How To Learn Faster - Read 5 Books Simultaneously - Tai Lopez
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- Опубликовано: 1 мар 2015
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If you want to learn faster you have to experiment with different 'modes' of reading and learning. One of my favorites is the 'gulping' approach, where you bounce around between 4 or 5 books all in one sitting. This takes advantage of what Steven Johnson in his book, "Where Good Ideas Come From," calls "negative quarter-power scaling." This means reading twice the books doesn't just give you twice the knowledge - it's exponential - it gives you 3 or 4 times the mental growth...
I wish I could put a book to my forehead and just absorb all the facts in a matter of seconds.
+Guru of Random for that you have to remove your brains and produce a robotic brain. its possible. cheers.
That's probably pretty much the only way.
I would go to the library and do that to every single book
+Guru of Random LOL ME TOO
lol Exactly!
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi
ghandi is a pussy
+ThePriince786 Gandhi*
about all you could learn from Ghandi is how to starve yourself, dislike black people and give underage girls enemas lol
👏👏👏👏
If i was going to live forever i wouldnt put all my efforts into learning, it should be to learn and live life to the fullest because both of those things aren't forever.
I've started doing this and i can honestly say that i've gotten so much faster and better at reading.
Its is true what he is saying about the ideas bumping into each other.
+Rute Leitao damn i wan bump into u gurl
+TheBawssThomas haha
:) :) :)
+Rute Leitao How long did it take you to improve your reading speed?
Rute Leitao glad to make u smile. I kid u not I'm listening to the temptations as I type this thinking of u.
When I "gulped," I was in a program called Job Corps. I was in the IT program.
The program offered CompTIA certifications (foundational IT stuff) for free. I asked my instructor what the fastest record was for the A+ cert and Net+ cert. And I said "I'll beat it." They kind of laughed at me and went "Wow, ok, this kid." but then 3 months later, I beat both records. And I work in IT now, for a public school system, at 19, youngest employee in the district, but after gulping information on real estate, business, investing, etc, I decided to go to seminars, groups for real estate and investing, and sought out a couple mentors, who mostly just gave me sort of lectures, if anything else, and I took notes, but it helped.
And now I'm looking into my first couple real estate properties, and creating an invention. And I will be quitting my job soon to invest and become an entrepreneur full time.
ACTION is what will break your barriers for real. Gulping and absorbing knowledge can prepare your for it, but deciding 'let's do it.' is the only thing that will get you places. And of course, sometimes you just read stuff for knowledge you'll use in the future, or just to learn it.
My amazon wishlist of books is pretty big, and involves many subjects. I probably won't get all the books, but I'll get a good chunk overtime. Use your resources, use your time wisely. I'm 19 now, and I can feel myself going far. You can too.
Ian that's so damn great! At 19 too! Don't get distracted, keep going and doing what you're doing.
Update:
I have taken a break from real estate and investing. It hit me that it's not what I really want to do. The invention is still in the air, because Stuff has been coming up in my personal life, but I start a new job where I will make over $45,000 a year, still 19, almost 20.
I still have my ideas and have done lots of research on how I could prototype my invention and make it into a business. I thought about starting it out as a tech service company, where I'll be a consultant and be an outsource for businesses.
Not as 'up' as I wanted to be, but I'm still climbing, believe that. Thanks for the positive comments.
Ian the Fifth code code code. all will be reduced to code. all of the it professions.
How far are you now? Still in school and simply getting a job a loan for a study and a house doesn't seem like my cup of tea. How did you realize you didn't want to follow tradition and do real-estate or become a investor/entrepreneur/not a Joe.
And on a side node you may spend time earning a lot of money but also take some time to spend it.
I love it that you “gulped” what Job Corps has to offer!!!! I worked at Tongue Pt Job Corps in Astoria some years ago in the dental clinic and I loved to see the students utilize all of the opportunities the program had available!!!! Great Job!
Reading "How to get rich","The richest man in Babylon, and "How to win friends and influence people". . . Thank you Tai!
1. how to win friends and influence people
2.48 laws of power
3. the art of seduction
4. the road less traveled
5. choose yourself
Powerful collection
Well finally, someone who is not afraid to call people stupid.
Thanks, very refreshing
Keep it up
1. The Power Of Habit
2. Drive
3. The 4-Hour Work Week
I'm an extremely slow reader. I can only read a book a week. It's hard to comprehend a bunch of material at once. You read a book a day, but how much of it are you actually retaining? I just try remembering the most important things, from each book. That's why I love how to win friends and influence people so much, at the end of each chapter they give a nice summary. When I review it, I can remember the chapter some what. As of right now, maybe it will change in the future. I read about 3 books at once. I'll have multiple reading sessions throughout the day. Usually about 4. 2 before I go to work, and 2 after. Because I only have a short period of time till I start getting bored or restless. About 10 pages per session, sometimes a little more, depending on the book. That takes me about 2hrs total. I study fitness, so I take notes and stay on each page for a while. I'll do that for 1 session, than the other 3 will be whatever. If you just read one book, it gets boring. You want variety.
