29/09/2020
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There may not be any easy way to say this.
The world has finally started reopening and you are getting back to the pace of your busy life. There are so many things you want to do every day but you cannot seem to be able to keep track of them all.
Your workplace takes up at least 8 hours of your day.
Then you have to be a good parent to your children; sticking around in their corner and making sure that they are attended to as and when due.
You have to keep up with your business and make sure that things are moving on as planned.
On the side, there are a ton of engagements with friends and family.
So, before retiring to bed every night, you make a list. You get a little journal and begin documenting all the things you wish to do the next day."๐จ ๐๐-๐
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐" โ you hear the voice of your personal development trainer in your head each day as you go about doing the needful.
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Sitting pretty at the top of that list is the ever-present "๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
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That is cool, till tomorrow comes and life seems to get in the way.
So, you end up moving that one task into tomorrow, and every other tomorrow for the next few days. At the end of the week, you may just end up getting the first few pages of that book you set out to read out of the way โ not because you are lazy per se, but because life has a way of getting in the way each time.
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Now, hereโs the thing.
Nothing will take the place of Personal Development as you journey to becoming the person of your dreams. Also, one of the major ways to develop yourself is by reading books and gaining insight on salient matters.
So, you must figure out how to make sure that while you still keep up with everything you have to do, you are actually on top of your book reading goals.
In this post, I will share with you a few substitutes you can include in your reading regimen to help you. ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ง, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐-๐ค๐ฃ๐จ (๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช), ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ. ๐
So, these are a few ways you can read a book, without reading the book. ๐
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Did you know that you can find cool and animated summaries of the books you want to read on Youtube?
Yes, you can.
There are a ton of channels that are dedicated to offering key notes and book summaries with beautiful and engaging videos. Although these may not give you the whole โ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐" vibe, they can help you be in sync with what the book is all about because they communicate its salient points.
Hereโs the beauty of the thing; these videos are just a few minutes long (I canโt recall seeing anyone that was more than 20 minutes in length). Imagine gaining most of the knowledge in a book of 100+ pages in less than 20 minutes.
Cool, right?
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These have been lifesavers to me, especially.
A while back, I ordered a copy of Robert Greene's Mastery and boy, is the book big! ๐คง
Skimming through the book at first, I saw 311 long pages of small fonts. So, I decided that I was going to be done in 14 days, and quickly did the math.
14 days later, I was less than halfway through the book and knowing that there was no option save to complete it that month, I went off to find a way to get that done. That was when I discovered audiobooks on Youtube.
The whole book had been compressed into an audio recording that was less than 7 hours long. I got the audio recording and the rest is history.
There are a ton of audiobooks on Youtube, and they all are for your reading pleasure. Just go on Youtube and search for the audiobook you want to listen to, then listen to it bit by bit.
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In my opinion, this is the best of them all. ๐
Genyoutube is a third-party website that allows you to download Youtube content directly to your offline storage device (thatโs my fancy way of saying you can download stuff from Youtube from this website ๐ค).
Videos, tutorials, TEDx talks, you name them; almost every Youtube content is available on this website.
Do you know why I added it to this list? From here, you can download the audiobook you want to read straight to your phone/computer and that way, you donโt have to be worried about accessing it again.
Hereโs another cool thing. You can choose to download it as a video file, or convert it to an audio file and download. In any case, it is your call to make.
This option is what helped me download Mastery as an audio file and go through it in record time.
Another cool stuff, right? ๐
4. There is a great ebook reader that allows me to play any epub book as an audio file and listen to it. This way, I can get to do other things while I still keep up to speed with the books I want to read.
For this to work, all you need is an epub version of the book you want to read and the Pocketbook app. Open the book in this app and seek out the speaker icon to get started with the text to voice feature.
One great thing about this app is that you can change the voice of the reader, and the speed at which the book is being read to you. You can choose to make it faster or slower, and you can choose to have a male or female voice read to you. As usual, the choice is yours.
๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐ - thatโs the name of the app.
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You may also want to check this out. The service allows you to purchase audiobooks that you can play using any compatible device.
It is also a great way to save time and crush your reading goals, even with your busy schedule.
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The list of options you can explore is basically endless.
Even as you return to the bustle of your life, do not let anything slip out of your control โ especially not your personal development.
To be the best at everything โ your business, career, personal pursuits, and everything in-between โ you need to be at your peak in this aspect. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ.
Now, it's your turn. Did you learn something new?
โ๏ธโ๏ธ Praise Ohanwe
