Recently, I asked my newsletter readers: “What are you reading these days? What are you listening to?”
I think these things are important, because they make you who you are. The things you read, watch, and listen to have a huge impact on what you become, just like the friends you keep.
Make it a goal to surround yourself with good people both in person and in the media you consume, whether actively or passively. That morning-drive radio DJ’s dumb jokes will slowly influence your sense of humor just like intentionally listening to Beethoven will slowly increase your attention to a variety of things (though listening Mozart may or may not actually make you smarter).
“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” — Proverbs 13:20, King James Version (KJV)What’s on your nightstand? Your iPod playlist? Your Netflix queue? Pay attention to it. Be careful who you’re surrounding yourself with.
Library for the Faculty of Philology at the Free University Berlin, Germany: svenwerk via Compfight cc Colorful bookcase: missha via Compfight cc
