Reading a book a week for your career

Re:Reading a book a week for your career by keiferski on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:51PM (#22426604)

I have never understood this attitude, honestly. Some of the most worthwhile things in life are difficult, literature included. Discarding things because they don't immediately grab your attention seems like a side effect of our low-attention span age.

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Re:Reading a book a week for your career by kbutler on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:39PM (#22427071)

Rather than "difficulty", consider ROI and opportunity cost.

If it's difficult, but you're learning a new skill, expanding your perspective or capacity, or enjoying the challenge, by all means, keep going.

If you're not enjoying it, and the payoff is just having completed it, and you could do a lot more valuable/enjoyable stuff with that time, then stop reading Finnegan's Wake, for goodness sake.

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Re:Reading a book a week for your career by ASalazarMX on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:04PM (#22426740)

Difficult things are rewarding, indeed, but you need infinite time to try them all. You have to pick your battles if you want to advance.

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Re:Reading a book a week for your career by Ididntdothis on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:25PM (#22426927)

I have no problem with difficult things but in my free time I don’t want to force myself to do things I don’t enjoy. I have to do this already way too much at work.

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Re:Reading a book a week for your career by bambataa on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:19PM (#22426882)

It's perfectly reasonable to read a quarter/fifth of a book and decide that you don't like the style, premise or whatever. Sometimes I persevere and enjoy the book after all but perhaps that's just acclimatisation.

People who walk out of films, though...

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