You Have Read Many Great Books. Now What?

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You Have Read Many Great Books. Now What? ??

On zoom, I have one whole wall of books behind me.

This is not a zoom background image. I have a habit of donating my books to the library when I deem them no longer of value to me. Although it perhaps gives people an impression that I am well-read, the fact is the opposite - all the books behind me are what I have yet to read or re-read.

With such a collection of debt, I still often feel the need for another book. Needless to say, I have e-readers like kindle, besides which I have a Kobo Clara, which allows me to borrow from the library or buy from Rakuten.

"What else can I learn? " Curiosity - the thirst for knowledge that drives humans to implore and explore.

But I have consciously started asking myself a different question about the next book.

Before I go into that, please allow me to digress a bit:

Many of my clients are highly intellectual and curious readers who read a lot. They have a massive archive of wisdom from ancient philosophers to modern business tycoons. And yet, time and again we find ourselves arriving at what we already know but have yet to internalize.

Knowing and learning are two different concepts.

A decently good book is likely packed with at least 100 pieces of wisdom - if we are willing to see. Why do most of these great pieces of advice leave hardly any impact on our life?

First of all, a piece of advice only matters if it's relevant to us at that moment. We would treat golden nuggets as worthless stones when they are not relevant. But what happened to all the wisdom that gave us an awakening moment? When we are too busy "moving on to the next," we shelve them in the brain's storeroom.

In this fast-paced era, we move from task to task, from information to information. We are always moving on. "What's next?" "What else?" We ask. But moving on from what we know is not always the most beneficial. After all, it's worth asking:

Do we really need more wisdom?

This thought brought me to revisit a book - which I found awakening but did not internalize enough.

Now, for any new book, I would ask myself: "If there is one principle that I can take away from this book, fully internalize and implement thoroughly, and have a big impact on my life, what would that be? "

Seek bigger impact, not more wisdom.

Many of you are also great readers. Do you feel the same? What's the next book you want on your bookshelf?

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