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post 1673575643 12-26-2022, 05:04 PM
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Starting reading books again and it's changing my life

I was a huge bookworm as a kid/teenager. Loved reading. The mandatory reading periods in school never felt mandatory to me.

Anyways, now I'm busy being an adult, working a job, there's Netflix and hbomax, internet, Instagram etc. My attention span was horrible. Hadn't read a book in years.

Decided I was rotting my mind and needed to start reading books again. Especially when i realized most highly succesful people read a ton (bill gates, david rubenstein, ray dalio etc)First couple days were tough but after a week, I felt like a different person. Now, ive read 800 pages this week. I feel less stress, more at focus, calmer etc.

Outside the misc, I've barely looked at the internet, social media, TV, Netflix or nfl games even (misc is too guilty of a pleasure).

100% srs. Start reading books boyos.
post 1673575783 12-26-2022, 05:08 PM
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I actually thought about this today re: picking up book reading again. I just have no idea which book to start off with. I have a Barnes and Noble 15 mins away.
post 1673575923 12-26-2022, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34⏩
I actually thought about this today re: picking up book reading again. I just have no idea which book to start off with. I have a Barnes and Noble 15 mins away.
I'm reading Team of Rivals by Doris Kean Goodwin(very famous book about Lincoln and his presidency that came out in the mid 2000s). Similar style to David McCullough books(1776)

I like historical books(at least I used too). But its not for everyone.
post 1673575993 12-26-2022, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted By kengriffeyjr24⏩
I'm reading Team of Rivals by Doris Kean Goodwin(very famous book about Lincoln and his presidency that came out in the mid 2000s). Similar style to David McCullough books(1776)

I like historical books(at least I used too). But its not for everyone.
On spread. The last book I read was in college. I liked Coelho’s books back then, but I’ll ready anything as long as it’s not science-fiction.
post 1673576143 12-26-2022, 05:16 PM
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LMAO at bookcels srs. You can get the same info on the internet without the bullchit publisher minimum word counts.

I only read a book if I am on a plane or drunk on vodka Gatorade on a beach.
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post 1673576193 12-26-2022, 05:18 PM
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I recommend Clive Cussler books he's written a lot and they're all hard to put down
post 1673576243 12-26-2022, 05:20 PM
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Same here brah. I actually started using audiobooks before jumping back into books, as i wanted to ease myself into it. but it's so calming and you feel legitimately more happy while reading them.
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post 1673576343 12-26-2022, 05:22 PM
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Truth OP. I try to read a book a month.

But if you want truly life changing results..



Now before you mock, laugh, or dismiss it away..just try it for 30 days. I promise you your life will change for the better.
post 1673576633 12-26-2022, 05:30 PM
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i was a retard in high school srs. i thought books were boring and uninteresting. wasnt until well after i graduated that i realized how many good books there are and started reading stuff like orwell, kafka, tolstoy, twain, etc.

feel sorry for people who dismiss books
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post 1673576703 12-26-2022, 05:32 PM
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There's an official book thread on misc.

I have been reading a lot lately. I started late but I have finished 10 books so far this year. I am mostly into self help or self development. My goal for next year is around 30 to 40 books.
post 1673576743 12-26-2022, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted By FA*******⏩
LMAO at bookcels srs. You can get the same info on the internet without the bullchit publisher minimum word counts.

I only read a book if I am on a plane or drunk on vodka Gatorade on a beach.
You take that back!
post 1673576773 12-26-2022, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted By FA*******⏩
LMAO at bookcels srs. You can get the same info on the internet without the bullchit publisher minimum word counts.

I only read a book if I am on a plane or drunk on vodka Gatorade on a beach.
it makes you more intelligent, improves your vocabulary, improves your ability to focus on something for a prolonged period, you have more anecdotes and stories to reference during dinner parties and small talk situations etc etc

reading this book about lincoln and his cabinet, and it talks about how they all basically read a chit ton back then. thousands of pages a week. they read everything they could get their hands on. they could get up in congress and give 3 hour speeches on a whim referencing specific things other brilliant men had written (since they read it at one point) with little to no preparation. the political debates back then you would speak for one hour and then the person would give a 1 hour rebuttal.....

they were extremely well spoken, well read, and had insane levels of focus. sort of feels like we've regressed as a society since the introduction of the smart phone (EOD was right). the people who can sit down and focus without distractions for extended periods of time are the ones who will get ahead.
post 1673576883 12-26-2022, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted By Goodguy03⏩
i was a retard in high school srs. i thought books were boring and uninteresting. wasnt until well after i graduated that i realized how many good books there are and started reading stuff like orwell, kafka, tolstoy, twain, etc.

feel sorry for people who dismiss books
I was able to get into a really good college because I read so much as a kid. since college I stopped reading. feels almost like ive take a step back the past 10 years(srs). Where would I be if I read 1000 pages a week the past 10 years?

