How much do you read?

Same. Always something on the go. I find that I “read” the books that I like and “listen” to the books I know I should read. The car has become a bit of a mobile seminar which is great. Covey,Brain Tracey, Kiyosaki, Dolf and the others all get a fair bit of air time during trips around town or up to Dunedin or Queenstown.

The old invercargill library card gets a good work out. The library also does magazines which is excellent because without paying 10 bucks a pop I can read selected articles in the economists and other publications that have a global focus. NZ and OZ are fantastic places to live and invest in but sometimes our world view can be a bit myopic.

If at an airport I usually pick up a local financial mag (in English as it is the only language I can read) and a few local broadsheet newspapers. Subscribing to a local rag is great due diligence for prospective investors. The net might give you the headlines but a physical copy of the paper is going to give you all the tiny morsels of information that can show you exactly what is going on around town including classified and the private to let section – employment classified etc etc.

Regards,

Don.

cheers

Overall I love reading, but I read books in spurts.
Sometimes I really get into reading and become a quiet bookworm; at other times I appear to suffer from bibliophobia.

I get quite annoyed with myself as a reader because I have a pile of books in my book case that I have half-finished reading as well as some wanna-read books.
I often get a bit bored with a book and then jump to another book which seems more interesting.

I also have the habit of reading several books at the same time depending on where I am in the house. I could have one on the coffee table, one near the kitchen and one on my bedside table and I read in all three during my spare moments.

So quite frankly, my reading habits are a bit of a mess![blush2]

Celivia

One of my goals this year is to increase my knowledge so I’m on to book number 6 and very excited about attending the Brisbane Property Masterclass in 2 weeks.
Mind you who could go past this months edition of API magazine !!

Amanda
“It is better to be inconspicuously wealthy, than to be ostentatiously poor…”

Try and read as much as possible.

Just finished a good book called “Mao’s Last Dancer”. Not related to investing as such but puts a lot in perspective with respect to the opportunities that many take for granted, myself included.

I had a target of reading 1 fiction and 1 educational book per month. Currently averaging 1 book per month in total!

How do you ensure you put into practice what you learn?

Well mathew73 knowledge is potential power.
Use it or loose it.
What you do is up to you and nobody else.

I know the feeling of having knowledge and not knowing how to start to use it.
It’s kinda like owning a car and not knowing how to drive frustrating.
Like a snowball at the top of the hill start small and build momentum.
Most people myself included bight of more than they can chew when they first get started.

Just hang in there, keep reading, as your mind is soaking education up and needs time to reorganise thoughts.
You see most of our education system is backwards.
And the generations before us lived in the dark ages.
There have been whole books written to describe this so I will not add to this.

In time your brain will start to see opportunities.
And shortly afterwards you will magically start having ideas and you will be left wondering where those great ideas came from.

Then putting into practice is up to you.
I find telling friends what you are going to do motivates me not to fail.
It also has the advantage of locating others for the journey ahead.
Focus on those who help not those who make excuses think about it and you will know the difference.

All the best for the adventure ahead.
Your friend Colin.[biggrin]

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