[SantiagoRuberto]

<<time you spent reading books is time not spent validating & building & selling your ideas.>>

Drew Houston said: “Your job as CEO changes every six months, every year, every couple of years. Just nobody tells you that… Nobody is born a CEO. You learn it. And the challenge is you just don’t know what your blind spots are. The chessboard is a lot bigger than just building a good product.”

As CEO, everything from strategy to building and managing a team is your responsibility.

When asked how he scaled from coding the first version of Dropbox himself to managing an organization with thousands of employees, Drew responds:

“Reading was probably the single most valuable thing that I did.”

Here is the full clip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ZAGFtDX8FLUtyFO_AP8UtlCcSA...

[aristofun]

One of many examples that prove neither disprove nothing.

Also it is a very general and banal point - obviously reading is a good thing. You don't have to become a CEO to realize that :)