{"id":7661,"date":"2020-02-06T19:45:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T23:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=7661"},"modified":"2022-04-13T23:16:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T03:16:51","slug":"reading-habits-of-successful-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/reading-habits-of-successful-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Habits of the Wealthiest People in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The world\u2019s most successful people do one thing in common: they read. They consider books their most profitable investment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From $2 to $500 billion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In a small grocery store in Omaha, Nebraska, two teenage boys worked to make a daily wage. Both were natural entrepreneurs. The older boy bred and sold hamsters on the side. 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They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/effective-learning\/\">The key to learning<\/a>: <strong>both Munger and Warren Buffett read obsessively<\/strong>. They have a natural curiosity and a fear of missing critical information that will change their entire business.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Famously, when just starting out in investing, <strong>Buffett would read 600-1000 pages every single day<\/strong>. Today, he still spends 80% of his day reading.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"quote-blue\">\u201cRead 500 pages\u2026every day. That\u2019s how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/knowledge-work\/\">knowledge works<\/a>. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their lessons for everyone: no matter where you are or what you do, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/keep-on-learning\/\">keep learning<\/a> everyday, and you will succeed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Billionaires read like crazy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Buffett isn\u2019t the only one who got successful by reading. Many of the world\u2019s highest achievers attribute their success to reading.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tech founder <strong>Elon Musk <\/strong>started his aerospace company SpaceX without any background or experience in rockets. So how did Musk learn to be a rocket scientist? <strong>He read every book on rocketry he could find<\/strong>. Said a SpaceX founding team member, \u201cHe borrowed all of my college texts on rocket propulsion\u201d and \u201cpractically memorized\u201d them. Now SpaceX is worth over $30 billion.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bill Gates<\/strong>, the world\u2019s richest man, is a lifelong reader and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/bill-gates-recommended-books\/\">reads 50 books per year<\/a><\/strong>. Here\u2019s what he gets from all this reading: \u201cEvery book teaches me something new or helps me see things differently. Reading is still the main way that I both learn new things and test my understanding.\u201d&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entrepreneur and investor <strong>Mark Cuban<\/strong> built a billion-dollar business, owned owner of the Dallas Mavericks. How did he get started? \u201cI read every book and magazine I could.\u201d His advantage was that he actually put in the work: \u201cAnyone could buy the same books and magazines. 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