the importance of working together toward a common goal instead of fighting.

These Lord of the Flies quotes by William Golding with page numbers show the importance of working together toward a common goal instead of fighting.

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50 Lord of the Flies Quotes With Page Numbers by William Golding

Provided you get started today. Tomorrow will never come. Start right now. Learn as you go, you will never be ready. Baby steps.

1. Everything you are hoping to achieve, you can have. 

Do not let an unfortunate experience tarnish your character. To do injustice is to degrade yourself. Avoid it.

2. Live with honour. 

Cars and mansions are not the problem. Its how much value you assign to them. You can live in an estate and still have the mindset of a monk. Do not be attached to them. They are fleeting pleasures. Instead seek experiences that enrich you.

3. Do not reject materialism. 

Anybody who is judging you is desperately trying to keep his flaws from peeking out from the shadows. This does not mean you don't judge people. Evaluate based on what they bring to the table.

Everybody Does

To be consistent you need to consistently work for something. You cannot float around doing bits and hope for rigidity. This will fail. Have a goal and consistently work towards it.

5. To have stability in life you need a stable goal. 

Don't compare We can't evaluate a Bird capacity by her swiming talent Everybody has different natural traits

Golden Words By Our Elde

Men in your 20s, 30s, and 40s,

Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. And that means getting started is the hardest part.

Use your ritual as an on-ramp for the bigger behavior and habits you want to build into your life. When you master the ability to mindlessly initiate the tasks that are important to you, it's not necessary to rely on motivation and willpower to make them happen.

If you focus on the ritual, the next step follows more automatically.



James Clear on How to Be Motivated Every Day

Twyla Tharp uses rituals and routines to master her motivation. You can borrow her strategies to be motivated every day with the perfect morning routine.

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How to Be Motivated Every Day: Lessons Learned from Twyla Tharp

There were no words to describe the iPhone, or Notion or Snapchat. No categories fit, no features do them justice. The early adopters can only say things like “Just try it, it’s the future.”While the inability to describe a product is considered a problem, it may also signal something truly remarkable. If the words already exist to describe something new then maybe it is not truly that novel after all.

Cool Products can't really be explained

Maybe clear explanations are not the mark of great products. Much Zen...

From the iPhone to Snapchat and Notion—when words escape us

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"Disregard the Words": How to describe innovation

If we put the decisions on a 2x2 based on stakes & urgency:<ul><li>Low stakes&urgency: Decide without me. Ur job is to help establish missions, not to micromanage.</li><li>Low stakes, but urgent: Inform on progress. Watching project develop without you. </li><li>High stakes, no urgency: Propose for approval. Most approvals can be addressed in our quarterly planning meetings.</li><li>High stakes&urgency: Escalate immediately. These include scenarios where there are major risks to the strategic plan, changes in governance, shifts in the market, threats to data security or physical security etc.</li></ul>

How to help your team make decisions

Interesting framework on making decisions inside of the team. 

Categorizing decisions by riskiness and urgency helps clarify when to involve higher-ups.

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How Effective Leaders Decide About Deciding

Habits are what can help us in shaping our future. Good habits can build us however bad ones can destroy us. Here are some strategies to leave bad ones.

Strategies for Eliminating bad Habits

A teacher and his young pupil were wandering in a forest. The teacher asked his pupil to pull up the sapling which was just sprouting from the ground. The pupil pulled it easily. The teacher again asked the pupil to pull up the sapling which was knee-high to the boy. With a little effort, the pupil pulled that too. Ultimately, the teacher asked to pull up a mighty oak which was so tall that the boy could not see the top. The pupil seeing this told that it is impossible."My boy, you just demonstrated the power that habits will have over your life!" the teacher exclaimed. The older they are,...

Short story

the bigger they get, the deeper the roots grow and the harder they are to uproot. Some get so big with roots, so deep, you might hesitate to even try."

Aristotle said, "We are what we do repeatedly."There was a man riding a horse. It seemed he was in a great hurry. A man standing alongside the roadside yelled, "where are you going?" The rider replied, "I don't know. Ask the horse."This is the story of most people. We don't know what we are doing. We perform in auto-pilot mode based on our habits, not knowing what we are doing. Thus, it is high time to be in control.

Creatures of Habit

Successful people aren't necessarily intelligent or more talented. It is their habit that moves them towards becoming more informed, more knowledgeable, better skilled and well-prepared.

Habits define us

According to psychologists, 95% of everything we feel, think and do is a result of learned habits. We are born with instincts but not with habits. Habits are learned during the course of time. Since habits are learned they can be unlearned too.Here are some strategies to unlearn bad habits<ol><li>Identify Your Triggers</li><li>Clean House</li><li>Swap It</li></ol>

Game changers

Look at your list of bad habits and identify what triggers them. Figure out who, what, where and when for each bad habit.<ul><li>Do you smoke or drink a lot when you are with certain people?</li><li>Is there a particular time when you crave something like alcohol, nicotine, sweets and so on?</li><li>What situations force you to your bad habits?</li></ul>Take a closer look and note all these triggers.

