This January, the DBD Team is making resolutions to help us be better. Today Mike offers a bold resolution… and a straightforward way to make it happen.
How’s this for a bold resolution? Let’s all become richer, smarter and more emotionally intelligent. The good news regarding this resolution is that there is an easy way to make it happen for all of us: resolve to spend more time reading.
Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, when asked about the key to success, pointed to a stack of books and said, “Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will.”
Related research shows that Buffet-inspired reading habits could benefit all of us in several ways:
I’ve always been a consistent reader and manage to make my way through several books a year. My favorites in 2017 include Stephen Ambrose’s “Nothing Like It in the World – The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869”, Michael Oren’s “Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East” and Angela Duckworth’s “GRIT – The Power of Passion and Perseverance.”
While I’m not in a position to commit to reading 500 pages a day, I am resolving to read more in 2018, and to create the time for doing so by reducing TV and computer screen time. To that end, my reading resolutions for 2018 are to:
Not Warren Buffet-level reading commitments, but I’m confident these modest reading resolutions will begin to provide some of he benefits others have found from reading more, and position me for even greater reading commitments in the future.
What about you? What are you reading that you’d recommend to others? Sound off in the comments below.