I am more of a ‘words’ person than a ‘numbers’ person.

That’s why when the pressure of my high octane sales job used to be too much to take, I would resort to go to a cafe or a lake side, and read a good book. It was the way in which I relaxed myself. There was one very critical decision I made along the way though, that changed the whole course of my life over the past one year. I decided to read quality books. International bestsellers, the most thought provoking concepts, autobiographies of some of the most spectacular men & women in the history of the world. And what I read started to open up a world for me. I instantly became aware of a possibility. That life can be much more than just doing the mundane tasks of an already ill managed organisation, only because your well intending yet clueless boss wants you to do it. And you listen to these instructions only because you’re too scared of even the prospect of your paycheck not arriving the next month.

Let me be clear, I did not work in an ill managed organisation, nor my boss was clueless. But I found a whole new level of intention that these great men operated with. They didn’t just play for the next month’s target. They played for changing the way the world worked. They played for pushing the human race forward. Who are these men? Well let’s see. Martin Luther King, George Washington, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Da Vinci, Buckminster Fuller, Mark Twain, Henry Ford, Napolean Hill, Tony Robbins, Steve Jobs and countless more have come in fields of art, science, philosophy, medicine, warfare, technology, business, politics and philanthropy that have did something that pushed the world forwards.

And make no mistake, this level of greatness is contagious. You can’t just read about these people. You instantly get infected with the high standards these people must have had.

And one of the most pivotal standard that each one of these people had must have been, to make a difference with this life. I can bet that if I had the opportunity of talking to any of these men, they would have told me that they are clear that their life has some purpose, some calling, something that puts them out of bed and in action. That their life has to be for something. Not because it has to. Not because it should. But because they say so.

And by catching, even if in meager amounts, these standards I became aware of a need I have. To create a life that is worthy of my being here. To move and align all my living situations, all my circumstances to match and be fully congruent with who I truly am.

This is what started my journey. Funny thing is that later I found out, almost every accomplished person in the world fully vouches for reading good books. All the people who have achieved something know that there is immense value to be gained by words of great men and women before us. Leaders are readers they say. They also say that if you spend one hour daily, reading in your area of interest, withing one year you will be an expert in that area. And if you want, you can be the top most authority in that area of expertise, just be reading. Reading quality books.

Hope this gets you started!