107. Apply the book you read
The great poet Ezra Pound said, “Properly we should read for power. A person reading should be a person intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.”
I have found that a great book is even more powerful the second time through, especially if it has been a year or so since I read it. I am more enriched reading that book for a second time than I am reading some new book for the first time. It’s the difference between information and transformation.
People often say to me, “I love that book, the problem is applying it.”
Well, my answer to that is the application is everything. Loving the book is nothing. It isn’t how many books you read, it’s how many you apply. You are better off, therefore, reading ...
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