——选自Asian Efficiency 网站（吉玛译）

When a student at Columbia University asked Warren Buffett about the best way to prepare for a career in investing, he gave some rather startling advice

哥伦比亚大学的一名学生向沃伦•巴菲特请教，如何为自己的投资生涯做好准备，他给出了一些颇为惊人的建议:

Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.                                                   

像这样每天读500页的书。这就是知识的力量。慢慢的形成知识，利滚利。所有人都能做到，但我保证你们中有很多人不会这样做。

Buffett is one of, if not the greatest investor in history. He’s amassed a fortune through careful, intelligent wealth management. And yet his advice was not primarily to study the stock market, intern on Wall Street, or take monetary risks.                                             

巴菲特是历史上最伟大的投资者之一。他通过谨慎、智慧的财富管理手段积累了一笔财富。尽管他的建议并不是主要研究股市、金融，或承担货币风险。

His advice for success is simple: read.

他对成功的建议很简单:读书。

In almost every discipline, reading is one of the few keys to advancement. It allows you to expand your mind, stand on the shoulders of giants, and be mentored by the greatest people in history. Success and reading go hand in hand.                                           

几乎在每一门学科中，阅读都是提升的关键之一。它让你开阔思路，站在巨人的肩膀上，历史上最伟大的人给予指导。成功和阅读是密不可分的。

But reading a significant amount can be difficult, especially if you’ve never spent much time doing it.                                      

但是读大量的书是很困难，特别是如果你没有花很多时间的话。

So how can you increase the amount you read?      

那么怎样才能增加阅读量呢?

Here are 5 simple steps to dramatically expand the amount of reading you do (without killing yourself).                                         

这里有5个简单的步骤，可以大大增加你的阅读量(无须大量时间)。

Step #1: Create A Reading Ritual

步骤1:养成阅读习惯。

It’s not enough to simply say, “I’m going to start reading more!” To dramatically increase the number of books you read every year, you need to implement a strategic reading ritual into your life. This ritual will help you know when to read, approximately how much to read, and give you a sense of how much you’ll read in a given time period.

仅仅说“我要开始读更多的书”是不够。要想大幅增加每年阅读的书籍数量，你需要在你的生活中实施一个阅读习惯战略。这个习惯会帮助你知道什么时候该阅读，大约需要阅读多少，并且让你知道在给定的时间里你会读多少。

The ritual should have several elements to it:                       

习惯具备以下几个要素:

A specific time. The best way to increase the your literature intake is to set a specific time when you’ll read. This could be immediately after you get home from work, during your lunch break, first thing in the morning, or before you go to bed. Having a set time allows you to know that you’ll read at least a small amount every day.                                                 

特定的时间。增加你的文献摄入量的最好方法是设定一个阅读的特定时间。可能是在你下班回家，午休时间，早上做的第一件事，或者上床睡觉之前。设立固定的时间让你每天至少会读一小段。

A minimum amount. Your ritual should also include a minimum amount of reading. You could do this based on pages or time read, with time read probably being your best option because of differing book sizes and complexity. Ideally, you should read for at least 15 minutes, but you can always start smaller if you find this too difficult.      

最少阅读量。你的习惯也应该包括最少的阅读量。根据页数或时间阅读，根据时间阅读可能是您最好的选择，因为不同的书籍大小和复杂性。理想情况下，你应该阅读至少15分钟，但如果你觉得这太难的话，你可以先以一个较短的时间开始。

These small steps may not seem like much, but over the course of a single year they lead to an astonishing amount of reading.              

这些小步骤看起来并不多，但是在一年的时间里，它们会形成惊人的阅读量。

In his book The Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod says this:                

赫尔·埃尔罗德在他的《神奇的早晨》一书中说:

Look at it this way. If you quantify that, reading just 10 pages a day will average 3,650 pages a year, which equates to approximately eighteen 200-page personal development/ self-improvement books! Let me ask you, if you read 18 personal development books in the next 12 months, do you think you will be more knowledgeable, capable and confident— a new & improved you? Absolutely!           

就其而言。如果你量化它，每天阅读10页，平均每年3650页，大约相当18本200页的个人发展/自我完善的书!我问你，如果你在接下来的12个月里读了18本个人发展的书，你认为你会更有见识、更有能力、更自信吗?毋庸置疑!

Rituals are compounding and cumulative. By creating a small ritual of daily reading, you can dramatically improve yourself over the course of a year and skyrocket the amount you read.                        

