BRX Pro Tip: 3 Tips on Getting More Out of Your Reading
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, you are such a prolific reader. What advice do you have for helping us get the most out of what we’re reading?
Lee Kantor: [00:00:13] I think we’re in a golden age of information and expertise sharing, whether it’s through books, whether it’s through blogs, whether it’s through podcasts. There are so many talented, generous people sharing what they know in a variety of formats. But I’m old school in terms of still reading books, and I think that any money spent on books ultimately gives you the most knowledge per dollar than pretty much anything else you can spend money on when it comes to your self-improvement.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:40] I mean, just think about it. Just pull one usable nugget from a book. Isn’t that worth the $10 you paid for the book? So that’s number one. I think investing in thought leadership, whether it’s books or podcasts or blogs or however you do it, I think it’s money and time well spent.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:57] Second, I think that when you do invest in a book and it’s not working out for you, don’t feel obligated to read every book you buy. I mean, if you’re not enjoying it or you’re not benefiting from it in an hour or two, stop reading it or just skim through the chapter summaries. I mean, you’re not obligated to finish every book you buy, so just get out of it what you can and move on. There’s just too many books out there.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:22] And lastly, what I do to find new books is I read books that my favorite authors mention or read themselves. For example, I’m a big Seth Godin fan, so if I’m listening to a Seth Godin podcast or reading a Seth Godin book, which I pretty much read almost every one of the books he puts out, but if he mentions another author or he mentions another thought leader in his podcast or in his book, I will go check that person out, because I know that that person is influencing somebody whom I hold a lot of respect for. So I use the people that I’m currently kind of reading as a way to find the next thing to read.
Lee Kantor: [00:02:04] So, those are three tips on getting more out of your reading.
