What Makes a Good Reader of Books

Reading is very old activity, and it is at the same time the oldest reliable way of getting knowledgeable about a given topic, although we find this simple activity- which is not simple at all- very difficult to acquire and keep as a habit.

“In my whole life, I have known no wise person (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time- none, zero.”

a bad book in our 20’s might turn up to be a good one in our 30’s, therefore we should have the courage to revisit that book from now and them.

the last level of reading is reading to master which refers to reading different books, articles, and academic papers about the same topic in order to gain knowledge and authority to speak in that specific topic. In this level the main purpose of reading is not to understand the book itself, but to understand the idea in depth.

read old books that have lasting knowledge, and read the best ones twice, in addition to taking notes of the most insights that you liked.