“a book is a dream that you hold in your hand”. -neil gaiman
You are reading: The power of books
Books change lives.
I learned to read with Dr. seuss books oh the places you’ll go taught me to dream big.
I also learned with a collection of little golden books. one of my favorite stories was the little engine that could. she taught me to believe in myself and to keep trying, especially when the going gets tough.
Books have given me access to the best wisdom in the world and have expanded my mind beyond any conceivable horizon. they are the ultimate form of self-education and the ultimate tool for personal empowerment.
tony robbins is also a strong believer in the power of books. In the book, Money Master the Game: 7 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom, she reminds us of the power of books as readers to change our lives and as authors to change the world.
books help us find the answers
Books help us find the answers, wherever we are, whoever we are. they are always there for us.
via money master the game: 7 easy steps to financial freedom:
“The financial crisis caused tremendous pain, but it also made us reevaluate what is most important in our lives: the things that have nothing to do with money. it was time to go back to basics, to the values that have sustained us in difficult times. for me, it reminded me of the days of sleeping in my car homeless and looking for a way to change my life. how did i do it books? They helped set me up. I have always been a voracious reader: when I was young I decided that I was going to read a book a day. I thought leaders are readers. I took a speed reading course. I didn’t read a book a day, but for seven years, I read over 700 books to find the answers to help myself and others. books on psychology, time management, history, philosophy, physiology. I wanted to know about anything that could immediately change the quality of my life and anyone else’s.”
books can teach us limitless possibilities
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Many people have dreamed big thanks to the books they have read.
via money master the game: 7 easy steps to financial freedom:
“But the books I read as a child made a deeper impression on me. they were my ticket out of a world of pain: a world without a compelling future. I was transported to a realm of limitless possibilities. i can remember ralph waldo emerson’s essay on self-sufficiency, and the lines ‘there is a time in every man’s education when he comes to the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better or worse as his portion.” another was a book by the philosopher james allen, as a man thinks, echoing the biblical proverb “as a man thinks, so shall his heart be.” for me at a time when my mind was a battlefield full of fear, he taught me that everything we create in our lives begins with thought.”
books give us access to great leaders, great thinkers and great doers
books help us learn how great people have done great things and how we too can unleash what we are capable of.
via money master the game: 7 easy steps to financial freedom:
“I devoured biographies of great leaders, great thinkers, great entrepreneurs, like Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Carnegie, John F. Kennedy and Viktor Frankl. I realized that the great men and women of the world had experienced far greater pain and suffering than I had. they weren’t just lucky or even lucky; somehow there was something in them, an invisible force that would not allow them to settle for less than they could do, be, or give. I realized that biography is not destiny; that my past was not the same as my future.
another favorite was a 1937 american classic, think and grow rich by napoleon hill. Hill spent two decades in the early 20th century interviewing 500 of the world’s most successful people, from Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Theodore Roosevelt, to Thomas Edison, finding out what they mark. he found that they all shared a relentless focus on their goals and a combination of burning desire, faith, and persistence to achieve them. Hill’s message that ordinary people could overcome any obstacle to success gave hope to a generation of readers struggling with the Great Depression. think and grow rich became one of the best-selling books of all time.”
books help us build a better future
authors who share their gifts or the gifts of others, help people improve their quality of life and build a new and better future.
via money master the game: 7 easy steps to financial freedom:
“the search for napoleon hill has become an inspiration for me. Like its classic, this book is based on seeking out the best of the best in the world, from Warren Buffet to Sir Richard Branson, and includes the man experts in the field have called the Edison of our day: Ray Kurzweil, who invented the first digital music synthesizers, the first text-to-speech software; he is the man behind siri on your iphone. he developed a device that allows blind people to walk the streets and read traffic signs and order from any menu. Today, Ray is Google’s head of engineering development. But he wanted to write a book that went beyond the psychology and science of achievement to come up with a real plan, with real tools you could use to build a better future for yourself and your family. it would be a manual, a blueprint, an owner’s manual for the new economy.”
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If you want more from life, somewhere there is a book on a shelf that will be your friend and guide.
if you are an author, write strong and create your book that will light the way for others.
The power of books is in our hands.
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