009: Leaders are Readers - How Books Will Change Your Life

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In The Simpsons movie, Reiner Wolfcastle, or more easily identified as the Arnold Schwarzenegger satire character, famously states... 'I was elected to lead, not to read'. However, it doesn't take a Professor Frink to know that life advice from The Simspons probably won't serve you well. Leaders are in fact readers, or more accurately put, leaders are learners. Books just happen to be the ultimate learning device. Someone has spent 10, 20 or even 30 years hammering away at a topic, in the trenches, refining their knowledge, then laid it all out for you to absorb. You have this incredible opportunity to steal their knowledge and apply it to your own life for a pittance. When you truly take this concept in, life is never the same again. You get excitement from the idea of learning. Walking through bookshops feels like Disneyland... okay, maybe we're just book nerds, but you get the point. Here's how books have changed our lives, our favourite 2 each and how you can start.