If you're tired of the generic "you’ve gotta read more" advice that leaves you with fleeting memories rather than lasting utility, this video shows I extract more from one book than most people get from 100.
Reading shouldn’t be passive. It should guide your decisions, accelerate your growth, and transform information into tangible results.
👇 Comment below to share your own reading strategy, writers who’s been pivotal to your growth or if you’d like me to create a separate video for any of these books.
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
1:55 - Step 1: Selection
4:13 - Step 2: Absorption
6:26 - 1st Principle Thinker
11:09 - Audiobook Tips
11:44 - Step 3: Utilization
Books Mentioned
Meditations: https://amzn.to/4cCRXDa
Mindset Secrets for Winning: https://amzn.to/3RoHxgT
Prisoners of Geography: https://amzn.to/42CRuwl
The War of Art: https://amzn.to/4cZu0q5
Lao-tzu's Taoteching: https://amzn.to/42Rwsv0
Antifragile: https://amzn.to/4lJan9G
Be Water, My Friend: https://amzn.to/42jzwQy
The Private Equity Playbook: https://amzn.to/4jqUQtC
My Reading Guides:
My Top Books of the Year: https://www.mindmapnation.com/epiphany/my-top-3-books-of-2022
The Art of Selective Learning: https://www.mindmapnation.com/epiphany/the-art-of-selective-learning
My Other Book Videos:
These four books changed my life:
https://youtu.be/6uXm3loqaXw?si=d4VXj5JSYJ4CjO9h
How to be invincible | Meditations of Marcus Aurelius:
https://youtu.be/39ccItRRgFU?si=PYYmkhQ7brl_kKMk
How I Found My Way to Happiness | Rainer Maria Rilke:
https://youtu.be/qz4ZkaCki_c?si=d7UOPn5JL65xzjTR
Seneca: lessons from the greatest Stoic thinker:
https://youtu.be/cRZ_5PMrtMA?si=IsG3pfcLDqigapQb
I learned to love from a zen master | Thich Nhat Nanh:
https://youtu.be/We3zX5-_iw0?si=i74F-b0D8Z-t4LnT
Other Resources:
Free Epiphany Mapping course → https://www.mindmapnation.com/#emcc
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