Success Principle #5 - Successful People are Readers

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I have enjoyed reading as far back as I can remember. I grew up as an only child and was one of those geeky kids who read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trillogy before he was 10.

So when I heard motivational speakers say things like “Leaders are Readers” it was easy for me to buy in. I would think to myself, “See. I love to read.Therefore I must be a leader.”

Well that logic is fundamentally flawed. And what about the folks out there who really don’t much like reading? Can they ever be successful?

I don’t think it is likely

While it is true that there are some exceptional and very successful folks out there who are not in the habit of reading, for the rest of us reading may be our one and only ticket out of the vast masses of mediocrity and into success.

Here’s why:

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