NEVER STOP LEARNING Reading Is An Art Form.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)

Byline: Robin Grugal

4 If you're like most people, you probably think of reading as something as simple and natural as walking. But by doing so, you're cheating yourself out of a great learning experience.

At least that's how Mortimer Adler (1902-2001) saw it. The educator, philosopher and author of some 60 books said reading is the key to being a lifelong learner, "but not the way most people do it."

His 400-page book on the subject, titled "How To Read a Book," treats reading as an art form, with rules to learn and follow. It was a bestseller when it hit book shelves in 1940 and remains one of the great how-to books to this day. Some of his tips …