I do read nonfiction, but not as much as I read fiction.
If I look through my list of books to read on my Kindle, there is a pretty even split of fiction and nonfiction. My Kindle shows me that I have started reading most of them …
… but haven’t finished.
I suspect that is because I find I need to concentrate more on nonfiction.
Reading fiction is reading for entertainment, whereas reading nonfiction is reading to learn. While I love learning, there is only so much my brain can take in a day or a week before I have to put the book down.
I then tend to move onto reading a novel … and forget about the nonfiction book.
When I read nonfiction, it tends to be the Bible (which shouldn’t be a surprise), or books about writing (or publishing or marketing).
Over the last year or so, I’ve also read a few books on time management and prioritising, mostly because I felt overwhelmed by all the things on my to-do list and figured there had to be more efficient way to get everything done.
My lesson from reading books by a range of productivity experts (and perhaps the unintended lesson) is simple:
There is no silver bullet.
Unless someone is wasting time on unproductive activities, the only way to do everything is to say no to something, which does mean understanding my personal and professional priorities, and focusing on them.
