How many of these books have you read?
So, I had a little conversation today with a friend regarding how many books I have on my shelf and it got me thinking about actually counting how many books I actually have. After counting the books I was a little disappointed to find out that I have only 210 books on my personal library with about 10 or 20 that I have not finished reading or started to read. But, after feeling guilty and a little disappointed at my poor book shift, I remember reading Nessim Nicholas Talab book The Black Swan and he had a really quote that I think conceptionalizes how we should all feel about our book shelf, whether we read all the books on it or not it should not matter because the number of books read should have less value compared to unread book; "Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you don’t know as your financial means, mortgage rates and the currently tight real-estate market al...
