1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to buy more books in a time 4 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: when it's challenging to create new adventures or to meet 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: new people. Books are one of the best bets for 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 1: discovering new ideas and spending time wisely. Now, I know 7 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: this episode might seem a wee bit self serving. I 8 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: have written several books, and so of course I'd like 9 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: to expand the book buying market. But I am writing 10 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: this episode as much for me as for anyone. Long 11 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: time listeners know that I am chronically cheap. We could 12 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: use a nice word like frugal, but I'm trying to 13 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: be honest here. It has taken me a long time 14 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: to convince myself that buying books is a good investment 15 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: for starters. On a dollar per hour basis, books are 16 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,559 Speaker 1: an incredibly cheap form of entertainment. If you pay twenty 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: dollars for a book that takes you four hours to read, well, 18 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: that is five dollars an hour. Of course, it's not 19 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: as cheap as say, free social media sites. But I 20 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: think a lot of us feel like our lives would 21 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: be better if we spent less time on social media. 22 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: Reading can fill all those bits of time that we 23 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: tend to use for online perusing. If you put an 24 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: e reading app on your phone and buy e books, 25 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: which is what I tend to do, you can even 26 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: use the same device. It is just as easy to 27 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: click on the Kindle app as the Twitter app, but 28 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: I'm guessing one of these will feel like a slightly 29 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: more edifying experience. To spend time reading books, you need 30 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: to have books ready to read, and here I find 31 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: that committing to buying a few more books than you 32 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: otherwise would is wise. You want to always have a 33 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: book that you are looking forward to reading next. That way, 34 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: you will spend more time reading. If you're cheap like me, 35 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: it might help to give yourself a book buying allowance. 36 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 1: Then make it a little bit more than you think 37 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: you will actually spend. You could even decide that it 38 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: doesn't roll over month to months so you feel some 39 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: urgency to put it to use. That will give you 40 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: a nudge to go peruse a used bookstore over your 41 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: lunch break, or to read reviews in the Wall Street 42 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: Journal or on good Reads in order anything that you 43 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: think looks interesting. It might also help to think of 44 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: books as a substitute for other activities that are harder 45 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: to pull off these days. Maybe you can't travel to Italy, 46 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: but you could read under the Tuscan Sun. You can't 47 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 1: attend an in person technology conference, but you could read 48 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: a book about the trade offs involved in various technological 49 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: trends such as cal new ports, digital minimalism. You can't 50 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: go here that inspiring speaker in person, but you can 51 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: read his memoir. Put that way, buying an extra book 52 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: or two a month seems like a great bargain, so 53 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: why not give it a try. It's professional development, but 54 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: it's a lot more fun than most professional development tends 55 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: to be. In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks for listening, 56 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 57 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 58 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with 59 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod 60 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: that's b E the number four, then breakfast p o D. 61 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast 62 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: podcast at iHeartMedia dot com That Before Breakfast is spelled 63 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: out with all the letters. Thanks so much. I look 64 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: forward to staying in touch. Before Breakfast is a production 65 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: of I heart Radio. 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