The Greatness Machine 195 | How to Build Your Reading Superpower (Part 3) - Set and Hit Your Annual Reading Goal
Are you tired of falling short on your reading goal?
If falling short on your reading goal is becoming a recurring pattern, it might be helpful to step back and assess your reading habits and patterns. Are you setting unrealistic goals for yourself? Are you choosing books that don’t capture your interest or challenge you enough?
Today, for the third part of this series on How to Build Your Reading Superpower, I will share some more tips that helped me improve my reading habits. If you are still struggling to finish a book or make progress on your reading goal, then maybe you need to make adjustments and set more attainable goals for yourself.
One helpful strategy to stay motivated and on track with your reading goals is to create a reading schedule or routine. Another way to approach falling short on your reading goal is to see it as an opportunity for growth and learning. Use it as a chance to reflect on your reading preferences, explore new genres or authors, or deepen your understanding of the books you do read.
In this episode, I will share why it is important to go deep and understand the books better if you want to improve your reading superpower. I will also reveal some tips on how to get through books a little faster.
Topics include:
- Setting goals and going deep on books to improve reading
- The importance of finding narrators with interesting voices
- Taking notes, summarizing chapters, and discussing books with others
- Choosing a book you know you can finish in the time frame you set
- Finding the best situation that makes you more engaged
- And other topics…
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The Power of One More:
How Leadership Actually Works:
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself:
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