{"id":542,"date":"2017-12-13T22:10:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=542"},"modified":"2017-12-13T22:10:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:40:39","slug":"7-lessons-learnt-trip-book-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/13\/7-lessons-learnt-trip-book-store\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Lessons learnt from a trip to Book Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the time I figured out that going to a book store gives me happiness, I have been visiting it frequently. Every time I visit one, I rediscover myself.<\/span>
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\nI learnt these lessons today.<\/span>
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\n1.If you don\u2019t bring your ideas to fruition, others will do it<\/b>
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\nI had a couple of ideas on what I wanted to write books as, I wrote them all and abandoned them half-way. I thought they were not worthy enough to be finished. Today, I saw books with same ideas on book-shelf. <\/span>
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\nIt is not just about writing a book, but the more you delay working on your dreams by giving excuses the more regrets you will end up with.<\/span>
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\nHurry up. Start working on your ideas. Later on don\u2019t cry if your idea leaves you because you are not paying attention to it.<\/span>
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\n2.Irrespective of how much you deny, you are a judge<\/b>
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\nAccording to Kahneman, we think in two ways. The first way of thinking is judging. Even though I don\u2019t want to, I judge a book by its cover. I decide which book I might like based on the way the cover is designed. Then the title. Then by skimming through the content. You might think I am a shallow person but how do I pay my attention to the hundreds of books in the store in the limited time.<\/span>
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\nIf I restrict myself to just one section of the store, I make sure that I do justice to all of them. But if I am falling short of time, I become a judge.<\/span>
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\nEven in life, we judge easily. We need to put in conscious efforts to avoid that.<\/span>
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\n3.It is only the mask which keeps changing<\/b>
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\nYou read 2 books on the same topic. Now the third book, will have similar content but written in a different way.<\/span>
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\n4.Everyone has their own taste<\/b>
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\nIf my mom and I go to the same section, she likes the books which I will never pick up. The reason is simple. She prefers something which is written in a straight-forward way. While I need the book to be written in a heavily researched way. <\/span>
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\n5.You can become an expert in anything over time<\/b>
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\nInitially, I used to not know which books I will like and which I won\u2019t. Now I know what style of writing and content I will love. I know how to select the right books for myself. <\/span>
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\n6.Presentation matters<\/b>
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\nI saw a book by Bibek Debroy. I opened it excitedly to see if it is based on research on Indian Railways. The book looked like a facts collection than a story which was being told. I haven\u2019t read the book. I am not the right judge. But from its presentation, that is what I felt. Instead if the presentation looked like a story, I would have jumped and bought it.<\/span>
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\n7.If you go seek, you might hit a gold mine<\/b>
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\nThere were many books in the store which I would not have known if I just searched for them online. To put it in another way, I would not have known that there is knowledge available on those topics if I would not have stumbled on them today.<\/span>
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\nSometimes you have to go seek things instead of just searching for what you already know.<\/span>
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\nWhat makes you come alive? What is the best lesson you learned from it? Share it with us in the comment section.<\/span>
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\nHappy living your dreams!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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