How many personal growth, leadership, or self help books have you read over the last five years? If you are like most people I would hazard a guess of 10 at least, and 50 or more at most. My question is, what have they done for you? Most of us have been changed by what we have read, but have we developed a way to live according to what we believe? My challenge today is to get you to think about what you have learned, and begin to put on paper your own philosophy of life. Think about what you would teach someone and get that on paper. Not necessarily for sale, but for you to internalize what you believe about how a great life should be lead.
Think about what you have read and how you wanted to apply it to your life, but either forgot it or forgot where you put it. Go back and reread the books that you believe will have a transforming affect on you and start taking notes and putting them in an organized form. Here’s what you will find:
- The philosophy of one book may contradict another – each writer has a set of beliefs he or she is putting down, writing down your thoughts will help you create a cohesive life plan.
- One book may give you the answer to the questions you had when you read another book.
- Not every book is useful. If a book seems useless I will skim it and take as much as I can find from it.
- This is a process that will take time.
- You will begin to understand why you believe some things and not others.
You need to know what you believe. If you have not taken the time over your life to develop a solid belief system then now is the time to start. This doesn’t have to be elaborate, or complicated. It needs to be about you and not what others think of you. What are the areas of your life you need to have a set of values to live by.
- Spiritual
- Leadership
- Personal Growth
- Financial
- Family
- Children
- Spouse
- Goals
- What ever area you need
Start writing your life program today and find some one to teach it to over the next year.

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