| What books are you currently reading? What | | | | you have now. |
| audios are in your car? One of the quickest ways | | | | |
| to master anything is to read books, listen to | | | | Just as when you were a child and books |
| audios and watch videos on the subject. These | | | | magically took you to places you'd never been, |
| are your tools for professional development and | | | | inspirational books will guide you to become the |
| business success. | | | | person you want to be and will help build the |
| | | | | business success of which you dream. |
| If you're spending free time reading novels or | | | | |
| listening to music, you're missing a major key to | | | | Every multi-millionaire I've met had many personal |
| personal and business success. People who | | | | growth obstacles to overcome in their lives. Not |
| achieve high levels of abundance generally read | | | | one of them was born into a life of ease. They |
| two or three inspirational books every week. | | | | dealt with circumstances ranging from total |
| They aren't parked in front of the TV all night. | | | | poverty, abandonment as a child, abuse, |
| | | | | depression, life-threatening illness, divorce, business |
| With today's technology you have many choices | | | | loss and bankruptcy. |
| of how to best receive personal growth | | | | |
| information. There is no longer an excuse for not | | | | This reality shatters all the excuses you've been |
| having time to be educated. | | | | using throughout your life for why you can't |
| | | | | succeed. For many, inspirational educational tools |
| Look at this partial list of delivery methods for | | | | were the beginning of their road to personal and |
| getting professional development information to | | | | business success. These professional development |
| you: | | | | tools will start you on the road to your dreams, |
| | | | | too. |
| Read online or listen to PDFs online–software | | | | |
| can read text to you! | | | | Let me give you some examples of abundant |
| Listen to audio or watch streaming video online | | | | people who are big readers. Robert Allen, |
| Download audio or video to your iPod | | | | real-estate guru and author of best-selling books |
| Download print, audio or video to your cell phone | | | | including my favorite, Multiple Streams of Income, |
| or PDA | | | | reads several books at once by leaving them in |
| Print out a PDF to take with you in a folder | | | | various rooms throughout his home so a book is |
| Read a print book | | | | always available. |
| Listen to CDs or watch DVDs – in your car, | | | | |
| on a plane, on your TV or computer | | | | Cynthia Brian, co-author of the best-selling Chicken |
| | | | | Soup for the Gardener's Soul and author of Be |
| | | | | the Star You Are, finds it easy to read several |
| You're probably thinking, "I barely have time to | | | | books a week because she carries a book |
| complete all my tasks now. How could I add | | | | everywhere and spends at least two hours nightly |
| anything else?" But, we all have the same 24 | | | | reading instead of watching TV. |
| hours each day. | | | | |
| | | | | David Anderson of Famous Dave's really raises |
| Since you can't add hours, it's up to you to decide | | | | the bar. He's a self-proclaimed night owl, sleeping |
| how to spend the ones you have. The advent of | | | | an average of five hours. He not only reads two |
| the iPod makes it easier to access professional | | | | or three books a week, but 20-30 magazines a |
| development tools. Now you can listen discreetly | | | | month! He reads continually for personal |
| while standing in line or waiting for an appointment. | | | | development and to stay current on business |
| iPods aren't just for kids. They're important tools | | | | trends. |
| for business success and personal growth. | | | | |
| | | | | You say you want more from life, but will you |
| To create the life of your dreams, you must | | | | move outside your comfort zone to make it |
| make new choices about how to spend your | | | | happen? Maybe reading a book every week |
| time. If it were possible to achieve your personal | | | | seems unfeasible. Commit to reading one book |
| development goals by doing what you're doing | | | | this month, or in the next two weeks. When you |
| now, you would already have everything you | | | | find it's not so difficult, up your quota. |
| want. | | | | |
| | | | | The key to effective use of inspirational books, |
| I'm sure you've heard the adage that you can't | | | | audios and videos is that you implement what you |
| solve a problem with the same mind that created | | | | learn. Put your new knowledge into practice; don't |
| it. It's the same with any personal growth change | | | | just read, listen or watch for the sake of |
| you want to make in your life. You can't create a | | | | spending time doing it. |
| new life with the old habits that produced the life | | | | |