How To Become An Obvious Expert
Hope you had a great 4th of July holiday.
Nice to get a few days off, isn’t it?
Christina and I were in Asheville, NC for a few days of R & R. And it was a great trip.
Got to tour the Biltmore, which if you haven’t heard of, is billed as America’s Largest Home.
It’s a 251 room ‘castle’ that was built by George Vanderbilt III in 1895.
And it’s impressive to say the least.
One of the most interesting things we saw was Vanderbilt’s library.
It’s 2 stories tall, which a great winding staircase that goes up to the ’second floor’ of the room. In total Vanderbilt’s collection was over 10,000 volumes.
A New York journalist one time hailed him as the ‘best read man in America’.
Vanderbilt kept a list of books he had read since the age of 12. And by the time he died that list totaled 3,159. Which was the equivalent of reading 2 books a week, for his entire life.
Pretty incredible, huh?
One thing I’ve always enjoyed is history. And in particular the biography’s and history of great men who have accomplished much in their lifetime.
Reading is something that every human being who wants to grow should do more of.
You know before we had X-Box, DVD, HD-TV, Blu-Ray, Apple TV, I-Phone, and all the like. That’s what people used to do- READ!
After this weekend I was inspired to rededicate myself to being an even better ’student’ of subjects that interest me like business and fitness.
Here’s a simple tip I heard from a mentor of mine that’ll I’ll share with you.
Go invest in 5 or 6 of the top books in your field.
Put them on your nightstand.
And then commit to reading a chapter a night.
That’s it. Just a chapter a night.
Do you know that if you did that, within 6 months you’ll have read 180 chapters?
How much more of an ‘expert’ do you think you’ll be once you’ve read that much more in your field?
Give it a shot.
To your success,
Sean
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