+B9King937 Read a book at your comfortable pace. Your conscience will hunger for more and pick up speed and experience. That is the unique ability of our senses.
muffdriver69 My speed has not increased since I started reading everyday. Everyone keeps telling me that, but it literally has not changed. Warren buffet says he's an extremely slow reader, but he reads everyday.
B9King937 Don't get too carried away about speed. The more important thing is you read and you enjoy the book. I find speed reading destroys the enjoyment of the book. But there are techniques to speed read. For me, I speed read by jumping paragraphs, knowing what paragraph is about. Depends on the type of book. And "the more you learn, the more you earn..", no offense to Warren Buffet, but it depends on what you learn. e.g: Reading a book on practising the Neo-Nazi regime.. etc.. doesn't get you far in life. Just saying. The important thing is you have positive emotion and motivation.
muffdriver69 I only purchase books that will help me out in my life. Fitness, health, psychology, marketing, business, self-help, investing, etc. I do the jumping over paragraph technique every now and then. What I learned from reading, most books, can be shortened. You'll learn something valuable, than they spend pages upon pages shoving it down your throat. It gets to the "I know, I get how important it is" mood. I really like how to win friends and influence people. They tell you the overall lesson of the book, followed by a short story. Than they move onto their next point. Other books just DRAG. If a book is originally 300 pages, there's no reason they can't shorten that to at LEAST 250 pages.
Good point. Well said.
KNAAAAWLEDGE.
This video is so beautiful. What a fresh view of reading and learning. Thank you!
Appreciate Video! Apologies for chiming in, I am interested in your initial thoughts. Have you ever tried - Millawdon Future Ticket Trick (do a google search)? It is a smashing one of a kind guide for teaching children to read minus the normal expense. Ive heard some amazing things about it and my work buddy after many years got great success with it.
Just ordered 5 more books 5 mins ago.
1. Get Rich with Dividends
2. The Art of Raising Capital
3. The Lessons of History
4. Contrarian Investment Strategies
5. What Works on Wall Street
Any worth reading?
now get made in america-sam walton and think and grow rich napoleon hill!
OK.
sacred frames read napoleon hill. not the sam walton one. .good stuff
Cottage Cheese contrarian investment strategies was dope.
Dude I feel you I'm the same way. I'm the type where if i go to Barnes and Nobel I'm not just purchasing one book. There's a quote by Malcolm X where he says "People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book. The one book that really got me into reading was Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Once I read that book I just started thriving for knowledge. Then once you start reading daily you realize how much you don't know. The 3 books I'm currently reading are:
1.The Science of Mind - By Ernest Holmes
2.Succeed and Grow Rich Through Persuasion - By Napoleon Hill
3.Platform - By Michael Hyatt
This is definitely a challenge for me but I appreciate your insights. My three books are :
-Think and Grow Rich
-The Picture of Dorian Gray
-How to meet friends and influence people.
I have read them all but there are always incredible insights that I can get the second, third time round :)
I have always done this glad to see I am not alone in learning this way. I have read a chapter of a new book thought it was doing nothing for me and then months later I am reading a new book that I enjoy and it relates to the previous book I put down months ago, so I go back to it, enjoy it in a new way, and learn from it. It reminds me of the quote, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Keep reading and keep learning!
I'm 22, and in the midst of switching my lifestyle from negative to positive, i forgot how much I loved reading as a child, and ur videos and book recommendations have helped alot,i learned instead of investing in myself, i was poisoning myself, I'm glad to say that my mind is at the clearest it's been, in no small part from these lessons, for that I thank you
I´m going to read The Bible, God´s not dead and Live Love Lead! Thanks Tai!
he was very blunt and bruque when he called people dumb and stupid out there I fully believe this I hate to just sit and read pointless stuff I want to get to the goodies spare myself time. Because like you said we dont have time, ,energy, and health those things aren't static they can change at anytime, no time to waist, im only 14 but reading like this has helped me in more ways than one, one being reading, I didnt like to read till I did this thanks to TAI LOPEZ the guy who went from couch to Lamborghini, trailer to Hollywood hills, guts to glory!! :-)
+Zackeus Taylor keep up the reading. especially if you are young it is great. i started young too and got a library card and it was a blast. when you go to high school and college it gets really hard and busy. reading for me is important to learn things from others as is education so reading can expand your mind and you can learn what not to do and what to do to be happy or succeed. keep up the reading and i know people like to think readers are nerds but don't let that mess you up because you will do the things and be more intellectual that them.
I am 20 years old, and I really started to learn a lot when I joined a startup. I think the amount of knowledge learned in the 1st two months was exponential for me. Because as a startup, you have a limited number of people, and thus you become a big part of the organization. As a result, you learn how to code, how to work with others, how to motivate, and a lot more. That year was really life changing for me.
