No More Mondays

Perhaps I should have waited to talk about this on Monday, but there's no time like the present. A few weeks ago, life coach, author, and radio show host, Dan Miller came to speak at one of our devotionals. He left us all with a copy of his latest book No More Mondays as a gift.

As I read through his first book, 48 Days to the Work You Love, I had a hard time getting into it. It suspect it was largely due to the fact that I really liked my job and I was not into reading as much. Well, this time around was completely different. I loved the book. I took a lot of great quotes and examples from every chapter. Just being in the book made me feel confident about chasing one of the dreams I've had for the past few years.

Here are a few excerpts that I was glad to find. Enjoy the book and keep reading.

People often ask me how I find time to read as much as I do. (I read at least one new book a week.) The answer is that I'm afraid not to...

...The marketing guru Dan Kennedy says he's observed that people with tiny bank accounts tend to have no libraries, but they usually have big TVs.

A Stanford University study has indicated that if you read thirty to sixty minutes each day in your field of interest, in four to five years you will be a national authority.

All leaders are readers.

- No More Mondays , p198.