The Central Pillar, . . . A Book A Week

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Apparently if a person were to set aside the first hour of his waking day and used it solely for reading important books in his field he would be able to read an entire book in one week on average.

And you know what that means if you are sincere and actually hold to the game plan. That means you will have read, in one year mind you, Fifty Books in your field.

A graduate student working toward a doctorate degree in his field has to read a total of fifty books in and about his field as thorough research before creating his dissertation. Acceptance of the dissertation is central to promoting one to the university degree of Ph.D.

Sticking to the plan, you will have earned the effective stature of a graduate student becoming a full fledged Ph.D. in your field. And this all happens in one year. Are you kidding? Incredible!

Not to mention the financial benefits bulging at the seams due to your enormously enhanced "real world Knowledge". We're talking working world business knowledge that can be put to work productively.

Finally, it has been proven hands down that the density of knowledge imparted to the reading / researching individual through reading excellent books in one's field is unmatchable by any (any) other media. So, . . . reading is one of the keys warriors, even if it is by audio-book!

May you begin reading in the "golden hour" and even late at night before retiring as I am about to do.

Be Well, and be readin!
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    1 hour a day = 7 hours a week. It depends on how thick the book is, how fast a reader you are and if you can commit to a minimum of 1 hour per day. Can you finish a book in 7 hours?
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  • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
    I'm actually spending 2-3 hours a day reading and it does help.
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  • Profile picture of the author BruceFarthing1
    I find I can only read around 15-20 pages an hour - especially if it's a technical book - which would be in my field... And from my experience - books are more typically 200-300 pages in my field. But I do agree with the premise of reading everyday consistently and covering a lot more ground than you would think. I like to read in the morning and at night.
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    • Laurenc, I would force the reading of the entire book in a maximum of 7 hours to keep to the game plan. If that meant I had to read only the first sentence of every paragraph in the book, or first and last sentence, . . . what have you, all within your discretion. Even doing that I would be light years ahead of where I had been lately.

      And what if I kept this up for ten years or more as a mindset lifestyle? Holy Smoke!

      Best,

      LLS
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      • Hi Bruce, . . . I can see how technical books would be tough. And you really wouldn't be able to cheat by only reading several select sentences per page. You kind of have to connect All the Dots so the technical stuff holds water. But, as you know employing patient steadfastness when reading does the trick and so big deal you finish only a book a month.

        And if you can do that feat with a technically oriented book, . . . you the man! Once again you are still light years ahead of where you were before you began such reading in earnest.

        LLS
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