About four years ago a very good friend and I were talking
about one of the self-help books that we had read. The book, written by Brian
Tracy advocated the idea of waking up one hour earlier than usual and
reading for that hour in your field. So what that means is that if you are a
salesman you should wake up and read for one hour about sales, or if you are
lacking in the relationship department then you should read for one hour about
relationships.
This particular activity, Tracy called it the Golden Hour my
friend and I decided to adopt it and so we have continued it. We have called it
another name but the idea is the same, read for one hour and summarise what we
have read and send it to the other person for the other person to comment on it
and send it back.
At the beginning we only read one book but my friend soon
got restless of this and we changed it to two or three books at a time. I think
the record at one stage was twelve.
In the head to head stakes, my friend leads the number of
books read but at the end of the day who cares what the score is as long as you
get something out of it and apply what you have read.
This blog will a review of some of the books and topics that I
have read about in the last few years as well as a review of things that I have read in the current week. I
urge you to not only read this blog but to go and read some of the books that
are mentioned in the following posts. You don't have to buy them, I’m sure you
live in a town like my hometown where the public library is full of books that
are just waiting to be read by you.
Thank you for taking the time to read this blog and I hope
that we are all on the way to financial security and freedom, great
relationships and healthy futures.
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