"How do I get the motivation to read more books?"

28 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube dialogue, Speaker A expresses difficulty maintaining a daily reading habit, attributing the problem to a lack of motivation. Speaker B probes the issue by presenting a hypothetical scenario: if reading a book earned a $1 million reward, would Speaker A read it? Speaker A responds emphatically with "100%" twice, indicating a strong willingness under that incentive. The exchange clarifies that the core obstacle is motivational rather than logistical, setting the stage for potential strategies to reframe reading value.

I've been having trouble lately trying to read books every day.
If I told you that if you read this book, I would give you $1 million, how likely are you to read this book?
100%.
So do you have a hard time reading or do you have a hard time with the motivation to read?
Motivation.
Exactly. Here's how I solved that. I consider every book when I was younger a $10,000 reward because I just assumed that if I read everything in that book, that it'd be worth $10,000 to know it because I could probably apply it. I couldn't stop reading. Anybody asked me, "Did you buy that car?" You know what the answer is? I read books. Heck yeah.