📚 A&B #172

🙏 Support:

No sponsor this week, instead all I ask is that if you enjoyed this newsletter, please share a link to it on social media.

And thank you to everyone who shared the newsletter last week, we gained 400+ new readers!

👋 Hey everyone,

Here are a few popular posts you may have missed:

• How to read any book in just 1 week.

• 43 Reading tips from Naval Ravikant.

• 10+ Reading tips from Naval Ravikant (visualized).

🤓 Course Update:

Here’s the course outline and lessons I have so far:

1) How To Find & Filter For Amazing Books

• My 2 go-to strategies to easily find amazing books

• How to prioritize your reading list from 10 books to 1

• How to tell if a random book is worth reading in 5 mins or less

• How to use book reviews & summaries better than 90% of people

• When you should quit a book and how to do so without feeling guilty

2) How To Get More Books Into Your Life

• How to 2x your reading motivation with 1 exercise

• How to start and keep your reading habit that sticks

• How to 10x your focus and become an indistractable reader

• How to easily DOUBLE the number of books you read every year

• How to find 1+ hour to read every day even with a busy schedule

• The truth about speed reading and how to actually read 2-3x more books

3) How To Get More Life Out of Your Books

• How to take notes in print books, ebooks, and audiobooks

• How to organize and store your notes with a reading journal

• How to remember more of what you read & not miss the most valuable lessons in books

• How to apply what you’ve learned from books to transform your life

If there are any other topics or lessons you would like to see covered, reply to this email and I’ll try to include it in the course.

Click here to join 100+ readers and get the course for 40% off.

📚 Book Summary:

I’m celebrating my birthday this weekend with friends and family so instead of a book summary this week, here are the 10 most popular newsletters from this year:

1. A&B #143

2. A&B #136

3. A&B #169

4. A&B #137

5. A&B #141

6. A&B #159

7. A&B #131

8. A&B #146

9. A&B #149

10. A&B #166

PS: You can find links to all of my past newsletters here.

✅ Actionable Advice:

1) Click through the newsletters and order a book to read this holiday season.

2) Set a goal to read for 15 minutes today and use the “Distraction Catcher” technique to not get distracted while reading (lesson below).

3) If you want to buy me a birthday gift (and yourself one), this is the perfect gift. 😉

📖 Reading Lesson:

Do you have ADHD or trouble staying focused while reading a book?

Here's a simple hack I created that changed my life.

It's called a "Distraction Catcher".

💎 Weekly Gem:

Podcast: Would You Love the Same Man On and Off the Pill? | Dr. Sarah Hill & Jordan B. Peterson

This is a fascinating and eye-opening podcast about the science of women, hormones, and the unintended consequences of birth control.

Dr. Sarah E. Hill is the author of “This Is Your Brain On Birth Control” and has spent 15+ years studying how birth control affects women’s sexual choices, mental health, aggression, mood, and so much more.

If you, your partner, or your kids are on birth control, this podcast is worth watching and becoming fully educated on the hidden effects of it.

Thank you for your support, I'll see you next Sunday!

Read on,

Alex W.