习惯是复合的和累积的。通过养成每天阅读的小习惯，你可以在一年的时间里大幅提升自己，并让你的阅读量猛增。

Step #2: Plan Your Reading List

第二步:计划阅读清单

If you don’t plan your reading list in advance, there’s a good chance you’ll either wander randomly from book to book or simply not read at all. Planning out the books you’ll read keeps you on track, gives you a specific goal, and keeps you moving forward.                             

如果你不提前计划好你的阅读清单，你很有可能会在书丛中乱撞，或者干脆不读书。计划好你要读的书会让你走上正轨，给你一个明确的目标，让你继续前进。

When planning your reading list, consider including books from a variety of genres, including:                                             

计划阅读清单时，考虑包括各种类型的书籍，包括:

Personal development

个人发展

History

历史

Social issues

社会问题

Biographies of great leaders

伟人传记

Fiction

小说

If there is a particular subject in which you want to increase your expertise, weight your list more heavily with those books. For example, if you want to grow in time management, include books by Stephen Covey, David Allen, Brian Tracy, and other experts in the field.                                                                                                         如果你想提升你的专业知识，那就用书来填补。例如，如果你在时间管理上有所成长，请阅读相关领域专家的书，包括史蒂芬·柯维,大卫艾伦,博恩·崔西等等。

One piece of advice on your list: don’t be afraid to alter it. It isn’t a sacred document written in stone. The list is meant to serve you. If you find you hate a book within the first 20 pages, move on to the next book.关于阅读清单的一条建议:不要害怕改变它。这不是石头上的神圣文件。这份书单是为你服务的。如果你在前20页发现你讨厌一本书，那就读另外一本。

Neil Pasricha puts it helpfully:

尼尔·帕斯理查认为它是很有帮助:

It’s one thing to quit reading a book and feel bad about it. It’s another to quit a book and feel proud of it. All you have to do is change your mindset. Just say, “Phew! Now I’ve finally ditched this brick to make room for that gem I’m about to read next.”                          

认为放弃读一本不好是一回事。放弃一本书而感到自豪是另一回事。你所要做的就是改变你的心态。只是说,“唷!现在，我终于丢掉这块砖，为我接下来要读的那颗宝石腾出时间。”

Keep a running list of books that interest you. If you’re at a bookstore, snap photos of books and store them in Evernote for future reference. If one books disappoints you, consult your list and move on to the next.      

列一个你感兴趣的书的清单。如果你在书店，随手拍下书籍的照片，并把它们保存在印象笔记中，以备将来参考。如果有一本书让你失望，请查阅你的清单，然后继续下一本书。

Step #3: Mark Up The Books As You Read                       

步骤3:边读边做标记

Books are meant to be sources of knowledge, not relics to be preserved. One of the most effective ways to absorb what you’re reading is to mark up your books. Underline, take notes, mark pages for future reference, etc.                                                                                                                                                                 书籍是知识的来源，而不是保存下来的文物。最有效的吸收你阅读的方法之一就是在你的书上做标记，下划线，做笔记，标记页面以备将来参考等等。

Tim Ferriss goes so far as to create an index system for every book he reads. Why? He says:

蒂姆费里斯甚至为他所读的每本书创建了一个索引系统。为什么? 他说:

Simple but effective note taking enables me to:                     

简单而有效的笔有助于我:

Review book highlights in less than 10 minutes                      

10分钟内复习书的重点

Connect scattered notes on a single theme in 10 minutes that would otherwise require dozens of hours                             

10分钟内将分散的笔记关联到一个主题——原本需要几十个小时才能完成

Contact and connect mentors with relevant questions and help I can offer与导师接触和联系相关问题,提供帮助

Impose structure on information for increased retention and recall

加强信息结构的记忆力

Taking notes forces you to grapple with what you’re reading instead of simply skimming. You probably won’t take notes while reading a novel but if you’re reading about goal setting, there will be all sorts of things you want to remember. Note taking allows you to do that.            

做笔记会迫使你去细细斟酌你正在阅读的东西，而不是简单的略读。你可能不会在看小说的时候做笔记，但如果你读的是设定目标，你会有很多想要记住的东西。笔记可以让你记住。

Taking notes also allows you to more effectively implement what you learn. You’re not just after more information. You’re pursuing a better life.

记笔记也能让你更有效地实现你所学到的东西。你不只是在获得更多的信息。而是追求更好的生活。

This is where an ereader like the Kindle can be helpful. The Kindle saves all your highlights, allowing you to easily access them at a later date. You can also search all your highlights based on keywords, which can help you quickly find a quote.

