If you’re anything like me, you enjoy reading business and personal growth-type books because you understand the value of lifelong learning. You’re dedicated to your personal and professional growth. I shudder to think that much of my 20s was spent spinning my wheels as I put a halt to learning. Really. I remember thinking when I left college, “Awesome. All the learning is done. So glad I don’t have to do that anymore!” School basically succeeded in teaching me not to enjoy the process. So much so I couldn’t wait for it to be over. Now? Well, you know the story. I read at least a book a week. Not because I have to, but because I enjoy it. In fact, it was setting a goal of reading regularly that eventually lead to me launching Read to Lead. I was reading a book a week anyway. Why not share the process with everyone else? 🙂 Hear the summary below Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | RSS This Episode is Sponsored By Cloud Accounting Software FreshBooks FreshBooks is currently offering a month of unrestricted use to all RtLP listeners – totally free right now. And, you don’t need a credit card for the trial. To claim your free month, click here and be sure and enter ReadToLead in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. If your business uses Freshbooks, and you’d like to share your experience with the Read to Lead audience, click the contact tab at the top of this page and let us know. Be sure and include “FreshBooks” in the subject line. What changed? What turned me into an avid reader? Well, honestly, I just…started. I began with one book (Seth Godin’s mail.com/c/preview/dpheh0/aHR0cDovL2Ftem4udG8vMkEwTHlTUA==">Purple Cow as I recall). That lead to my desire to go deeper (Jim Collins’ mail.com/c/preview/e5uph7/aHR0cDovL2Ftem4udG8vMmhDRmpOSA==">Good to Great came next). That was in 2003. The podcast is a great way for me to share that journey, of course, but not every book I read ends up being featured on the show. Often, I feature books that are new or nearly new. Sometimes, though, one of my favorites ends up being a book that’s been out for years but I’m just now discovering. That’s the case with a book that is probably in my top one or two reads of the year. That book is mail.com/c/preview/78i7h8/aHR0cDovL2Ftem4udG8vMnpJd1hkSw==">The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks. I have literally gifted this book to 10 people in the last week alone. It’s that good. Maybe I’ll have Gay on the show soon. In the meantime, here are my main takeaways: Gay labels the thing that holds most of us back from being all we’re meant to be as the Upper Limit Problem. Our ULP is a single problem – a barrier we donR...