How Can I Motivate Myself To Read More Books Rather Than Spending Time on the Internet?

In a nutshell: Learn how to read more books by spending time on the internet. Make the transition easy on yourself.

What this does it keeps you inside the comfort zone initially (you’re used to browsing around the web), but the content you read will steer you away from the web and into books.

Basically procrastinate in a way that drives you right into the thing you actually want to do.

Read lots of content about books, learn more about books you’ve always wanted to read, watch video reviews by other people and you’ll naturally feel drawn to books more and over time, the urge to pick them up and read them will get stronger and stronger – until you’ll naturally make the jump!

For example, I have a 12,000+ word blog post that’s a visual list of motivational book index cards. It’s fun to explore, look around, share, but it also really makes you want to read those books 🙂

Here’s a sample:

You can start exploring that list here.

Alternatively, you can try this: I’ve spent the past 4 months creating a free email course to help you build a daily reading habit. It’s a digital way of learning how to read more books 🙂 You can sign up here.

Nik

Niklas Göke writes for dreamers, doers, and unbroken optimists. A self-taught writer with more than a decade of experience, Nik has published over 2,000 articles. His work has attracted tens of millions of readers and been featured in places like Business Insider, CNBC, Lifehacker, and many others. Nik has self-published 2 books thus far, most recently 2-Minute Pep Talks. Outside of his day job and daily blog, Nik loves reading, video games, and pizza, which he eats plenty a slice of in Munich, Germany, where he resides.