8 Simple Habits to Read More Books.

[@ParkersPensees]

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[@marlelarmarlelar9547]

The quantity of my reading has decreased as I've gotten older. This is a good reminder to pick up the pace.

[@neesiecieslak7869]

The "why" is an excellent thought. I want to keep my mind sharp as I get older. I will keep a log of my pages, I have never done that before. Thank you. I pray you continue to grow as a man of God, and in your work here on these channels. Well done.

[@alnahdia3353]

I clicked to see this video because i knew i will be motivated!

[@TestificateMan3]

I read an average of 100 books and year and yet I still feel so inspired by this amazing video. Keep up the content!

[@ParkersPensees]

Thanks man!

[@chrismaresco3163]

After being an avid reader of personal developement books for over 40 years, I decided this year to create 3 lists of books. The first list is for books I want to read for general information, this year. The second list is for books I want to study (go slow / go deep). The third list is for books I want to re-read every 12 to 24 months. This list includes books such as "Think and Grow Rich", Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", "The Bullet Journal Method", etc. The area I currently have the most passion about is Journaling. I have been watching many of your KZbin videos, Parker, and I have found them to be very helpful. I have gleaned several good ideas that I am now implementing in my journaling journey.

[@psylegio]

This video touched on me. I loved reading when I grew up. Then I went to university and that killed the joy. Reading became a job. Reading articles and writing work stuff, the occasional further education, it all just had to be done. Life hit with good stuff like a family, dog, house, weird stuff and everything else so it never grew back until I made it a goal. I set a modest goal of 10 pages a day, just to force reading back into my daily routine. So I keep that and most days I do find the time and opportunity. I could never focus on reading in a café, nor do I want to read more than one book at the time even if I know I could. I do have a whole lot lower threshold for giving up on a book. Life is too short. You made a good point about the density, if that word fits, of the book and I often go for lighter fiction, or something in my own language after a really fact packed book or one where I constantly have to look up passages in the Bible. 10 pages can be a burden, but they still get me through some 10 books a year. I am still a few running meters behind in my ever growing piles of new books but I am a happier man for having found my way back to reading. I even found that longing for the reading itself, not just the desire to know.

[@ParkersPensees]

So awesome, I'm glad you found your way back 💪

[@chadwinmiller-uw3gq]

This video and also the journal video were really helpful in getting me to brainstorm practical ways to increase my reading intake and writing output. Thanks for the ideas and keep the videos coming!

[@ParkersPensees]

Awesome!! Feel free to drop any new ideas you come up with in the comments, I'm always looking for new methods

[@natbrownizzle1387]

Hy Parker, I am new to your Channel, writting from Austria (not Australia ^^) and I really like the way you explained it. I think that stacking the books is important, because it has a positive psychological effect on you, which is why I will start doing it. At the beginning you said that reading is like working out and if you have never done it, you will of course not be that good at it. So I came to that conclusion just a couple of days ago, I sat there, started to read and after 30 Min. I stopped and did something else, then I went journaling writting partially also about me stopping to read (my goal is a book a day btw, especially when it comes to novels). And then, it came to me, reading has to be trained, your body has to learn to sit still, your mind has to focus on that one page and your eyes have to adjust ( I would suggest a good lamp i order to have enough light, but not too bright). So I set up a "training plan" for my reading. I sit down, read for 30 Mins, then I take a 10 Min. break, stretching, walking around, moving a bit and then straight back to reading. My ultimate goal is to be able to sit for 55 MIn and have a 5 Min. break. To other people here who are just starting to read. There is one cool thing that happens, when you read more than usual, you will start reading faster. At the beginning your eyes fall over every word, you lose the idea, have to start again, etc. it the same way as going jogging for the firt time, your form will be really bad, you will have pain, can't go that long, etc. But with time, you will not only be able to read for longer periods of time, but you will also be better at remembering and also reading faster and in some cases you do not even read faster, you just read without falling over each and every word and or forgetting what the sentence was about, so there will be less "starting from the beginning". The "Pull a Thread" Part is the reason I am a bibliophile. I of course bought books which were mentioned in movies, still working on buying the book mentioned in "The Matrix" in the first scene they show us Neo, also books or authors who of course are metinoned by Authors I read, another thing I do is, if I see someone reading something and the title sounds interesting, I take my phone out (I DO NOT TAKE A PICTURE) and write the title in a note, that way I can buy a book, which has zero connection to me or friends of mine, call me crazy, but is that not awesome? Anyhow, have a nice day, thx for the vid, sorry for the long text. PS. I too am studying philosophy, which is the main reason I want to read more.

