One of my favorite movies is "Limitless."

It's about Eddie Morra, a struggling writer who has no relationships, no money, and a drinking problem.

The only thing that might turn his situation around is delivering a great book. But he has no idea how to start it, so he ends up procrastinating.

And if you look at the apartment, you notice that it resembles his life—an absolute mess.

Then a friend gives him an experimental drug called NZT-48, promising that it will increase his intelligence.

Eddie is hesitant to take it because he fears the side effects, but what does he have to lose? His life sucks anyway. He pops the pill as he walks up the stairs to his apartment.

And in an argument with the landlord’s wife, he experiences an out-of-body experience and thinks, "I was blind, but now I can see.”

With the new found power Eddie cleans up the apartment, writes the book, makes a killing in the stock market, and lives life to the fullest.

Eventually he realized that the effects of NZT-48 were quite simple:

It made him clear on what he needed to do and how to do it.

Often we get bogged down in the complexities of life and fail to see the big picture.

Sometimes we even fail to see that the answer to our problem is slapping us in the face.

Wouldn't it be great if we had a pill that could help us understand our current problem, what we need to do to solve it, and how to apply the solution?

Well, there are no pills that can help us, but we have books.

Books are the closest we can get to an NZT-48 pill.

Here's why:

Many highly intelligent individuals have spent their entire lives dedicated to learning ONE subject.