Look Harder.

“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”

Malcolm X

Before he began his true legacy, Malcolm was a statistic, a hoodrat.

A lifestyle of quick wins and thievery got him sent to prison where a lot of his peers began their never ending time in the “system”.

His life changed as he taught himself to read during the time spent incarcerated.

The most boring book created — a dictionary was where this fascination started.

Books take you places you’ve never been.

They introduce you to ideas formal education fails to promote.

They give you insight to other lives you would’ve never known about.

The “I can’t find anything good to read” people are the biggest liars.

They have not looked hard enough.

My current literary focus is on understanding what matters to me most.

  • How to be a better employee and team member

  • Understanding the world and how it operates

Here are the next three books I’ll be reading to suit my desires:

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