“I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing.” – Shonda Rhimes, Dartmouth 2014 (via – Sahil Bloom on Twitter)
Doing things helps with gaining knowledge. Sure, you can read about things, you can be prepared, but in the end, one needs to act.
It’s not an easy life. When I think of workers who work long hours, sometimes even on the weekends, just work, no fun, that’s not easy.
I also think that most people need some time off, it’s a necessity.
But if I have to choose between two extremes – work or read and think, I’d consider working. (sure, unless you consider reading to be working, such as for a book critic)
I like this quote and I wanted to share it with others. Now, for some other quotes.
What do people do after they retire?
#1 Read
The founder of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, Zang Yiming has announced that he will be stepping down. […] Yiming he would like to start reading more books and daydream a little more too. (via »)
#2 Spend more time with family:
Nick Maroutsos, head of global bonds at Janus Henderson Investors, is set to retire in October to take more road trips with his kids, after the pandemic caused him to reevaluate his “goals in life,” he told Bloomberg. (via »)
But how do rich people get rich? Some of them by reading books:
Mark Cuban is an avid reader (as are his fellow billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett). […]
But Cuban said one book in particular stands out as helping him to stay focused on his money goals early in his career: “Cashing in on the American Dream: How to Retire at 35.” (via »)
