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Warren Buffett reads 500 pages a day. Charlie Munger read everything. Naval Ravikant says reading is the most important skill.
They’re right about the principle. Wrong about the format.
Compound interest: 10,063
Compound listening: 20 min/day of audiclip for 1 year:
Most “avid readers” manage 12 books per year. 20 minutes of daily listening achieves 4x that — in article form, which is more current and more relevant to your work.
Compound reading requires:
Compound listening requires:
The compound effect only works if you DO IT CONSISTENTLY. Reading habits break. Listening habits stick — because they piggyback on existing daily activities.
Year 1: You’re broadly informed across your field. Year 2: You start seeing patterns others miss. Year 3: Your judgment improves visibly — colleagues notice. Year 5: You’re the person everyone asks for perspective. Year 10: Your accumulated knowledge is an unfair advantage that can’t be replicated.
All from 20 minutes a day. During time you were using anyway.
audiclip starts the compound on day 1. Save articles today. Listen tomorrow. In a year, you’ll have consumed more than most professionals consume in a decade.
The best time to start compound listening was a year ago. The second-best time is today.
20 minutes. Every day. For years. That’s how knowledge compounds.