Here’s a fun lil’ fact:

The average person reads one book a year while also gobbling down about four hours of social media scrolling per day.

Yikes.

If you ditched social media and read four hours a day, you’d read three books a week.

Which would be 150+ books a year.

Imagine your brain after 150 books...

If that didn’t convince you enough to delete Instagram and download the Kindle app instead…

Here are 58 more reasons you need to devour books:

*It’s fun

*It's forced meditation

*You can learn 20 years of wisdom in 2 days

*Increases your memory

*Makes you a better writer

*Sharpens your vocabulary

*Increases your empathy for humans

*No ads or AI slop in ‘em

*Helps you connect the dots for new ideas

*Makes you happier

*Entertaining without feeling like you wasted your time

*Exercises your brain muscles

*Fuels better content and copy

*Improves your judgement

*Knowledge to talk to anyone about anything

*Makes you smart

*Builds emotional resilience

*Helps you realize you’re not alone in what you’re going through

*Trains delayed gratification

*Juices up your willpower

*Calms your anxiety

*Improves your sleep

*Sparks new business ideas

*Expands your “idea inventory”

*Makes you a better listener

*Helps you understand people who aren’t like you

*Makes you a better storyteller

*Builds credibility with smart people

*Comforts you when you’re going through a crappy season

*You learn from thousands of years of mentors

*Solve problems from people who have already done it

*Makes you harder to manipulate

*Makes you more interesting

*Grounds you in moral and ethics

*Cheapest education available (Books are $2-20)

*Forces you into deep reflection

*Compels you to slow down and think about crap that actually matters in life

*Builds a legacy of ideas you can pass on

*Gives you options to think differently without the pressure to change your views

*Helps you teach other people

*You can mentor under anybody in the world

*Feeds your subconscious problem-solving

*Breaks writers block

*Injects more discipline into your life

*Reduces worry

*Builds a sense of control and agency

*Gives you an escape from daily pressure

*Improves your mood with “clean” dopamine

*Reduces trial-and-error by learning from others’ mistakes

*Deepens understanding of human behavior

*Helps you spot patterns across disciplines

*Exposes you to frameworks you’d never invent alone

*Compounds domain expertise over time

*Makes you a more persuasive writer

*Helps you articulate ideas more clearly

*Builds mental stamina for sustained thought

*Improves comprehension

*Increases attention span

Reading one of the few habits with almost no downside and massive upside.

Which is exactly why I launched the Orange Book Club.

If you want to surround yourself with smart people who read books and aren’t brain-fried from TIkTok…

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After your free trial, it’s a measly $10/mo.

Cancel anytime. Or enjoy forever.

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You’ll see some great people in there already =)

Your friend,

Alin “Replaced TikTok with Tolkien” Dragu