1) The calculation is even easier for people who have their income directly tied to performance or entrepreneurship… if you can get one good insight out of book, it’s a net gain. Most of the highly successful people I know have spent thousands or more on books. I buy them like crazy, I just got 32 audiobooks during a big sale at Audible. Books are an amazing value.
2) You know that old quote “Information wants to be free?” It’s actually only half the quote. Here’s the whole thing Brand Stewart said -
“On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it’s so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other.”
3) Please consider adding affiliate links to your post, either personally or for SIAI or another reputable charity? I know the conflict of interest thing, but you’re just increasing Amazon’s margins and leaving money for good causes on the table by not adding affiliate links. It’s ridiculously simple to do -
Click “get a link” when signed on the relevant page.
Use that link instead of the link without the affiliate. Doesn’t change functionality for readers/users at all.
Seriously, I might buy that Foundations book you recommend, I’d much rather $1 or $2 to go your way or the way of a charity you respect. Sure, it’s a tiny bit of money, but in scale it adds up.
Great post. Three points -
1) The calculation is even easier for people who have their income directly tied to performance or entrepreneurship… if you can get one good insight out of book, it’s a net gain. Most of the highly successful people I know have spent thousands or more on books. I buy them like crazy, I just got 32 audiobooks during a big sale at Audible. Books are an amazing value.
2) You know that old quote “Information wants to be free?” It’s actually only half the quote. Here’s the whole thing Brand Stewart said -
“On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it’s so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other.”
3) Please consider adding affiliate links to your post, either personally or for SIAI or another reputable charity? I know the conflict of interest thing, but you’re just increasing Amazon’s margins and leaving money for good causes on the table by not adding affiliate links. It’s ridiculously simple to do -
Sign up here: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/
Click “get a link” when signed on the relevant page.
Use that link instead of the link without the affiliate. Doesn’t change functionality for readers/users at all.
Seriously, I might buy that Foundations book you recommend, I’d much rather $1 or $2 to go your way or the way of a charity you respect. Sure, it’s a tiny bit of money, but in scale it adds up.
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