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101: Why Reading Fiction Is Important for Entrepreneurs

The Bootstrapped Founder

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Building a Business - The Hero's Journey

Reading fiction will train you in understanding how heroes stand out from the background characters. In a book, it's but vibrancy. Vibrant descriptions evoke vibrant emotions. And fantasy and science fiction are particularly good at exposing you to unthinkable ideas and concepts. They often depict worlds and societies that have developed from completely different assumptions than what we are used to here on earth, our reality.

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