From Ervin / 1 min read
A Book Is a 5-Hour Meeting With You
A book is basically a 5-hour meeting with you that you don't have to attend. Think about that.
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A note from Ervin
A book is basically a 5-hour meeting with you that you don't have to attend. Think about that. Someone can sit down anywhere in the world and spend hours learning:
Your story. Your philosophy. Your frameworks.
Your mistakes. Your research. Your methods.
Your predictions. Your worldview. And you can be asleep.
That's leverage. It's one reason I think professionals should look at books differently. Yes, sell copies.
But also think about what happens when the right person spends five uninterrupted hours with your ideas. That's difficult to recreate with a résumé or a 30-second social post.
