You say, I can't afford it Mark. I would say, you can't afford not too. Be resourceful. Invent ways to lesson the bite for the cost for growth. Ask your employer for an expense account for growth related resources. Let your employers know that the books can then be put into a library that other employees can use. Not every boss may agree, but some will, so it's worth a try. Make a book list to send to your family as ideas for Christmas or birthdays. Check books out at a local library for "FREE". You can often find used books online for a fraction of the cost of new ones. Used books are used once you read them anyway! Don't worry about how good the book might look on your self. After all many of us have books on our selves that give us a sense of pride which have never been read and internalized. In short what I'm saying is..."if there is a will...there is a way!"
As you read magazine or journal artices, you can begin to look for book recommendations. Ask your friends for the titles of their favorite books. Not only will you be able to compile a great list of books...you will provide them with an impetus to read more. A tip I always tell people about is that hardbacks come covered with dust jackets. Don't take the dust jacket off. Let the design keep you interested in the book. More important, the colors, the images, and the words will help elicit feedback from others. If you carry around a plain cloth book, few people will ask you what you are reading. If you are holding a book with a flashy jacket, some will probably wonder about it, giving you an opportunity to share your thoughts and helping you learn to express the book's "kernal". You own the theory best when you can fully communicate it to others.
After aggegating (a whole formed by combining several elements together) the next step is encoding.
Encoding means that you've intelligently and completely digested your knowledge meal.
Before you can properly consume books, however, you have to find places to read, or what I call.....
To be continued....
