{"id":55037,"date":"2018-02-08T19:05:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T03:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=55037"},"modified":"2019-02-04T00:42:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T08:42:15","slug":"how-to-read-like-a-ceo-without-breaking-a-sweat-47-books-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-read-like-a-ceo-without-breaking-a-sweat-47-books-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read Like a CEO Without Breaking a Sweat: 47 Books a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“I read a book one day and my whole life changed” – Orhan Pamuk<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Yes, it’s true. You can a read like a CEO without breaking a sweat. And I know this because I do it.<\/span><\/p>\n

And it’s easy. I didn’t believe it at first but a year and 47 books later, it became true.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let me first tell you that an average CEO reads about <\/span>40 books a year<\/span><\/a> while an average person reads less than 10 books a year. And the difference in income is more than 400 times bigger.<\/span><\/p>\n

But this is the info you already know. You want to know how so let’s go into it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Create a system for book reading<\/span><\/h2>\n

You decide you want to start doing something. You know it will transform your life for better. And you start doing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 1 goes great, Day 2 ok and on Day 3 you are already quitting.
\n<\/span>Day 7 and you totally forget about that thing you wanted to do.<\/p>\n

Does this sound like you or everyone that you probably know? Of course, because this is how we usually operate. We rely on our willpower which depletes quickly. And because of that, we quit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only relying on our willpower will bring us nowhere. So we started to create systems. Systems which would shift the focus from ourselves and our willpower to the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is an example:<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine that you have a job. And you need to get up at 7:00 AM to go to work. You hate it, grudge but you still do it. Because you HAVE to.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine now that you are starting your own company. And you need to get up at 7:00 AM to start working. You hate it and you just hit snooze on your alarm. You still have to do it but it’s gonna be there even if I wake up at 9:00 AM. So you postpone it.<\/span><\/p>\n

To change this, we need a system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My book reading system<\/p><\/div>\n

A simple system consists of 3 things:<\/span><\/p>\n