I’m guessing many in the property community have a reading list and a reading goal for the year – what is it and how’s it going?
I was 19 years old and working in the US over a uni summer holiday when I was first exposed to the books from Charlie “Tremendous” Jones and his famous quote,
“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you’ve read”.
That’s quite something when you think about it. If you believe it, it really makes you want to do something about it.
So what books are you choosing to read and how are you getting the most out of them?
In the last couple of weeks I’ve heard two messages come from two different mentors that essentially said the same thing, and I wanted to share those messages here for the benefit of others in the community.
MESSAGE 1
How much do you read about business and wealth creation and what are you actually doing about it? Here’s a quick 3 step guide/or recipe on how to get the max value from a book
#1 Start by writing down what your biggest takeaways are- What did you learn? What blew your mind?
#2 Document your thoughts in the form of lateral connections: What else does this concept I’ve learned relate to? Where else has this idea shown up?
#3 How could these concepts apply to you: What specific actions could you take in light of this newly learned concept?
If we don’t do this we’re leaving a lot of the best insights and ideas on the table. Here’s the technical reason why, without doing these 3 steps we don’t give ourselves the chance to build the neurological connections that deeply activate the learning process.
MESSAGE 2
And so to conclude, here are the thoughts from one of my long standing favourites, Darren Hardy – “You don’t need another idea when you don’t do anything with the last one you had. Instead, review your notes from the last 4 weeks and act on something. Don’t be satisfied with seeking and not DO anything.”
Share your thoughts on the above and how you get the most value from the books you read.