Turn the Page: Read Right to Lead Right

I will never read books the same again. I've always read with thoughts of grasping on to nuggets no noof wisdom for my own life but never went into reading with questions that I needed answered before I read a book. It's a cool concept that your brain will look for those answers as you read.

Fantastic book that I can't recommend highly enough. Reading is becoming a lost art as some of the statistics presented in introduction of this book explained, i.e. 50% of US adults are unable to read at an 8th grade level, 33% of High School graduates will never read another book after High School, and worse yet; 42% of college students will never read another book after college. Seriously mind blowing information, but that's not the true power of the book. The author does a great job of helping you understand HOW to read, not just WHAT to read. Truth is everywhere, and developing the ability to find and apply truth while reading should be the ultimate goal of anyone who seeks to educate themselves.

Though I have been an avid reader all my life, I learned much from "Turn the Page." Most of the recommendations it gives are simple, and counter-intuitive (like writing extensively in your books, or reading several books along side each other), but they will immediately begin to change how you read. I can see how readers of all levels (from young teenagers to senior executives) would benefit from what is taught."Turn the Page" is well written, lively, and funny, not to mention insightful and grounded in experience, with plenty of anecdotes, ideas for your next read, and foundational principles to help guide study. The only thing I wish it would've included is a reading list, but perhaps the lack of reading list allows it to appeal to a larger audience. Or allows the reader to apply the recommendations for choosing your next book.

Like many Tjed books it is repetitious and self-promoting. I’m getting frustrated following their book lists and seeing many of Oliver DeMille’s own books and his fellow writing ‘Bros’ that have the same ideas as him. They quote one another and their own children as if they are famous and by just saying their name we should know who they are. Which seems to be the opposite of an example good leadership education to me. In a book claiming hard work, humility and a wide range of exposure to good literature brings about great leaders, they seem to always start with their own books as the best books to read which turn out to be mostly copy and pasted from previous books they’ve already published.They all only seem to be New York Times Bestselling authors because of the pyramid type scheme they’ve created to get others to buy their books and have those friends write books so they can get three more friends to buy all the upper ‘authors’ books and then have them all write books so they can quote each other in their new books blah blah blah....

The title the cover... I don’t know. It didn’t appeal to me, but we read this for book club, and it was a great read!!! I highly recommend it for anyone who likes to read.

All serious readers should read this book.

Good book. Quick read with very insightful points.

If you can get through the first couple chapters and have never read any book about how to read a book before, it MIGHT be worth reading.