A Little Bit of Learning Each and Every Day
March 12, 2008
I'm going through my "to-read" in-basket. It's piled high with tearsheets from magazines, newspapers, special reports and speeches. There's a stack of research reports Jason found for me on positive thinking. A New York Times article on why taxing with an inflation index is unconstitutional. A report from someone who attended one of Matt Furey's conference on email marketing. I'm sorting through all this good stuff, wondering: "When am I ever going to read this?"
It doesn't do any good to have it sitting in a box on my desk. I need to get it into my head so I can process it and turn it into productive ideas.
There's one easy way: Commit to spending a half hour each day educating myself. I haven't done that in a while. This will be fun.
What I've done is put each of these informative reports into my daily pendaflex folder. (Longtime readers of Early to Rise know that I file documents for future lists in two folders: one divided into months and another divided into 31 days.) I put one report in each day's slot. Before leaving each evening, when I plan my tasks for the following day, I'll allocate 30 minutes to study the report and take notes. I'll use my speed reading techniques to get through the long (30-plus page) reports. The point is to do or learn one useful thing every day.
posted by M. Masterson @ 10:19 AM,
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