 Five four three two one zero zero is a number of books. I'm buying this year And if you read the title why reading will not make you rich don't start attacking me Don't start being a keyboard warrior yet I'm about to tell you exactly my philosophy and thesis on that because today what's happening I see a lot of people are playing this vanity game metrics of how many and mind you It's a root. It's a good step in the right direction, but still there's a negative towards it They're playing a vanity game metric of how many books you read, right? Yo, bro. I read 10 books this week Bro, ten only ten I read 25 books Forget that next one. I mean read 45 books. It's like, okay, you've read a hundred fucking books this month You listen to ten audibles this month But let me ask you this out of all the books you've read. What have you comprehended? What have you've internalized? Into you as Jordan Peterson talks about this What have you internalized into you that now it's part of your equation that now you can implement that new The new information within your thought process So you yourself can create your own fundamental viewpoint as opposed to regurgitating something else, right? So when you're reading what's the purpose of reading like one of my one of the beautiful words is philosophy, right? So what is philosophy? It's a study of wisdom and education and knowledge, right combining those all three together So the purpose of reading right the purpose of reading in my mind is the betterment of an individual It's absorbing key information from a source. Let's say this book Right over here key information from this book integrating it into me coming up now with my own Original thinking has improved after I've read the book The majority time what's happening today is and I'm a fault at this and this is why this year I'm buying zero new books is We read a book For the sake of reading. We don't read a book for the sake of internalizing key pieces of knowledge and information Into our ethos right actually absorbing it and becoming part of us as opposed to In one ear out the other ear and this is a fundamental problem And so instead of trying to say hey, I got this massive bookshelf What don't get me wrong looking at books aesthetically It's beautiful as opposed to saying I've read 25 books this month It's a big win if you can take one book for example this book was giving to me for my friend Floyd Talks about UBI universal basic income. I'm still not at a proponent of it. So I would like to know both sides, right? I'm not gonna rush with this book. I'm gonna take my time obviously Andrew Yang has spent his time writing this book Putting it together and I want to now internalize his viewpoint I don't want to just read it verbatim word-for-word and then a minute later forget everything and So I made a video a while ago. I mean a while a while ago called how to read a book And there's actually a book called how to read a book by Mortimer Adler And it's a great deep dive into meta learning of a book now I'm not gonna talk about in this video, but if you do have time on Amazon go check it out It's called how to read a book. So if you're one of these people who constantly are buying new books on Amazon or Listen to a lot of audible books, but not memorizing it And here's a little tip for audible. I I love audible. I Only listen to sci-fi I Only listen to storytelling. Sorry sci-fi and autobiographies that I can actually visualize the movie and the story in my mind so I can Capture it and internalize and actually feel the emotion. So when I'm listening to it I cannot I can now manifest the imagery in my mind and this manifestation of the imagery creates emotional response in me And that's why I can actually remember it deeply So that's kind of my tips when it comes to If you're listening to audit if you're listening to audio books is more or less like sci-fi and autobiography books They can actually visualize in your mind not really factual books or political books or mathematical books, etc Or I fucking hate business books. Oh my god. I can't stand it Most big to be honest most business books are horrible But I digress so going back to the point is like reading for the most part for this Just sake of reading is really really overrated and I got trapped in it too at the beginning I started buying so many books in fact my wife's like honey I'm gonna get the rid of I'm like, oh no, but then you realize like fuck man I've read I've read 300 books out of 300 books How many books do I actually know of or know the author or remember it or internalize any information? So that's why that's why this year. I'm buying zero brand new books I'm going back to classical books that have left an imprint with me I'm re-reading them with the attention of having a dialogue and a relationship and a communication with these books So I always like to read books with a pen and a paper I'll go through them. I'll highlight stuff. I'll internalize stuff. I'll think about stuff I'll put it down and actually take source key source Information in me because the formula goes like this, right? You take the source knowledge From a source right you take key information from a source you internalize it in you that internalization Becomes now knowledge through that knowledge then becomes action through that action you get results from the results You get a feedback loop and then you iterate iterate, right? So then you read a little bit more you internalize more knowledge, but you Implement it in you. So the whole premise is don't read for the sake of reading knowledge is a beautiful Knowledge is a beautiful thing that should not be rushed should not be rushed whatsoever. It's it's like a vintage wine Take your time with it. Enjoy it. It's the process, right? There's you know, if All you do this year is read one book Just simply one book but you internalize it you fall in love with it You understand it and above all you implement the knowledge that you've gained from the book internally in you and then you direct that Knowledge into actionable steps that equal results in your life Then you win and this is why I titled the video why reading won't make you rich Because just reading alone doesn't make anybody successful anything specifically becoming rich Becoming rich is so many different elements to it Actionability responsibility a big one for people taking responsibilities for negativities have happened through that process So that's I'm gonna leave it at that It's like don't read for the sake of reading read for the sake of knowledge philosophy and love internalization and becoming part of you and Then it and above all above all enjoy the process All right guys if you have any questions for me about this leave a comment below this video And I'll talk to you guys soon peace