FLIP
FLIP (2)
Thank you for reading
my blogs. In FLIP FLIP (1) I aroused your interest in reading by pointing out
benefits derivable from it.
In this concluding part
I’ll try to address some of the concerns raised earlier.
Personally, my reading culture
grew and has remained healthy because of one guiding principle- PURPOSE. I
always ask myself why and what I should spend time reading when there are other
things I could be doing. I have come to answer these questions based on what I have
found myself doing (which is what I have always longed to do, inspiring and
motivating people like you with both the spoken and written word). Haven answered
the ‘why’ I should read, I am hence directed to the ‘what’ I should read. For instance,
outside books on Economics (which is my academic discipline) I read books that
help me communicate better; books that will enable me enrich more lives as a speaker,
teacher, coach and mentor.
Please avoid the trap
of wanting to read because society expects you to and because if you don’t you’ll
start feeling guilty. That is an external motivation and it is not enough to
help you start nor sustain a healthy reading culture. The motivation and drive
to read must come from ‘a reason why’ which is drawn from within.
Just look at yourself
and see if you are satisfied with what and where you are professionally, academically,
with your call and in other areas of life. If you’re not, if you want to
advance and become more relevant, look at those specific areas and enrich them
by reading appropriate books (not just reading for the sake of reading).
If you’re not comfortable
with big books, start with small ones. Break up your reading into chapters or
pages. Be disciplined and committed enough to pick the most convenient time of
the day you want to read and stick to it. Here are useful thoughts from great
minds:
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“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage
which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas,
shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.”
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 - A C Grayling, Financial Times (in a review of A History
of Reading by Alberto Manguel) |
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“The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is
the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.”
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- Abraham Lincoln
“You're the same
today as you'll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books
you read.”
 - Charlie "Tremendous" Jones
“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must
find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
- Confucius
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