#Headline Book Group# #Xiaobei's Book List # How do successful big guys learn? The "5-hour rule" invented by Franklin, the founding father of the United States, pointed out that as long as one hour is set aside every day to "deliberately study", spend time reading, thinking, and testing what you have learned, in the long run, you can become one of the few ultimate winners who are willing to persevere and know how to invest in themselves.
Looking around, many successful people are indeed deliberate practitioners of learning. For example, Buffett spends five to six hours a day reading more than five newspapers and five hundred pages of books, Facebook founder Zuckerberg reads a book every two weeks, and even Amazon President Bezos is a well-known "book lover".
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is also a well-known self-paced learner, according to an interview with The New York Times, he reads one book a week, reading an average of about fifty books a year. He said, "When one is reading, one has to pay attention to whether one is really engrossed. "He likes to read and take notes at the same time. Instead of keeping a separate note in the book, he just notes the focus or idea in the margins of the page. This method is called "note-taking", so that reading is not just a passive reception of information, but "a deep and intense dialogue with the author", so as to achieve active learning effect, so that the knowledge is deeply imprinted in the mind.
Virgin Atlantic founder Richard. Branson used to be a dyslexia person who led to poor grades and a lack of knowledge of math. However, congenital inadequacies were not enough to be a stumbling block for him. With his outstanding business acumen, he has climbed to the peak of his career and has been named "the smartest man" by British media polls.
The secret of his learning is far simpler than the average person thinks: carry a notebook at any time, write down useful information and sudden new ideas at any time. "I look back at several notebooks I've written before every year," he says. This habit has persisted until now, even in the era of smartphones, he insisted on writing by hand in order to deepen the impression of the content.
Oprah, a famous American talk show host, came from a poor background, suffered unbearable painful experiences in her childhood, encountered ups and downs, and finally read and educated her to turn over, shake off the darkness of the past, and become a household name.
She says she owes her current achievements to her "love of reading," which she believes is the best way to expand her knowledge and skills. Even though the daily schedule is tight, she still makes time to read and record the key points of knowledge.
It can be seen how important reading is for successful people!