[@stephenodom4835]

I really enjoyed this video. The pulling the thread tip is my favorite. That is how I discovered so many books and authors. When I am reading a book for school or leisure, I will make notes of authors from the footnotes. I will search out their books to see what would interest me.

[@honestmass0757]

Since I have dyslexia reading is very difficult for me but I love stories and learning. So if I can get 1% better at reading I think this video is worth it

[@n8vnoob523]

I like the idea of reading multiple books at once and the stacked pile for the year.

[@abijahdixon2771]

Praise God. For my short attention span and getting distracted easily the time wouldnt work for me, but it is still a great idea. I like the idea of having a pile of books that ive finished to encourage me to keep going.

[@darknessjiujitsu]

I liked the addition of the Jiu-Jitsu clips and the shirt. Good tips!

[@ParkersPensees]

Haha my man! I better add some more clips in the future, maybe some d'arce clips!

[@terabyter9000]

Yeah I read 5 books at once too. Here are my current reads: Fantasy (Rise of Empire), Science Fiction (Ender's Game), Classic Fiction (The Portrait of a Lady), Novella (The Machine Stops), Non-Fiction (Superintelligence).

[@TheApologeticDog]

Excellent! I have really invested into my digital library which I have tons of books at all times in my iphone. Most books I can download on a reader app, to which I crank up to 2x the speed as I drive and workout. When I am at my study, I can crank it to 6x speed and pause and take notes as needed! "Sharpen the Saw"

[@lemedeiros1979]

This video gave me some ideas and motivation. I have dyslexia and didn't learn to read until 7th grade (12ish). I hated reading and barely graduated high school. In fact, I never actually passed elementary school. I have an associates degree from way back after high school, but since 2016, I've been pecking away at a bachelor's (graduated in May 22) and now a master's degree. I love information, and I love writing. I've been (VERY) slowly getting through books. Sometimes 1 or 2 a year beyond textbooks (which I use virtual for the audio function). I someday want to be able to be an avid reader who chooses reading over other things when looking for something to do or that can have and meet a reading goal. Thanks for the information.

[@ParkersPensees]

This is so awesome! Great work, seriously! I'm glad I could play even a tiny part in your educational story. Keep going! 💪

[@emielou]

Tip 7 is a great one. I always have around 3-4 books on the go at once, usually all different genres and format.

[@ParkersPensees]

That's the best!! I'm so glad when I hear other people doing this.

[@bryanbaez4412]

Do you have an approach for a big theology book like One of Hodge’s works or Bavinck’s Dogmatics ?

[@coltoncauthen8696]

Great video thanks! Some of these tips are in line with what really helped me move from reading 3/4 of a book every year or two to 12-20 books/year. I really like your suggestion to start with why (hey someone should write a book on that… oh wait…). But if your goal is to learn and increase your understanding (like Mortimer Adler talks about for example) then it changes things substantially. This was a paradigm shift for me. The purpose of reading a book isn’t to have every word/sentence of the book pass through my conscious mind so I can say I’ve read it. It’s to go to the book and extract something from it and from the author in a sort of dialogue with the author. That may mean reading it many times or it may mean reading parts and skimming others. Right now due to having tons of other commitments, I just read 20 minutes every day. Hoping to make that 1-2 hrs in the next few years. Thanks again, great video.

[@ParkersPensees]

Thanks man this is awesome. I actually cut the part about Adler's 4 types of reading in order to make a separate video about it. I love me some Adler.

[@ParkersPensees]

I also want to make a video about how I mark up a book for future Parker's benefit. Like you said, I'm bot going to remember everything but I can make it easier for future Parker to reference

[@coltoncauthen8696]

@@ParkersPensees Awesome! I really liked the stack of books from the current year and reading log, btw! Never seen those ideas before and pretty sure I’m going to adopt both 👍🏼

[@JohnnyHofmann]

Awesome video, Parker.

[@ParkersPensees]

Thanks!

[@diegeist9482]

Greatings from Türkiye . Very helpful video thanks.

[@ParkersPensees]

Glad you liked it!