1. The Righteous Mind - Jonathan Haidt
2. The Poisoner's Handbook - Deborah Blum
3. The Buddha Walks Into the Office - Lodro Rinzler
4. The Organized Mind - Daniel J. Levitin
Trying a technique where I focus about 10 minutes at a time on each book and rotate through them
I just started the "book a day" recipe from the 67 steps. I checked out 5 books from the University library, and the librarian was stunt because she was trying to figure out how I was going to read all those books in a week. My training starts today.
I just read ``Read Right to Lead Right`` it talks about effective and efficient ways to get the most out of what you read. Such as making lot's of notes in the books you read. So library books aren't the greatest. Used book stores are golden tho. You can get a lot of good books for cheap and if you're lucky you can find some with past readers notes so that you can not only learn from the author but also from past readers.
I'm going to try that, thanks. I've been doing audio books and podcasts that summarize books and interview the actual authors for those books. Check out Jocko willink and Joe Rogan just to name a couple. Let me know if you have anymore tips.
hi bro,has 67 steps helped u in personal and professional
Hey tai, like many others I found from your Google ad, then I watched your tedx talk, and now I've watched almost all of your videos. Thanks to you I've started reading as much as I can. I'm only an eight grader, so I'm just starting to read high school level books like grapes of wrath. As I get in to high school though, I want to start reading more "helpful" books, because it seems like that what you usually read. Although grapes of wrath as I'm currently reading is a sort of inspiration from hard work. Idk why people are calling you a scam, I plan on buying your book myself in a few months or so, but I've seen your Instagram and your RUclips videos seem legit too. Anyways your kind of an intangible mentor for me, since can just go on your RUclips. and it's awesome that your putting this stuff out so thanks
No Chill Don I'm so glad you never once in your life thought to read until a RUclips ad told you to read...I mean, why read when you can waste hours a day watching pointless drivel made by untalented nincompoops on RUclips, right? It's your kind of people that is this guys marks: people who've been terrified of books and knowledge their entire lives.
MattrickBT Dude, we're talking about an eighth grader here. Society conditions people to loathe books, this kid's making an active effort against that, so honestly: good on him.
Great Vid
I am in the exact same position as you don, im josh going into 9th grade and countlessly passing across his ad and now i am going to take his advice to start reading. I want to be succesful and live beyond my parents middle class wealth. So i give you a through the internet high five. Ill see you on the other side as lazy goers struggle in life and we succeed.
No Chill Don You have a very intelligent way of speaking for your age. Keep learning and reading, it is showing itself in your comment alone. Highschool is coming up and can be a very intimidating time filled with changes. Stay consistent and don't get into the self-conscious aura of highschool that many teenagers are dragged into. You are setting yourself up for success at a very young age, so I encourage you to keep doing it, stay true to yourself, and stay positive.
The Power Of Being Yourself - The Millionaire Mind - The One Thing - Screwed - Hostile Takeover. I've learned a lot form your videos the motivation is real.
My three books:
The Bible
Winnie the Pooh
Oxford Dictionary
Love the term Gulping!!
Gulping is the way to learn! As I am relearning how to learn as I repair my brain from head injury- gulping is the only way I can 'learn'!
I can't just sit down and read a book as I believe most people do (curled up snuggled in a comfy blanket with coffee and the sun dawning) nope not here- (I actually would be curious what the origins of that are and why we were taught that is THE way as I imagine the greats have all gulped and then ponder and then apply.)
Due to the head injury I can't use 'saccadic eye movement' (left to right eye movements) yet so to 'read' I scan for 'like' (similar) concepts, pay focused attention, reread or circle or click a photo and read it via my screen, then once I have that point I move on to hunt and gather for more points to absorb!
Learning to retain info via 'just the facts' is fantastic! For those recovering #tbi this is the key for sure!
I should say- this is a great way to 'learn' vs delve in and 'enjoy'a book. I think there are different styles and cadences for the intent of the desired topic to read and for what the intended result. So end result in mind for me = relearning= gulping is great!!!!!
Notes on how I've learned that the Best way I've found for my style of reading is : - I find a subject that's interesting for the day. -I get focused and zero in on that subject and either via book or Wikipedia, and then-I let my brain take over and sit and relax and try not to 'try and read'. - my brain knows how to read so I just allow it to take me to the key facts and then like a web connect me to other topics on that topic. It's like a #knowledgeScavengerhunt. (New phrase coined- you're welcome Tai- I get royalties! Haha!) -sometimes that subject piques my interest in another subject and I may have started out with spiritual leaders and end up in Pluto's Ice volcanoes! So it's like an adventure!!
-just like any good adventure: I just keep going until I am tired or 'full' then I take a brain break or a nap to allow my mind to process what I've learned. -I trust that without anyone labeling how I should be doing this, I trust my early education and trust in my I instincts and then I let my brain play. Just like knowing when one should stop eating, stop hiking, Etc, my body and brain will alert me to when it's time to rest and I pay attention to those cues then come back for more when I'm rested! Then I go walk or color mandalas etc.