Trying to make the next 10 years be different (hopefully I dont give up)
post 1673577713 12-26-2022, 05:54 PM
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i read a ton as a kid too but now just dont have the energy, attention span, or desire. feelsbadman
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post 1673578043 12-26-2022, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34⏩
I actually thought about this today re: picking up book reading again. I just have no idea which book to start off with. I have a Barnes and Noble 15 mins away.
funnest **** in the world is going to barnes and noble and just walking around until a book really intrigues you..

problem for me is i never actually read it. but man i own a bunch of interesting sounding books.
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post 1673578083 12-26-2022, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted By FA*******⏩
LMAO at bookcels srs. You can get the same info on the internet without the bullchit publisher minimum word counts.

I only read a book if I am on a plane or drunk on vodka Gatorade on a beach.
this kills me about books. i'd read a lot more non-fiction stuff if they weren't 300 pages when 50 would get the point across just as well.
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post 1673578433 12-26-2022, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted By kengriffeyjr24⏩
it makes you more intelligent, improves your vocabulary, improves your ability to focus on something for a prolonged period, you have more anecdotes and stories to reference during dinner parties and small talk situations etc etc

reading this book about lincoln and his cabinet, and it talks about how they all basically read a chit ton back then. thousands of pages a week. they read everything they could get their hands on. they could get up in congress and give 3 hour speeches on a whim referencing specific things other brilliant men had written (since they read it at one point) with little to no preparation. the political debates back then you would speak for one hour and then the person would give a 1 hour rebuttal.....

they were extremely well spoken, well read, and had insane levels of focus. sort of feels like we've regressed as a society since the introduction of the smart phone (EOD was right). the people who can sit down and focus without distractions for extended periods of time are the ones who will get ahead.
the focus or lake thereof is ****ing huge man. you see this at work, no one can focus for 30 seconds and so can't get **** done.
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post 1673578563 12-26-2022, 06:08 PM
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I was always a bookworm. My punishment used to be getting my books taken away. I stopped reading books for a bunch of years but have been back into it the past couple.
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post 1673578643 12-26-2022, 06:09 PM
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Not really into fiction. I got "Alien Nation" by Peter Brimelow for Christmas...should be good
post 1673578733 12-26-2022, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
I was always a bookworm. My punishment used to be getting my books taken away. I stopped reading books for a bunch of years but have been back into it the past couple.
You read braindead fiction, stfu.
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Originally Posted By AlfBundy⏩
Not really into fiction. I got "Alien Nation" by Peter Brimelow for Christmas...should be good
any less depressing non fiction recommendations ?
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post 1673578913 12-26-2022, 06:14 PM
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If you're interested, 2022 book thread

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Originally Posted By Zere0wn⏩
the focus or lake thereof is ****ing huge man. you see this at work, no one can focus for 30 seconds and so can't get **** done.
this 100%

there so many situations where there is a complicated problem with a complicated answer. everyone struggles to condense it down to a short email, because well frankly....its not something that can be simplified. no one is wiling to read the 200 page PDF document that contains the answer. people start ctrl Fing for key words to grab highlights, paste them into a short email summary and send to management (who isnt even willing to read the entire email and needs a quick "voiceover" of the situation).

at the end of the day, no one really understand the situation or the solution (except the person who authored the 200 page document at some think tank firm). If it can't be condensed to a powerpoint page, no one has the attention span to attempt to understand it.
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Been reading this oi=ne:

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In ancient China, the government would pay you to castrate yourself so that you would be more obedient. (Majority of mens Testosterone is in the balls. Testosterone = aggression and competition/status seeking)

Hand Grip strength = Good sex life and higher Test

Majority of animals actually have their Testes undescended or on the inside of their skin.

Testosterone needs Estrogen. It's a symbiotic relationship. If a guy has low Estrogen that can lead to low libidio. If there's a population of women on Birth Control that can lead to a population of men with Low Testosterone.
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Originally Posted By iloveus⏩
Been reading this oi=ne:

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In ancient China, the government would pay you to castrate yourself so that you would be more obedient. (Majority of mens Testosterone is in the balls. Testosterone = aggression and competition/status seeking)

Hand Grip strength = Good sex life and higher Test

Majority of animals actually have their Testes undescended or on the inside of their skin.

Testosterone needs Estrogen. It's a symbiotic relationship. If a guy has low Estrogen that can lead to low libidio. If there's a population of women on Birth Control that can lead to a population of men with Low Testosterone.
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Originally Posted By Voidgayze⏩
You read braindead fiction, stfu.
Ok alt. Reading fiction is better than not reading at all.
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
Ok alt. Reading fiction is better than not reading at all.
Fiction is the best. Especially at night. I try to read non fiction during the daytime or in the morning.
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post 1673580133 12-26-2022, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted By sg1976⏩
Fiction is the best. Especially at night. I try to read non fiction during the daytime or in the morning.
Yeah, I read for entertainment. I mostly read at night right before I go to sleep.
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