{"id":10755,"date":"2021-03-17T16:32:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?p=10755"},"modified":"2021-03-18T08:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T12:45:56","slug":"this-is-the-secret-to-real-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/this-is-the-secret-to-real-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is the Secret to Real Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the point of reading?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo me,\u201d Fran Lebowitz tells Martin Scorsese in the new Pretend It’s a City<\/i><\/a> docuseries, \u201c[reading] is just a way of being immensely rich. This may be the reason I never cared about money. Because as soon as you can read, you are incredibly rich.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s true. There are of course rich people who don\u2019t read, but like Harry Truman\u2019s famous quote<\/a>, there are very few people who read who aren\u2019t rich\u2014be it in wisdom, imagination, or happiness. Although it\u2019s also true that books are pretty much the single best investment you can make, which is why most people who are financially successful are<\/i> readers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Seneca said, to read is to annex all the ages of the past into your own. To study philosophy is to acquire the thing which plenty of kings and titans have never had: an understanding of what the good life is like.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So why do we read? Because it\u2019s fun. Because it\u2019s part of philosophy. It gives us one of the best forms of relaxation<\/a>. It lets us communicate with the greatest minds to ever live<\/a>. It lets us be friends with them too<\/a>. It gives us answers to our problems<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading makes us rich. In more ways than one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading isn\u2019t something you can take for granted\u2014you need to learn how to read effectively and in furtherance of your goals. That\u2019s why you should sign up for <\/i><\/b>Daily Stoic\u2019s Read to Lead Challenge<\/i><\/b><\/a>. It\u2019s 13 daily challenges that will change the way you read books permanently. <\/i><\/b>Sign up today<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

P.S.\u00a0<\/i><\/b>This was originally sent<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a> on March 18, 2021. Sign up today for <\/i><\/b>the Daily Stoic\u2019s email<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and get our popular\u00a0<\/i><\/b>free 7-day course on Stoicism.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the point of reading? \u201cTo me,\u201d Fran Lebowitz tells Martin Scorsese in the new Pretend It’s a City docuseries, \u201c[reading] is just a way of being immensely rich. This may be the reason I never cared about money. Because as soon as you can read, you are incredibly rich.\u201d It\u2019s true. 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