If you don't read, you must be insane...
There are hundreds of people who have spent years beating their heads against the wall trying to solve the same problems you're dealing with.
And they all decided to distill that wisdom in the books they wrote...You can steal that hard-won knowledge in a few quiet afternoons!
And they all decided to distill that wisdom in the books they wrote...You can steal that hard-won knowledge in a few quiet afternoons!
Read books slowly, with periods of reflection and meditation.
If a book barely challenges you at the first read, you won't likely read it again.
If a book barely challenges you at the first read, you won't likely read it again.
Only the books that are worth rereading are worth reading in the first place...
"If you can speed-read it," @naval wrote, "it isn't worth reading."
"If you can speed-read it," @naval wrote, "it isn't worth reading."
The fact that knowledge is cumulative and you were born later than Antisthenes, Montaigne, Eliade, Machiavelli, or Tolstoy calls for an opportunity that can't be missed.
You need to read, and you need to read a lot!
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Question:
What's 1 book you think everyone should read?
What's 1 book you think everyone should read?
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