The Unforeseen Value of Books and Connections That I Regret Missing

27 Aug 2023 · 0 min

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This content was created by Robin Waite. This content was uploaded by Robin Waite. This is a YouTube video titled "The Unforeseen Value of Books and Connections That I Regret Missing" (created 2023-08-27T14:00:19Z). The excerpt is an English first-person reflection/monologue by a single speaker (labelled SPEAKER A) who describes having stopped reading after university for 6–7 years, regrets that absence of reading, values the books and connections they later gained, and states they now even wish they hadn’t gone to university—while noting they are not advising others to skip university. The content is personal commentary on education, reading, and professional development.

I finished uni and I thought, that's it, I don't need to read books anymore. And I didn't read books for 6 or 7 years in the first few years of my business, and I bitterly regret that. I think what I, what I've learned from the connections I've made and the books I've read and things like that, I, I actually wish I hadn't gone to uni in the first place. Now, I'm not suggesting— it's not a suggestion for anybody to skip uni, right? There's, there's some value in that. It's one of my truths.