How cool isn't it that I can pick up a book and find out in a few days what it took some really smart person a lifetime to figure out!!
It's like when the internet came and you can look things up on wikipedia instead of having to use an encyclopaedia. It's almost like cheating but BIGtime cheating.
Six years ago I heard this quote by Jim Rohn: "you're the average of the five people you spend time with and the books you read".
Since then I've read about 25 books a year and I've written them down. A few I haven't liked at all but others have really resonated with me.
Lots of books I've read since I started Uni has been on motivation and how to stop procrastinating and just do what's in front of you. These are five really good books you want to read if you want to take the step to becoming a PRO. In no particular order.
Driven from within - Michael Jordan
This was kind of the first book I read on the subject that changed of I thought about studies. It's a book that describes Michael Jordan's life from a teenager up to now. Before I read it I had a distorted vision on what it took to be good and that to be good on something does not equal boring.
The power of full engagement -Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
This was a ground breaking book on how we humans work and why some people seem to have all the energy whilst having a very busy life and why others burn out very easily. Easy to understand and apply with relevant and interesting research that backs it up.
Mastery - George Leonard
When I was done with the last word I went online and ordered another 3 copies and gave them away. I often go back and think about the concepts in this book. Its a thin book of a 180 pg's and is worth is weight in gold. He talks about the process of learning new skills and how the world we're living in impacts on this.
Art of War and Turning PRO - Steven Pressfield
These books are pretty short and so cool. It's fascinating to feel that little bit of resistance in yourself that wants you to put the book down and burn it but you know it's too late. You've already taken the red pill and there is no going back.
Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman -Richard Feynman
Guys like him are the solution. He didn't care about what should be right or what people said. He only wanted to find out how things worked. Not to brag about but just because he was so curious in how things really worked. Truly an inspirational character that stands as a contrast to various people who present their subjective opinion as absolute objective facts by using voice tonality and authority to get it through. Remember that whatever they say - it still moves
