I think many people misunderstand how to use books generally. They're such simple things. Many people think you have to read every page of a book starting at the first page and go to the last page, before moving on to the next. Maybe because that's what they were taught in school?
How I read:
- as many books as I want concurrently (from 0 to infinity)
- sometimes I skip entire chapters to get to the bits I find important
- sometimes I read parts of a book and decide it's a bad book, or not useful to me, so I put it aside
- sometimes I read the same paragraphs/pages/chapters/books multiple times, rarely, but occasionally, many, many times (e.g. some essays I read approximately every 3 months, since they're so important to keep front of mind).
- very often, I take notes, often many pages of notes. These are an amazing resource for years to come