When You Have The Time

One quote that really sticks with me is “You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.” Today was a day where I focused on the latter. I am a firm believer that reading actively makes you a better person in every single facet of your personality. While I don't want to go through all of reasons and facets right now, I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone intelligent who disagrees with this sentiment. Reading gives someone a pair of unsharpened scissors, or any other unfinished tool for that matter, and practicing with people sharpens the tool or gives you a better understanding of how and when to use that tool. I generally like to have three books on rotation at any given time: a piece of fiction, something professionally oriented, and something that is a hybrid between the two. Right now I am reading "Walden," "Special Strength Training Manual for Coaches," and "The Essentials of Sport and Exercise Nuitrition." Every time I hear someone say I can never find anything I want to read, I always tell that person the exact same thing, "You are missing out and you haven't looked wide enough." The world is full of too many great minds to not find a single piece of print that interests you.