What are you reading today?

My Personal Development journey started when I was building a Network marketing business.  I am not doing that today but I am still reading personal development books all the time.

What I learnt from network marketing is the great habit of reading personal development books.  If you have been in a network marketing business then you know they encourage you to do this.  I am so glad they did!

For 4 years I read a personal development book everyday (really, ok well maybe not everyday).  This was one of the most incredible habits I have learnt.  You have probably heard that to create a habit takes a consistent effort for 30 days?  Well I can tell you that this is true.  I read every night before I went to bed.  In fact it didn’t matter what time I went to bed I would read 10 minutes of a book.  Sometimes that meant 1 page and sometimes that meant 6 pages!  I often found the book on my face!

The great thing is that this is a habit I still have.  I read all the time.  When I don’t read I think about reading.

I am not one of those fast readers like my wife, by the time I have read 1 page she has read 2.

But I do read and that is key.  What do I read?  Anything that makes me learn and change.  That is what I want, to be changed.  I don’t want to read things that keep me thinking the way I think.  I want to read books that make me think “Hmm, I don’t agree with that” or “Hmm, I have never heard of that”.

So if you are not reading books that give you something more than just “an interesting read” maybe you need to think about your choice of books.

I am totally serious when I say that reading is one of the things that has helped me in my life.  It can for you too.

Matt