Read 1 Book a Week (52 Books a year)…Without Speed-Reading

4 Ways to Read A Book A Week

1. Keep an active book list

• Every time you receive a book recommendation, write it down or note it on your smartphone. Keep a regularly updated list of books you’re excited to read.

2. Test your reading speed

• Time yourself reading a book at normal speed for 60 seconds.
• When you finish, count the number of lines you read per minute – your LPM.
• Count the number of words in an average line. (Most books have 10 words per line.)
• Multiply your LPM by the number of words to find your reading speed in words per minute (WPM).
• Most people read roughly 200 – 250 WPM.

3. Calculate how long it takes to read a book

• According to Amazon, the median number of words per book is approximately 64000. 50% have more words; 50% have fewer words.
• If you read 200 WPM, you can finish a book in 320 minutes. Divide that by 7 – that’s roughly 45 minutes of reading per day! Isn’t that less than you thought?

4. Schedule your reading

• Nothing is better than reading in terms of building your mental muscles.
• But most people neglect to take care of their minds the way they take care of their bodies.
• If you just talk about reading, it won’t happen. Schedule your reading time when you know you can commit to it.
• Treat that time as sacred, like a meeting with your investors or your boss.
• Bonus: Schedule your reading time at your peak time, when you’re energized and awake. Learn what your peak times are by learning your chronotype at your Kwik Brain recordings.

BONUS: 5. Invest in a speed-reading program

The best way to accelerate your reading is by investing in a speed-reading program. If you triple your reading speed, you can finish a book a week by reading just 15 minutes a day! And it’s not just about speed-reading but SMART reading. There’s no sense in reading faster if you don’t remember any of it!

Join my FREE speed-reading web class! Register here.