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How to Read More in Less Time
A proven system for busy adults to read more books, retain more of what they read, and do it in less time
by Alumigogo Books
Chapter 1: Why Most Approaches Fail — and What Actually Works
Ask yourself a simple question: what is the last non-fiction book you read, and what are the three most important ideas you can remember from it right now?
If you are like most of the adults I have spoken with while researching this book, that question triggers one of two responses. The first is a blank stare, followed by a vague recollection about the title. The second is a rush of guilt because they read that book six months ago, loved it at the time, and can no longer recall a single actionable detail. You finish a book, you feel smarter for a few days, and then the ideas leak out of your head like water from a cracked jug. And yet, you keep buying more books. The stack grows. The cycle repeats.
This book starts with a hard truth. The way you have been taught to read, and the way you have been taught to think about reading, is fundamentally broken for the information age. It is not your fault, and it is not a character flaw. You are following a blueprint that was designed for a different time and a different type of book. You are trying to read a practical business treatise like a Victorian novelist, and you are trying to memorize a dense scientific text like a high school history textbook. The result is a monumental waste of your most precious resource: time.
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