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If you want to be like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, adopt their voracious reading habits

If you want to be like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, adopt their voracious reading habits | Writing about Life in the digital age | Scoop.it

Want to know one habit ultra-successful people have in common?

They read. A lot.

 

In fact, when Warren Buffett was once asked about the key to success, he pointed to a stack of nearby books and said, “Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.”

 

Buffett takes this habit to the extreme — he read between 600 and 1000 pages per day when he was beginning his investing career, and still devotes about 80% of each day to reading.

 

And he’s not alone. Here are just a few top business leaders and entrepreneurs who make reading a major part of their daily lifestyle


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The Learning Factor's curator insight, November 19, 2017 5:29 PM

Want to know one habit ultra-successful people have in common? They read. A lot. In fact, when Warren Buffett was once asked about the key to success, he pointed to a stack of nearby books and said, “Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest

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Instructional Technologies Blog: Starting Jan 26: Free (MOOC) Courses for Teachers and Educators

Instructional Technologies Blog: Starting Jan 26: Free (MOOC) Courses for Teachers and Educators | Writing about Life in the digital age | Scoop.it
Starting Jan 26: Free (MOOC) Courses for Teachers and Educators

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Thought this would benefit many of those who would like to enhance their skills through MOOCs. 

Becky Roehrs's curator insight, January 25, 2015 12:12 PM

What are some of the Coursera and Canvas.net classes you can register for now?


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This Is How The Way You Read Impacts Your Memory And Productivity

This Is How The Way You Read Impacts Your Memory And Productivity | Writing about Life in the digital age | Scoop.it

It’s no understatement that digital mediums have taken over every aspect of our lives. We check what our friends are doing on the glowing screens in our hands, read books on dedicated e-readers, and communicate with customers and clients primarily through email. Yet for all the benefits digital mediums have provided us, there has been a growing body of evidence over the past several years that the brain prefers analog mediums.

 

Studies have shown that taking notes by longhand will help you remember important meeting points better than tapping notes out on your laptop or smartphone. The reason for that could be that “writing stimulates an area of the brain called the RAS (reticular activating system), which filters and brings clarity to the fore the information we’re focusing on,” according to Maud Purcell, a psychotherapist and journaling expert. If that’s the case, and the analog pen really is mightier than the phone, it’s no wonder some of my colleagues have ditched smartphones for paper planners.


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The Learning Factor's curator insight, October 11, 2017 6:09 PM

Studies show that reading printed material instead of on screens helps you better retain information.

CCM Consultancy's curator insight, October 17, 2017 1:54 AM

Slow down and take more time reading the material, and you might absorb the information.