November is now the Philippines’ National Reading Month, in fact last November 25 was declared as “Araw ng Pagbasa”. I know for sure that this campaign is not only in the Philippines. I believe there are also numbers of progressive countries around the world that are giving national attention and focus on promoting a reading culture especially to the children.
Below is the actual statement from Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte:
November has been declared National Reading Month. We fully support the Department of Education’s campaign to encourage school children to participate in the month-long reading activities laid out by the DepEd, such as read-a-thons, storytelling sessions, shared readings, and reading camps. According to Education Secretary Armin Luistro, the “DepEd is initiating programs that would promote reading and literacy among the pupils and students, motivate our youth to learn from the lives and works of eminent Filipinos, uphold one’s own heritage and values and make reading a shared physical experience.” This observance coincides with National Book Development month (Proclamation 1436 series of 2007) and the fourth week of November is National Book Week (Proclamation 109 series of 1936). We strongly encourage parents, grandparents, and guardians to read stories to their children to rekindle their interest in reading.
Good to know that the Philippine government is promoting a reading habit awareness by declaring November as National Reading Month. Aside from promoting and educating the people to have a
reading habit, I also suggest to our local government and every cities and municipalities that they should also invest in buying latest books and audio books about business and marketing, latest technology, personality and professional development books, social media, parenting and family matters books. Then open this library full of good books to the public.
I don't know what really forces me to start reading and invest in buying books and what actually drives my curiosity to read more, especially about business books, personal and professional development, and internet marketing books.
Maybe it's a form of changing my mindset and a commitment to a lifelong learning. Maybe it's also my way of showing my children that their Daddy also loves reading. No. I am not an avid fan of reading books during my high school and college days. In fact, I fall sleep every time I read a text book.
I don't know exactly but I remember it started when I read the book of Francis Kong. He also introduced many great authors from his books or even in his blogs and radio programs. To name a few, like Seth Godin, Denis Waitley, John Maxwell, Peter Drucker, Zig Ziglar and other great authors and speakers. Later, I also started researching about these authors and look on their works and started buying and investing on the books they published. Then later I decided to build my own library. You'll say...What? Library?! Yes, I want to build a library, a home full of good books.
reading habit, I also suggest to our local government and every cities and municipalities that they should also invest in buying latest books and audio books about business and marketing, latest technology, personality and professional development books, social media, parenting and family matters books. Then open this library full of good books to the public.
I don't know what really forces me to start reading and invest in buying books and what actually drives my curiosity to read more, especially about business books, personal and professional development, and internet marketing books.
Maybe it's a form of changing my mindset and a commitment to a lifelong learning. Maybe it's also my way of showing my children that their Daddy also loves reading. No. I am not an avid fan of reading books during my high school and college days. In fact, I fall sleep every time I read a text book.
I don't know exactly but I remember it started when I read the book of Francis Kong. He also introduced many great authors from his books or even in his blogs and radio programs. To name a few, like Seth Godin, Denis Waitley, John Maxwell, Peter Drucker, Zig Ziglar and other great authors and speakers. Later, I also started researching about these authors and look on their works and started buying and investing on the books they published. Then later I decided to build my own library. You'll say...What? Library?! Yes, I want to build a library, a home full of good books.
I read this from Brian Tracy, "...if you make a decision today to invest 3 percent of your annual income back into yourself, back into your own personal and professional development, you will probably never have to worry about money again." The problem is that some people would rather spend more time watching television, and buying pirated DVD and neglect the fact that a fraction of the time watching a non-sense TV spend in reading books would have benefited us more tremendously. Yes! When you spend more time watching TV than reading books you’re wasting your time.
Listed below are my collections of books and e-books (numbered but not in order) Actually it accumulated by following an advice from a virtual mentor. You'll notice that majority are related to business, personal growth, internet marketing and books on social media. I really love reading books that challenges me to be a better person. There are books here I think I read more than once or twice and I admit there are some that the only words that I read is the title, author and a glimpse on the table of contents or index. Here they are:.
