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Books

Self-Stall Read

February 11, 2010

A friend said to me:
Reading a book has never hurt me in any way.
True, reading another book or another post can’t hurt.
But it can stall.
The question is simple: are you motivated?
If not, then you can read yet another self-help book that echoes the same message over and over.
If yes, then stop reading. You’ve read it [...]

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All You Really Need

August 27, 2009

A song to make you dance and smile.
A book to make you think and grow.
We haven’t evolved that much, to hell with cars and videogames.
Music and literature is all you really need.

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Books Beat Blogs

August 17, 2009

Blogs make you interesting.
Books make you smart.
There’s too much fragmentation and topic diversification for blogs to leave the kind of mark a book does.
Yes, they are complementary, but if you are lacking time, choose books.
One book trumps a hundred posts every time.
Last thought: This is why I suggest reading philosophy books. If you must be [...]

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