Identify Your Triggers

Seriously, clean your house. If you want to stop drinking alcohol, remove every drop of it from your house. If you want to stop watching TV, cancel all your cable and Netflix subscriptions.Get rid of all those that enable your bad habits.

Clean House

Can you replace your bad habits with good ones? Think once.The author's sister-in-law had a habit of consuming crunchy and salty junk food while watching TV. She would consume a whole bag of chips while watching. When she got aware of this, she pondered and found out she enjoyed the crunchy sensation in her mouth. She then decided to replace a bag of chips with crunching carrots.

Swap It

At a certain point in time, we develop bad habits, which are harmful to us and we need to remove those bad habits. These ideas tell us how to unlearn and remove bad habits.

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, based on the principle that little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. No gimmicks. No Hyperbole. No Magic Bullet. The Compound Effect is a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond. This easy-to-use, step-by-step operating system allows you to multiply your success, chart your progress, and achieve any desire. If you're serious about living an extraordinary life, use the power of The Compound Effect to create the success you want. You will find strategies including: How to win--every time! The No. 1 strategy to achieve any goal and triumph over any competitor, even if they're smarter, more talented or more experienced. Eradicating your bad habits (some you might be unaware of!) that are derailing your progress. The real, lasting keys to motivation--how to get yourself to do things you don't feel like doing. Capturing the elusive, awesome force of momentum. Catch this, and you'll be unstoppable. The acceleration secrets of superachievers. Do they have an unfair advantage? Yes they do, and now you can too!

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, based on the principle that little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. No gimmicks. No Hyperbole. No Magic Bullet. The Compound Effect is a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond. This easy-to-use, step-by-step operating system allows you to multiply your success, chart your progress, and achieve any desire. If you're serious about living an extraordinary life, use the power of The Compound Effect to create the success you want. You will find strategies including: <ul><li>How to win--every time! The No. 1 strategy to achieve any goal and triumph over any competitor, even if they're smarter, more talented or more experienced.</li><li>Eradicating your bad habits (some you might be unaware of!) that are derailing your progress.</li><li>The real, lasting keys to motivation--how to get yourself to do things you don't feel like doing.</li><li>Capturing the elusive, awesome force of momentum. Catch this, and you'll be unstoppable.</li><li>The acceleration secrets of superachievers. Do they have an unfair advantage? Yes they do, and now you can too! </li></ul>

Darren Hardy is an American author, keynote speaker, advisor, and former publisher of SUCCESS magazine. Hardy is a New York Times best-selling author, who wrote The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, Living Your Best Year Ever and The Compound Effect. 

Darren Hardy

The Compound Effect

By the time you finish reading, you’ll have a framework for reading at different levels that you can apply right away.How We Learn To ReadI bet you already know how to read a book. You were taught in elementary school.But do you know how to read well?There is a difference between reading for understanding and reading for information. If you’re like most people, you probably haven’t given much thought to how you read. And how you read makes a massive difference to knowledge accumulation.

The Ultimate Guide to read a book
by Mortimer Adler

A lot of people confuse knowing the name of something with understanding. While great for exercising your memory, the regurgitation of facts without solid understanding and context gains you little in the real world.A useful heuristic: Anything easily digested is reading for information. Consider the newspaper, are you truly learning anything new? Do you consider the writer your superior when it comes to knowledge of the subject? The odds are probably not. That means you’re reading for information. It means you’re likely to parrot an opinion that isn’t yours as if you had done the work.

This is how most people read. But most people aren’t really learning anything new. It’s not going to give you an edge, make you better at your job, or allow you to avoid problems. Learning something insightful requires mental work. It’s uncomfortable. If it doesn’t hurt, you’re not learning. You need to find writers who are more knowledgeable on a particular subject than you. By narrowing the gap between the author and yourself, you get smarter.

“Marking a book is literally an experience of yourdifferences or agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay him.”

Mortimer Adler literally wrote the book on reading. Adler identifies four levels of reading: 1. Elementary Reading2. Inspectional Reading3. Analytical Reading4. Syntopical Reading

The Four Levels of Reading

The goal of reading determines how you read. Reading the latest Danielle Steel novel is not the same as reading Plato. If you’re reading for entertainment or information, you’re going to read a lot differently (and likely different material) than reading to increase understanding. While many people are proficient in reading for information and entertainment, few improve their ability to read for knowledge.

