It is interesting how often new year resolutions involving non-fiction books focus on breadth (e.g. targeting x books to read per month) and how few, if any at all, focus on depth.
As I’ve come to realize, breadth targets with non-fiction books are the equivalent of vanity metrics. If the goal is learning and growth, there is often more to be gained by picking ONE great book on a topic that matters to us and seeking to simply master the concepts of that book over the course of the year.
That’s because the act of reading alone doesn’t result in learning. It is the synthesis, reflection, and action that follows that results in learning.
In books as in many other things, choosing depth points to wisdom and potential transformation.