-I've done this with algebra, women's studies, early Hollywood acting - as I learn about my family's genealogy (all actors), yoga, neuroplasticity, physical and spiritual brain training, investing, physics, how to color my own hair and do makeup (#girlproblems)
-It's way more fun! I can go through entire sections at a library quickly (when I can get out and function!) and it does become a huge dopamine surge going from book to book taking the necessary that I want to learn (I am sure the info gleaned is different for everyone) and then leaving out the anecdotes or filler words that critics say make a great book!! Just give me the meat and potatoes please and pass the sugary verbiage until I want to sink into a dessert book with some tea and enjoy.
- It's exhilarating and I can also do it while laying flat to heal via my handy iPhone and Ebooks via the open library or Wikipedia!
So if a brain injured blonde can do it anyone can! Plus it is FUN!!!!!
Mega points for Gulping because it is Rad As Shit! If you were to look at my Wikipedia bookmarks you'd be like 'what is this blondie doing- origins of language all the way to Jesus walking on water, lost cannons of the Bible, to Arabic, to gravitational wells and the equation for happiness (thank you @GermanGarciaFresco via @TaiLopez video)! But it's a super fun way to learn!
-Books on the list this week to #KnowledgeGulp: (Frequency, Autobiography of a Yogi, The Road to Character, Your Erroneous Zones, The Art of Mental Training, Practical Centering, Flight comics, and BodyWeight Strength Training)
So I know this is severely lonnnnnngwinded and my apologies (relearning brevity is next.....!) (#tbiproblems) ....but essentially--- RIGHT ON!!! I hope someone somewhere gets some help from my own #KnowledgeGulping experience! And thank you for reading my #essaycomment- going to GBWR longest comment ever hehe!!)
Thanks SO much for the video -I searched Tai Lopez Speed Read, as I was trying to see how you go through so many books, only to find out it's been my strategy all along this TBI journey!
Keep up the videos and info as they are great! Muchas Gracias Amigo Lopez! (Nextweek on the list is languages I want to learn them fast like a kiddo does...🤓👍 any suggestions?)
Cheers! ~ =)
Jenny Kroll you explained this perfectly 👌🏽
Seneca on the shortness of life
Not too long ago. My ex had dumped me and I was emotionally destroyed but then in the next upcoming weeks I began to read a bunch of books in regards to relationships and understanding the masculinity and feminine qualities and how to influence people and manage oneself. I had a book that I'm reading called "How to be 3% man, and how to get the women of your dreams, 13 things mentally strong people don't do and compelling people." All helped my understand more about myself and how things with my ex ended and with these books, along with other programs, helped me understand myself, women, and people so much better that I have better self awareness than I did in the past and how to acknowledge my own self worth. Thank you Tai. Much Love.!
You've really sold me on this whole idea about reading books for transcendence of the self. Out of curiosity I read the book 1984 last month and it changed my life. It changed my life by allowing me to see things differently. I can't even imagine how much my life would change if I read as much as you. I think I'd be a different person. A better person.
Alongside reading 10 books/week, I also enjoy gulping audiobooks. I read somewhere that if you listen to audios at double the speed, the comprehension is greater. So using GarageBand, I've been changing the tempo of my audiobooks from 120 to 200. So I'd listen to 1 hour's worth of content in about 30 or 40 minutes.
Isnt this completely opposite of "Focus on one thing at a time"?
+Dominik I think it's okay to bend the rules for knowledge sake
You focus on them once at a time, one by one.
yes..it's exponential growth not linear
You base your whole life on anecdotal phrases?
Is this a question related to exponential not linear growth?
Right Tai, some people don't understand balance. A limited thought process is a mental prison.
Love you Tai!
And those are just the BOOKS! Add to that all the hours spent scouring the Internet for information on everything from homesteading to organizing, TED talks and ministry! Knowledge is power! Thanks Tai! :)
Understanding stock market. 7 habits of highly effective people. Think fast and slow
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
Read fewer books deeply instead of rushing through many.
“Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and reread them…digest them. Let them go into your very self. Peruse a good book several times & make notes & analyses of it.
A student will find that his mental constitution is more affected by one book thoroughly mastered than by twenty books he has merely skimmed.
Little learning & much pride comes from hasty reading. Some men are disabled from thinking by their putting meditation away for the sake of much reading. In reading let your motto be ‘much not many.'”
Charles H. Spurgeon
t e l l a f r i e n d
Hi Tai. I just was linked to your channel recently and this is my second video. You have already made a life-changing impact on me. I have struggled with various addictions and anxiety issues over the past few years that have prevented me from reaching my potential and you have given me another source of inspiration to push forward and get the things I want. I have consistently held myself back through things like drugs, video games, food and anxiety. I have not been able to break out of who I was and become who I am. After watching your videos I am convinced reading is the solution, It's almost like a mentor without having to actually find a person willing to spend time on you. From this point on I vow to never waste another minute of my precious time.
