Why I read 4 books at one time?


I found that reading one book is boring and uni-dimensional. When reading one book, the reader may tend to focus on one area of life. For example, if you are reading the Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, your life for the breath of the book will be focusing on finances. Now, there isn’t anything wrong with just focusing on finances, but I find that your entire life is still moving while you are focusing on one aspect of it.

Also, reading different books at one time makes me feel that I’m having a meeting with several different writers each day. I’m big on ideas, interesting thoughts, and milking the very marrow out of life. Writers offer so many different opinions about life whether it is about love, health, or spirituality.

I original became engulfed with reading because I felt that little to no one understood the way my brain works. This is still true to this day. But reading is a way to connect with folks with like minds that might not be as accessible with my busy travel schedule.

Something else that’s different for me is that I like to read hardback books, not audio-books. For me, when I’m listening to something, I can get distracted. When I’m reading, I’m making notes in my books and journal. For me, the author took the time to craft a book, so he or she must have thought it important to publish everything in it from the front cover to back. I’m not knocking some of these websites that provide you the condensed version of a book, but if I wanted a different version of a book, I think the author would have written it differently.

~  Attorney Ronnie O’Brien Rice, Ph.D.

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  1. C.T. StrongMarch 20, 2020 at 3:17 AM

    Your post was right on...There are times when I read only one book at a time, and it became boring to me...life is so complex and once you are in a place that you're constantly growing to your better self...one book is just too slow...life demands a lot of information at once...you made some interesting points...I agree that it's hard to find likemimded people especially those with a growth mindset...books help you feel like you are not alone in your perspective of the world...thanks got your post...will definitely check out more in the furture.
    ~C.T. Strong

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