- Linchpin - Seth Godin
- Just When You Think you can’t Do it…Do it – Francis Kong
- Choose to Be Wealthy – Bo Sanchez
- Now, discover your strengths - Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
- The E-Myth Revisited (ebook)- Michael Gerber
- The Psychology of Winning - Denis Waitley
- e-Riches 2.0: Next-Generation Marketing Strategies for Making Millions Online - Scott Fox
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
- Permission Marketing - Seth Godin
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (ebook and paperback) - Malcolm Gladwell
- Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell
- Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us - Seth Godin
- The Dip - Seth Godin
- Crush It! - Gary Vaynerchuk
- Million Dollar Habits (ebook)- Brian Tracy
- Guerrilla Marketing - Jay Conrad Levinson
- The Ultimate Sales Letter: Attract New Customers. Boost Your Sales - Dan Kennedy
- Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust - Chris Brogan
- Unleashing the Ideavirus (ebook)- Seth Godin
- The 4-Hour Workweek - Timothy Ferriss
- The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (ebook and hardbound) - Thomas L Friedman
- The Lexus and the Olive Tree (ebook) - Thomas L Friedman
- The One-Minute Manager (ebook and paperback)- Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel Pink
- The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More - Chris Anderson
- Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind by Al Ries and Jack Trout
- Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
- Getting Things Done (ebook and paperback)- David Allen
- Ready for Anything (ebook and paperback) - David Allen
- The Secret (ebook and paperback) - Rhonda Byrne
- The Power Of Focus (ebook)- Jack Canfield
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (ebook) - Stephen Covey
- First Things First - Stephen Covey
- One Minute Millionaire - Mark Victor Hansen and Robert Allen
- Essential Drucker (ebook)- Peter Drucker
- How to Win Friends & Influence People (ebook) - Dale Carnegie
- How To Stop Worrying And Start Living (ebook)- Dale Carnegie
- Think and Grow Rich (ebook)– Napoleon Hill
- Learning to Learn With Mind Maps & Memory – Tony Buzan
- Use Your Head – Tony Buzan
- Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century - Howard Gardner
- Rich Dads Prophecy (ebook)– Robert Kiyosaki
- Awaken the Giant Within (ebook)– Anthony Robbins
- Unlimited Power – Anthony Robbins
- Lateral Thinking - Edward De Bono
- Six Thinking Hats - Edward De Bono
- 8 Secrets of the Truly Rich – Bo Sanchez
- How To Turn Thoughts Into Things – Bo Sanchez
- Simplify and Create Abundance (ebook and paperback)– Bo Sanchez
- Simplify and Live the Good Life – Bo Sanchez
- How To Conquer Your Goliaths – Bo Sanchez
- How to Build a Happy Family – Bo Sanchez
- For Richer, For Poorer: Why the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer - Chinkee Tan
- Wealth Within Your Reach – Francisco Colayco
- Future Shock (ebook and paperback) – Alvin Toffler
- Only The Paranoid Survived – Andy Groove
- Crunch Point (ebook and paperback)– Brian Tracy
- Focal Point (ebook and paperback)- Brian Tracy
- Time Power (ebook and paperback) - Brian Tracy
- Psychology of Selling, Art of Closing Sales (ebook)- Brian Tracy
- Science of Getting Rich (ebook)- Wallace D. Wattles
- Winning (ebook)- Jack Welch
- The One Minute Manager (ebook and paperback) - Blanchard, Kenneth_Johnson, Spenser
- Trump University: Real Estate 101 (ebook)- Gary W. Eldred
- Who Moved My Cheese (ebook and paperback)- Johnson, Spencer
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies - James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras
- As A Man Thinketh - James Allen
- Beyond Positive Thinking - Robert Anthony
- Acres of Diamonds (ebook)- Russell Conwell
- Why We Want You To Be Rich - Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki
- In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies - Tom Peters
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
- Real Estate Riches (ebook) - Dolf De Roos
- Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes - Mark Penn and E. Kinney Zalesne
- You Can Choose To Be Rich (ebook and paperback)– Robert Kiyosaki
- Rich Dad's Guide To Investing – Robert Kiyosaki
- Cash Flow Quadrant (ebook)- Robert Kiyosaki
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad (ebook and paperback) - Robert Kiyosaki
- Tales from the Top – Graham Alexander
- The Road Less Traveled (ebook and paperback) - M. Scott Peck
- What It Takes To Be Number #1 (ebook) - Vince Lombardi
- Speed Wealth (ebook)- T. Harv Eker
- Gung-Ho - Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
- Raving Fans - Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
- One Minute For Myself – Spencer Johnson
- How to become a Marketing Superstar– Jeffrey J. Fox
- Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century - Alvin Toffler
- Three Little Words on Life, On Love, On Laughs - Francis Kong
- One Day At a Time Book 1 – Francis Kong
- One Day At a Time Book 2 – Francis Kong
- One Day At a Time Book 3 – Francis Kong
- The Warren Buffett Way (ebook)- Robert Hagstrom
- Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - John Gray
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - John C. Maxwell
- Failing Forward - John C. Maxwell
- The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader - John C. Maxwell
- Failing Forward: How to Make the Most of Your Mistakes - John C. Maxwell
- The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John C. Maxwell
- Thriving on Chaos - Tom Peters
Keep reading and learn more and share more. Before I end I want to share you an advice related to reading. These are also from my virtual mentor, Francis Kong. To keep learning, he said two things:
First, ask the successful people around you for their best book recommendations. Whatever advice they give you, immediately go out and buy those books, take them home and begin reading for one hour every morning before you start work.
Second, when you read, underline and take notes when you find important ideas that you can use. Implement them immediately. Take action of some kind on good ideas. You will be amazed at the change in your career.
There you go. Keep going and cultivate a lifetime of continuous learning.
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