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Author and entrepreneur Lindsay MacMillan shares a surprising truth: reading fiction helps us grow as business leaders even more than reading non-fiction.
In our culture of hyper-productivity, we are obsessed with consuming as much self-development content as we can.
There's a misconception in the business world that reading fiction is an indulgence or a waste of time.
But reading fiction has real business benefits in how it expands our creativity, trains us to connect dots, and makes us more empathetic leaders. Lindsay MacMillan is a best-selling author and entrepreneur. Her next novel, Summer on Mackinac Island, is forthcoming from HarperCollins Publishers. Formerly, she was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs. Lindsay graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College. She has been interviewed by Katie Couric, CNBC, NASDAQ, Business Insider and more. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Author and entrepreneur Lindsay MacMillan shares a surprising truth: reading fiction helps us grow as business leaders even more than reading non-fiction.
In our culture of hyper-productivity, we are obsessed with consuming as much self-development content as we can.
There's a misconception in the business world that reading fiction is an indulgence or a waste of time.
But reading fiction has real business benefits in how it expands our creativity, trains us to connect dots, and makes us more empathetic leaders. Lindsay MacMillan is a best-selling author and entrepreneur. Her next novel, Summer on Mackinac Island, is forthcoming from HarperCollins Publishers. Formerly, she was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs. Lindsay graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College. She has been interviewed by Katie Couric, CNBC, NASDAQ, Business Insider and more. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
