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I wonder, did he read this much when he was founding Microsoft? I ask because, as someone who would love to read, I feel like I never have the time. And stran
by rubicon33 10y ago
I wonder, did he read this much when he was founding Microsoft? I ask because, as someone who would love to read, I feel like I never have the time. And strangely, I feel morally guilty for prioritizing other things like career growth etc.
- arjunnarayan 10y agoYou might want to read General Mattis on being too busy to read from when he was in the Marines: http://www.strifeblog.org/2013/05/07/with-rifle-and-bibliography-general-mattis-on-professional-reading/ http://www.strifeblog.org/2013/05/07/with-rifle-and-bibliogr...
- Uhhrrr 10y agoIn one bio ("Hard Drive", maybe?) it mentioned that he'd just go on a boat for a week with a huge stack of books once in a while.
- wishinghand 10y agoIf you can spare an hour a day, and can read at least a page every two minutes, that's 210 pages a week. I understand if you have family obligations and long work hours but I also like to squeeze some reading in during lunch if it's not a social lunch or maybe right before bed. Just like everything else in life you have to find the time for it and then make the time for it.
- douche 10y agoI manage about a book a week reading for a half hour or so at lunch time. It's not usually heavyweight stuff - fantasy, historical fiction, sci-fi, on my kindle. But hey, it's my lunch break, right?
- colmvp 10y agoGosh, I'm a slow reader. Usually when I read books (mostly non-fiction) it takes me a few days. If I just partitioned it to 30 minutes at lunch time like yourself, it would've taken me two to three weeks to read The New Jim Crow!
- mightybrenden 10y agoaudio books work great for me! :)
- TheAceOfHearts 10y agoAudiobooks are always an option! Since I spend most of my day in front of a computer, I tend to favor audiobooks. You can also listen to em while commuting or eating.
- a_bonobo 10y agoI take public transport to work instead of driving so I have more time for reading.
- Insanity 10y agoThis is one of the reasons why I favor public transport over driving my own car. I know that when driving to work I could listen to an audiobook, but I much prefer reading over listening. I just happend to learn better that way and enjoy it more. On my last job, I had 30-40 minutes on the bus back and to work every day and got a lot of reading done. Now I live about 8 minutes from my job which unfortunately is not worth it to start reading.