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The Invisible Mentor Weekly Newsletter: Brain Food Wednesdays Number 93: Is the Book, Turn the Page, a Must-Read Book?
Dear Reader,
Yes, it is if you want to start reading like a leader. I’m writing a blog post that has strategies for reading more books. Last week, I mentioned that Turn the Page recommends that you read multiple books at once. I read the notes I took when I read Turn the Page by Chris Brady. And I also dipped into the book once again.
The author talks about reading multiple books at once, and it’s a strategy for reading more books. But that’s not all, you’re also thinking more about the problems you’re using the books to solve, and you’re also getting great mentoring from several authors. I go deeper into the topic in the Ask Avil Section.
I’m not very good at reading multiple books at the same time. I always ended up not completing any of them. I’m going to try the strategy again. I’ll be reading books to learn more about leadership and self-leadership and that’s the challenge that will be happening in the Facebook group. Why not join me in reading multiple books on a topic that interests you?
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Is the Book, Turn the Page, a Must-Read Book?
There are several things that I found interesting in Turn the Page by Chris Brady. However, I’ll only focus on a couple here.
Can You Develop a Relationship with a Book?
Ordinarily, I would say this is an odd question. But it came to me while I was reading Turn the Page. Chris Brady says you start to develop a relationship with a book when you preview it before you start reading it. When you’re starting a relationship with someone, you test the waters first. You want to start to get to know him or her before you invest a considerable amount of time.
When I broke things down like this, I quickly realized that yes it’s possible to develop a relationship with a book. I always recommend that readers evaluate a book first before investing the time to read it. You can glean a lot about a book by simply reading the Introduction and reviewing the Table of Contents. The Introduction often lets you know what the main ideas of a book are.
Of course, when previewing a book, I also recommend that you read the Preface and Foreword, as well as flip through the book to see images, tables, and charts. While doing that, you can also read a sentence here and a sentence there. Do you now see how you can develop a relationship with a book? It now makes more sense to me.
Reading Multiple Books at the Same Time
In Turn the Page, the author says that people who read five or six books at the same time, end up reading more books than someone like myself, who reads one book at a time.
“People who have five or six books to choose from every time they think about reading typically read a lot more than those who have only one.”
When you’re reading multiple books at the same time, it appears that your focus shifts from the content of any one book to the questions and challenges you want to resolve as you read.
“The focus isn’t on the book you’re reading but on the questions and challenges you’re seeking to answer as you read. With this approach, several books are far better than one.”
Brady says that authors are mentors, which means that when you read multiple books, you receive more mentorship. I seldom have multiple books on the go. I will stop reading a book that’s boring and dry, then read another one completely before going back to the original one.
Turn the Page is a must-read. I’m willing to try reading multiple books in October. I’m interested in learning more about leadership and self-leadership.
Reading List
During October, I’m going to try to read multiple books on leadership and self-leadership. I’ll let you know how that works out.
Reading List
- Self Leadership, Ryan Reed
- The Leadership Gap, Lolly Daskal
- How Women Rise, Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith
- Launching a Leadership Revolution, Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward
- Love Leadership, John Hope Bryant
- Brave Leadership, Kimberly Davis
- Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
- The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy by Leigh Gallagher
- Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
- Levers: The Framework for Building Repeatability into Your Business by Amos Schwartzfarb
- Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great by Carmine Gallo
- I Got There: How a Mixed-Race Kid Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Arrive at the American Dream by JT McCormick
- One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to Do by Phil Howard Cooke
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Blog Posts
Turn the Page by Chris Brady, Book Summary
Do It Today by Darius Foroux, Book Summary
Michelle Griffin, Founder Brandthority, Building Your Personal Brand
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- Michelle Griffin, Founder Brandthority, Building Your Personal Brand
- Donna Knutson, Founder of Write Journeys
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- The One Problem Interview with Roberta Liebenberg, Senior Law Partner
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- The One Problem Interview: Rose-marie Fernandez, Founder Coaching Worx
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- The One Problem Interview with Rosalin Krieger, The Unstucker
- The One Problem Interview: Tetyana Dudnyk, Director, Technology Project Management Office
- The One Problem Interview: Maura Lustig, Transformational Coach
- The One Problem: Vicki Saunders, Founder SheEO
- Episode 17 The One Problem: Tara Hunt, Founder Truly Inc
- The One Problem Interview: Melanie Russell Talks About Partnership Agreements
- The One Problem Interview: Anthea Rossouw, Founder of Dreamcatcher
- Germain St. Denis, Consultant, Change Leadership: The One Problem Interview
- The One Problem Interview: Sandra Lisi, Leadership Coach
- The One Problem: Deena Baikowitz, Business & Career Coach
- The One Problem: Kelli Wingo, The One Problem Interview: Kelli Wingo, KMW Catalyst
- The One Problem: Patricia Roberts,Chief Operating Officer of the Gift of College
- The One Problem: The One Problem: Patti Pokorchak, Small Biz Sales Coach
- The One Problem: Adrienne Harris, Managing Partner, Portage Sales
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- The One Problem: Margye Solomon Talks about Aging and Relevance
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- The One Problem: Liz Kitchell from SheMoolah Talks Money Conversations
- The One Problem: Avil Beckford, Author of Digest 30 Books in 30 Days
- The One Problem: Interview With Kelly Daring, Author of Is Love Enough
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Until Next Week,
Avil Beckford, Founder, The Invisible Mentor!