The average person in the United States reads one book per year and earns roughly $50,000. Yet the average CEO reads one book per week and earns roughly $13,000,000.

Coincidence?

Study successful people as much as I have and it’s evident that reading is one of the most common habits of successful people. Whether it’s Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, President Obama, Mark Cuban or anyone else. And it’s been that way for centuries.

Every time you read, you get a deeper knowledge of the things that, one day, can be very useful in your field. Sometimes it might not even be relevant to your world today but can pay dividends in the future.

Reading, even if its only 15 minutes a day, will dramatically change your life. I’m confident with these four tips, you’ll be an avid reader in no time.

How to Read More: 4 Simple Strategies

Find a Quiet Place to Minimize Distractions

Humans are distracted like never before thanks to smartphones and endless notifications. Most people have become slaves to their devices instead of the other way around. And this explains why it’s so hard to stay focused when you sit down to read.

Next time you want to read more, it’s time to eliminate distraction and commit to your allotted time. During your reading time, turn off or put your phone in airplane mode. Turn off the TV, laptop notifications, and anything else distracting.

If you’re reading in your home try and do it early as part of a morning routine so you’re not distracted. Or, opt to do it in a quiet place by work when you need to take a break.

Read at the Same Time Every Day

Success in anything is replacing a bad habit for a good habit. Chances are, you’re probably watching too much TV as the average person watches 4-5 hours each day.

A good habit to read more is to make yourself read before you can turn on your TV. Even if it’s 15 or 30 minutes, this is a great way to start the process.

I recommend putting your book of choice by your remote. This will make it easy to pick the book before turning on your TV. And if you’re enjoying the book, chances are you won’t feel as inclined to watch TV.

Set a Reading Goal

In 2016 I told myself I was going to read one book per month. And I stuck with it. Then in 2017, I increased it to two books per month. And in 2018 I’m closer to one book per week.

How’d this happen? By setting a goal.

If you want to learn how to read more, I highly recommend that you set a goal. Whether it’s 15 minutes per day, a book per month or something else.

Find a goal that is challenging enough but still doable. To stay committed let someone else know or find a reading buddy or club to hold yourself accountable.

Find The Right Books

One way I was able to start reading so many books in 2016 and 2017 is that I had so many available. Anytime someone told me to read a book I would add it to my Amazon wishlist. Then, each week I would order at least two books.

Before I knew it I had 50 extra books in the house. This made it easy to pick one up and never have to worry about what I was going to read next.

While you don’t have to be as drastic as I was, I think it’s crucial to have books ready. Whether you create a list on your phone or have future books around the house.  

Hopefully, these four tricks will help you learn how to read more. Remember, as Tony Robbins said, “Leaders are readers.” Educate yourself and take control of your life by becoming a voracious reader.

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Dr. Bob Rotella has had the privilege to work with elite athletes & executives around the world for decades. The longer he worked with elite individuals, the more he realized how much they have in common.

Use these top five lessons to learn how champions think and start creating the life you truly want;

1. Build Your Self Image | How Champions Think

As Dr. Maxwell Maltz said in his epic personal development book, Psycho-Cybernetics, “The self-image is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self-image and you change the personality and the behavior.”

Dr. Bob Rotella agrees and speaks at length of the importance of building a positive self-image. To be a champion, you have create the image of a winner before it actually manifests in your life. You can’t expect it to happen overnight either.

To build a self-image you need to first identify who you want to become. Then, adopt and practice the habits and rituals of that person. Make a plan each day to get one step closer to your future self.

The more promises you keep to yourself, the more you will build your self-image and ultimately self-respect over time.

2. Channel a Growth Mindset | How Champions Think

Success at extraordinary levels is impossible with a fixed mindset. To be a true champion in life, you have to adopt a growth mindset. You have to believe that you can overcome anything, learn the skills, and produce the results you want.

When you channel a growth mindset, you can take on the two qualities Dr. Bob says is necessary to become a champion — optimism and confidence.
 

3. Trust The Process | How Champions Think

Champions understand that success isn’t a straight line. They set a goal, make a plan, and trust the process.

When things go wrong they don’t have shiny object syndrome. Instead, they stay committed to the plan and process.

As Eric Thomas aka “ET The Hip Hop Preacher” said, “Trust the process, don’t rush the process.”

4. Fail Your Way to Success | How Champions Think

Champions accept failure as a stepping stone to success. They don’t see a failure as a dead end, instead, they use it as a learning lesson.

Champions in any arena of life know that is an e a choice to take pride in their persistence and patience. They understand setbacks are inevitable. But they don’t take them personally or let them diminish their belief in themselves. 

To think like a champion you have to use failure as fuel to take your life to the next level.

5. Surround Yourself With People Who Make You Better

No one ever accomplished anything great alone. Champions know they need a team to make them compete at the highest level.

Look around in business and sports and it’s evident. Arguably the most successful hedge fund manager ever, Ray Dalio, has worked with high-performance coach Tony Robbins for 30 years. Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, and Tom Brady all surround themselves with the best coaches and trainers in the world.

If you want to be a champion you have to guard your inner circle and make sure everyone is helping you towards your goals.

Remember, if you want to be a champion in life, you have to start by creating the right image of yourself and pair it with the right mindset. Once you start there the rest of the process will be much easier.

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12 Powerful Growth Mindset Quotes To Empower You

1- Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude. Roy T. Bennett

Happiness is a state of mind that is at your disposal at any moment. You decide how you feel today, no one else.

2- It takes a different mindset to be successful in anything; that’s why there’s not a lot of super duper successful people, because it’s guys I know who may be ten times more talented than me, but they don’t work as hard. Rico Love -Growth Mindset Quotes

Talent does not equal success. Hard work and a winning mindset are what it takes to be a success.

3- I try to work on all aspects of my game, whether it be run, pass. I think you can never stop growing, and I definitely take that mindset. You’ve just got to keep on grinding. D’Brickashaw Ferguson -Growth Mindset Quotes

The grind is real. There are no shortcuts.

4- No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it. Kevin Hart -Growth Mindset Quotes

Successful people are always learning. When you stop learning, you stop growing.

5- I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in. Roger Clemens -Growth Mindset Quotes

There is nothing, and I mean nothing that is beyond your reach if you believe that you can achieve it.

6- My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn’t have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don’t be afraid to fail. Sara Blakely -Growth Mindset Quotes

If you fail, you do not lose. You only lose when you quit.

7- It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way. Adam Savage -Growth Mindset Quotes

Your mindset creates your perception. If you create a positive one, you will see the world in a positive way.

8- Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it. Steve Maraboli -Growth Mindset Quotes

Get your head right, and the rest will work itself out; with your hard work of course.

9- Leadership is a mindset that shifts from being a victim to creating results. Any one of us can demonstrate leadership in our work and within our lives. Robin S. Sharma -Growth Mindset Quotes

We are all leaders. You only need to step into our power and decide that it is who you are.

10- Eliminate the mindset of CAN’T! Because you can do anything!  Tony Horton -Growth Mindset Quotes

You can do absolutely anything you set your mind to.

11- Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion. Manu Bennett -Growth Mindset Quotes

In a room full of people with the same dream the same amount of talent and the same drive as you, your mindset will set you apart.

12- I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great. Russell Wilson -Growth Mindset Quotes

Having a positive mindset focused on growth and learning is a key tool in create abundance and success in your life.

What are you favourite growth mindset quotes? Share them in the comments!

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