Jeff Brown - Read to Lead: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career

Direct, actionable, and true, this is an urgent call to embrace learning. The world is changing faster than ever, and a good book can be your shortcut to the change you seek to make.

Seth Godin , author of The Practice

Victor Hugo once said, To learn to read is to light a fire. How true this is! Brown and Wisnewski perfectly capture the essence of reading power in their terrific book Read to Lead. This book is filled with excellent tips, advice, and suggestions on both why and how to expand your horizons through reading and how to make it a daily habit that will serve you for a lifetime. The readers of today are truly the leaders of tomorrow. A splendid, worthwhile read!

Stephen M. R. Covey , New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust

If you have the nagging feeling that you should read more but cant seem to do it, this book is for you. Read to Lead provides research-backed motivation to become a reader. And it gives you the practical tips and techniques you need to get the most out of every book you choosewhich in turn makes reading extremely valuable and enjoyable. Let Jeff and Jesse guide you in your new reading routine.

Michael Hyatt , New York Times bestselling author and founder of LeaderBooks

I might be biased because Im a writer, but I think books are the cheapest, easiest way to radically change your life. In this book, Jeff and Jesse take that idea and supercharge it with actionable steps you can begin using to improve your career instantly.

Jon Acuff , New York Times bestselling author of Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

Reading is the freedom that leads to all other freedoms. Read to Lead will inspire accelerating readership, growth, and entrepreneurship. I hope it excites everyone who can read (4 billion of us) to teach one who cant to read (4 billion alive now). I am happy you are reading and leading with my friends book.

Mark Victor Hansen , bestselling author and cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul, One Minute Millionaire, and ASK! series

If you want to read more and retain more, Jeff and Jesse have amassed a treasure trove of practical ideas for you. In Read to Lead you will find hundreds of best practices you can use to revolutionize the way you read.

Mark Miller, vice president of High Performance Leadership, Chick-fil-A, Inc., and international bestselling author of Win Every Day

This extraordinary book will change your life, unlock your potential, and enable you to achieve any goal you can set for yourself. The richest and most successful people in the world have read themselves to riches and great rewards, often starting with little or nothing, and so can you.

Brian Tracy , speaker, author, consultant, and self-made millionaire

Jeff and Jesse have written a must-read book about the life-changing act of reading. They start Read to Lead by sharing inspiration and science-backed motivation to read more. Then they lay out easy-to-adopt ideas that will help you read fasterand fully absorb what you read. Finally, they share creative ways to bring books to life and take your newfound knowledge from page to people. Whether youre an avid reader or an aspiring one, Read to Lead will arm you with ideas and inspiration that allow the wisdom trapped in books to guide your path through life.

Pamela Wilson , author of Master Content books

Growing up in a poor farming family with no radio or TV, I found books to be my lifeline to a broader world. Those books took me to places around the world, allowed me to learn from the brightest minds in history, and opened the doors to a life of richness and joy. Books are my most prized possessions today, not because of their monetary value, but because of what they represent in transforming my life. Heres a guide to enhance your life and explode your opportunities for leading well.

Dan Miller , author of Days to the Work You Love and host of the Days Podcast