It’s Not About Reading
Many people believe that a book should be read from the first page to the last.
But in my experience, a book can be read from beginning to end,
or it can be read selectively.
Because a book is written by a human,
and human knowledge is rarely indivisible.
Yet society has planted a strange belief in our minds:
If you do not finish a book,
then you have somehow failed.
Many people even feel a sense of guilt
when they leave a book unfinished.
But there is absolutely no reason to feel that guilt.
In fact, that guilt is nothing more than a mental virus
that society has implanted in our brains.
Because reading itself is not the point.
It’s not about reading.
It’s all about growth.
What truly matters is growth.
Some books may contain only a few sentences
that are genuinely valuable.
But those sentences may suddenly connect
with your past knowledge and experiences.
It creates resonance.
When you encounter ideas like this,
you should stop reading and start thinking.
You may even spend an entire day
reflecting on the meaning of a single sentence.
So reading has never been about speed.
Reading is about depth.
What ultimately matters is not
how many books you read,
but how much they help you grow.
If a book contains only a few sentences
that help you grow,
then reading those few sentences
is already enough.
Because in the end,
reading is not the goal.
Growth is.
閱讀的重點不是閱讀
中文版本
很多人認為，一本書應該從第一頁讀到最後一頁。
但以我個人的經驗來說，
一本書既可以從頭讀到尾，
也可以跳著讀。
因為一本書是人寫的，
而人寫的知識，本來就不是不可分割的。
但社會上卻灌輸了一種很奇怪的觀念：
如果你沒有把一本書完整讀完，
那就代表你半途而廢。
很多人甚至會因為一本書沒有讀完，
而產生一種莫名的負罪感。
但其實完全沒有必要有這樣的負罪感。
因為這種負罪感，
本質上只是社會植入在我們大腦裡的一種思想病毒。
因為閱讀本身從來就不是重點。
It’s not about reading.
It’s all about growth.
真正重要的是成長。
有些書裡面，
可能只有幾句話是真正有價值的。
但那幾句話，
可能會突然和你過去的知識與經驗產生連結。
那是一種共振。
當你讀到這樣的內容時，
你應該停下來思考。
甚至花一天時間，
去思考那一句話真正的意義。
所以閱讀從來不在於速度。
閱讀在於深度。
真正重要的不是你讀了多少書，
而是有多少內容真正讓你成長。
如果一本書裡
只有幾句話能幫助你成長，
那麼讀那幾句話
就已經足夠了。
因為最終來說，
閱讀不是目的。
成長才是。
