Read Outside Your Field

We should all be life-long learners. To expand your horizons it is a good idea to read books and literature outside your normal disciplines and areas of expertise. Buy a few magazines you normally wont read, and read them. This way you will integrate your current knowledge in totally new ways. You will find that it is at the verge between disciplines that the most exciting, interesting and creative ideas, solutions and innovations appear.

Reading A Book The 80/20 Rule Way

There are many applications of the 80/20 rule. When it comes to reading a book it says: 20% of the pages contain 80% of the content. This has tremendous bearing on your studying technique. First read the summary of the book, then the table of content and the introduction. Then flip through the book, look at illustrations, graphs and pictures. After that you will most likely be able to create a one pager summary of the book. Then, if you want, you can read any particularly interesting chapters.

Mind Your Mind

Your mind is your most precious asset where all your future value generating resources reside. You better take good care of it and exercise it regularly. A study conducted on senior citizens in New York a few years ago, called The Einstein Aging Study, came to the conclusion that individuals who played chess and maintained regular reading habits, stayed mentally alert and fit longer than others. Train your brain! Get on an exercise program starting today!