Thanks
Exactly 4 years ago. One of my favourite Tai videos from back in the day 🔥🔥🔥
"Culture of Narcissism" - Christopher Lasch
"Power of Influence" - Ty Bennett
"Anarchy Evolution" - Greg Graffin & Steve Olson
"Fatherhood" - Lon Nease & Michael Austin
I have found that gulping works for me. I have been reading three books at the same time. One was in philosophy, another was chaos theory, and the last one was on the pros and cons on communism. I will say that just the conversations that I have now are on a much more intellectual level and I can contribute alot more.
Omg I can't believe you do what I do!! only difference it did make me feel a little be guilt about not finishing a book but to me is pointless if I get picture by fast reading. Awesome knowing that is somebody that loves to read my stile and is doing more then fine! 😉 means I'm in the right track! Thanks for sharing.
reminds me of something an old teacher once told me. he said imagine a string and that string is an idea. take that string and tape it everywhere you go and learn to make connections with completely different subjects or ideas to see how they connect.
Today im reading; Brain Fitness by Robert Goldman, The Millionaire Mind by Thomas Stanley, and A History Of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Hello Tai, I use to read books fast like that back in 2009 and I stopped because I went through a horrible divorce. I would live in the library because I was studying for my Master's. It was so boring with text books that I would just start pulling books off the shelf that interest me. I had so much fun and was so bright and happy. My husband couldn't take it and got very insecure because my level of conversation went way over his head. Eventually we got a divorce in 2011 I lost myself to a job and forgot who I was. I am at the point like you were before you discovered the key to getting wealthy. The only difference is I have a 12yr old daughter that I homeschool and trying to shake the public school programming has finally come to an end. Alot of the things that you have conversed in your video so far I now realize I did to make other people rich. Why does it take almost loosing everything for the light switch to come on? I am running out of time and now its time for me to turn on the SUPER INTELLIGENT SWITCH. Thank you so much ny brain fog has been lifted. After being stuck for almost 2yrs the feeling of knowing where to start again feels my heart with joy. When I write my book you will be in it along with a few others but you took the ball and scored a three pointer. Trust me I am not just saying this its true. I was very bitter and hurt by alot of things. AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH💕🌇🌺🌹😅🙌SHALOM!#LoveJunkie
I don't think I've ever really gulped often but I think the few times I have I have learned a great deal.
I spend 6 hours a day at Barnes and noble tai your the man dude thanks for the motivation over the past year much love
I'll read multiple books at a time as well. Nothing wrong with that people. Anyone complaining about skimming a book has clearly not read much. One thing I hate is when authors have to ramble on about nothing just to fill 200 pages when the real wisdom is only a couple pages long.
Wayne Tasaki yep some books I read in like seriously dude why waste paper. This book could be done in one chapter haha
what about re reading books? I read books more than once to make sure everything seeps in.
50th Law, Smile at Fear, Bhagavad Gita
+ThatIncredibleJordan i just finished 50th law great book.
+Bringth3ruckkus the 50 cent book?
yeah man pretty good read.
50th law sucks. It's the act of Robert Greene selling out. 'I'll just revamp 48 laws, make it shorter, simpler, and centered around an irrelevant rapper.' Lol. He really made it up with his book Mastery, but jeez, 50th law was a low point.
+Bringth3ruckkus Wutang for life
Thanks man I really appreciate this! Life really is too short to waste the prime of our life, I'm gonna start reading more starting today! My favorite 3 books are:
1. The Book Of Mormon
2. The Bible
3. The E Myth
I enjoy reading about people's lives, especially about people in the military. As someone who is in the military I feel it's important to know what other people have done. Now since reading American Sniper I've been able to reference things from the book in discussions that come up in the military community. I'm also reading "First In: How Seven CIA Officers Opened the War On Terror" which has a lot of good info on the CIA's involvement in the middle east, and the history of the Taliban.
As someone who plans on working for the federal government (state dept, ect.) these things come in handy. When you read these types of books about history, and people do you read front to back? Although it's just for fun reading, they also have a lot of useful knowledge.
Thanks Tai, your videos and lectures helped me a lot! And I also have a love for books. I always love videos like this because they motivate me to read even more and spend my time with quality.We need to motivate people to read more and the best way to do that is by doing videos like this. I also wrote a book called: ,,Investing in books: How reading can make you money" with a mission to motivate more people to change their lives with reading.
I'm jealous of your book collection.
This man is genius, I know he is God sent!
+Mark Anthony Thompson So was Hitler
+muffdriver69 God hates us all
I like your quote, "they want to keep you dumb". I first experienced that at school. I was always reading several books most of the night. Teachers can get incredibly angry when you know more about a subject than they do. It got me expelled from school.
