Put down the iPhone!
Put down the iPhone / iPad and pick up the Kindle. Advice I have heard from a few sources. I am finally beginning to understand and agree.
I have always prided myself in being up to date. The the latest news, sports, and yes, weather. And everything going on in politics, emerging technology, economic forecasts. It was always important to know the latest. Always afraid to miss something. And now with apps like LinkedIn, Flipboard, (No Facebook, I have always known it was evil) the latest changes minute by minute. I have been reading article after article, update after update.. realizing now that most of it is futile. A constant rehash, spun slightly differently.
The real knowledge is in books. Where someone invests months of their lives, delivering something fresh and deep… a piece of their souls. They have done it with focus, pushing away the constant distractions.
And that is how they should be read. Without distraction, with focus. Putting down the iPhone, picking up the Kindle.