READ ALL THE BOOKS by Jim Rohn

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From: "Mark's Motivation Mail" <motivation@chattertonworld.com>

Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 07:19:06 +0800

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Subject: 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
possesses 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