Readers are Leaders, are You One of Them?
Recently I was talking to a friend Jackie who started a column – The Books They Read in the daily Monitor newspaper in Uganda.
In the inaugural article, she asks the interviewee about the book that changed her life and she mentioned – The Communist Manifesto by Karl Max and Frederic Engels. We all come across a book that changes our lives. What’s striking is that almost every leader is an avid reader.
Do you set some time aside to read? Just in case you don’t, better do it as soon as yesterday to join the rare breed of personalities who do. Smart people can quickly tell by how wide you are read or not. In the information age, he who is well informed – with quality information I must add, has a competitive edge.
Well read people attract more offers, attention and promotions.
How do I do it you may ask? Start with topics that interest you. Set aside 15-30 minutes a day. Preferably early in the morning or just before you go to sleep. With in a month, you would have read 1-2 books. That’s a cool 12-24 books in a year. At the moment I read on average 1 book a week which comes to roughly 50 books a year.
I would encourage you to do more. Read faster. It’s one of the critical success factors.Take a speed reading course and we will meet at the top
That is a really interesting concept. Reading is a definite way to increase your level of knowledge. And then with that knowledge you look for organization of it – creating power and success from your ORGANIZED knowledge.
Something I read: This reminds me of a story related to those of us who spend some of our free time reading in an area of personal interest. It has been stated that if you read in an area of your interest for thirty minutes a day, within three years you will be known in your community. Add another two years to make five years all the while reading thirty minutes per day in the same area of interest, and you will be know nationally. Finally, add just two more years to total seven, and by reading just thirty minutes a day in this same area, you will be known internationally in this specialized field. Why is this so? First of all, 98% of individuals do not have the self-discipline to read just thirty minutes a day and even more so, 98% of the people cannot stick with or determine a definite area of interest that they want to hitch their star to for peak performance.
I recently wrote a blog on the keys to success that lead to a whole slew of other concepts – give it a try if you think it could help you or your readers.
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