It's time to read it again "sam"

Books, e-books, journal articles - whatever inspired you to become more, do more, engage more the first time - should in effect inspire you even more a second or third time on reading the material.

Isn't that a complete waste of time - re-reading something you've read once?

I believe the answer to that is no... I believe we have the attention span of a gnat, albeit an intelligent one. Most of the time we are not wholly focused on what we are reading, as a result we skip words, even whole chunks of pages because we are distracted. Anyone who has other noise going on around them will understand only too well what I mean ...

For example, gopher stations (open plan offices), over loud telephone conversations, office colleagues slamming doors and steaming off in a huff, the kids either interrupting you directly, or indirectly with their noise, conversations, tv's and sound systems. My daughter is particularly vocal and she will quite often make me jump - kids!! or consider your own worrying thoughts and interpretation of what you are reading - they can and do interrupt your thought processes. So how can you be expected to read a book for a single time and expect to:

a) understand the principles in their entirety
b) put into practice what you have read
c) keep putting into practice what you read - weeks or months down the line. We may be good at remembering, but probably not THAT good.

So - get out all the books that have inspired you over the last little while, and I would like you to consider re-reading each one. Keep a note book by your side for those good ideas and ah-ha moments - and see if those ideas you had but didn't put into planning or action can actually take shape this time.

I have thousands of books, and I have read thousands more, but there are a group of books I go back to on a regular basis

• Think and grow rich - Napoleon Hill
• The Go Giver - Bob Burg and John David Mann
• The Millionaire Mindset - Gerry Robert
• The Go Giver Sells More - Bob Burg and John David Mann
• 12 Pillars - Jim Rohn and Chris Widener
• The Angel Inside - Chris Widener
• Goodnight Mr Tom - Michelle Magorian (go on google it - you'll be surprised)
• In Search of Stones - M Scott Peck

And my own works of course, I re-read the Daily Dose when I need a personal kick up the wazoo, I re-read my journal, I re-read the notes I have made and I keep everything tallied in the 100 day challenge and my time log... am I doing enough? what should I be doing? what is the best use of my time? what else can I do to help you? what else can I suggest, what can I offer to you that means you will become inspired, motivated and able to push through the procrastination habits that sometimes stick to our boots like gelatinous mud.

I think "persuading" you to go back and re-read those things that inspired you the first time is perhaps the best one I can suggest for today.

With many rustling pages and piles of books to sample

Kind Regards

Elle