13/06/2024
Some people are okay with just waking up and working hence they dont see the need to burden themselves with picking up books and reading to learn something additional. But those who aren’t happy must read if they want to change and succeed beyond where they currently are. Some are okay with just remaining on the safe side of the E side of cash flow quadrant. If they want to advance they just look for another job that will pay slightly more.. then continue just working till the grave of retirement.
But if you want to live life according to your own values and terms you have to pick up books and read and be taught. Often when I ask some people about reading they say they read what interests them. Which is fine. But then question becomes, “so success and earning more money don’t interest them?” Often I say to people I mentor that you don’t read because it’s nice, you read books because you want to be taught. You need to learn how to think properly about major things like money and success and personal growth.
You read not just for information but for transformation. That’s the purpose of self education. Reading simply just for information is pointless and a poor use of our mental space. We need to learn how to think more intelligently and decisively if we want to actually accomplish above average. To have more uou simply have to become more. And to become more means to grow in your capacity to think. And that’s the true purpose of reading. If a book doesn’t make you think more sharply then it’s a pointless book.
The person you have become so far has given you the life that you have right now. Question becomes are you happy with what you have been given by who or what you are currently? If the answer is no, then you need to seek out knowledge on how to become better. And books are your own personal mentors. To be great you need to read great books and have great conversations with the great men who have put their greatness in writing. Robin Sharma said Reading is having a conversation with the author. Choose them wisely.