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Will Schwalbe: On the Love of Reading Books

Feb 14, 2018

42:35

Will Schwalbe is an author, entrepreneur, and journalist. He is also perhaps the most delightful, interesting and thoughtful person you've come across in a while. His love of books is infectious and as you know, Eric is a bibliophile himself so when the two talk about books and reading as they do in this episode, the result is one blissful experience. Do you love reading? Did you used to love reading but it's moved out of the spotlight of your life? Have you wanted to cultivate a love of reading? Are you looking for some really wonderful books to read? Are you alive and breathing? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then this interview is for you.

He is the author of Thoughts on Reading, Reflecting and Embracing Life, The End of Your Life Book Club and SEND: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do It Better

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In This Interview, Will Schwalbe and I Discuss...

The Wolf Parable
His book, Books for Living, Some Thoughts on Reading, Reflecting and Embracing Life
The importance of reading
That reading isn't binary
That every time we read, we become better at reading
How reading can promote empathy
How we connect through books
The practice of "visiting your books"
How he chooses which book to read next
The way books can be a bio of your life
The primary emotion he has at the beginning of reading a book
Live to work vs work to live
The freedom to quit
The freedom of mediocrity
Good being the enemy of great
You write the books you need
That our devices allow us to rob ourselves of silence
How reading is an art
The "can't you tell I'm reading" face
His favorite books that he's read recently that were written recently