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In this week's Mini-Monday episode Evan breaks down how he reads about 12 books each year without spending hours each day to do so. In this episode you'll learn how to spend 10-20 minutes each day reading to reach a goal of 12 books in the year.

It's been said that readers are leaders, and with good reason. When you read a book you obtain knowledge from some of the most brilliant minds in that field. Plus, the knowledge is not only from people who are alive to teach the knowledge but also from the great minds of the past. If you aren't already reading daily, then take this as your sign to start doing so. It can be as easy as 10-20 minutes each day. Tune in for the tips and tricks on how to start reading more books each year and increase your knowledge.

Do everything with good intentions and connect to your elements.

Disclaimer:

This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.

Hey, what's going on, everybody.

Welcome back to the elemental oven show.

Today is another mini Monday episode as compared to the

wellness Wednesday episodes, which are the full length episodes.

Uh, these are a little bit shorter.

Although most of my episodes are pretty compact so that we can

really get a lot of information.

You know, nice health and wellness information into your day in a short

amount of time so that you can have some actionable steps to, you know, imply

into your life and use right away so that you can start living your best and

healthiest life as soon as possible.

And today's episode is going to be exactly that.

We're going to provide you with some really beneficial knowledge

and a takeaway action that you can start doing to really improve your

knowledge and your life and just.

Everything overall, and it is all based around books.

So if you are not already a reader, I highly suggest that you start reading now.

If you take myself, for example, When I was very young, I loved reading.

I used to read a lot as a child when I was in elementary school.

So pretty much from, you know, kindergarten to fifth

grade, I loved to read.

And then I started to really lose the passion for reading come sixth grade all

the way through high school, honestly.

Uh, was terrible.

Uh, in terms of finishing books, It was really a drag and it was just

hard for me to get through books.

So, you know, that really was not a good thing.

Um, obviously there's so much benefit in books and you really do need to

use books at throughout school to increase your knowledge because while

your teacher is amazing, there is just so much knowledge contained in

a book that is going to be beyond the knowledge of your teacher or, uh,

whoever it is that you may come across.

Right?

Because each book is going to have so much knowledge on a very specific

topic from not only the great.

Greatest minds of our day and age right now, but even of people in the past.

So if you are not reading books, highly, highly recommend that you start doing.

So if you find books very dull and boring, I would suggest that you are not reading

the right type of books for yourself.

So I've come to find out that I have a very specific genre of books that I enjoy

reading and yes, they are definitely related to the health and wellness field.

Um, I literally enjoy reading health and wellness books.

Uh, it is intriguing.

It keeps my full attention and there are a few other books as well that are

outside of the health and wellness realm.

And as well as the kind of self-help, you know, uh, air quotes kind

On the self-help because, um, I don't know if that's the right

title for them, but nonetheless, I do enjoy those types of books.

I do enjoy a little bit of, you know, fantasy and a few things here

and there, but that is definitely a minority of the books that I read.

However, nonetheless, I believe that if you do not enjoy reading, it's

probably because you have not found the right type of book or genre.

So.

I would suggest that you start finding the right type of book or genre.

And if you are already a reader, then that's Uh, just keep on doing

so, and, uh, today's topic is going to help you to read 12 books a year.

Right now.

I know that doesn't sound like a ton of books.

Uh, but if you think about it, for people who are reading zero books a year,

Uh, 12 is obviously a massive step up, and that is a lot of knowledge

that you can gain in just one year.

Right.

So before I really kick this off, I wanted to start off with a few people

who are massive readers and they are really, really successful as well.

So to kick it off, we have Warren buffet.

Warren buffet is, uh, known for reading five to six hours each day.

So.

Uh, this is like a majority or not a majority, but that is a

significant portion of the day, right?

Five to six hours.

Then you have bill gates who says that he reads a book per week.

Okay.

So that's over 50 books in a year.

Uh, we're just trying to get to 12 here.

And then you have mark Zuckerberg who vowed to read one book every,

every other week to learn about cultures, beliefs, and technologies.

You have Oprah Winfrey who obviously believed that reading was so

powerful that she actually created her own massive book club, right?

Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, a book club, right.

Then you have mark Cuban who reads three hours every Uh, for a competitive edge.

And finally you have Elon Musk who supposedly read for sometimes as long

as 10 hours a day when he was a kid.

So, yes, reading is extremely important.

You can definitely see a trend going on here with very successful people

and it is that they read, right?

So there's this, uh, saying readers are leaders or leaders are readers either way.

You want to put it, but it is very true.

When you read, you are able to acquire so much knowledge from literally

just the best minds of, like I said, this day and age and of the past.

And on top of that, you're able to gain different perspectives.

You know, you're able to find someone who is.

Just the specialist, right?

Like the number one person in that field.

And they're sharing their knowledge through a book.

You can.

This is how we advance society, right?

I mean, this is how we grow as a species.

Uh, in terms of knowledge is through the sharing of information.

You have these brilliant minds who are able to share their information with

the whole and kind of upgrade all of society together, uh, through books.

So absolutely absolutely start reading.

Now, what I always do for myself personally, is I set a goal of reading.

And this is a very simple goal, but just reading 10 pages a Okay.

So the reason I've done that is because 10 pages is, you know, it's not daunting.

It's not like trying to read 50 pages a day or something like that, which

is obviously doable, but it will take a more significant amount of time.

Whereas I tend to not really have a ton of time to devote, to, uh,

doing things that are not related to maybe this podcast or, uh, you know,

my business or whatever it may be.

So.

I really focus on trying to be as efficient as possible, but I

see the value in books and I know that they are so, so important.

So I make sure that even if it's only 10 pages a day, I will make sure that

I at least get those 10 pages in.

And on top of that, it usually takes me only 10 to 15 minutes

to read those 10 pages.

So, uh, when it comes to like my morning routine, like I

said, it's all about efficiency.

My morning routine usually involves, uh, meditation.

Uh, reading and a little exercise, and I try to make those

into 10 to 15 minute blocks.

So I'm only doing, you know, 30 to 45 minutes of a morning routine

because I feel like if I go over that, I start to kind of waste my day.

So when I go ahead and start my day off with my meditation and my exercise

and my reading, I'll do, you know, 10 to 15 minutes of meditation,

uh, 10 to 15 minutes of reading and 10 to 15 minutes of exercise.

And that is just a nice way to kind of get the day going.

Obviously, if I have more time in the day, then I will devote more time to

both all three of those activities.

And I will read more than 10 pages, right.

But that is making sure that I at least get my minimum 10 pages in each Now,

when it comes to reading 12 books a year.

It really is as easy as reading 10 pages a day.

So the average book is about 300 pages.

Okay.

Obviously that's gonna vary, but the average one is 300 pages.

Therefore, if you read 10 pages each day, it would take you 30 days to read a book.

Obviously there's 12 months in a year and about.

You know, usually about 30 days in a month.

So that would equate to 12 books in a year.

Uh, on top of that, the average person reads about 200 to 250 words

per minute, averaging at about two minutes per page, which would

be 20 minutes for the 10 pages.

Personally, I don't think 20 minutes is a very long time to devote to something

that's so beneficial and it's going to help move you forward in a massive way.

Uh, but even on top of, you know, having to read 20 minutes a day,

I would argue that as you start to read, you are going to become better

and better and better at reading because obviously it's a skill, right?

You're practicing it every single day.

And so you're going to naturally become a faster reader.

So that 20 minutes I think, is quite generous really with a time.

But even if it, even if it did take you 20 minutes, that's really not

that long to devote, to reading a book and obtaining that knowledge.

But nonetheless, if you read consistently, you are going to become better at

reading and you will become faster.

And you will get to the point where those 10 pages might only take you 10 minutes

to get through, which is realistically just such a short amount of time.

And it's very, very beneficial, has a really high.

Uh, return on investment, right?

So.

On top of that, if you are a slow reader, like I typically

used to be quite a slow reader.

Uh, there are a few tactics you can use to help speed up your reading.

And I'll just quickly touch on these.

Um, I'm not a master reader or anything, but these are some techniques

that I've used and I've found some benefit with and they are too.

