Charlie “Tremendous” Jones: “Thinking Without Reading is Like Swimming Without Water.”

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Sean Croxton

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🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Charlie “Tremendous” Jones shares heartfelt, humorous, and profound lessons on the life-changing power of books. Through stories of his son, his marriage, Lincoln, and decades of leadership, he shows why “you’ll be the same person five years from now except for the people you meet and the books you read.” A joyful reminder that reading reshapes character, success, and relationships.

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0:42.7	That's why you'll hear me always saying you are the same today.
0:46.9	You're going to be five years from now, except for two things.
0:49.7	The people you meet, the books you read.
0:51.5	The people you meet in the book, should be.
1:08.7	Welcome back to the quote of the day show. I am your host, Sean Croxen, a Sean Croxon.com.
1:12.3	We're going to wrap up this week with the legendary Charlie Tremendous Jones.
1:17.0	His feature quote is this,
1:19.0	Thinking Without Reading is like swimming without water.
1:23.5	Charlie's going to talk about the power of the books.
1:26.6	I know a lot of successful people, and every single one of them reads books.
1:32.7	At the very least, they listen to books, which in 2025 is now considered reading.
1:38.5	I'm perfectly cool with that.
1:39.7	Listen to them.
1:40.2	Whatever.
1:40.7	Do what you got to do, right?
1:42.4	And I'm always shocked by how many people I
1:45.9	meet or talk to who say they want to become successful, but they also tell me that they don't read.
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