One of my favorite things to do is read.
For as long as I can remember I have loved to pick up a good book and lose myself in the stories on the page.
I can remember in my early teen years being a huge fan of the Three Investigators series of books by Alfred Hitchcock.
I'd spend a Saturday or Sunday holed up in my room with the radio on low and just read the whole day.
In my late teens and after high school I discovered books by John Saul and my all time favorite author John Grisham.
He's a masterful story teller and I loved how the books challenged me to try and guess what would happen next.
I also became a big fan of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code.
It didn't hurt that we were actually in Italy when that movie came out on the big screen.
It was kind of cool being able to identify some of the locations talked about in the books.
More recently, my focus has shifted to books on success, investing, personal development and business.
Probably the first book I read in this category would have been The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton.
I was given a copy by my financial planner at the time, and I think I just found a copy again after all these years, so I may have to give it another review.
From there I discovered Robert Kiyosaki's books starting with Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
If you haven't read that book, I highly encourage you to do so.
His other books are fantastic as well.
I really enjoyed the Rich Dad Prophesy, especially considering it was written long before the events today that it so accurately described.
The bookshelf in my office is overflowing with books now.
Many I have yet to read, and so many more that I have already finished reading.
It would take me all day to list them all, and give you an assessment of each of them.
My biggest challenge now is working on getting faster at reading so I can read more books, and better retain what I've read.
One of the books on success on my desk right now is called Photo Reading by Paul R.
Scheele.
If I can implement the skills from this book, my long list of books yet to read will quickly shorten.
If I had to pick one of the books on success from my bookshelf that I would single out as a must read, it would have to be Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
I have read this book at least a dozen times, and every time I pick up something new.
This is actually the Coles Notes or condensed version of his earlier work the Laws of Success.
Think and Grow Rich has been identified as one of the most popular books on success, and is often cited as being responsible for the creation of more millionaires than any other book in print.
If you haven't read it yet, I highly encourage that you do.
And better than that, if reading isn't a regular part of your daily routine, it's time to change.
Leaders are readers.
Don't be one of the people who go through life never reading a book after they finish school.
For as long as I can remember I have loved to pick up a good book and lose myself in the stories on the page.
I can remember in my early teen years being a huge fan of the Three Investigators series of books by Alfred Hitchcock.
I'd spend a Saturday or Sunday holed up in my room with the radio on low and just read the whole day.
In my late teens and after high school I discovered books by John Saul and my all time favorite author John Grisham.
He's a masterful story teller and I loved how the books challenged me to try and guess what would happen next.
I also became a big fan of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code.
It didn't hurt that we were actually in Italy when that movie came out on the big screen.
It was kind of cool being able to identify some of the locations talked about in the books.
More recently, my focus has shifted to books on success, investing, personal development and business.
Probably the first book I read in this category would have been The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton.
I was given a copy by my financial planner at the time, and I think I just found a copy again after all these years, so I may have to give it another review.
From there I discovered Robert Kiyosaki's books starting with Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
If you haven't read that book, I highly encourage you to do so.
His other books are fantastic as well.
I really enjoyed the Rich Dad Prophesy, especially considering it was written long before the events today that it so accurately described.
The bookshelf in my office is overflowing with books now.
Many I have yet to read, and so many more that I have already finished reading.
It would take me all day to list them all, and give you an assessment of each of them.
My biggest challenge now is working on getting faster at reading so I can read more books, and better retain what I've read.
One of the books on success on my desk right now is called Photo Reading by Paul R.
Scheele.
If I can implement the skills from this book, my long list of books yet to read will quickly shorten.
If I had to pick one of the books on success from my bookshelf that I would single out as a must read, it would have to be Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
I have read this book at least a dozen times, and every time I pick up something new.
This is actually the Coles Notes or condensed version of his earlier work the Laws of Success.
Think and Grow Rich has been identified as one of the most popular books on success, and is often cited as being responsible for the creation of more millionaires than any other book in print.
If you haven't read it yet, I highly encourage that you do.
And better than that, if reading isn't a regular part of your daily routine, it's time to change.
Leaders are readers.
Don't be one of the people who go through life never reading a book after they finish school.
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