“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”_Albert Einstein
Whatever the change we may yearn to see in our lives, whether it
pertains to career, relationship, or business, we need to know that the first
place to start is not outside but within.
Self-improvement begins with what we think.
And a proven path to influence our own thinking for the better
is a path of knowledge. What we study has a far-reaching impact on what we
think, believe and do. The philosophy that governs our life is a direct
function of our mental diet.
You see, remarkable success stories we hear about, don’t just
happen; they are made happen by remarkable human beings, people who have
embodied the change they wish to see in the world.
Now, if you would like to join their rank, I encourage you to
consider an idea of studying something meaningful to you for just one hour a
day.
Yes, you can make incredible progress by just learning
something useful, every single day.
Mind you, the idea is not actually mine. I learned it from
Earl Nightingale, the author of the powerful book, 'The Strangest Secret.’
With that idea, Earl became a master at what he does and so do
many others that have faithfully implemented it.
So I dare you to ask yourself the following question:
“What if by devoting just one focused hour a day, I could educate
and strengthen my mind to new level of performance?”
World class doers are neither angels nor superhuman. However, they all
have strategies that enable them to stay at their best every time. This simple but
deceptively powerful idea is one of those strategies.
It simply states that by allocating a regular time in our days
to focus on intellectual growth, we can literally make any changes happen in
our life.
In the words of Earl Nightingale, “Knowledge is power — and
you can acquire a remarkable amount of knowledge in just one hour a day.”
We know that every skill is learnable. One just needs to be
serious about studying what is necessary and then go ahead to put that knowledge
into practice.
I would like to conclude this article with a classic example
of this idea in life. Charlie Munger, a billionaire and partner of Warren
Buffet reveals in the book, University of Berkshire Hathaway as written by
Daniel Pecaut and Corey Wrenn.
They write that, “he (Charlie) decided he would sell himself
the best hour of the day to improving his own mind, and the world could buy the
rest of his time.”
And after the proof of its effectiveness in his life, he now
offers the following counsel to me and you. He concluded that:
“If you become very reliable and stay that way, it will be very
hard to fail in doing anything you want.”
What a great promise for a price of learning only an hour out
of twenty-four hours.
