A major secret of success

Sometimes, you just can't get enough information. I don't know about you - for me, it's like an addiction.

I go to the local bookstore, and start looking through books. These are not just books to me - these are doorways to future possibilities. Treasure-troves of fascinating facts about our world. Or amazing truths just waiting to be discovered.

Visiting bookstores can be an expensive hobby. If I just browsed, it wouldn't cost much - but usually I can't help buying SOMETHING! I'm convinced I could keep the local bookshop in business with my purchases alone! (Okay, that's an exaggeration - but not much of one.)

Someone visited my house recently - they said, it's like a bookstore in here - because of all the shelves of books. (I didn't show him the books in boxes in the garage, that I just don't have shelf space for!)

I've noticed that many successful people are information-hungry. They want to know all they can about their chosen subject, and just can't get enough of it. I think if you have this kind of attitude, you can't help but succeed eventually. It may not happen immediately - but reading will give you ideas. And as you try those ideas out, you'll find out what works and what doesn't.

You can't believe everything that's in print, of course. In my readings, I've read a lot of crap (pardon the expression). However, it's only by going out there and letting your curiosity take the lead that you can sift through the coal to find the diamonds!

There.... This was just a little tribute to reading. If you want to succeed - let your curiosity take the lead and read a book!

- Dien Rice

P.S. I'm talking about non-fiction here, just in case you weren't sure. :)