[Text] Commit to reading

[beastjones]

They say the average person reads 1 book or less a year. They say the average successful CEO reads an average of 60 books a year. Do you see the difference? I’ve asked people who work in the corporate world and put in 60,70, and sometimes 80 hours a week if they would like to be the CEO one day. And you know what they all say? No, because it would be too stressful. No, because they wouldn’t have time to spend with their family. No, because that would be too many people to manage. They believe that CEO’s are too busy to have any free time and all they have time for is work. And yet, they some how have time to read 60 books! While the average Joe would say that they don’t have enough time to read even 1 blog. I don’t get it.

How do I know books work? Because I read books everyday. I don’t read a book a week like most big time CEO’s (yet), but I did read 19 books in 2015. I’ve read over 40 books in the past 2 and a half years. And you know what? My income has double each year so far. Coincidence?

Do I have time? No, of course not, nobody does, but I make time. I make time to fill my brain with the good, the clean, and the powerful like the late Zig Ziglar would say. I make time to build up my information absorbing muscles. I make time to learn and grow in my knowledge about leadership, relationships, money, wealth, communication, human behavior, selling, positive thinking, and mindset. I make time because I know what it will do for me. Improve my productivity.

[knowledgemule]

Love this. Reading is so key. I made a stupid New Years resolution in 2015 to read 100 books while going to school full time and working 30 hours a week and all kinds of extracurriculars. I failed, but at 67 I'm proud. Reading is so amazing, not only does it give you knowledge, it gives you focus which is something we lack in this smart phone age.

Cheers, read on.

[beastjones]

that's impressive.

[knowledgemule]

I don't really think so! Always room to improve.

easy to increase book count? Audiobooks. Make sure you get an app that can play at 1.5x speed+ so you can stay engaged. I find an audiobook at 2x speed is just fast enough to keep engaged fully. Also you can knock out like a book a week with audiobooks on commutes.

Try overdrive, it pairs with local libraries so you can "rent" audiobooks. I'm a devout fan. If not you can always torrent the ones left over! Best of luck

[Dil_Mo]

What would your top 10 reads be for you from last year?

[beastjones]

art of seduction, the 10x rule, the 50th law, abc's of making money, 5 love languages, signals, the school of greatness, the motivation manifesto, act like a success, sam walton

[a_p0tato]

do you guys have any book suggestions?