i am begging you to read some fiction bro

0:00 fiction will provide you with a thousand times more wisdom than non-fiction ever could that's because the greatest authors the greatest Minds throughout history who are too frightened to write down their deepest feelings will instead choose to express themselves through characters in the novel that they have written these characters will live out and learn the lessons that they themselves have acquired throughout their life in fact many of your favorite self-help books have borrowed their wisdom directly from novels that's all

0:28 self-help is bro an amalgamation of lessons from fiction distilled and repackaged into a nice neat list of bullet points but here's the problem when you condense the depth and richness of 10 novels worth of wisdom into a 100 Pages you end up diluting its meaning and lessening its impact the very depth of that wisdom gets lost it washes over you like a tidal wave let me put it this way let's say for example you're reading The Seven Habits of Highly affected

0:57 people and Steven Kobe tells you that habit number one one is to be resilient great you drao it down you maybe even underline it and you continue reading but by the time you get to Habit number five you've already forgotten habit number one so when life decides to throw you a curveball and test your resilience the chances are that you'll fumble bro because the lesson didn't stick it's hard to embody all of that wisdom and actually apply it into your day-to-day

1:22 life there's just so much of it now let's flip the script let's just say you finished reading The Count of Monte Christo by Alexander Dumar that is 1,312 Pages exploring the very essence of what it means to be resilient through the story of its main character Edmund Dante his journey his trials his unwavering determination it all sinks in so deeply in your mind as the story unfolds so next time life decides to test you your resilience and throw you

1:52 another curveball odds are you'll probably rise up to the challenge bro Edmund's story will become your touch Stone your guide I mean it would be hard for it not to after 1,300 pages but all in all his struggles and his triumphs will serve as inspiration when you need it the most not to sound like your seventh grade English teacher but that is the power of fiction its lessons don't just inform you they shape you they mold you like a piece of clay they

2:18 leave you with an imprint far stronger than any bullet point list in a self-help book ever could I won't lie to you bro free lessons from free books written by authors such as Dickens Dante and even D will hit home a lot harder than the 48 Laws of Power ever could with all that being said where do we go from here well my advice is don't go out seeking great novels with life-changing wisdom you probably won't enjoy them and

2:45 you won't stick with the count of monter Christo after page 600 instead let that wisdom find you read what you're actually interested in that way you'll be far more likely to stick with it when you hit 425 pages read what interests you read what excites you read what embarrasses you it doesn't matter just start reading once you start reading for pleasure's sake you'll start learning a lot more about life and gain a lot more wisdom than all

3:14 the self-help books in the world could ever teach you the lessons will stick harder to you than gum on the bottom of your shoe you get the point I'm trying to make bro every answer that you're searching for is already in fiction you just have to open the right book you want to stop being a scaredy cat and learn some courage Read To Kill a Mocking Bird need a book on the art of leadership try Heart of Darkness by

3:37 Joseph Conrad looking to learn about profound change LM is see at the end of the day bro life is not about collecting bullet points of wisdom like their Pokémon cards back in middle school it's not about finishing self-help books one by one like their mandatory homework assignments no it's about chasing what genuinely excites us what invokes our curios it and the lessons we learn from what we pursue well we can carry those and apply them in our day-to-day life

4:07 they don't have to be many lessons but they can be impactful ones ones that will actually change our life and come when we need it the most but listen I've said all I want to say and you know what you need to do so go and conquer the world