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 is 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 book 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
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