When giving a career talk some times ago, I did tell students that attitude is the key to your success. Undeniably true, attitude is the key to everything, indeed. But then, simply talking about attitude, I came to a point wondering how does one's attitude can be built upon?I believe reading is one of the answer. You are what you read basically. So if you don't read, I am not sure where to classify a person is, a 'mat rempit' perhaps? Just kidding...
A good leader especially, are coming from keen readers who read hundreds if not thousands of books throughout their life. The more they read, the wiser they became as more and more information are being stored in their memories.
Even as a muslim, we all knew that our prophet was asked to read or 'iqraq' in order to further enhance his knowledge prior to his tougher duties in spreading the religion among the ummah.
The point here is simple. Read all you can read. But do not trust every single thing that you read. Digest them and filter them accordingly. And be selective in what you choose to believe.
The thing is, I discovered majority of 'success-wanna-be' persons are so much into talking but zero in action. They don't even care to read and find relevant information that should serve as a kick-start to their success journey.
Trust me, reading is very simple actually. You can do it anytime & anywhere. That's the beauty of it. It is turning it into a habit that seems difficult. But once you grap the groove of reading, it is fun indeed.
Surely you can't obtain everything through reading as you may get the knowledge, but to obtain skills, you have to do what you learn from your reading.
Nevertheless, reading for sure will serve you with a good starting platform in whatever you are doing. So go find something to read now!
p/s: Thanks for reading. I knew you're a reader or otherwise you won't reach this line... ;)
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