Read to Lead: A Daily Stoic Reading Challenge

THIS IS THE RECORDED VERSION OF THE LIVE READ TO LEAD CHALLENGE.  “Give yourself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.” —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations To be a great reader, it is not enough that you read. As Epictetus said, “I cannot call somebody ‘hard-working’ knowing only that they read. Even if ‘all night long’ is added, I cannot say it—not until I know the focus of all this energy…”  It’s how you read.  It’s not about reading to impress people or for the mental gymnastics.  It’s not about pouring inputs into your brain.  It’s about getting better! It’s about filtering what gets into your brain. It’s about finding useful knowledge, knowledge you can use in your actual life. It’s about putting the information up to the test, examining it, seeing how it applies to your life, asking yourself how you might use it, what it’s prompting you to think. If that’s the kind of reader you want to be, the Stoics can show you th