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43: Becoming prolific with David Kadavy

The Knowledge with David Elikwu

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The Benefits of Reading Fiction

When I'm listening to fiction, I'm walking. It's the act of walking that helps me to remember everything that I've read. And then in the same way on the flip side, by making notes as I'm reading non-fiction books, I'm also building that connection between the act of writing and the act of putting something down. So those two things are connected. When you're not doing those things and you're just whether it’s like scrolling on your phone or doing something that is competitive in some way, then that becomes a hindrance and that reduces your ability to retain and enjoy what you are reading.

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