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3 Ways to Free Up More Time to Read Jeff Brown

As a successful leader , I probably don ’ t need to convince you of the importance the role of being a life-long learner – a reader – plays in your success .
After all , it is the learners among us , particularly those of us who then act on what we learn , who manage to get , and stay , ahead of the pack . We learn , we experiment , we evaluate the results , and then we reiterate .
In fact , if your career mirrors any of the 400 + leaders I ’ ve interviewed for my podcast the last several years , or those I talked to while writing my recent book , it is an intentional reading habit that gives you an edge .
Many leaders , though , eventually stagnate . It ’ s one of the potential adverse effects of success . Once we achieve it , some of us have a tendency to coast . We stop doing the things that got us there .
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