The books I no longer believe still helped make me who I am.
Jim Rohn famously taught that we’re shaped by the people we meet and the books we read.
I’ve found that to be true—but there’s another part of the story.
You don’t have to agree with a book forever for it to have changed your life.
Years ago, while I was in chiropractic school, I read books like The Food Pharmacy. Later, Fit for Life dramatically influenced how I thought about food and health.
Today, I don’t follow the Fit for Life philosophy. Not even close. My thinking about nutrition has continued to evolve as I’ve read more, learned more, experimented on myself, and questioned some of the things I once accepted as true.
Mr. Skeptical adds, “Wait…we’re allowed to change our minds now?”
And that’s the point.
A good book doesn’t have to give you the final answer. Sometimes it gives you the next question.
The book you read 10 or 20 years ago may have put you on a path that eventually led you somewhere the author never intended.
In this week’s Subconscious Fat video, I talk about some of the books that shaped my thinking about food, health, success, and life—including some whose conclusions I no longer agree with.
Keep reading. Keep questioning. And give yourself permission to change your mind.
Because if you believe exactly the same things at 50 that you believed at 30, you might want to ask yourself what you’ve been reading.
Be aware.
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History, Common Sense, and then Science
