<![CDATA[Stories by Raja Sekar on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@raja96?source=rss-d4ae1bdba954------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*1QBHmpPV3uGCWu1n_c8VqQ.jpeg Stories by Raja Sekar on Medium https://medium.com/@raja96?source=rss-d4ae1bdba954------2 Medium Sun, 15 Nov 2026 08:13:00 GMT <![CDATA[8 Books That Finally Made the World Make Sense to Me, Sorted From Easiest to Hardest]]>

Start with the 1 you can finish this weekend. End with the 1 that changes how you read the news.

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Instead of reading less, I changed what I did before, during, and after each book

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The books I keep buying for friends, because each one fixes a problem almost everyone has.

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I followed most of them for years, until 7 books showed me the research.

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Every fix came from a book, and none of them needed more willpower.

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Your brain will not stop on its own. These books show you how to turn the volume down.

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The slow way is the one you remember

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Start now, so January 1 isn’t your starting line

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For when you haven’t finished a book in months and miss the feeling

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Finish one this weekend; think about it for the next decade

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