4. Go from "I hate reading so much they sent me to summer school" to leveraging it as a social tool in 40 minutes

Your Roaring 20s

English - April 14, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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On the last episode of Season 1: Things that are ruining your social life, we are discussing how our reluctance to read makes us totally boring. After a while, people don't want to socialize with boring people.

I went to summer school because I refused to read (0:00). Read to have better conversations (6:33). Read for low-cost experimentation emotionally, professionally, and monetarily (11:34). Read to discover what frustrates you (18:53). The Point: Reading reveals to us our values which informs how I can productively spend my time in my 20s to set myself up for major success in my 30s (27:35). Thinking is good, doing is better: Strategies to for building a reading habit (36:20).