How to Get Started

"How to Get Started Reading the Great Books... in an Age of Distraction."

Sign up for Symposium's free "Email Course" -- a five-day program sent to you June 23-27, 2025 to support your next steps in your reading journey. 

5-DAY OUTLINE:

Introduction & Email Course Outline - "What to Expect"

• Introduction to the Email Course and What You Can Expect to Learn

• Why Reading Great Books is Different from Reading Everything Else

Day 1: The Most Important Things To Know

• Great Books Deal With Perennial Questions (Not Trendy Topics)

• Conversations with Books and Other Readers is the Key (The Socratic Way)

Day 2: Mistakes Many People Make

• Reading too Many Books, too Quickly (Not Information Consumption)

• Being Discouraged by the Difficulty: It's Not Too Late to Make a Second-Sailing 

Day 3: Preparing Yourself for the Long-Haul

• Choose Any Great Book, Maybe a Short One for Starters

• Clear Away Distractions -- Attentiveness is Key

Day 4: 3 Simple Upgrades To Your Reading Practices

• From Highlighting To Good Questions

• From "Getting Through It" to "Living With It"

Day 5: Best Practices Moving Forward

• Prolong the Perceptive Mode of Reading

• Join a Reading Community like Symposium Institute!