How To Be Rich

Dan Miller, in his book 48 Days to the Work You Love, writes:

Studies show that if you read 3 books on any subject you will be an expert in that topic. And if you read for 10 minutes each day, you will read about 1 average book per month.

In the scheme of things, 10 minutes out of our day isn’t much at all.

Wake up 10 minutes earlier (or hit the snooze button one less time).

Go to bed 10 minutes later.

Read over your lunch. (I remember when I would get an hour break for lunch. I would be done eating in about 20 minutes and be bored for the other 40).

A blog author I read, Michael Hyatt, recently had a guest blogger, Robert Bruce, who wrote about his quest for reading more books. He writes, “My goal is to read 101 novels. Usually, I would’ve given myself a deadline, but I didn’t want to speed read through the books, so I just chose to read them as they come.”

Maybe 101 books is a bit too big of a goal for you, especially if you are just starting out. But 3 certainly seems doable, and averaging a book a month, will take a mere 3 months.

What topics interest you? What would you like to become an expert in?