What Tai Lopez neglects in his talk is that there are only 24 hours a day. If you read 5 books a day (whereby each books is 500 pages per day of fontsize 10), without speed reading, it is not possible to go through a day in doing other productive things. Like he said, and among other philosophers, the practice is more essential than the knowledge. If all you do is read dozens books all day and not enough time to do anything else, then you're really not applying the knowledge to your best practices. I think he is missing that important point, because I sense that people will take him too literally on his words and eventually become a hermit in a cave, knowing nothing else but read books their entire life. Guys, you need to read books with good time management in other tasks you set in your daily routine; read the books and APPLY. We live in a physically world, not an abstract one.
muffdriver69 quit making Makin excuses
That's true. Some of the very successful people are not reading any self help books.but they become successful. But reading books also important
muffdriver69 2:35
Currently reading the Alaskan state trooper book, the JFK book you have and that Siamese twins book
Tai- You win the internet every day. Thanks for your awesome videos.
my fantastic Four:
Sigmond Freud 'Civilzation and it's discontents'
Dale Carnegie 'How to wind friends and influence people'
Mikael Krogerus 'The Decision Book'
Peter Drucker 'Managing Oneself'
-All thanks to you Tai to get me into the awesomeness of these all time books
I came here to trash talk your infomercial panning from bookshelf to lambo. But youre alrite.
I initially judged the shit out of him every time i ran into his lambo ad, then i gave him a chance, and his knowledge is definitely valuable in my opinion. He passed the test. Lol
+Alexander Hernandez Do not judge a book by it's cover; pun intended :)
Im trying not to my man, George. ;)
lmao same here.
+Alexander Hernandez lol i did the exact same, i was like haa wow dude cool story (sarcastically) then i clicked the ad and ended up listing to the 2 hour long video on his website and been hookd every sense.
No cliche, but "dont judge a book by its cover" specially the man who reads a book a day haha
youtube is great. Years ago people as successful as this guy were inaccessible. Tai is actually getting me to read. Its funny how videos from someone you never met can get me to do something like reading more that your spouse has been warning me for years that my brain will rot.
Just started Richard Dawkins - The Magic of Reality.
Its tough though for me to read in order to better myself. I already feel I have everything I want. I'm not anywhere near rich, but I have a good job that doesn't suck. I like it. Gives me money to fun stuff outside of it. Wife works a good job. We share 1 Subaru and live in a 1300 Square foot house.
I am not hungry for anything different in life, so it's tough to read just to keep your mind sharp vs getting knowledge b/c you are hungry for something life.
One thing I've found myself doing lately is listening to audiobooks while reading a book, while listening to binaural beats. No idea how effective this is yet, but I've been taking notes on my ideas and then recapping how I can include them into real life or business. A time I've found myself learning as much as possible is when I was in college with no friends and I stayed in the library for 10-12 hours at a time and read textbooks/nonfiction books on whatever I was interested in at the time.
Books create tens of hundreds of bubbles of ideas, these ideas bump each to each other, get married, intertwine and have babies these are more ideas, which creates more ideas. Fantastic. I've started reading and I think it's great to get more people to do this.
demonstrate how to go about it
Can anyone help me? I'm 16 years old and I really want to start reading books, however whenever I pick up a book that has 100+ pages i get bored in the next 10 minutes. I tried reading books that I think I would enjoy, but still no luck. Is this normal or am I not trying hard enough? Your help would be much appreciated. thanks! *****
Listen man, reading is a skill. Just like anything else, it must be built over time. For some reason people think they're supposed to be able to sit down and just read for hours at a time. Not true, think of it like jogging. If you haven't made exercise a regular part of your life and you got up one day and tried to run for an hour straight you would fail. It's the same with reading. Start with 5 minutes a day, but do it EVERYDAY so you can build the habit. Then after a week or two bump it up to 7 minutes, then 10, then 15. Eventually you'll be able to read an entire book (or damn close to it) in one sitting. Also, I'd like to really emphasize not to judge yourself when you're first starting out. It's okay if you can't remember anything you've just read, your brain is still getting used to this skill. Just focus on building the habit everyday and don't worry about how "well" you're doing.
+Bhavik Bhardva if you have a question, im sure there is a book out there with the answer. if your looking for a genre/story, theres a book out there that will capture your imagination. make sure its a topic or story your actually interested in. take a sec and read the front/back cover or maybe a chapter. see if it grabs you. if it does you'll know. if you have to ask yourself "am i really interested in this book?" your probably not, put it back on the shelf. it'll be there next time you go to the bookstore. unlike tai i dont like to buy lots of books at once. sometimes my interests change too much by the time ive finished one book and id rather read something else, or i end up busy, yada yada yada. i like to buy one, maybe two books of something that im interested in at that time. read em and repeat.
+airlopez21 This is the best damn comment on the whole video. Thank you! This has helped me.
MissNayNay yup, Im just noticing that a lot of people are having the same issues when they start reading, I know how it is. I was always an avid reader during my childhood and somewhere along I dropped the good habit in favor of video games and weed. When I started back up I remember thinking "damn, this is a lot harder than I remember" now I'm back on it and burning through books quick af.
