Dr. Jordan Peterson on How to Develop Reading Skills

Dr. Jordan Peterson answers the question: "How do you manage to read so much?"

This is an excerpt from Dr. Jordan Peterson's Q and Q on, January 2019 edition. See below for the full video:

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[jeremiahnoar]

0:59 Jordan leaving briefly to read an entire book before returning.

[piecar]

I hated reading until I was 25. Now I have read practically every day for the last 2 years and it has been the best decision of my life.

[c.zerovnik]

0:33 "I have the natural proclivity of verbal ability" absolute bars.

[victor]

I've always been a very slow reader, and to compound the misery, my comprehension was poor. For decades I pressed myself to read faster, but to no avail. Recently, with a sigh and a shrug, I decided to read as slowly as was necessary to understand the material in front of me. Low and behold, my wpm rate increased. It seems that I had been attacking the problem from the wrong angle.

[Kusanagi]

You're the reason I'm reading. Every time I pick up a book I think of you and how you can remember all the different books, the point those books make and who those books belong to, which topics they tackle and also your own analysis of EACH BOOK. That's just incredible.

[acustrings]

J.P always motivates me to get stuff done!!

[marshey]

He breaks things down almost perfectly. His attention to detail is incredible

[Gahnyan]

He probably thought of 2 hours x 365 days while looking for the amount of weeks in a year in his mind.

It is a mistake that comes from thinking too quickly while talking.

The point is you can get 100 hours per year worth of reading if you read 20 minutes per day (six days per week)
Or 700 hours a year if you put in 2 hours per day approximately.

[OMAR-vqyb]

Reading faster is a terrible suggestion. I hate it when people say that as comprehension will decline and it won't lead to gains in your reading speed. Read at your comfortable pace and let your speed naturally increase as you get familiar with content, book structure, vocabulary, etc i.e. the first economics book will take you longer than the 10th one. Also, reading on devices is better because you can adjust the font to something more comfortable for your eyes. Also, take many breaks and meditate to clear head otherwise concentration declines when you start feeling tense after X number of pages.

[masoudjafary]

J. P. Is out of this world. I love the way he talks about books. So inspiring

[axed]

I have started listening audiobook and reading at the same time, and that skyrocketed my reading spead.

[redditionzyad]

Picked up recreational reading in 2020, in the midst of a depressive episode, partly out of desperation, partly to deal with some existential struggles. Long story short, went from being incapable to sustain attention for more than a few pages of mainstream fiction to wolfing down works of classical literature and scientific treaties at a rate of hundreds of pages each day. More than the feeling of gratification I came to derive from it, reading has become for me a deeply enjoyable and meaningful act in and of itself. I don’t if I would have gotten there had I tried to settle on reading x pages/minutes a day. The act is just too precious to be debased by turning it into a mere hobby, or worse, an item I need to check off my list…

[sammoe]

I wake up at 4am every day to read for an hour before working on my novel before going to work. I want to sell novels published with styles more similar to classical literature. It is my passion. And Balzac is the best. I also read throughout the rest of the day.

[IGamingStation]

I think this is why audiobooks are popular. People just listen to them while doing something, whether it's chores or something miscellaneous like going to the grocery store. The issue I have with it personally is that I like to take my time when I read when it comes to books. It takes me several times to even listen to one song before I can get the lyrics down, so without a doubt it'd be the same with an audiobook. Good if it works for people who prefer them, but I like to sit down and get immersed in a novel.

[EmilynWood]

I didn't think I could learn to enjoy some of the older classics till I took a Dostoyevsky class taught by an enthusiastic professor and was forced to read several Dostoyevsky books and discuss them deeply in class. Even though it was tedious, it was so rewarding and made me want to read more harder books, and now I find them much easier to read because of that class.

[felipediazdevivar]

I found really useful the audiobooks, this year I read more or less 12 books. (Including two of Jordan) this way I pay more attention, enjoy it more. Many people prefer a book, but audiobooks its a good alternative. This is an everyday routine I added this year wich I'm really happy
Greetings from Argentina

[jaredodgeball]

I learned some reading techniques from my eng 111 class. I learned to read thru 1 time, then reread again. Then write and paraphrase your understanding of the passage. It also helps to keep a dictionary of the words you don’t know

[crimson]

I totally agree with setting a specific amount of time that you save for reading. Even if its just 20 minutes if you do it every day u will get used to it. You need to make it your habit

[LeoGjok]

It’s simply amazing to see the comments here. Everybody commenting has shown self-improvement... it’s like I struck gold finding this comment section.

[AdamVal]

The degree to which reading continually stretches my mind never fails to amaze me.