{"id":128,"date":"2006-04-24T12:22:04","date_gmt":"2006-04-24T12:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kubasek.com\/blog\/lifelong_learner\/?p=128"},"modified":"2006-04-24T12:22:04","modified_gmt":"2006-04-24T12:22:04","slug":"read-but-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"Read&#8230; but what?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best ways to constantly learn is&#8230; to read books. OK, you might agree. But read what? Good question. That&#8217;s not so easy to answer. You have to read what you like. You have to pick the books that interest you. If you pick a book that does not interest you, put it aside, read another one. If you force yourself into reading a book, then reading will not be fun for you. If you make reading fun, then you will read a lot more. And thus learn a lot more. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I love to read. I read constantly and I&#8217;m actually looking forward to my commute because I can listen to books. It&#8217;s a great way to gain more knowledge. Plus, most of the audio books I get for free (NetLibrary.com or LearnOutLoud.com).<\/p>\n<p>But the question is: what should I read? First thing, start anywhere. Don&#8217;t worry about the next book.  Why? Because inside that book you will most likely have recommendations for other books. Put them into a wishlist (I have several at Amazon). Then when the time comes, pick something from the list.<\/p>\n<p>Another good way is to feed off from other people&#8217;s recommendations. I recently discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.guykawasaki.com\/2006\/04\/my_ten_favorite.html\">Top Ten Books from Guy Kawasaki<\/a> (well-known blogger, writer). Some books were on my wishlist. So what did I do? I ordered several of them. I know that I want to read them (since I already had them on my wishlist), plus he had good recommendations. I ordered <em>Influence<\/em>, <em>Uncommon Genius<\/em>, and <em>If You Want to Write<\/em>. Several others I added to my wishlist.<\/p>\n<p>I try to read the best books. So before I read\/buy any book I go to Amazon and check its reviews. I only read the highest rated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.guykawasaki.com\/2006\/04\/my_ten_favorite.html\">My Ten Favorite Books<\/a>, Guy Kawasaki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best ways to constantly learn is&#8230; to read books. OK, you might agree. But read what? Good question. That&#8217;s not so easy to answer. You have to read what you like. You have to pick the books that interest you. If you pick a book that does not interest you, put it aside, read another one. If you force yourself into reading a book, then reading will not be fun for you. If you make reading fun, then you will read a lot more. And thus learn a lot more. \ud83d\ude42 I love to read. I read constantly and I&#8217;m actually looking forward to my commute because I can listen to books. It&#8217;s a great way to gain more knowledge. Plus, most of the audio books I get for free (NetLibrary.com or LearnOutLoud.com). But the question is: what should I read? First thing, start anywhere. Don&#8217;t worry about the next book. Why? Because inside that book you will most likely have recommendations for other books. Put them into a wishlist (I have several at Amazon). Then when the time comes, pick something from the list. Another good way is to feed off from other people&#8217;s recommendations. I recently discovered Top Ten Books from Guy Kawasaki (well-known blogger, writer). Some books were on my wishlist. So what did I do? I ordered several of them. I know that I want to read them (since I already had them on my wishlist), plus he had good recommendations. I ordered Influence, Uncommon Genius, and If You Want to Write. Several others I added to my wishlist. I try to read the best books. So before I read\/buy any book I go to Amazon and check its reviews. I only read the highest rated. ReferenceMy Ten Favorite Books, Guy Kawasaki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelonglearner.kubasek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}