像Kindle这样的电子书阅读器是很有帮助的。Kindle保存了你所有的重点部分，让你以后可以的时间轻松回顾它们。你也可以根据关键字搜索所有的重点部分，可以帮助你快速找到引述。

Step #4: Listen To Books

第四步:听书。

Listening to books isn’t cheating. Your goal is to learn as much as possible, not reach an arbitrary goal that only includes reading. Listening to books is a fantastic way to make progress on your reading goals when you’re too tired to read or in the car or on the subway.    

听书不是作弊。你的目标是尽可能多地学习，而不是达到只包括阅读的武断目标。如果你认为在车上或者地铁上看书太累了以至于你不想看书，那么听书是你在阅读目标上取得进步的一种极好的方式。

Some great apps for listening to books include:

一些听书的应用程序:

Pro tip: Your brain can process speech must faster than can people can speak. This means you can listen to audiobooks on 1.5x, 2x, or even 2.5x (if you’re feeling really adventurous) speed. This significantly cuts down the time it takes to listen to a book. A book that normally takes ten hours to listen to can be cut down to five.

专业提示:大脑处理语言的速度必须比说话快。这意味着你可以在1.5倍、2倍甚至2.5倍(如果你感觉很冒险)的速度上听有声读物。这大大缩短了听一本书的时间。通常需要10个小时听完的书可以减少到5小时。

Step #5: Fill Your Spare Moments With Reading                  

步骤5: 阅读充实你的空余时间。

Many people assume they need to have large blocks of uninterrupted reading time to make significant progress on books. This isn’t true. By filling your small, spare moments with reading, you can make a surprising dent in any book.

许多人认为他们需要大量的不间断的阅读时间才能取得显著的进步。这不对。通过阅读填满你的闲暇时间，你可以在任何一本书上取得惊人的进展。

Every day is filled with dozens of tiny cracks and crevasses – moments when you don’t have anything to do. Sitting in traffic. Riding the subway. Waiting for an appointment. 10 minutes here, 20 minutes there.             

每一天都有细碎的时间——当你没有任何事情可做的时候，交通堵塞，乘坐地铁，等待约会的时候。这里10分钟，那里20分钟。

In those minutes, instead of hopping on social media, open a book. You can carry a physical book with you or use the Kindle app on your phone.

在那几分钟里，不要浏览社交媒体，而是打开一本书。你可以随身携带一本实体书，或者在手机上使用Kindle应用。

Again, to quote Neil Pasricha:

再一次引用尼尔·帕斯理查的话。

In a way, it’s like the 10,000 steps rule. Walk around the grocery store, park at the back of the lot, chase your kids around the house, and bam — 10,000 steps.

在某种程度上，这就像是10000步规则。绕着杂货店走一圈，在停车场的后面停车，绕着房子追你的孩子们，蓦地- 10000步。

It’s the same with reading…When do I read now? All the time. A few pages here. A few pages there. I have a book in my bag at all times. In general I read nonfiction in the mornings, when my mind is in active learning mode, and fiction at night before bed, when my mind needs an escape. Slipping pages into all the corners of the day adds up.

和阅读一样…现在我在阅读吗?一直。这几页，那几页。我的书包里一直放一本书。总的来说，我在早晨读散文，那个时候我的思想处于活跃的学习模式，晚上睡前我读小说，那个时候我的思想需要逃避。每天在琐碎的时间里翻翻书，你的阅读量会变大。

Small bits of reading add up very quickly. In the moment, they seem insignificant, but the cumulative effect is startling. 

少量的阅读很快就会累加。目前，它们似乎微不足道，但累积效应令人吃惊。

Also, if you grow in your speed of reading, you can also improve the amount you can read in a small bit of time. 

此外，如果你的阅读速度提高，在一小段时间内你的阅读量也会增加。

Create Extraordinary Results

创造非凡成就

Very few people are able to create extraordinary results apart from extraordinary amounts of reading. The simple truth is that we all need to learn from those who have gone before us. We don’t have enough inherent knowledge to reach the top.

很少有人能够创造非凡成就，除非你有非凡的阅读量。简单的真理是：我们都需要向前人学习。我们没有足够的内在知识到达顶峰。

But here’s the key point: extraordinary amounts of reading does not require extraordinary amounts of effort.

但关键的一点是:非凡的阅读量并不需要非常多的努力。

By creating a system that allows you to read a small amount every day, you read a staggering number of books.

通过创建一个系统，每天阅读少量的书籍，让你拥有惊人的阅读量。

It’s a small ritual that results in exponential gains.

小习惯铸就大收获。

Link: A Step-By-Step Guide To Dramatically Increasing The Amount You Read