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The Reason Why You Should Read More 📚
And June's Random Acts of Wiseness! 🗓️
Wisdom Made Easy
May 25, 2024
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Today at a glance:
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 7 seconds
The idea of this newsletter came after Penguin Random House reached out to sponsor an issue of this newsletter.
I’m a huge fan of reading, and I want to encourage you to read more.
There’s 1 key reason why I think reading is worth the investment, but before I do…
By clicking on this link, not only do you have the chance to win an awesome reading retreat, but you also help this newsletter stay 100% free.
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Now let’s get WISER together about
📕 The Most Cost Effective Way
Something that baffles me any time I’m reading a good book is just how little I have had to pay for it.
For context, James Clear took 3 years of researching and writing to produce Atomic Habits.
It took Ali Abdaal 3 years and 6 months to write his Feel-Good Productivity.
Heck - even Bronnie Ware who wrote The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying explains that it took her 14 years to become an ‘overnight success’ with her book.
Yet you can pick up these 3 books for less than $20 total with Audible.
That’s at least 20 years of lived experience, expertise and wisdom for a really affordable price.
Reading books is one of the most cost effective ways to access someone’s insight.
📝 Who are the most trustworthy people that you know?
⛔️ Before You Object…
When I create these newsletters, I like to consider the potential objections that could arise from what I have written.
For this newsletter I have thought of 2, and I’ve done my best to address them.
1️⃣ “How do I read more?”
I answered this question earlier this year!
You can read 3 tips to read more here:
2️⃣ “I can’t afford books right now.”
I totally respect that finances are tough in 2024, so I’ve got a couple of this to help you here.
The first is the aforementioned giveaway that Penguin Random House are hosting.
And the second is that you can access some books online for FREE.
Don’t worry - this is totally legal.
Leo Babauta is an author featured in the Minimalism documentary.
You can download a couple of his books here:
Download them for yourself, and let me know your thoughts!
🗓️ Random Acts of Wiseness
We’re nearly in June! How the time flies!
Join me in these daily activities to make June a month of growth!
✍️ What I’m Working On
I’ve been busily working away on the self-paced journaling course.
I’ll have a page where you can learn more about it soon, but safe to safe I’m excited to help you all to journal wiser.
I also have some short-form video content coming very soon.
I’ve been working with the awesome team at Press Upload to make some engaging reels and I’m excited to start posting them in June!
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Thanks,
Michael
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