My reading is not grown enough to be called a culture. I have been consistently setting apart at least 30 minutes a day to read something for the past three months. Earlier days were pretty exciting as I was driven by passion. But I came to learn that passion is not dependable. Passion is purely emotional. So I developed a purpose or a goal. And my goal was to read for knowledge. I wanted to know. About my self (self awareness), about human character and motivation, about building a business or becoming better in my career. This has motivated me on days that I did not feel like staring at the laptop or listen to my audios.
In the past I often gave excuses like am too busy, yet I had time to scroll through status updates for an hour. Or that books are way to expensive, yet I could purchase an e-book for Ksh 100 online . Most famous was, I cannot read PDF formats because they exhausted my eyes, yet I could stare at the machine half of the day at work. My idea of a chilled out ride home was blasting the stereo with Hip-hop from 103.5 FM, not listen to some guru tell me how I can invest better. I still love hip-hop, but honestly it just gives me hype with no tangible lessons.
I have come to a conclusion that me not reading is just being lazy. And I hate being called lazy. Else, it's just arrogance. Feeling like I know it all and don't need education. There are tons of wisdom and general knowledge in books. Someone was selfless enough to share their success secrets or failures. If we don't read we depend entirely on our personal experiences to learn. Not a pleasure. A progressive manager should study and apply new management systems. A programmer should keep learning new codes and algorithms. A doctor should not limit knowledge to conventional medicine but advance in physiotherapy and nutrition. A teacher needs to study the best class dynamics needed for effective learning. Everyone of us needs financial intelligence which is not taught in formal education and emotional intelligence that is in inspirational books and autobiographies.
30 minutes in a 24 hour day (2%) is all it takes to develop a reading culture.
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