For one, use a bookmark or even your finger to follow along

with where you're reading.

So you can kind of block off part of the page with your bookmark or whatever

it may be, and just be right under the line that you're reading and what this

does is it helps you stay focused.

It helps you stay on track with what you're reading.

And that way you can follow along and you're never getting mixed And

I just find that it really helps me stay focused and more, uh, attentive

to the book that I'm reading.

On top of that, you can also try to read just slightly faster than you're used to.

So sometimes when I would read, I would just find myself reading

very slowly for no reason.

Uh, so if I would just speed it up just a little bit, it doesn't have to

be a lot, like you don't have to be speed reading, but if you just speed

it up a slight amount, what ends up happening is I, you know, I thought,

oh, I'm not going to understand what I'm reading, but it's actually the opposite

If you start reading a little bit faster, you start having to pay closer

attention to what you're reading.

So as you start to read slightly faster, and you're following along with your

hand, your full attention is on the book and you are You know, aware of what

you're reading, because there's days when I would read so slow and I would

get to the end of the page and then be like, oh my God, what did I even read?

Because I was in my head thinking of random other stuff that was

not pertaining to the book.

So.

The number one thing or so not the number one, but the few tips and tricks that

I used are to use something to follow along with where I'm reading and also to

read slightly faster to where it requires more attention and demands my focus.

So use those hacks.

If you, uh, if you are a slow reader and you want to read a little faster,

And then my last note on reading books is.

Yes, you can read.

Saifai.

Fantasy.

You know, autobiographies, whatever kind of book you want to read.

Honestly, I don't care.

I think just reading in general is really, really good for you, but I would highly

recommend that if you are, for example, an entrepreneur, or if you are in a

specific field that you want to be better

I would highly recommend reading books in that field because now not only are you.

Obtaining the benefit of reading, but you're also acquiring knowledge that

pertains to whatever your life's goal is or your, uh, whatever your job is.

Right?

So you're literally going to be bettering yourself in whatever

it is that you're doing.

So now you're not only just becoming more efficient at reading, but you're

becoming more efficient in your job.

You're becoming a more valuable asset in your job, right?

Because you're acquiring this knowledge that your other workers,

employees, or whatever might not have.

So it's kind of giving you an upper.

Edge as well on those people.

And on your job and just kind of making you a.

You know, a real, a master in your field.

And so really that's for me, I enjoy reading the health and wellness books, but

truly that is where I get some really deep and profound knowledge is through reading.

Um, just a few books off the top of my head are.

The James Nestor book, which is a breath, the science, the

new science of the lost art.

He talks.

So in depth, on.

The power of breathing and how it literally.

Does so much in the body that it's more than just inhaling

air to get oxygen into the body.

It does so, so much more than that.

It's really wild.

Um, a great book.

If you haven't read it, I highly recommend.

But, you know, that was one of the books that I read.

I read sound medicine, which is a really good one.

There's another book called the antiviral gut.

That is one that I'm currently working on.

There's just so many beneficial books and you can really obtain

so much knowledge and it really.

Puts me at a place in my field where I feel that, you know, I have.

More knowledge than maybe the average person would have.

And so, uh, On top of also just enjoying the book.

I now feel that I can apply it to my life and to my work and to

benefit, you know, the lives of others as well through my reading.

So definitely find a book that you enjoy, but if you're able to also

find a book that pertains to whatever it is that you do in life, whether

that is work or just a passion.

Uh, whatever it may be, you can also read to improve yourself in that field as well.

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and reading some good books already.

You guys, I hope you enjoy today's episode.

Uh, sorry, probably ran a little bit longer than most of these mini

episodes, but there's a little bit.

To cover in there, but I do think you will.

I receive a ton of benefit from implementing this 12

books a year into your life.

That is 12 books full of tons of knowledge that you can apply to, you

know, whatever field it is that you're in, or even just your life in general.

Uh, and maybe to

Escape, uh, to a fantasy land, uh, whatever it may be,

it's going to be beneficial.

So definitely go ahead and try reading these 12 books a year by

just taking it 10 pages at a time.

If you want to read more, of course you can.

Uh, but that's a great place to start.

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