In our digital world, there is often no shortage of new distractions. New blog posts, new podcasts, newly released books. All of them shiny and captivating.
This year, however, I’ve intentionally focused on re-reading old treasures. I’ve found that each time I reread portions of books I had previously read, I find I retain the lessons better the second or third time. I also sometimes find new treasures I didn’t notice on first pass.
Case in point: this second-hand copy of The Essays of Warren Buffet I paid $4 for. For whatever reason when recently re-reading, I randomly opened to the title page. There I was stunned to find the signature of the Oracle himself. I had never noticed it before.
New treasures lie in old books indeed.
