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The Danger of Reading Books
I write daily about the benefits of reading, but there is a danger as well. To read a book is only half of the equation. Once you finish the last page and put it back on the shelf, you’re only 50% finished. If, in that moment, you pick up another book, then you’re in danger of too many “ins” and little to no “outs.”
It’s addicting to read more and more books. It “feels” like progress, and when you’re not able to sit down and read a book, you’ve got audiobooks, podcasts, or YouTube videos funneled into your headphones. The information going into your brain is never ending, but what’s coming out?
The danger of reading is that you never stop to consider what you’ve read. You get caught up in the addictive and endless cycle of more, and you never take the time to apply what you’ve learned.
Try this: next time you finish a book, take a few days off from reading and other inputs. During that time, review your notes from the book, take action on at least one idea, and enjoy a few walks where you ponder the content of what you’ve learned. If you skip this step, you’ve missed the point of reading in the first place.
Until next week, read slowly – take notes – apply the ideas.
-Eddy
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Book Recommendation
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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Revealing the Book Club Reading Schedule
3 Fascinating Ideas
From My Reading This Week
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Book Recommendation
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
This book caught me off guard. Recommended by a member of my book club, I couldn't resist. It's a book that follows the experience of Caitlin Doughty as she manages to get a job in a crematory and then learns how to, well, handle a person's final wishes. The book is unabashedly about death, it's quirks, embarrassments, and untold oddities. She's a strong writer with a lot of whit who has no issues with getting her hands dirty to get the job done.
Is this book recommendation good for everyone? Probably not. If you've just lost a loved one, it may be too punchy, but if you (like me) believe that knowing more about death is in some way cathartic, this book is a riot.
Additional side note -> If you listen to the audiobook, it's read by the author and she does a fantastic job bringing her stories of death to life.
Additional (Additional) side note --> --> I have an Audible membership, and for some reason, this book was free for me. I confirmed with other members of my book club, who also have memberships and found it was free. I'm not sure if there's a promotion going on at the moment, but I thought I would give you a heads up.
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Listen to The Podcast
Revealing the Book Club Schedule for Season 2!
Welcome to season 2 of The Read Well Book Club! I’ve carefully selected a series of powerful works, starting with Thoreau's inspiring essay 'Walking' and wrapping up with Sapolsky's scientific 'Behave'. In between, we’ll explore stoic wisdom, poetry, and psychological fiction. In this episode, I share with you the 10 books we’ll be reading in season 2 (2024/2025).
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📚 From My Reading This Week:
3 Fascinating Ideas
I've been learning about logical fallacies this week, and came across this Latin phrase: onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat, which says that the burden of proof rests on him who says, not on him who denies. It relates to The Burden of Proof Fallacy which states that if you make a claim about something, it's your responsibility to provide the evidence for it. And yet, how often do we see people making claims without evidence?
"I return to my description of a more right and proper kind of friendship: 'In general you cannot judge a relationship until the partners have attained strength and stability in mind and in years.' For the rest, what we commonly call friends and friendships are no more than acquaintanceships and familiarities, contracted either by chance or for advantage, which have brought our minds together." - Michel De Montaigne
"Consuming content creates anxiety because we worry about capturing the information correctly, rather than learning from it. This creates friction." - FromSergio, YouTube Creator
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