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If You Want to (Actually) Change Your Life Read More Fiction
See your obstacles through someone else’s eyes
If you aren’t reading fiction regularly, you’re falling behind.
Most adults read books to help them solve a problem. They believe non-fiction books are the only ones worth their time.
Reading fiction doesn’t feel productive.
It’s strange, since most adults will sit through a two-and-a-half-hour (fictional) movie and not bat an eye.
But it comes down to the investment.
It costs more time, energy, and brainpower to read a book. And if I’m going to spend my precious time reading something, I’d better get something useful out of it!
If an adult reads anything for pleasure, it’s usually the latest business or self-help bestseller.
The crazy thing is, they read those books to get the one thing fiction provides: transformation.
You have a problem, and you want to solve it. You want to get better, smarter, or fix something in your life so you read a book that promises to solve it for you.
There’s nothing wrong with reading (or listening to) non-fiction book. But like any diet, you need a little variety to get the most of it.