How You Read Matches Why You’re Reading

Before we can improve our reading skills, we need to understand the differences in the reading levels. They are thought of as levels because you can’t move to a higher level without a firm understanding of the previous one — they are cumulative.

This is the level of reading taught in our elementary schools. If you’re reading this website, you already know how to do this.

1. Elementary Reading

We’ve been taught that skimming and superficial reading are bad for understanding. That is not necessarily the case. Using these tools effectively can increase understanding. Inspectional reading allows us to look at the author’s blueprint and evaluate the merits of a deeper reading experience. There are two sub-types of inspectional reading:<ul><li>Systematic skimming</li><li>Superficial reading</li></ul>

2. Inspectional Reading

Systematic skimming — This is meant to be a quick check of the book by(1) reading the preface;(2) studying the table of contents;(3) checking the index; and(4) reading the inside jacket.This should give you sufficient knowledge to understand the chapters in the book, pivotal to the author’s argument. Dip in here and there, but never with more than a paragraph or two. Skimming helps you reach a decision point: Does this book deserve more of my time and attention? If not, you put it down.

Superficial reading — This is when you just read. Don’t ponder the argument, don’t look things up, don’t write in the margins. If you don’t understand something, move on.What you gain from this quick read will help you later when you go back and put more effort into reading. You now come to another decision point. Now that you have a better understanding of the book’s contents and its structure, do you want to understand it? Inspectional reading gives you the gist of things. Sometimes that’s all we want or need. But sometimes we want more. Sometimes we want to understand.

Francis Bacon once remarked, “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”You can think of analytical reading as doing that chewing and digesting. This is doing the work. Analytical reading is a thorough reading. If inspectional reading is the best you can do quickly, this is the best reading you can do given time.At this point, you start to engage your mind and dig into the work required to understand what’s being said.

3. Analytical Reading

There are four rules to Analytical Reading:<ul><li>Classify the book according to kind and subject matter.</li><li>State what the whole book is about with the utmost brevity.</li><li>Enumerate its major parts in their order and relation, and outline these parts as you have outlined the whole.</li><li>Define the problem or problems the author is trying to solve.</li></ul> You’ll probably notice that while those sound pretty easy, they involve a lot of work. Luckily the inspectional reading you’ve already done has primed you for this.

After an inspectional read, you will understand the book and the author’s views. But that doesn’t mean you’ll understand the broader subject. To do that, you need to use comparative reading to synthesize knowledge from several books on the same subject.

This is also known as comparative reading, and it represents the most demanding and difficult reading of all. Syntopical Reading involves reading many books on the same subject and comparing and contrasting ideas, vocabulary, and arguments. This task is undertaken by identifying relevant passages, translating the terminology, framing and ordering the questions that need answering, defining the issues, and having a conversation with the responses. The goal is not to achieve an overall understanding of any particular book, but rather to understand the subject and develop a deep fluency.

4. Syntopical Reading

This is all about identifying and filling in your knowledge gaps. There are five steps to syntopical reading: 1. Finding the Relevant Passages — You need to find the right books and then the passages that are most relevant to filling your needs. So the first step is an inspectional reading of all the works that you have identified as relevant.

2. Bringing the Author to Terms — In analytical reading, you must identify the keywords and how they are used by the author. This is fairly straightforward. The process becomes more complicated now as each author has probably used different terms and concepts to frame their argument. Now the onus is on you to establish the terms. Rather than using the author’s language, you must use your own. In short, this is an exercise in translation and synthesis.

3. Getting the Questions Clear — Rather than focus on the problems the author is trying to solve, you need to focus on the questions that you want to be answered. Just as we must establish our own terminology, so too must we establish our own propositions by shedding light on the problems to which the authors provide answers. It’s important to frame the questions in such a way that all or most of the authors can be interpreted as providing answers. Sometimes we might not get an answer to our questions because they might not have been seen as questions by the authors.

4. Defining the Issues — If you’ve asked a clear question to which there are multiple answers then an issue has been defined. Opposing answers, now translated into your terms, must be ordered in relation to one another. Understanding multiple perspectives on an issue helps you form an intelligent opinion.

5. Analyzing the Discussion — It’s presumptuous to expect we’ll find a single unchallenged truth to any of our questions. Our answer is the conflict of opposing answers. The value is the discussion you have with these authors. You can now have an informed opinion.

Reading is all about asking the right questions in the right order and seeking answers.There are four main questions you need to ask of every book:<ul><li>What is this book about?</li><li>What is being said in detail, and how?</li><li>Is this book true in whole or in part?</li><li>What of it?</li></ul> If all of this sounds like hard work, you’re right. Most people won’t do it. That’s what sets you apart :)

Becoming a Demanding Reader

This book explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them. It's masterfully done.

How to Read a Book

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