We’re all fascinated with being informed and I typically am the kind of person who craves keeping up with current events for the purpose of feeling grounded and knowledgeable. Interestingly enough, unlike all the hurtle of commuters I come across going to work in a bustling city like New York, I personally can’t in every respect think back the last time I carried around a newspaper to feel enlighten.
Most of my reading derives from magazines I subscribe to, online newspapers and of course blogs but regardless of what medium serves as the scoop supplier, there’s one valuable piece of information from Mark Shead that I look at everyday to remind me that it’s not about how much you read but about the caliber of material that makes you feel that you’ve read something worth analyzing and subsequently added value to you.
I can tell if I’ve been reading enough high quality writing based on the number of ideas I have. For example, if I sit down to write and have a very difficult time coming up with anything to write about, it is usually a sign that I haven’t been reading enough. On the other hand, if I’ve been reading a lot of high quality content, the ideas just seem to flow.
Do you feel this way with what you currently read?
