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We’ve been recording knowledge in books for a long time.
Odds are that no matter what you’re working on, someone somewhere, who is smarter than you, has probably thought about your problem and put it into a book.
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Invest in Time
How do you value your time? We can make more money; we can’t make more time. Use your time to read, to gather insights that will save us from mistakes.
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“A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savor of it.”
MACHIAVELLI
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Why do you read?
"To me, reading is more than a raw input. I read to increase knowledge. I read to find meaning. I read for better understanding of others and myself. I read to discover. I read to make my life better. I read to make fewer mistakes." - fs blog
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“Men who have made these discoveries before us are not our masters, but our guides.”
SENECA
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“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time – none, zero.”
CHARLIE MUNGER
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Reframing excuses we make for not reading:
- Time: Stop thinking of it as some activity that you do when you feel like it. It should be a reflex, a default.
- Money: Reading is not a luxury. It’s a necessity.
- Purpose: Whatever problem you’re struggling with, is probably addressed in some book somewhere by someone a lot sm...
Why We Read
Whatever problem you’re struggling with is probably addressed in some book somewhere written by someone a lot smarter than you.
This is all written down, often in the first person. Read it.
A look at any random sampling of successful people finds a common trait: a love of books and an...
Do care what others think
Chris Hadfield has been to space three times. Yet no matter how hard he worked, it was always someone else’s decision to put him on a mission.
It makes sense to care what people think about you and your performance. So get feedback. Learn from it. Improve.
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