Read All The Books
by Jim Rohn
All of the books
that we will ever need to make us as rich ,
as healthy, as happy, as powerful, as sophisticated and as
successful as we want to be have already
been written.
People from all walks of life, people with some
of the most incredible life experiences, people that have gone from
pennies to fortune and from
failure to success have taken the time to
write down their experiences so that we might share in their wealth
of knowledge. They have offered their wisdom and experience so that
we can be inspired by it and instructed by it, and so that we can
amend our philosophy by it. Their contributions enable us to reset
our sail based upon their experiences. They have handed us the gift
of their insights so that we can change our plans, if need be, in
order to avoid their errors. We can rearrange our lives based on
their wise advice.
All of the insights that we might ever need have
already been captured by others in books.
The important question is this: In the last ninety days, with
this treasure of information that could change our lives, our
fortunes, our relationships, our health, our children and our
careers for the better, how many books
have we read?
Why do we neglect to read the books that can
change our lives? Why do we complain but remain the same? Why
do so many of us curse the effect but nourish the cause? How
do we explain the fact that only three percent of our entire
national population possess a library card—a card that would
give us access to all of the answers to success and happiness
we could ever want? Those who wish for the better
life cannot permit themselves to miss
the books that could have a major impact on how their lives
turn out. The book they miss will not help!
And the issue is not that books are too
expensive! If a person concludes that the price of buying
the book is too great, wait until he must pay the price for
not buying it. Wait until he receives the bill for continued
and prolonged ignorance.
There is very little difference between
someone who cannot read and someone who will not read. The
result of either is ignorance. Those who are serious seekers
of personal development must remove the self-imposed limitations
they have placed on their reading skills and their reading
habits. There are a multitude of classes being taught on how
to be a good reader and there are thousands of books on the
shelves of the public libraries just waiting to be read.
Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the
ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us
and the books that could change our lives.
A little reading
each day will result in a wealth of valuable information in a
very short period of time. But if we fail to set aside the time,
if we fail to pick up the book, if we fail to exercise the
discipline, then ignorance will quickly move in to fill
the void.
Those who seek a better
life must first become a better person.
They must continually seek after self-mastery for the purpose of
developing a balanced philosophy of life, and then live in
accordance with the dictates of that philosophy. The habit
of reading is a major
stepping stone in the development of
a sound philosophical foundation. And in my opinion it is
one of the fundamentals required for the attainment of
success and happiness.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
P.S. If you're ready to learn the skills, take action,
and build a better tomorrow, here are three books, listed in the order
you should read them, worthy of your consideration:
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© 2006 by Jim Rohn International. All Rights Reserved.
About the author:
Jim Rohn (September 17, 1930
— December 5, 2009) was considered to
be America's Foremost Business
Philosopher, with a career that spanned
over 40 years and touched the lives of over
four million people worldwide. Internationally hailed as one of the most influential thinkers of our
time, Rohn helped motivate an entire generation
of personal development trainers as well as
hundreds of executives from America's top
corporations.
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