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Today, I'm going to teach you how to be a better reader, how to read faster, and then also how to retain more information.

I want you to understand this is something that I realized a long time ago.

Learning is the secret to getting ahead in life. It is. If you want

to have a better life, you need to learn more. If you want to get ahead of your

competition, you need to learn more.

If there's something that you can't do, you need to learn more.

Whatever it is that you need to learn. And I read a really concerning statistic about three years ago and this was what it was.

33% of high school graduates never read another book.

42% of college graduates never read another book and 80% of US families did not buy a book last year.

That's insane. That's just, I can't even believe those statistics are real.

Eight out of ten US families didn't buy a book last year.

But if you look at the other statistic, the average CEO reads about 60 books per year.

So the average CEO reads more than a book a week, yet 8 out of 10 American households did not

buy a book last year. This is an amazing secret because

it shows you if you want to get ahead of everybody else simply learn more. Get more information

into your head and I don't mean going and scrolling on

Instagram and watching 15 second videos of someone teaching you something. I mean

sitting down, taking time, and actually focusing on reading something from some of the most intelligent people who have ever existed on this planet.

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