#7 The 25 Page Method for Reading

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If you are like me, you probably know how important learning is in life to grow as a person and understand the world. And one of the best learning methods humankind has ever invented is reading. But the problem is that in the modern world where we are surrounded by numerous tools to distract us constantly, it is harder than ever to sit calmly to pick a book and read it. I have always wanted to read more and I have experimented with many tools and methods that would enable me to read more books. In this article, I will share with you one method that I have found which has helped me read with less friction and I hope that you also will find it useful.

I call this method “The 25 Page Method. So what is it? Well, the number one reason why most people hesitate to take a book and read is that when they see a book, they immediately get frightened about the length of the book, right? And they make a mental calculation of how long it is going to take to finish the book which would probably be 10 to 15 hours. And we find it a very unattractive and a tedious task. And consequently, we either read a couple of the fist pages or chapters and then close the book, and never open it again.

In this new method, if you want to read a book, say a book which has 200 pages, what you do is that you split the book into sessions of 25 pages. In the case of a book that has 200 pages, there will be 8 sessions of 25 pages.

Now, when you set out to read that book, you read the book as 25 pages in one sitting that is one session. It shouldn’t matter how boring or how exciting the book is, you read those 25 pages and complete that session. You stop only when it is completed and you stop there no matter what. The first 25 pages is called the first session, and the second and so on…

The time and place should be prescheduled and you should avoid distractions as much as possible.

A 200-page book would take 8 sessions to complete, and a 400-page book would take like 16 sessions to complete.

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