Are you reading?

August 16, 2008 by Fadzuli · 1 Comment

Dr Irfan Khairi tanya kepada Dr Fadzilah Kamsah:

Saya rasa pendengar di luar sana dan saya juga ingin mengetahui agaknya dalam sebulan berapa buah buku Dato baca?

Translation:

Dr Irfan asked Dr Fadzilah Kamsah:

We want to know how many books do you read in a month?

I will target to buy 10 books per month. On average I finish reading 3-4 books per week.

My points:

Wow 10 books per month. Haha I have trouble reading a book in two weeks so how do they do it and why read so much. You see these people are already millionaires and yet they still read so much! Wait when I say read, I meant reading books not magazines, not online articles, not newspapers. So if you add up all that, these guys are reading a lot!!

So why? In this day and age, you need to stay knowledgeable and always stay ahead of others. Azizi Ali once said in his book, if you want to do better than others, you have to do things that others don’t do. So when others read 3-4 books per week, you need to read 5 books per week to stay ahead of this people.

Ok its beginning to sound extreme right? Well that’s the point I’m getting to. If you want to be great you have to be extreme.

So what if people like me cannot read so much in a week?

Ok trust me if you cannot finish reading one book per month. i doubt you can finish reading 5 books in this short time. This also requires discipline and practise.

One of the most valueable advise I’ve gotten is to start with easy ones first. Start with short books like those e-book, 10-20 pages. Get used to reading first and make it a habit. Then once you are used to it, you realise that you are reading much faster. Then pick up thicker books.

Similar to exercise, this needs scheduling too. If you are the type that’s always busy running around like me, then my advise is to carry the book with you and when you have in between breaks or waiting for someone to use that time to read.