Hey, I'm a slow reader too. I listen to audiobooks instead. It allows me to speed it up (your brain take a few minutes to adjust to the speed) so I'm getting through them faster. It's also more convenient because I'm able to listen to it on the move (gym/driving)
Believe in yourself, how to win friends and influence people, crush it.
Always got any books around me and mainly because I started watching your videos.
Thank you TAI.
I think this could be coupled with multitasking. Why are there studies out there that suggest multitasking is counterproductive?
Because you can only focus on one task at a time in the same timeframe. That isn't to say that you can't read two books in the same month period. But today at 1:00-1:30pm you can't possibly read two books at the same time. If that makes sense
Ian Simmons Because humans cannot focus on two tasks at once. Rub your tummy and pat your head and they will follow a rhythm together. They cannot be executed separately. When you're driving and keep your eyes on the road while reaching in the back seat for something, you have a high risk of crashing because your mind is so focused on figuring out where your hand is and where it needs to be.
I am currently reading the blink by Malcom gladwell , freakonomics and zero to one by Peter theil
Dude, I'm 18 years old and you just changed my life!!
20 years going up and 20 years going out, great advice.
I want to work 7 jobs at the same time can you teach me pls
what about audio books?
dogsforlife do what works. that's the point
Okay here we go. Now before I start this video, I want to answer your question. I am a slow learner. Now I am prepared to be amazed
When I was in my 20's , I had a hard time getting money for school, so I started feeling like I was falling behind everyone, I finally decided to go to the library and see if I can just read as many books as I can to catch up. I started slow, it would take me a few weeks to read 7 or 8 books. I would go through the library and find what I thought I should know. Not knowing so much being only in my 20's. I would think "Oh no what if I didn't need to know that" after reading a book. I felt like I was never reading what I should be reading. It seemed like there was no way I was really learning what everyone else was learning. I emptied like 300 books in a few months time. I still felt like I knew almost nothing. I kept reading had some days I would sit in the library and down 7 books a day instead of in a few weeks. I would go through each section of the library and nearly empty the shelf in a matter of time. Law was the most boring subject I came across. I read the first few pages of the Charter for the Federal Codes and passed out. Woke up in the library and tried to read more. It took me 4 years or more but I eventually got rid of the boredom by just taking on the challenge of getting through the codes. It was getting a little exciting to have actually read through the laws of the land. I wouldn't suggest people read them it was absolutely worthless, it just became kind of a challenge to me , I got started and was determined to finish. I have read a lot over 2000 books, I have so much I set out to accomplish afterward but ran into a lot of trouble with not having acquired the technical skills and academic discipline to put things together for myself the way it needs to be done in a society of sororities and collegiate politics. However after 6 years of college I still don't have a degree and even more that my experience and knowledge has given me a passion or what I consider my career goal or a way to put my life's work together , so lots of goals and plans but still need some course work , still need a few seminars , and lots of money. I am 46 , health is still good, never had any health issues but being human I can only hope I can accomplish what my time and hard work studying gave me a passion to accomplish.
Tai, you are a great inspirational presence here on RUclips. Right now my life is way out of alignment. You've helped me get back on track to where i need to be eventually. Thank you.
"Nice girls don't get the corner office" - P.Franel & "the sales bible" by J. Gitomer:)
My three books:
Bounce by Matthew Syed (recommended by Tai)
Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer by Bernard Cohen
Advances in Object-Oriented Data Modeling
Tai, I recommend checking out this book on Howard Aiken, who first pitched the original concept of a computer
to IBM back in 1937. It might change the way you look at the computing world. Thanks again for the inspiration
and keep on rocking in the free world.
After watching this laying on my couch I ended up in library with two books on my table and read 31 pages of one book
My 3 books I wanna read: "The Linchpin" (Seth Godin); "The 100 $-Startup" (Chris Guillebeau); "Unlimited Power" (Anthony Robbins)
+Stefan Stiller Had about Unlimited Power. It's a great book.
I gotta read that one soon.
+Stefan Stiller I am reading anthony robbins book right now, awakening the giant within. It's good so far. I read the 100 dollar startup, I LOVED that book. It's good for beginners who want to start their own business. It really opened my eyes, motivated me, and made me see that their was endless possibilities in business, great book.
John, what are the 3 books that you would recommend someone to read?
Kou Depends, what are you interested in? Like for what subject? What are you looking to improve on? Or are you just looking for a self development book?
I am interested in personal development, business, biographies, investments, programming. I will appreciate if you recommend on first 3. I am already reading books and going at a speed of at least 5 books a month. www.goodreads.com/user/show/38542400-koushik-das
Here is my goodreads profile. Please have a look at that and suggest books according to that.
"smart pricing" by jagmohan raju & Z. John Zhang
"Men, Women, & money" by Kevin O'Leary (not recommended)
"Mastery" by Robert green
And also some "For dummies" books!
