In this video Nick Hutchison shares his personal evolution from a high‑school athlete who avoided reading to a lifelong learner who has consumed over 500 personal‑development books in a decade. He explains how his curiosity led him to explore finance, health, biohacking, entrepreneurship, and creativity, eventually prompting him to found BookThinkers—a community that matches readers with the right books and helps authors reach their audience. Hutchison identifies a common problem among his followers: they read recommended books but fail to implement the insights, resulting in little real‑world change. To address this, he authored Rise of the Reader: Strategies for Mastering Your Reading Habits and Applying What You Learn, which compiles the frameworks and habits he has refined over ten years to help readers close the gap between knowledge and action. He emphasizes a belief in human potential, arguing that the right book at the right time can dramatically improve one’s life, and invites viewers to purchase the book on Amazon.
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My name is Nick, and I am a lifelong learner. I'm somebody who's read over 500 personal development books in the last 10 years, and I'm also the author of Rise of the Reader: Strategies for Mastering Your Reading Habits and Applying What You Learn. When I was growing up, I was definitely not a reader. I was more of the jock stereotype in high school. I focused on wrestling and football. I was definitely not an academic. You couldn't get me to do my homework if you paid me. As I got into college, I started to understand the importance of self-education a little bit more. And so I started reading about personal finance and investing. I went from back of the class to front of the class, and I started to think, what other areas of my life could I apply this to? I started to branch into general personal development, books on health, biohacking, fitness, brain function, cognitive retention. I started to focus on general business, entrepreneurship, curiosity, creativity, communication. I literally could not get enough of it. I had an insatiable curiosity for more. And as I continued to read more of these books, I continued to learn about more areas of my life that I could improve. And so I wanted to spread the word. I wanted the people around me to understand the importance of these books. I wanted to rise together. I decided I'd like to spend my full-time efforts in this space. So I started a company called BookThinkers. Book Thinkers is all about spreading the positive power of personal development books. We help readers connect with the right book. We help authors get their books to the right people. My friends and family, as well as my community at Book Thinkers, know me as somebody who loves personal development books. In fact, I've read hundreds and hundreds of them over the last 10 years. And so as this community has continued to grow, I get a lot of very similar questions from everybody. It kind of goes like this. Hey Nick, I'm reading all the amazing books that you're recommending, but I'm having a tough time implementing and retaining the information. I get excited about it, but my life doesn't change. I'm not creating real behavior change in my life. And so I thought, rather than answering this question over and over and over again, it's a pretty long answer, I'd write a book. And so I decided to write a book called Rise of the Reader: Strategies for Mastering Your Reading Habits and applying what you learn. This book details everything that I've tried over the last 10 years so that readers can get more from the books that they love. They can use books to close the gap between where they are today and who they know they're capable of becoming, just like I did, except they could do it faster and more efficiently. I believe in human potential. I believe all of us are capable of doing more with our lives than we're currently doing today. I would hate to look back at the end of my life and think, wow, I wish I did more. I wish I created a life that was uniquely fulfilling to me. What's interesting is that in my 20s, I was able to create something that makes me genuinely happy. A lot of people aren't able to say that, and I was able to do it by reading and implementing personal development books. I remember I was sort of skeptical when I first got into the personal development space. I mean, can these books really change your life? But here I am. Less than 10 years later, as living proof, these books can change your life. And that's why I've written Rise of the Reader: Strategies for Mastering Your Reading Habits and Applying What You Learn, so that you can take advantage of the frameworks I've developed to get more out of these books. So it's available now on Amazon. And remember, the right book at the right time can change your life, especially this one.
