In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time -- none, zero.
I often encounter people, adults mostly, who seem to view reading as a profound act or habit. Most people treat reading like a luxury. OG Millennials treat it like a weapon.
In all honesty, on this day in 2025, our attention spans are under constant attack. The barrage of competitors for our attention is endless. Between social media scrolls, endless notifications, and “just one more” episode, reading has become the thing we plan to do but rarely actually do.
Personally, I keep a book on my bedside nightstand, and a book in my carryon luggage. The plan is to read every night before I go to sleep and to read whenever I’m on a flight disconnected. These tactics don’t always work. All thanks to inflight wifi and life just life’ing. I spend most of my time on flights sleeping, and in bed hurrying to sleep because I have to be up early the next day.
All of these are excuses, and that’s exactly why it’s such a cheat code.
While the world gets distracted, we can quietly level up.
Unspoken truths about books and reading:
Every book is a time machine. You get decades of someone else’s wisdom, mistakes, and breakthroughs in a matter of hours.
The return on investment is insane. A $15 book can change your mindset, improve your income, or save you from years of trial and error.
It sharpens your thinking. Reading forces you to slow down, focus, and connect ideas, a skill that’s in dangerously short supply today.
It fuels your imagination. 100 people can read the same thing and all get something different from it. It sparks something different in every brain, and therein lies the beauty.
We OG Millennials have to understand that the right book at the right time can be the difference between moving in circles and moving forward.
How to Build Your Reading Game:
(We have to take our own advice on this one)
Choose high-return books. Biographies, business books, mindset guides, and classics. Things that feed your growth, not just your entertainment.
Set a daily reading target. Even if it’s just 10–15 minutes a day, it compounds over a year into dozens of books.
Read with intention. Don’t just consume, take notes, highlight key ideas, and think about how to apply them immediately.
Swap some scroll time for page time. If you can spend 30 minutes on TikTok, you can spend 20 minutes with a book.
OGM Thought Process
Reading isn’t about escaping reality, it’s about upgrading it.
If we’re serious about authenticity, productivity, and money moves, we can’t just rely on our own experiences. We need to borrow brilliance, learn from the greats, and sharpen our perspective.
Your next breakthrough might not come from a meeting, a podcast, or a YouTube video. It might be sitting on a bookshelf, waiting for you to open it.
Put it this way, if you read just 12 books a year, that’s 120 books in a decade. That’s 120 new playbooks, strategies, and mindset shifts that the average person will never touch.
It might seem like an over exaggeration but I promise it isn’t.
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