Food for thought:

There are a handful of books I’ve read 10, 20 or even 30 times and will keep reading until I reluctantly shuffle off this mortal coil.

Wayne Dyer’s 10 Secrets to Success and Inner Peace is one.

Jack Pransky’s Somebody Should Have Told Us is another.

And The Very Best of Steve Chandler (written, as it happens, by Steve Chandler) is a third.

Lots more too.

And I’d argue that some of these books are worth 100 new books, even though I’ve already read them multiple times.

That’s because I’ve earmarked these books as genuine, reliable and trusty sources of information and insight.  Whenever I read them, I know they’ll deliver fresh discoveries & perspectives because they have a track record of doing so over and over again.

Maybe that sounds strange given the words in the books aren’t changing.

But something else is changing:

Me!

Every time I re-read a book I’m in a new mood, I’ve got different things on my mind and I'm navigating new situations.

So I cannot NOT see something new when I flick back through one of my bookshelf classics.

It’s not like buying a new car where the value halves ten seconds after driving the car off the showroom forecourt.

It’s the opposite.

The value of these books keeps going up.  Just like a limited edition Rolex or vintage bottle of plonk.

We’re talking about the 1% here of course.

I’m not re-reading the Mr Men books every year.

But when I know I’m going to come away with new nuggets of gold, it would be akin to self-sabotage to NOT keep these books on my shelf and pluck them out every now & then to see what new pearls of wisdom are sitting ready and waiting for me.

It would be like buying a new pillow, having an amazing night’s sleep, then another and another, and then a week later deciding that the pillow has done its job and throwing that pillow into the bin.

No-one acts like this when it comes to pillows.

And this is why I don’t act this way with books.

Same thing with podcasts and courses too.

It's why I'm still taking Michael Neill's online coaching courses for instance.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been in the self-improvement game in one way or another for 20 years now.  And I’ve come across so many ideas and concepts that don’t work (or that work for a day then stop working) that when I do find a source of wisdom and knowledge that categorically DOES work for me, I’m inclined to double, triple or even quadruple down on it. 

i.e.  I cast my net far and wide.  But once I catch a rare & tasty fish, it’s time to go deep, not throw my net away or get tempted by another bright, new, shiny object.

Anyway, that’s probably enough chuntering for now.

I might be preaching to the converted with this email.

And, to be honest, it’s not even a crazy idea.

Once you get past the notion that a book, a podcast, a course or even a pillow becomes redundant when it’s been used once or twice, doing more of what works becomes a no-brainer.

Of course, you need to find what works in the first place.

If you’re still undecided, here’s an option you might like to consider:

https://waitinglist.followingfulfilment.com

That’s all for today.

 - Tom