Is Reading Actually PRODUCTIVE? 🤔
18 Dec 2023
A look at whether reading actually makes you productive or just feels like it does. The speaker argues for reading with intent to solve specific problems, not just to feel busy or distracted.
A look at whether reading actually makes you productive or just feels like it does. The speaker argues for reading with intent to solve specific problems, not just to feel busy or distracted.
My point is, I didn't read that book just for fun. You know, I read it because I had a specific problem that I wanted to solve, and that's the purpose of reading. And don't get me wrong, like, if you want to read for enjoyment, I think you should. I definitely think you should. I don't want that to be the message that reading is bad. The message here is that if you're lying to yourself and telling yourself you're productive because you're spending a lot of time reading, even though you don't have problems that that book can solve, that's bad. If you're reading a book to distract yourself from the actual work. If you're reading business books to make you feel productive or self help books to you feel productive, really need to take a long, hard look in the mirror because there's definitely something better you could be doing with your time.
