Re:Ways to Read More Books
by IIIIIIIIIIII on Sunday May 07, 2017 @08:09AM
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> There's practically _zero_ of these mega-successful people (Gates, Buffett, Zuckerburg, Musk, etc.) who don't read
Citation needed, as well as a definition of "don't read".
For example, for several years now I have been reading a lot less books than ever before in my life, almost zero. However, I took several dozens of courses on edX and Coursera and read a lot of documents on the Internet. Just no books, and a lot less newspaper and magazine articles.
Donald Trump?
Not much...except Hitler speechs : https://www.quora.com/Does-Donald-Trump-read-books
Not successful. He just inherited Daddy's money and grew that money at a slower rate than the market.
If you define success solely by the amount of money, sure.
I don't know that con men who inherited their wealth count as successful.
There's practically _zero_ of these mega-successful people (Gates, Buffett, Zuckerburg, Musk, etc.) who don't read. Astonishingly, I can't think of a single one. While that doesn't prove causation, it definitely points at it! Do you want to try to be the first successful person who didn't read?
It's not that reading was this one magical trick that caused them to be successful, but rather that reading was a prerequisite. At least, that's my take.