Why do you need to buy a lot of books?

Somehow I wondered if it was worth buying more art and scientific books than you had time to read? After some conclusions, I concluded that you only need to stop buying when there is no desire to read. In the opposite case, if you allocate at least 3-4 hours a week for reading, then you can safely go to the nearest city bookstore. Please note that an unread library does not make you a lazy ignoramus

Just today, your interests are a bit different, they have changed, and next month you will return and read a book with several bookmarks already, because it simply may not be due to age.

The environment of unread books is useful, strange as it may sound. Naseem Taleb explained it in his bestseller, the book "The Black Swan". The author expounded his thoughts in the form of a joke about the legendary library, which contained 30 thousand volumes.

Do you think Eko read each of these books?

Of course not. However, these books all the time reminded him of everything that he does not yet know. The library surrounding him not only supported his intellectual thirst, but also the desire to learn more, that is, curiosity. Regular replenishment of the collection with scientific and artistic books can be a hobby for you, why not, because people buy things, make something out of the ordinary for you.

And this is all for good reason. Over the years, the collection will be replenished, as well as knowledge. The outlook will become wider, and, no matter how strange it may sound, more unread books will appear on the bookshelf, well, and the more they will threaten you. This collection of yours can be called an anti-library. It is the most effective way, and the right way to remind you of the endless amount of information that you learn, whether you know it or not.

If you live and create with such reminders, constantly striving to get better, then you will daily push yourself to a certain intellectual so-called humility that helps people make the right decisions and pushes them to study.

People do not bring resumes that tell about their bad sides or why they have no work experience. It’s a paradox, but the people who are most confident in their abilities are most often incompetent, and the smart and diligent are the opposite. The easier it is for you to admit your inability, the sooner you will learn what you do not know.

Stop scolding yourself for buying more books every year or month than you can read them. What you think about it, pushing yourself into the frame, trying to change - it means a lot more. The immense list of new unread books reminds you that you are still not sufficiently educated. And this awareness allows you to be one step ahead of most people.