[@alexmcinnis398]

Im really struggling to keep uo with my reading requirement bith for myself and for my classes. Mostly just because i lose focus and cant retain information.

[@ParkersPensees]

Do you take notes in your books?

[@asta3457]

Great Video

[@ParkersPensees]

Thanks! I'm hoping to make lots more like this 🤞

[@yonyse1769]

Hey parker, how about retention. Do you feel that comes as reading becomes more og a habit?

[@chrismclaughlin491]

* Hint: Page count equals book count :) It seems like if the average book you will read will be about 350 that is so close to 365 that the rule of thumb could really be that whatever page count you read per day will roughly be the number of books you read.

[@israeltrujillo-sba6747]

Sup Parker! What do you think about forcing oneself to read a boring book? I want to learn church history, but I find many church fathers boring. But I noticed I like to read commentaries of someone that did a study on the church fathers for X topic for example. What would you do?

[@ParkersPensees]

Force yourself to read the primary texts too. It sucks but par it with a book you enjoy. It's really important to read the original texts in church history and not just overviews and surveys 😪 but some will surprise you and will turn out to be amazing

[@israeltrujillo-sba6747]

@@ParkersPensees idk bro x( there's very few church fathers I can actually enjoy. That pairing tip might be helpful! Although it's hard to see how I'll find what's relevant for both and read it together. Sounds like the connection would be hard to make

[@ParkersPensees]

@@israeltrujillo-sba6747 nah I just meant read something that you do like along with reading the stuff you don't like. Not necessarily something related

[@saltydodger9597]

An avid reader too but your advice is going to help me a lot in the frustration I sometimes feel about my disorganised reading, especially the journal point. Btw, do you recommend reading more than one at once? I sometimes try to read a novel and academic book in parallel, good tip?

[@ParkersPensees]

Yeah I think that's tip #7, I definitely recommend reading multiple books at once especially different genres. If I read philosophy before bed I have a hard time sleeping so I toss in a novel that I won't take notes in to help me go to sleep.

[@au8363]

Glory To The Triune God😊

[@MRLoveARTdraws]

Amazing video bhai💎❤️really helps out in a lot of stuff....and i just have a lil question.....what do you actually study as a philosophy student....? what are your favourite philosophy or recommendation books for a beginner of this genre ?love from india

[@ParkersPensees]

I'm looking to do a lot more videos answering these types of questions, but for now here's a podcast episode I did with a friend on books we've found helpful for learning philosophy kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHjMioWpmsuXaJY

[@adriang.fuentes7649]

Personally, I've never been able to read multiple books at once, but not because I forget or something like that, but just because, if I have started, let's say, three books, I always get interested more in one, so I abandoned the others. So, I prefer one book at a time. For me, the best tip is that if you are bored or dislike a book, just dont read it! At first this is was difficult, because I like to finish everything, but man, what a relief when you start value your time more than you value some random book.

[@ZacharyTLawson]

Pages/day ≈ books/year is a pretty good rule of thumb.

[@tehaaronjelly5473]

How do you feel about audio books?

[@ParkersPensees]

I like audio for fiction, but I don't count them on my reading goals

[@tehaaronjelly5473]

@@ParkersPensees I mostly listen to fiction as well, but I think they helped me a lot in gaining momentum. Same thing with exercise, you eventually start to get addicted to it and it becomes less of a struggle.

[@ParkersPensees]

@@tehaaronjelly5473 100%!

[@yourlocalbhoot]

aii bro now dat youve been a student of philosophy and read alot about christianity and jesus just give the islamic holy book quran a read like just go thru it once i found it so mindblowing like the content and context i dont even have words for it

[@Vasquimho]

Are you really "reading"when reading so many pages? There are books where you will have to read slowly or reread to digest the information.

[@ParkersPensees]

Right

[@AbdullahMubeenA.M]

Why? I want to learn more and retain it, I want more knowledge

[@justinsankar1164]

📕📘📗📓

[@ParkersPensees]

I love em!

[@cucummmber]

Honestly, your moustache is why I clicked on your video😅 But, by mere coincidence maybe, I do want to increase my reading, so ✨WIN WIN✨! 😂

[@ParkersPensees]

I'll take it!

[@zhonglisucks7020]

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[@ParkersPensees]

Going for late 19th century England 😓

[@potatoman2052]

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[@ParkersPensees]

Hahahaha I had to look this up. I'm sad. But I see it 🥲