I once set a new year goal to read 12 books (1 book a month). I actually overshot that goal and read 52 books in a year. If you're a slow reader, average book usually takes 7hrs to read. That's 1hr each day (30mins in the morning and 30mins at night) or you can just do the 1hr before bed... After 1 year, I wish I can go back in time with my new and profound knowledge of the world and redo my life. "Life is short." is an understatement.
At age 9 I started gulping with Japanese Abucus Maths. Hours a day, every single day. One year later (2013) I am National Champion of South Africa and furthest anyone in my country has ever gone with it. I stopped doing it but it now makes sense why I was so good at it.
I wanted to know, what kind of books do you recommend to high school students?
"$100 Startup" is a good one
Armando Cobian Seems interesting thanks for the recommendation
Zebra Teeth Reed your course books ;)
The mortal instruments is a fun series to read
How about Rich Dad Poor Dad??
House tour?
Just did this. With three books. Finding commonalities. I’m learning faster now
Thank you very much Tai. Firstly your video on how to read a book in 10 mins taught me a great way to extract the nuggets from a book and then I heard you read a book a day and that inspired me to double my target from 100 books this year to 200. This means 140 books in 22 weeks but I'm finding that reading more is having several benefits including: i) finding connections and universal principles ii) my ability to learn and my hunger for learning is rapidly increasing iii) my memory and vocabulary are improving iv) my concept of possibility and even reality is changing by the day. To answer your question: Spirit of Kaizen by Bob Maurer, Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson, Voice of Influence by Judy Apps. Thanks again for your excellent work sir. Peace & Kudos
C.S. Lewis "Surprised By Joy"
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
John SteinBack "The Pearl"
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1,2,&3
I'm not thinking the same sense I've found Tai. I'm thinking better. Got me some books.
Oh god tai is right I been getting that dopamine affect of a flashy cover of a book the thing now is to tackle the book and sit down and read it!
Psycho-Cybernetics
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
The Richest Man In Babylon
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
aaaaand
a book on Greek Mythology (can't remember the title at the moment)
+My Path To Self neeehh... Psycho-Cybernetics is a top reading though.You should read In The Shortness of Life - Lucious Seneca, and The Magic of Thinking Big
neeeehhh? Is that the sound a horse makes? lol
Not sure what you meant by the sound at the beginning, he just asked what books we were currently reading (or something like that, I am not trying to watch it over again right now lol).
I have heard of the second one, I will check those out! I have been reading the Steve Jobs bio from Walter Isaacson lately. Well, listening to the audiobook. But I do plan on ordering the real book very soon!
Thanks for the recommendations :) Have you read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho? I just got a copy, I haven't read it yet but I have heard some great things,
1. 'The Divine Matrix' by Gregg Braden
2. 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins
3. 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle
I'm sorry
Bill Talker Can I ask what you are sorry for?
I am also sorry
Awesome list.
Don't fill your mind with nonsense. Learn the truth.
Started gulping alot when I was in 10th grade charter school called the center for economics and law! We had to do thick practicum s every time you go to grade up! These practicums we had to read large amounts of books and write a composition. Then get up infront of all the teachers and grade of students from every class and get asked questions about everything we wrote and read and defend your composition! Crazy right!
Wow, what you said by the end, "Dumb people completely limiting the beliefs" You couldn't be more right. When I started reading books I saw everything way different than I ever had. But noticed that no one around me could see the same thing, even if I explained them.
Man, reading books is the real difference between successful people and non-successful people. Or at least a really big one.
Just Brilliant!!!!
Probably the best book to read is the Bible. In the Bible it says : thou shalt not bare false witness, thou shalt not steal - and a false balance is an abomination. Do not do to anyone what you would not like done to you. Adherence to these principles saves a lot of time.
Yes, I agree.
Most of the teachings from these books come from the bible anyway, its crazy because the bible is over 2000 years old
CzechRiot Note that I didnt say anything about God, Im just saying its crazy that modern books have same teachings from the bible , like the law of attraction. The bible talks about faith and seeding
***** Are you an atheist ?
Good joke
Tao of badass.. secret of a millionaire mind.. the art of persuasion.. 123
the prince, the art of war and thinking fast and slow and influence: the art of persuasion
I'm gulping right now. Im on an 8 video streak on your channel!
This is actually how I read. Like I enjoy simultaneous reading than staying and finishing one book. The latter leaves me bored. But the former is the great pleasure of my life. I thought I just have ADHD.
I suppose methodology do matter if you're going to enjoy it or not.
I became a "gulper" the day I realized that the more I learned, the more I had left to learn. Age 18 it was. I'm now 23 and hot on your tracks Mr. Lopez! Very admirable work. Keep spreading awareness!
What 3 Books:
1. The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla
2. Dale Carnegie: How To Win Friends and Influence People
3. Stephen Hawking's 2-in-1: The Illustrated A Brief History of Time/The Universe in a Nutshell
What a great intro, "Are you a fast learner or are you slow?"
“Art is long life is short” thanks man!