Reading is also as much about the tangents of thoughts that arise in your own mind as it is about whatever the writer is trying to tell you, and that's where the brain does the real work of sharpening itself.
If you were to read for 20 minutes, or about 15 pages of a book, every day, then by the end of the year, you'd have completed between 15 to 20 books.
In my experience, it isn't an exaggeration to say that a single book at the right time can completely change your life. With just a 20-minute commitment, you're giving yourself up to 20 opportunities a year to do so.
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