If you wish to get the most out of a book, there is one indispensable requirement, one essential infinitely more important than any rule or technique. Unless you have this one fundamental requisite, a thousand rules on how to study will avail little. And if you do have this cardinal endowment, then you can achieve wonders without reading any suggestions for getting the most out of a book.What is this magic requirement? Just this: a deep, driving desire to learn, a vigorous determination to increase your ability to deal with people.

Rule 1: Develop a deep, driving desire to master the principles!

How can you develop such an urge? By constantly reminding yourself how important these principles are to you. Picture to yourself how their mastery will aid you in leading a richer, fuller, happier and more fulfilling life. Say to yourself over and over: “My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people.”

Rule 1 (Continued)

Read each chapter rapidly at first to get a bird’s-eye view of it. You will probably be tempted then to rush on to the next one. But don’t—unless you are reading merely for entertainment. But if you are reading because you want to increase your skill in human relations, then go back and reread each chapter thoroughly. In the long run, this will mean saving time and getting results.

Rule 2: Read each chapter twice before going on to the next one!

Stop frequently in your reading to think over what you are reading. Ask yourself just how and when you can apply each suggestion. Note them down for future references!!

Rule 3: As you read, stop frequently to ask yourself!!

Read with a crayon, pencil, pen, magic marker or highlighter in your hand. When you come across a suggestion that you feel you can use, draw a line beside it. If it is a four-star suggestion, then underscore every sentence or highlight it, or mark it with “****.” Marking and underscoring a book makes it more interesting and far easier to review rapidly.

Ruke 4: Underscore each important idea!!

If you want to get a real, lasting benefit out of any book, don’t imagine that skimming through it once will suffice. After reading it thoroughly, you ought to spend a few hours reviewing it every month. Keep it on your desk in front of you every day. Glance through it often. Keep constantly impressing yourself with the rich possibilities for improvement that still lie in the offing. Remember that the use of these principles can be made habitual only by a constant and vigorous campaign of review and application. There is no other way.

Rule 5: Review this book each month!!

Bernard Shaw once remarked: “If you teach a man anything, he will never learn.” Shaw was right. Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. So, if you desire to master the principles you are studying in this book, do something about them. Apply these rules at every opportunity. If you don’t you will forget them quickly. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.

Rule 6: Apply these principles at every opportunity!!

Offer your spouse, your child or some business associate a dime or a dollar every time he or she catches you violating a certain principle. Make a lively game out of mastering these rules.

Rule 7: Make a lively game out of your learning!!

Maintain a notes book in which you should record your triumphs in the application of these principles. Be specific. Give names, dates, results. Keeping such a record will inspire you to greater efforts; and how fascinating these entries will be when you chance upon them some evening years from now!

Rule 8: Keep notes on how you have applied these principles!!

Personal Growth

8 Rules To Get Most Out Of Book

“A goal is a dream with a deadline."

The huge majority of us don’t have even the slightest idea of where to start to make our dreams come true. Most people overestimate what they can do in a month and under-estimate what they can do in a year. If you go one step at a time and remain flexible, then over time you can achieve things that you couldn’t even imagine before. And the funny thing is: It’s not even about reaching the end goals; it’s about the person you become in the process. The journey is more important than the destination – and also in goal setting!

The journey is more important than the destination!!

Before starting the change process, you have to be clear about your goals. Then break them down in small achievable action steps and make a list of all the steps that you will take to get there. Calculate how long it will take you. Don't forget to set a deadline for each action step and goal. Don’t worry if you don’t reach the goal by the exact date you set; it’s just a way of focusing on the goal and creating a sense of urgency.

Break You Goals Into Steps And Set A Deadline!!

1) When you write them down, you declare to your mind, that out of the 50000 to 60000 thoughts you have a day, THIS ONE written down is the most important.2) You start concentrating and focusing on the activities that bring you closer to your goal. You also start taking better decisions about the thing you are doing in this moment is really the best use of your time.3) Having a look at your written goals everyday forces you to act and helps you to prioritize your actions for the day by asking yourself questions such as “In this moment, is doing what I’m doing bringing me closer to my goals?”

It’s important to write down your goals for various reasons:

When pursuing your goals, reward yourself for the effort put in, and not just for the results. Self-punishment is not allowed! Keep in mind that you are much further than you were a week or a month ago.

Reward Yourself!!

• Put a little card with your goals written on it in your wallet and reconnect 4-5 times daily.• It’s very beneficial to have a to-do list. Put your action steps on it, as well as the time it takes to do the task as and put the deadlines for each task. • Balance your goals (physical, economic, social, professional, family, spiritual).

Tips!!

1) What do you want your life to look like in 10 years? There are no limits! Go big!2) What do you have to have achieved in 5 years to get closer to your goal in 10 years?3) What do you have to have achieved in 1 year to get closer to your goal in 5 years?4) What do you have to have achieved in 3 months to get closer to your 1-year-goal?5) What are the things that can you do NOW to reach your 3 month goal? Write down at least three things and TAKE ACTION!

Question To Ask Yourself!!

Write down your goals and achieve them!

Most wealthy people I know, became so because of having a fulfilling steady job.We don't talk about them because we salivate on the startup billionaires, of which there are only so many. Consistent Salary + Investing = Wealth

Lie 1: You cannot become  wealthy through a job.

A startup isn't for everyone.I have met the most ambitious, committed, driven professionals who derive joy from their jobs. They would make terrible entrepreneurs.It is this awareness that makes them successful.

