Last week, I blogged about a simple way to stand out in your chosen field of expertise.
Simply read more than everyone else.
If you read a book a week for twenty years, that adds up to 1,040 books!
20 years is going to pass anyway. You might as well have something to show for it.
By the way, we have the time. How many hours are spent each week watching football, baseball, or hockey games? The same math applies. Just one game a week for twenty years adds up to 1,040 games.
After I sent the tip of the week last Saturday, I received this email from a friend. Not only does she have 8 kids, she has already read 50 books this year.
After punching a hole in the sheetrock, and after crying on the floor for a while, I emailed her back and asked how in the world she does it. In her response, she reminded me of a site I used to know about but had long since forgotten.
“I know people never understand how I can read that much, so I always tell them 10 minutes at a time. I never feel like I have to have huge chunks of time to read, but sitting down for even 10 minutes with a book a couple times a day adds up. Have you heard of the website Good Reads? I find that is a helpful way to keep track of the books I read every year, as well as read reviews on books, etc. I am “friends” with just a few other people of whom I respect their reading choices, so it is also fun to see what they are reading. It perpetually keeps me adding to my “want to read” shelf! (Good Reads has “shelves” where you organize your books, i.e. Books Currently Reading, Books read in 2017, Family Read Alouds, etc.) Anyway, you might find you like it!”
Actually, I thought all of you might like it. If you want to track what you are reading, or if you need new ideas, or if you want to nose through your friends’ personal library without actually nosing around in their library, then check out Goodreads.com.
Have a happy Saturday (What’s left of it, anyway)!
Dwane Thomas
