A book a week
Posted in Personal, Self Mastery on June 17th, 2010
So, I love reading. Love, love, love reading. Or perhaps I just like books?
Banish the thought!
So, I love books AND reading!
I have a habit of reading 3 books at a go and sometimes end up reading a book halfway because I get so excited and start reading new books before I finish the last one. After getting inspired by this post by Julien Smith, I decided to put some structure into my reading.
I am going to take up the challenge of reading a book a week for the rest of the year! Booyah!
Now, in all my years reading, my professional opinion is that there is a difference between reading and reading. By that I mean:
_ Reading books just to release some stress, get amused or relaxing or
_ Reading reading books to gain knowledge.
Nothing wrong with either of the two, so in this challenge I will try and read one fiction book for every 3 non fiction book I read.
I’m starting with Conscious Loving by Gay and Kathy Hendriks because it is part of my research for my next project.
Wish me luck, and you can bet you’ll get more book reviews (promise I’ll write better ones) and book recommendations here!
xoxo
H
ps If you want to embark on this challenge with me (and please do! Leave comments below on what you think) check out Julien’s tips on how to read a book a week here.
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What Motivates YOU?
Posted in Personal on June 16th, 2010
A few weeks ago I read a great book on motivation by Dan Pink called Drive which led me to read another great book called Mindset by Carol Dweck.
In Drive, Dan says that there are three factors that motivate us, and now it isn’t what you would normally think – money, fame, sex but:
Autonomy: People want to have control over their work.
Mastery: People want to get better at what they do.
Purpose: People want to be part of something that is bigger than they are.
He talks about the art of flow and mindset and how important they are. I really got a lot out of this book and it also made me understand myself better in what motivates me. But if you have to choose between the two books then I highly recommend getting Mindset by Carol Dweck. Wow! This book put so many things into perspective for me.
Mindset talks about the two mindsets that we can have which is the Growth Mindset or the Fixed Mindset. Not everyone has only one mindset, and often it changes between the two. But boy did this make things clear for me. I realize now where I have a growth mindset (career life anything that has nothing to do with relationships) and where I have a fixed mindset (relationships mostly) lol! Mainly my relationship with myself!
It also made me see how important the right mindset is to succeed. So mindset + motivation = success?
We’ll see ;)
Till then, I’m sure I’ll be cultivating my mindset first and foremost!
xoxo
H
ps image of car thanks to drivelineblog.com
