# Reading shapes who you become > "I have poor retention. I could not tell you specific passages or quotes. But at some deep level you do absorb them and they become part of the thread of the tapestry of your psyche" - Naval Ravikant > “I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson --- Date: 20211211 Links to: [Decision by Design MOC](Decision%20by%20Design%20MOC.md) Tags: References: * [Taken from this knowledge street podcast here](https://youtu.be/mGY2To_HW98?t=507)