“Read the best books first, otherwise you will
find you do not have enough time.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read! And I do not mean Instagram, Facebook, or the latest “news”
on your phone. Read the best books and avoid the traps of junk. Read
what has stood the test of time; there is a reason they are called the
“classics.” We have available to us, through written books, thousands
of years of wisdom and knowledge.
Read what interests you. Read to learn something. Read to
re-learn. Be attentive to what you read so it sinks in. Take notes.
Reading is not always about how much you read, or how many books
you read, it is more about the quality of what you read—soaking in the
knowledge, retaining it, and thinking about it repeatedly.
It is better to know a few things well—so we can put that knowledge
to actionable use in our daily lives—rather than to fill our heads with
junk, gossip, or other commercialized social media.
If you do start a book and don’t like it, or it is not resonating with
you, set it aside. If it is a 200-page book, and after reading 10% (20
pages of it), it is just a stinker, put it down and move on to the next
book. Life is too short to suffer through a book that doesn’t resonate
with you. Anytime someone says they read a book and “it changed
their life,” remember that title; it’s probably worth the read.
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