Why I've been reading a book a day...

So why a book a day? Let's say you want to be rich, famous, healthy, and happy. What would be the fastest way to get there? Well if for the last 10 years you had been reading 1 book a week what would be different in your life right now? 4 books a month, 50 books a year, 500 books in a decade... Imagine the knowledge of those 500 books embedded deep within your brain. You would be a genius. You could not even help building new habits that when applied into your life, would help you with other aspects like potentially learning how to be rich, famous, healthy, and happy. But something is wrong with the world today. This simple solution isn't the mainstream mentality. I always tell my coaching students, "All the knowledge in the world at our fingertips and we know less than my grandpa did." We have Google, ebooks, Facebook, audio books, Kindles and Nooks but it seems like no one is really getting smarter. But even with all this technology I still prefer good old fashioned books. Here is why books work. It goes beyond just the simple knowledge they impart. Books operate with a deeper, more powerful 'mechanism'. Think of it this way. If I said to you, "Hey would you like to spend 1 hour a day for the next year being mentored by the worlds' top billionaires, celebrities, authors, fitness trainers, professors, and world leaders?" Your answer would be "of course". That's precisely what books do. They give you direct access to the mentors you would never be able to meet in real life. Because most of the people worth listening to are either busy or already dead. Success comes through osmosis. It rubs off on you. Change who you spend time around and you will change your life. Books are the easiest way to spend time around high caliber mentors. There is no faster way to transform your life than to simply read more. No one, no matter how high their IQ, knows it all. The body of knowledge in the world is simply to vast to learn alone. Learning through trial and error is a fools game. As Warren Buffet says, "It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes." That is what books do for you. They cut the learning curve by years, even decades. Reading is the habit of billionaires. Never forget that. I have done a survey of most of the famous billionaires in the world and the only thing I found that they all had in common, from Steve Jobs to Larry Ellison to Sam Walton, was they all read a ton of books. If you travel on Warren Buffett's private jet guess what he does the whole time? He will shake your hand, make some small talk, and then pull out a stack of reading material and spend the rest of the flight catching up on his reading. In fact, he spends almost 8 hours a day reading. Charlie Munger another famous billionaire says: "In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time - none, zero. You'd be amazed at how much Warren Buffett reads - at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out." I remember an [interview with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett]( where they were asked what superpower they wished they had. They both agreed that they would want to be the fastest readers in the world. They didn't wish for more power or money. Just the ability to read more books. Because they know that get the book thing right and the rest will naturally flow your way. I'm sure you agree with what I'm saying. Most people do. So if I asked you what keeps you from reading a book a day, or a book a week, I would guess your answer would be, "Tai it takes me too long to read a book, I don't have the time." If you feel you read too slow you aren't alone. In fact Warren Buffett once said “I've probably wasted ten years reading too slowly." And remember this is coming from Buffett who by the age of 12 had read every book in the Omaha public library system on investing. Even he felt it was hard to catch up. Reading can be a pain. Somehow I was lucky enough to learn speed reading as a teenager and over years of practice I can finish a book pretty quickly. I devote a few hours daily to reading 1 book a day. I read 4 different types of books on the subjects that I consider the foundation of living a good life. Allan Nation, one of my mentors, taught me that it's vital be [eclectic]( and read from a wide base of knowledge. The books vary from classics written centuries ago, all the way to cutting edge modern bestsellers. Every now and then I like reminding my community to not get stuck in the noisy world outside. Take some time for yourself to continue growing and learning so you can be the ultimate version of yourself. Keep Growing, Tai [Manage Email Alerts]( | [Unsubscribe From All]( You have received this email to {EMAIL} because you are a registered [Tailopez.com]( subscriber. Do you like this email? [like]( [dislike](