Lie 2: You are unambitious if you are an employee.

In a corporate job, you learn structure, you learn planning, you learn systems, you learn processes. Most importantly, you learn how individual contribution across multiple teams, moves a large engine.

Lie 3: If you are young, you only learn working in 

Most people who I know are immensely happy with their job rarely claim to be working for someone else.They are working towards the larger goal of the organization.And they feel proud to be contributing towards that.

Lie 4: You can never be happy working for someone else.

Humans, are political.We love to gossip, we love to guard our own territory and we do not like being proven wrong.The key then is to find an organization (and several exist), where merit is more important than who or what you know!

Lie 5: All workplaces are political.

It will be such a tragedy if you believe so.Instead, avoid organization that play zero-sum games. That say, "in order for you to win, someone else will have to lose."Work at places where competition is considered a healthy trait.

Lie 6: Don't make friends at your workplace.

Experience is important. More important though is attitude and curiosity, because that ensures that you can gather experience in any new field, if you have to.If without experience, bank on your attitude and curiosity.

Lie 7: Experience is the only thing that matters.

No one is too important.Everyone can be dispensed.Don't ever get entitled.Don't ever get comfortable.Keep learning. Keep asking questions. Keep exploring.

Lie 8: "My company will never fire me. I am too important."

Not true. Hard work without direction, is work wasted.Focus on the direction and results of your work, just as much as you focus on the intensity of it.And showcase that work.Not just through talking. Through its impact.

Lie 9: Hard work is always rewarded.

9 lies the world feeds us about jobs!!

“Most of the time multitasking is an illusion. You think you are multitasking, but in -reality you're actually wasting time switching from one task to another.”

DO one thing at a time! The newest studies show that multitasking is actually less productive than doing one thing at a time with a concentrated effort. Some studies even imply that it makes you slower and – careful now – dumber!

DO one thing at a time! 

Even if you think you are multitasking you are actually doing one thing at a time, aren’t you? You might have five tasks on your hands, but I’m sure you don’t do all five things at the same time. You are writing an e-mail. You stop writing it and take a phone call. You hang up and continue writing the e-mail. A colleague comes to you with a question. You stop writing your e-mail and answer the question and so on. So forget about multitasking. Focus on doing one thing at a time and do it with concentration!!

Focus on doing one thing at a time and do it with concentration!

Multitasking is a lie

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

If you want to improve your life, the first thing you have to do is improve your thoughts. Your thoughts create your reality so you better have them under control! By controlling your thoughts, ultimately you control your life and your destiny.

Improve your Thoughts!!

Positive thinking is to see reality as it is, accept it, and make the best of it.Think positive! A positively thinking person is not a dreamer, who thinks there are no problems in life. Instead he or she recognizes that problems are opportunities to grow, and knows that they only have the meaning that they are given.

Always Thinking Positive!!

Don’t let your thoughts dominate you, instead dominate your thoughts and control their quality. Train your mind to concentrate only on positive, creative, and inspiring thoughts. If you train your mind like this for a while you will see that the circumstances of your life change too. You are the creator of your thoughts, but you are not your thoughts. Your thoughts are energy and the energy follows the thought. Thoughts create emotions, which create behavior, which create actions, and those actions have consequences in your daily life.

Dominate Your Thoughts!!

Try to have no negative thoughts for 48 hours. Block them from the first moment and substitute them with positive thoughts of love, peace, and compassion. Even if it seems difficult at the beginning, hang in there. It gets easier. Then try this for 5 days, and finally a week. What has changed in your life since you started thinking positively?

Action Step!!

Choose Your Thoughts

“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.”

Self-discipline is doing the things you need to do, even if you are not in the mood for it.Self-discipline is like a muscle. The more you train it, the better you get. If your self-discipline is weak right now, start training it by setting yourself small, reachable goals. Write down the success you have and keep in mind that you don't have limits - only the ones you set for yourself.

What Is "Self-discipline" ?

Take your commitments seriously! Because not keeping your commitments has a terrible consequence: you lose energy, you lose clarity, you get confused along the way to your goals, and even worse you lose self-confidence, and your self-esteem takes a hit!

What is your word worth?

Visualize the benefits you will have at the end of the road: For example if you want to go running at 6 a.m. in the morning and you just don't seem to make it out of bed - imagine how good you will feel when you are at the fitness level that you want to be at and how great you will look.

Visualize the benefits

<ol><li>In what areas are you lacking self-discipline at the moment? Be completely honest.</li><li>What benefits will you obtain if you had more self-discipline?</li><li>What will be your first step towards reaching your goal?</li><li>Write down your plan of action in small steps. Give yourself deadlines.</li><li>How will you know you've reached your goal of having more self-discipline in _______?</li></ol>

Time to take action! Ask yourself the following questions:

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Bite-sized knowledge
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Vallabh Panigrahi
@vallabh2003

8 Rules To Get Most Out Of Book

Write down your goals and achieve them!

9 lies the world feeds us about jobs!!

Multitasking is a lie

Choose Your Thoughts

Bite-sized knowledgeto upgradeyour career

Vallabh Panigrahi@vallabh2003

8 Rules To Get Most Out Of Book

Write down your goals and achieve them!

9 lies the world feeds us about jobs!!

Multitasking is a lie

Choose Your Thoughts

Bite-sized knowledge
to upgrade
your career

Vallabh Panigrahi
@vallabh2003