Education is the Key to Successful Leadership 

Education is the key to successful leadership. 

A person can go only as far as their level of understanding.  You can only go as far as you can with what you now know. Any progress you make from that point onward will require that you learn and practice something new.

One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development. They look upon themselves as self-made people, as “works in progress.” They never become complacent or satisfied. They are always striving toward ever greater heights of knowledge and understanding. 

Earl Nightingale said many years ago that one hour per day of study in your chosen field was all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you’ll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do.

Read all you can about your field. Subscribe to the executive book clubs and book summaries. Build your own library of important books in your field. Never be cheap about your education.

In fact, if you make a decision today to invest 3 percent of your annual income back into yourself, back into your own personal and professional development, you will probably never have to worry about money again.

If you read one hour per day in your field, that will translate into about one book per week. One book per week translates into about 50 books per year. Fifty books per year will translate into about 500 books over the next 10 years.

If you read only one book per month, that will put you into the top 1 percent of income earners in our society. But if you read one book per week, 50 books per year, that will make you one of the best-educated, smartest, most capable and highest-paid people in your field. Regular reading will transform your life completely.

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