Is Listening to Audio Books Beneficial?

00:00:00.000 | We got a question here from Coach Pete.

00:00:08.120 | Coach Pete says, is listening to audio books just as beneficial as

00:00:13.320 | reading actual hard copy books?

00:00:15.880 | Uh, yeah, just read a lot, read a wide variety, use a lot of formats.

00:00:22.200 | It's all good.

00:00:23.080 | It's all good.

00:00:25.360 | I just think reading is calisthenics for your brain.

00:00:30.480 | It opens up your brain.

00:00:31.480 | It's also the source of raw ideas and vocabulary and even argument structure.

00:00:37.580 | It is the grist that you then chew up in your brain to make

00:00:40.480 | that brain way more effective.

00:00:41.740 | So I just say, read as much as you can and don't sweat the details.

00:00:46.020 | This is why you'll see, for example, when I do my monthly report on the books, I

00:00:50.940 | read that, you know, I'm all over the place, a huge variety of different

00:00:56.180 | topics, and I don't care.

00:00:57.280 | I just, let's go, let's read, you know, let's just, let's just have it going.

00:01:01.200 | And I think it's the same thing as if you're, if you want to just be generally

00:01:03.680 | in shape, do a bunch of different things.

00:01:06.140 | Bike, I row, I lift weights, I do calisthenics, I do some CrossFit, I'm

00:01:09.720 | playing on an ultimate Frisbee team.

00:01:11.120 | You just throw a bunch of stuff at it.

00:01:12.520 | It's good for you.

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