Read for Your Life: 11 Ways to Better Yourself Through Books PDF
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Table of Contents What People Are Saying About Read for Your Life Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Foreword Acknowledgements Read for Your Life Way No. 1: Get Over the Fear Factor Introduction: The Trouble with Reading Warning Signs We May Have Missed What About You? Chapter 1 - The Startling Truth About Tomorrow Watching Is Not Reading Books Need to Be First Choice Reading Is Radical The Fear Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 2: Combat the Reality Factor Chapter 2 - The Battle for Hearts and Minds Illiteracy: A War We Have Yet to Win Trends That Spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E Life Interrupted Reading Opens Doors to Your Future Chapter 3 - It’s Up to You! Books Are Healthy Choices! Books Are a Source of Continuing Education The Reality Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 3: Remember the Why Factor Chapter 4 - Read to Feed Your Mind Read to Change Your Life Read to Grow Read to Build Your Mind Read to Live Longer Read to Connect with Others Read to Make Friends and Meet Influential People The Why Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 4: Resolve the When Factor Chapter 5 - Finding Time Make Time! Tools for Reading Anytime, Anywhere How Much Time Do I Need? Look for Empty Time to Fill with Books Will I Ever Have Read Enough? Tips to Make Reading a Daily Decision Chapter 6 - How to Choose Reading When Everything Else Is Screaming Louder Read When You Feel Powerless Read When You Have a Need Read When You’re Stuck on “Same” The When Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 5: Discover the Where Factor Chapter 7 - Travel the Globe—in the Pages of a Book Boldly Go Where You’ve Never Gone Before—in a Book Read to Succeed The Where Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 6: Explore the What Factor Chapter 8 - Read Books That Illuminate Yesterday Choose Books That Remind You of Your Place in Time Chapter 9 - Read Books That Illustrate Today Choose Books That Challenge You to Change Your World Choose Books That Ask the Right Questions Ask Yourself the Best Question Ever Choose Books That Give Us the Answers Chapter 10 - Read Books That Inform Tomorrow The Classics The Bible New Releases Bestsellers Choose Books That Uncover Truth Choose Books That Can Change Tomorrow The What Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 7: Meet the Who Factor Chapter 11 - Books Help You Be More YOU Books Reveal the Real YOU Books Introduce You to Fascinating People Get to Know Writers Chapter 12 - Meet a Few People Who Care About Reading George Washington James Madison Benjamin Franklin Abraham Lincoln Harry S. Truman Winston Churchill George S. Patton Billy Graham James A. Garfield Note to Bookstore Owners: Tap into the Power of Personality Chapter 13 - Meet a Few Sports Authorities Meet a Few Surprising Examples Putting Their Muscle into Better Minds The Read to Achieve Pledge The Who Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 8: Learn the How Factor Chapter 14 - Read as if Your Life Depends on It Read Interactively Read Reflectively Read with a Servant’s Heart Endless Possibilities Chapter 15 - How to Make Reading a Regular Part of Your Life The How Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 9: Define the New You Factor Chapter 16 - New Goals for a New You Action 1: Pat’s Lifetime Reading Challenge Why an Hour? Yes, You Can Chapter 17 - Practical Pointers for Your Reading Journey Action 2: Your Personal Speed-Reading Course Action 3: How to Navigate a Bookstore One More Thing . . . Before You Walk In What’s in Store? Staying in the Game Action 4: Your Library Card—Don’t Leave Home Without It The New You Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 10: Share the Beyond Factor Chapter 18 - Multiplying Your Influence Action 5: Leave a Reading Legacy Help Kids Learn to Love Books and Reading Venus and Mars In the School In the Home Be a Reading Hero The Beyond Factor: So What Can I Do About It? Read for Your Life Way No. 11: Keep It Going—The Final Factor Chapter 19 - Hope Is in Sight Get Involved Hope for Greater Literacy Read the Signs New Trends in Learning Low-Tech Books in a High-Tech World Hope in the Headlines Hope at Any Age Hope at Any Stage Chapter 20 - The End Result Learning Is a Lifelong Occupation You’re Never Too Old—or Too Young—to Learn! Books Offer Connectivity Books Reveal Secrets Books Help Us Learn to Dream Higher and Dig Deeper Real Books Make Real Learning Faster Books Unlock Your Imagination Focused Learning Leads to Powerful Living The End Result Is Only the Beginning! Get Ready to Change Your Life Afterthoughts Bibliography Resources For Further Information What People Are Saying About Read for Your Life “I learned at an early age the importance of good books for personal growth. Regular reading has been a personal discipline I’ve practiced for over four decades. No matter where you want to go in life, reading the right books will help you get there. Pat Williams’s book Read for Your Life will help you learn how to make the most of your reading experience.” —John C. Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author “Reading is the skill that makes life magnificent, enjoyable, adventurous, and enchanted. I invite you to become a great and inspired reader by drinking in the wisdom of my brilliant and funny friend, Pat Williams.” —Mark Victor Hansen, cocreator, #1 New York Times bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series cocreator, Cracking the Millionaire Code and The One Minute Millionaire “Pat Williams has finally used everything I taught him about writing and has produced a book a writer has to endorse. Don’t miss this one.” —Jerry B. Jenkins, bestselling author of the Left Behind series “Pat Williams has a magical way to capture the imaginations of his readers. He wields that magic in his latest work, Read for Your Life. You will enjoy the various facets he explores. Pat is awesome, baby!” —Dick Vitale, ESPN college basketball analyst and sports celebrity “If your eyes are up to it, then read Read for Your Life, because it goes from your eyes to your heart and your brain and your funny bone to your loneliness, and perhaps even to your conscience. Read it!” —Mike Wallace, former 60 Minutes journalist and CBS News correspondent emeritus “I grew up in a reading family, but until I read Pat Williams’s new book I never realized how important reading is to every area of our lives. Very few books are life-changers, but this one is.” —Grant Hill, Orlando Magic superstar “As Pat Williams suggests, reading is as necessary as air to the examined life. Where else or how else can you traverse the woods with the Deerslayer, sail with Jack London, and pitch for the Yankees without leaving your pillow? Reading is your ticket everywhere.” —Mike Veeck, Marketing wizard and baseball owner and consultant “As the old saying goes, ‘Leaders are readers.’ Pat Williams makes that abundantly clear in his encouraging new book, Read for Your Life. After reading these pages, I guarantee you’ll become a more inspired and motivated reader— and leader.” —Ken Blanchard, Coauthor of The One Minute Manager and Leading at a Higher Level “Anything that strengthens reading strengthens our country. I’m for that, and if this book creates one more reader, then it deserves our praise.” —Ken Burns, legendary documentary filmmaker “I am a lover of books, and this project by Pat Williams is a great one. This wonderful, warm, witty book instructs and inspires you to be a better, more avid reader all of your life.” —Brian Tracy, author of The Power of Charm “Not many people could make reading sound “magical,” but Pat Williams has. I’m going to get this book in every parent’s hands I know to make sure they get the message.” —Brian Kilmeade, cohost of Fox & Friends in the Morning and author of The Games Do Count “In a time when machines are taking over the world, Pat Williams explains to kids why they must read to succeed. Parents, use that rhyme and buy Pat’s book for your children.” —Bill O’Reilly, anchor, Fox News Channel “A terrific book. An important book. One that should be read by every parent, especially those with young children.” —Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California, and author of On Becoming a Leader “Pat Williams is a very successful author, having authored forty-plus books, but this one, Read for Your Life, is his best and will have a positive impact on your life.” —Lou Holtz, former University of Notre Dame Head Coach and college football personality
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