contemplations of a dad, husband and entrepreneur
5 Feb
Does anybody else have this problem—you spend an hour or so at your favorite bookstore, pick up a bunch of books that seem just perfect for your current interests and then you realize that you haven’t read the last books you bought with the same intentions? I don’t know about you, but I’m building quite the library with this present mentality. Why bother? I guess i feel like the potential to learn is there…if I’d only sit down and read more books. Maybe I need to find a book about reading more books? Or maybe it’s simply about discipline, being deliberate or quite possibly, staying accountable with my time?
I’ve heard that you can only spend a dollar once. Although that is true, you can take a dollar, spend (invest) it and get more back. Not so with time, once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. Getting time back will never happen. So if I’m to hold a high level of accountability with my money, it seems that I should hold a higher standard regarding my time. Maybe that’s why they say that time is money?
What do you think?
3 Responses for "Reading books"
I do this ALL the time… I joke that I buy two books for every one that I read. In reality I think it is worse than that… and usually by the time I get around to reading them I am not interested anymore. I am trying to force myself to read two books BEFORE I buy a new book now.
I don’t have to buy books anymore. I get them from you for free. Now that, my friend, is a wise investment.
I think time is such a precious commodity that we take for granted way too often. If only the balance of work, church, home, and just life was easier.
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