Episode 122

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31st Oct 2023

Turn the Page in Your Career with Effective Reading Techniques | E122 Nick Hutchison

What kind of impact would it have on your career if you could be mentored by Tim Ferriss, Brene Brown, Cal Newport, Oprah Winfrey, Les Brown, Ryan Holliday, James Clear, and Carol Dweck?

This is a handful of the top thinkers from the last decade and the great news is, we can receive their mentorship.


No, unfortunately, they don’t have a special lottery program where you can enter to win a free mentoring session but they do have something even better, a book.


Yes, all of these top thinkers are also authors and they’ve condensed the knowledge they’ve gained from decades of experience into an organized format that costs less than $20 even free if you’re savvy about it.


Today we are talking about the power of books. My friend Nick Hutchison from BookThinkers is going to teach us how to boost your career through effective reading. Nick and I get into all kinds of reading techniques like note-taking strategies, how to read faster, finding time to read, and when to stop reading a book that isn’t serving you.


If you’re ready to take your career and life to the next level by reading impactful books, then this episode is for you.


I hope you enjoy my conversation with the creator of BookThinkers a massive online community of book lovers and the author of the newly minted book, Rise of the Reader…Nick Hutchison.


Key Takeaways:

  • How to make time to prioritize reading books
  • One easy shift that will allow you to read 26 books in a year
  • How to get access to books for free
  • The importance of reading wide when you first start reading
  • Why it is critical to set an intention before reading a book
  • Note-taking strategies to maximize retention
  • Short-hand note-taking strategies
  • How to read faster
  • A mathematical framework for deciding when to stop reading a book


Mentions:

$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No (https://www.amazon.com/100M-Offers-People-Stupid-Saying/dp/1737475731)


More of Nick:

Personalized Book recommendation: DM Nick at www.instagram.com/bookthinkers

Buy the book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/c9dE0ln

Learn more about Nick: www.nickhutch.com

Learn more about BookThinkers: www.bookthinkers.com


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