Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Reading isn’t a “solo sport”. Hear me out… 👆

30 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, Nick Hutchison argues that reading personal development books should extend beyond self‑improvement to benefit the people around you. He emphasizes that being valuable to others is a key reason he authored his own book. When he reads a great personal development work, he immediately considers how to teach, rework, and simplify its ideas for his community. Citing the principle that you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with, Hutchison asserts that readers have a responsibility to elevate those close to them by sharing what they learn, positioning reading as a collaborative, not solitary, activity.

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Reading personal development books is not just about improving your life, but it's also about improving the lives of the people around you. Being of value to other people is a very important aspect of being a rising reader. It's why I wrote my book. Whenever I'm reading a great personal development book, I'm also thinking about how can I teach this to other people, rework this information, simplify it, and educate everybody else around me. If we are the average of the 5 people that we spend the most time with, Shouldn't we be helping elevate their lives as well by teaching them everything that we read? Reading books is not a solo sport.