I read this piece; I then went to his recommended book list[1] to see what he classed as reading.
I'm afraid to say, it is (with a couple of notable exceptions) one of the most conformist, populist and lacking in adventure reading lists I've read for a long time.
Simply put, he isn't reading; he is picking up whatever is the "top 10 list of <subject X> from AMZN or Good Reads" and digesting it in a very conventional way.
So; no Jason, you don't really read. What you're doing is rote learning what is the considered 'wisdom of the crowd' de jour on topics and expecting enlightenment. That's not how reading works. If you need a concrete example of this, many great insights come from people reading on topics wildly outside their field and suddenly applying said insights into their own fields.
Chaos Theory / Math was started like this, from a tiny office spitting out weather data.
Jason will no doubt do well on a middle / high rung (Gamma+ or Beta-) but will never "do a Jobs".
I'm afraid to say, it is (with a couple of notable exceptions) one of the most conformist, populist and lacking in adventure reading lists I've read for a long time.
Simply put, he isn't reading; he is picking up whatever is the "top 10 list of <subject X> from AMZN or Good Reads" and digesting it in a very conventional way.
So; no Jason, you don't really read. What you're doing is rote learning what is the considered 'wisdom of the crowd' de jour on topics and expecting enlightenment. That's not how reading works. If you need a concrete example of this, many great insights come from people reading on topics wildly outside their field and suddenly applying said insights into their own fields.
Chaos Theory / Math was started like this, from a tiny office spitting out weather data.
Jason will no doubt do well on a middle / high rung (Gamma+ or Beta-) but will never "do a Jobs".
[1]http://jasonevanish.com/books/