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by throw94 3614 days ago
For me, it has been reading books. Although my reading speed is very slow right now (hopefully it will get better with time) but i still manage to read a book every month. So much to learn from them :)
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My reading speed is slow and my to-read list is long. I used to force myself to finish every book I started but now I'll happily give up on anything that doesn't grab me fairly quickly.

I've also been working on only adding things to my list that I actually want to read and avoiding books that I add only because I want to have read them.

Is there a title in particular that triggered your interest in reading?

I started by reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Reading it was such a wonderful experience that I have read 2 more books since then. (Started reading 3 months ago)
100% agree that the point of reading is not anything to do with finishing books!
Learn to speed-read by learning from a couple of speed-reading books. I recommend the Evelyn Wood system to get you started.
What kinds of books have you found yourself reading? Fiction? Non-fiction?
Mostly non-fiction right now as my reading speed is slow and any good fiction book will probably take a lot of time.