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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“Whatever problem you’re struggling with is probably addressed in some book somewhere written by someone a lot smarter than you."
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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.
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