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Keys to Your Startup’s Success-Don’t Just Read Every Book
Not every book for entrepreneurs is going to help you with your startup
According to Google, there are approximately 130 million unique books in the world.
“The year 2010 had more than 2.7 million “non-traditional” titles published, including “self-published books, reprints of public domain works, and other print-on-demand books.” Also, hundreds of thousands of English Language books are published each year outside the U.S.”
As you can see, there are tons of books. Tons of books on personal growth. On software development. On parenting. Books on being an entrepreneur. Is the course of wisdom to read as many books as possible? Should you devote yourself to constant reading, believing that this will make you successful? I in no way want to discourage you from reading. Reading is essential to gaining more knowledge. But there can be a danger to all this literary input. What is that danger?
Not every book contains truth. Some books are based upon opinion. And some books were written with the sole goal of making money, not providing true and helpful information. You must learn to distinguish between a book that contains truthful, beneficial information, and one that doesn’t. How can you do this? How can you tell if a book is…
