Truly thoughts are things and powerful things when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a Burning Desire for their translation into riches, or other material objectives.

The Power of Thought

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.

Three Feet From Gold

Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning.

One sound idea is all that one needs to achieve success.When riches begin to come they come so quickly, in such great abundance, that one wonders where they have been hiding during all those lean years.One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible." He knows all the rules which will not work. He knows all the things which cannot be done.

Lesson In Persistence

<ul><li>Success comes to those who become Success Conscious.</li><li>Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become Failure Conscious.</li></ul>

Success-Failure

Desire: Knowing what one wants. We can accumulate riches in great abundance, we must magnetize our minds with an intense desire for riches, and we must become "money conscious" until the Desire for money drives us to create definite plans for acquiring it.

Desire

You are "the master of your fate, the captain of your soul."

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Consider if you are reading a novel, a play, an expository work. It may sound simple, but it is not. For example, is Gone with the Wind a romance or history of the south? Any book that consists mainly of opinions, theories or speculations conveys knowledge and is an expository work. It is also important to know in which way a book is instructive. For example, a book on physics does not deal with a problem the same way as a book on morals. The best way to do this is with inspectional reading.

Know what you are reading

Practical books tell you how to do something you want to do or should do, along with an argument for the right way of doing it. Theoretical books are concerned with something to be seen or understood. It teaches you that something is true.

Practical vs. theoretical books

Every book has a structure that should be understood. There is a difference between a pile of bricks and a single house. A book is like a single house. It is made up of different rooms, sizes, shapes, outlooks, uses. Each major part has an amount of independence. A good book, like a good house, have a great structure. <ul><li>Say what the whole book is about as briefly as possible.</li><li>Then, set forth the major parts of the book, show how they are organised into a whole.</li></ul>

Blueprints

The author may or may not tell you what the questions were that caused him to produce his work. It is your task as a reader to formulate the questions as accurately as you can. You should be able to state the main question the book tries to answer and be able to state the subordinate questions if the main question is complex with many parts.

Find out what the authors problems were

There are four levels to reading. This article deals with the third level: analytical reading.

The first rule of analytical reading is that you must know what kind of book you are reading.

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Analytical Reading

Warren Buffett describes his day as “I just sit in my office and read all day.” Reading more is a common ambition. But how do we do it? And what should we do with all that information once we have it?

Reading more

The average adult reads 300 words per minute. Speed readers read 1,500 per minute. But reading faster is not always the right solution to reading more. Some reports state that speed reading or skimming leads to forgotten details and poor retention. Comprehension and reading for pleasure are more important, yet bumping up your words per minute while still maintaining reading comprehension can help to supercharge your reading routine.

Supercharge your reading

Tim Ferriss describes two techniques for reading faster: <ol><li>Using a pen as a tracker and pacer, the same way people would move their finger back and forth across a line as they read.</li><li>Start reading each new line at least three words in from the first word of the line, then end at least three words in from the last word.</li></ol> The first technique leads you into the second technique.

Read for Speed

A Pew Research study found that the average person reads 17 books a year. 19 per cent of Americans don't read any books. The average person spends 35 hours watching TV every week, some of which could be spent reading books.

Make time to read more

Train your brain with impressions, association, and repetition. <ul><li>Impression: Be impressed with the text. Stop and imagine a scene in your mind, adding elements to strengthen the impression.</li><li>Association: Link the text to something you are already familiar with.</li><li>Repetition will help you to remember more. For example, you can re-read a certain passage, highlight it or write it down, then return to it again later.</li></ul>

Three ways to remember what you read

There are four levels of reading, each step building on the previous step. <ol><li>Elementary reading is what you did in school.</li><li>Inspectional reading takes two forms: A quick read or skimming of the book's preface, table of contents, index and side jacket.</li><li>Analytical reading helps with the context and understanding of the book.</li><li>Syntopical reading means that you read books on the same subject and challenge and contrast them.</li></ol> Reading on an analytical and syntopical level will help cement the impression of the book in your mind and help develop associations with other books.

Focus on the four levels of reading

Books are an investment in a future of learning. <ul><li>Bookmark your favourite passages.</li><li>Take notes.</li><li>Write a review.</li><li>Return to your notes periodically.</li></ul>

Takes good notes

Get this practical guide on how to read more books, more quickly and more often, and how to retain the information that you read.

The Best Way to Read a Book

Don’t be a greedy reader.Try focusing on one syory at a time. Avoid switching to another book if you had a rough patch on your current read.If you’re no longer enjoying reading it, don’t feel guilty of abandoning it. There is no book police roaming around anyways 😉Find another book you’re interested in.

One Book At A Time

Internet is the single biggest procastinating tool nowadays. You might want to have a quick browse in Facebook and suddenly, five hours have passed.Set an internet-free time and use that time to reconnect with reading. You’ll find pleasure in the page when you step away from the screen.

Go Offline And Schedule Reading Time

Maybe you liked a particular author that made you started reading in the first place? Or a certain story may have been stuck with you even you already finished the book.Revisit an old favorite book to rediscover the magic. Even it has to be a book from your childhood.

Try The “Classics”

You can set an hour or two and go head to your nearest bookstore and don’t forget to grab your favorite cup of coffee.Wander around, look for their best read for the month and chat to the bookstore employees on what they’re reading.Being surrounded by books can be a shortcut from escaping your reading slump.

Hang Out In A Bookstore

Sometimes, a little company in reading can be a cure on your slump.Go join some book clubs or team up with a friend and talk about a book together.

Have A “Reading Buddy

Watching a movie then reading the book where the story was based from and then comparing the storyline and details is a good cure on reading slump.If you are extra committed, you can read the boon BEFORE seeing the movie.

See A ‘Book-To-Movie’ Adaptations

Audio readers can be a great alternative if you are struggling to enjoy reading but you miss to be around books or if you are having a lot of things to do on your plate.Trying audiobooks is perfect while doing mundane tasks. 👍

Try Audiobooks

If it is getting stale and the feeling of little too familiar, why not try a new genre?Variety is the spice of life. So don’t be afraid to put it also in reading!Experiment on recommendations from friends and family.

Genre Hopping

I can attest to these tips on surviving a reading slump!

Can't remember the last time you picked up a book? Here are 8 quick and easy ways to reignite your love for reading.

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8 Ways To Get Out Of A Reading Slump - Lifehack

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Read 2-3 books simultaenously. </li></ul>Don't go more than 3, you won't finish any.<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Swap between books when one of them leads to a dry patch.</li></ul>Stop at suspenseful blocks and switch to next book. It makes you want to come back and read more. ; )#happyreading #booklovers

How to read more books in a short time 

<ul><li>Have at least 1 book for academic interest of the three.</li></ul>Reading just for stories without learning is as good as watching movies.<ul><li>Read everyday....</li></ul>Dont take long vacations that you're lost

<ul><li>Savour the journey instead of reading for the count of books.</li></ul>What is the fun if you read a 100 books and enjoyed none. Each b book is a world in itself, and the world is limited by your imagination.<ul><li>Don't be loyal to the book, throw it if it doesn't interest you.</li></ul>Book isn't your girlfriend. Move on.

<ul><li>Dont judge a book by its cover. Walk a mile with the author before you decide.</li></ul>Some slow starters shake the show....

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