Hello everyone, I'm Wu You. Starting from May 2023, I insist on reading one book a week, and after reading it, I will make it into courseware so that I can do the sharing activities of the book club in the bookstore, and I remember that the first book I chose was "The Courage to Be Hated". It's true that it takes a bit of courage to do a book club a week and get people to attend, but I've persevered, and so far, I've shared 33 books in the book club, the most recent of which is "7 Principles for Understanding the Future".
First, let me talk about why I want to do a book club. Friends who know me know that I am a speech trainer, so how did I start reading? Because I found a problem, the learning of presentation skills can be completed immediately after taking some time, and then just keep practicing. However, this is only the level of art, no matter how good your skills are, you can't go far without good content, because of the lack of soul, so this content soul comes from **? From the books you've read, the roads you've traveled, the people you've met, and the things you've passed! But most people live a regular life of two points and one line every day, and there are not so many opportunities to walk, meet people, and experience things, so reading has become the most important path for us ordinary people to accumulate content soul or wisdom, and it is also the most cost-effective path. Therefore, I decided to read more books, starting with myself, and led everyone to read together, and then combined reading with speeches, a reading club, not only the input of the lecture part, but also the output of speeches and discussions, killing two birds with one stone.
Then, I'm going to talk about the impact of reading on myself. I remember some time ago, my wife said to me: "Husband, I found that after you study, you have become more and more tolerant!" I was stunned for a moment, and then I thought about it, and it seemed that it was, especially when it came to intimate relationships. I remember when I first got married, I often argued with my wife because of some small problems, and then because I didn't want to continue to consume, I chose to compromise or compromise, after all, both of them have strong self-esteem and have their own opinions, plus I am a southerner, my wife is a northerner, and there will be conflicts in regional culture, so the probability of "quarrel" is still quite high.
But unconsciously, the frequency of our arguments has decreased, and the voices of mutual encouragement have increased, and now I understand that the most I have done during this time is to read books, and they read good books, which have subtly changed me and made me more tolerant.
The Courage to Be Hated taught me the courage to say no; "There is only one thing in life" tells me to do what I have to do; "The Biography of Su Dongpo" made me learn the open-mindedness of "bamboo canes and shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid, a cloud of smoke and rain will be life"; "The Biography of Li Ka-shing" reminds me to stay away from the four shackles of poverty: sickness, ignorance, dependence and laziness; "Deliberate Practice" made me see that ordinary people can also counterattack the party**; "Reverse Quotient" made me understand that difficulties are temporary, and inspired me to be a brave climber......
Therefore, it is reading books that makes me more tolerant and allows me to grow up quickly. For intimate relationships, accommodation is not a good medicine, because temporary calming is also accompanied by the latent negative emotions, and one day the negative energy hidden in the heart will gush out and get out of control; But tolerance is different, it is that you really figure it out, open-minded, and have no emotions, and even make you feel good afterwards, after all, compared with the richest man, we are all poor, and compared with the universe, we are all dust. Being together is fate, it is the fate of cultivating together and achieving each other, so that each other is better, and we will be better!
If you ask me, what are your goals for 2024? I would say without hesitation now: keep reading! I also hope that everyone can read books together, even if it starts with one page a day, starting with the books you are interested in.
Finally, I would like to give you a quote from Navarre's book: "As long as you keep studying for 7 years, you will definitely stand out from your current circle and achieve success!" The 2024 Book of Answers