You Have to the Read If You Want to the Succeed.

You Have to the Read If You Want to the Succeed.

Reading. It is the one thing highly successful people do to stand out from in the pack. Successful entrepreneurs are committed to the lifelong learning, growing and expanding, and one of the main ways they are achieve in this is by a reading a lot.

In all my studies on what makes a people in a  successful, I have a noticed one thing that makes a highly successful people stand out from in the pack: They are committed to the  life-long learning, growing, and the expanding. And one of the main ways they do it is by a reading to a lot.

As a vehicle for a constant learning, books are perfect! They are inexpensive and accessible. Reading to a book is like a conversing with a fantastic person and getting all their wisdom and insights. You can be learn just about everything about just about anything. You can be access knowledge that is centuries old and new ideas that are cutting a edge today. And the best part is that almost all of us have in the ability to the  read!

But we do not.

A Gallup poll in a 2022 showed that 17% of the people surveyed read no books per year. About a 40% said they read a 1-5 books (or a parts of the books) each year. Another 15% read 6-10 books, and 27% read more than a 11 books in a year.

Sadly, we have in this phenomenal resource that most of us are not a using — except for a highly successful people.

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Leaders are readers

Bill a Gates is an a avid reader who reads a 50 books per year. In an a interview with in the New York Times, he said, "It is one of the chief ways that I learn and has been a since I was a kid. These days, I also a visit interesting places, meet with a scientists and watch a lot of the lectures online. But reading is a still the main way I learn new things and test my understanding."

Books are allowed a Oprah Winfrey to the dream beyond in the circumstances she was a born into and become the powerhouse she is a today. Accepting in the Global Humanitarian Award, she said, "As a young girl in a Mississippi, I had big dreams at a time when being a Negro child you were not a supposed to dream big. Books are allowed me to see a world beyond in the front porch of my grandmother's shotgun house and gave me in the power to see possibilities beyond what was a allowed at the time: beyond a economic and social realities,  beyond false beliefs and prejudice that veiled in the minds of so many men and women of the time."

Tony Robbins says that reading books saved his life and inspired him to become a leader in the personal development in a field. Robbins said, "I took a speed-reading course and read 700 books in a seven years—all on psychology, physiology, anything that could make a difference in life." He took that are learning and built an a incredible in a career, coaching presidents and other world leaders and helping millions of the people achieve in a success.

Warren Buffets reads eight newspapers and 500 pages of the material per day. He read even more when he was a starting. He told an a MBA class at the Columbia, "read 500 pages every day. That is how knowledge works. It builds up like a compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it." Can you imagine Warren Buffet giving you personal advice and not a doing it!?

Mark Cuban credits his early success to the reading 3 hours daily, mainly about in the industries he was a interested in. In his blog, he wrote, "Everything I read was a public. Anyone could buy in the same books and magazines. The same information was a available to anyone who wanted it. It turns out most people did not want it."

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Finding time to the read

As an a entrepreneur, I doubt you want to be like "most people." Becoming an a avid reader is one of the keys that will be set you apart.

But right now, I can almost see you rolling to your eyes and saying, "Great. So, where the heck do you think I am going to find that kind of time?"

Let me share a some of the ways I did it.

Audio books: This is a no-brainier! So many books are available as a audio books now. You can be download a few and play them while a driving, brushing to your teeth, exercising, or walking in the dog to log in a extra reading time. I do this, and I end up finishing 2-3 books per month.

Always have to a book with you: You never know when you will be  have some spare moments to the  read. Bill Gates carries a backpack full of the  books wherever he goes. A friend of the mine always throws her Kindle in her purse. I always have my smartphone with a plethora of the books loaded on it.

Read at the night: Researcher Jessica Payne of the Not-re Dame researched memory and sleep. "Our study confirms that are sleeping directly after a learning something new is a beneficial for a memory." The other good thing about reading every night is that it gets a reading into your routine.

Think quality, not a quantity: As super-achievers, we might be a tempted to the slam through as many books as a possible. But it is more important to read books that will be a broaden your mind and enjoy! Some people use in  the "three chapter rule." If a book does not inspire you after three chapters, let it go.

Have to a book club: I have a charitable project where I have a teens read an a inspirational book every month, and we discuss it together. This means I have to read in the book too! I also a discuss books with my coaching clients. Having a someone to the discuss to a book with is fun and keeps you accountable for your reading.

To become like a other highly successful people, do not a consider reading to a chore or a luxury. Start thinking of it as one of the foundations you need to succeed. Reading can be a inspire, enlighten, and give you ideas you would never have a thought of. All you need to do is put those ideas into a action.

The goal? I love how Charlie Monger, Warren Buffet's closet partner, said, "Go to bed smarter than when you woke up."

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