Charlie Kirk Reveals Why He Reads 100 Books a Year and Skipped College to Build Turning Point USA

[00:00] you talk a lot about like being like

[00:02] well read and things like that and

[00:03] learning I was wondering if you had any

[00:04] good book suggestions cuz I absolutely

[00:06] love reading yes absolutely this is why

[00:08] I'm so against people going to college

[00:10] uh because College you don't really

[00:11] learn much of anything that's a value

[00:13] sorry guys it's just true um and so by

[00:16] the way many of you agree you might not

[00:17] agree it is what it is you you person

[00:20] this is a very important question thank

[00:21] you very very good in your life you

[00:25] become as wise and as well informed as

[00:28] you choose to be

[00:31] wisdom is a choice now 600 years ago

[00:35] that was not the case you have a super

[00:38] computer now in your right hand pocket

[00:40] that can give you millions of hours of

[00:42] information if you choose on any topic

[00:45] imaginable and so you have a choice I

[00:48] can go and get super drunk with friends

[00:51] on a Saturday night or I can stay in and

[00:55] listen to deep and Rich podcasts of

[00:58] intellectual you know type basis which

[01:01] one is gonna better improve my life

[01:03] Chark and or you g listen to the Charlie

[01:05] Kirk show thank you very much

[01:08] and let me tell

[01:10] you glory be to God for Turning Point

[01:13] USA because God deserves the credit

[01:16] however I made the choice for 12 years

[01:19] now I don't go out and party I do not

[01:21] drink I don't do drugs I'm not if you

[01:23] decide to do that that's fine but you'll

[01:25] pay a price you won't be as successful

[01:28] you won't be as happy and that's okay if

[01:30] getting drunk is your value because you

[01:32] got to write down your values right and

[01:34] if one of your values is like drinking a

[01:35] lot of beer that's fine that's your

[01:38] decision you will suffer because of that

[01:41] but that's your choice I made a decision

[01:43] that I don't want to live that life that

[01:45] I want to succeed I want to try to

[01:47] accomplish something that is good for

[01:49] Humanity and so I read 100 books a year

[01:52] I listen to two to three hours a day of

[01:53] podcasting and you can too by the way

[01:56] and if you're not you're making a

[01:57] decision to not be informed you're

[01:59] making decision to be ignorant and I'm

[02:01] being kind of tough on you guys because

[02:03] what else are you doing that's more

[02:04] important and if you think you're busier

[02:06] than I am I'm sorry you're not like just

[02:07] let's be honest okay I do three hours a

[02:09] radio day we got 550 people on staff I

[02:11] got to raise a $100 million dolls a year

[02:12] and I got two kids under two you're not

[02:14] busier than I am okay and so you should

[02:17] say well I want to be well informed okay

[02:19] then how many books of year are you

[02:20] reading if if it's under 25 you're not

[02:22] taking learning seriously and that's why

[02:24] college is just complete waste of time

[02:25] because they're making you read absolute

[02:26] crap right unless you go to Hillsdale or

[02:28] Liberty which I see two of you there um

[02:31] so what books you should read man search

[02:32] for meaning by Victor Frankle it's one

[02:35] of the most important books that one can

[02:36] read anything by CS Lewis uh Mere

[02:39] Christianity is really great uh

[02:41] abolition of man That Hideous Strength

[02:43] um by Vash mangalwadi uh the book that

[02:45] built your world um I love 1984 Brave

[02:48] New World Darkness at noon um anything

[02:50] by Winston Churchill he wrote over 50

[02:52] books there's no lack of books I I have

[02:53] book recommendations on my on my entire

[02:55] website but if you want to succeed in

[02:58] life prioritize reading over beer pong

[03:02] thank you very much hi so I'm from Clark

[03:04] County Washington State and

[03:07] um I just had a question um I have a lot

[03:10] of um respect and admiration for you

[03:13] starting Turning Point from literally

[03:15] your garage from the ground up and I

[03:17] tried doing something um similar in

[03:19] Washington very difficult um so I just

[03:22] was wondering if you had like any tips

[03:24] on what you did to make it as far as you

[03:26] have so far uh yeah well the first was

[03:29] not going to come col uh so again I'm

[03:31] not trying to bash College too much cuz

[03:32] I know a lot of you guys are kind of

[03:34] invested in the scam but that's fine um

[03:36] so but yeah look if you want to succeed

[03:38] go you know going to college going to

[03:40] college is a really good way to not do

[03:41] that because think about it while many

[03:43] of my peers were going into tons of debt

[03:48] and were studying stuff that doesn't

[03:50] matter I had a four-year Head Start so I

[03:53] had a 4-year jump start where I was able

[03:55] to travel the country meet new people

[03:57] speak at events so by the time that my

[04:00] peers in high school were graduating

[04:02] college at the age of 22 at the age of

[04:04] 22 in 2016 I was on a firstname basis

[04:07] with then candidate Donald Trump we had

[04:09] 75 employees you know a firm But Mighty

[04:12] budget how is that possible it's well

[04:14] first of all I traveled 330 days a year

[04:17] so you have to be willing to outwork

[04:18] everybody there is no replacement for

[04:20] hard work I've traveled 3,000 days in

[04:22] the last decade and so it's an overnight

[04:25] success story turning it's a 12y year

[04:26] overnight success story at Turning Point

[04:27] USA you have to outwork everybody you

[04:29] have to be willing to ask for help um

[04:30] and then just pray for the favor of God

[04:32] because he really deserves the credit

[04:33] for what we been able to happen here at

[04:34] Turning Point USA so thank you so much

[04:37] thank you thank you all right in closing

[04:40] everybody um and then I'm going to

[04:41] introduce Lorraine is that we could take

[04:44] back this country but it starts with

[04:46] every single one of you the enemy and

[04:48] the bad guys will lead you to believe

[04:50] that what you do does not matter I will

[04:53] go a radical step in the other direction

[04:55] everything you do Matters from how you

[04:57] talk to how you dress to how you

[05:00] communicate to the words you use to

[05:03] whether you fight for good or evil for

[05:05] whether you fight against this nonsense

[05:07] it does not matter whether or not you

[05:09] think you are making an impact it

[05:10] matters of whether or not you do the

[05:12] right thing the impact will come if 600

[05:16] plus people are doing the right thing

[05:18] simultaneously having that Force

[05:20] multiplier impact on campuses across the

[05:23] country that is what gives me hope and

[05:25] you guys give me such amazing hope