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Compound effect: Why should you never underestimate the power of compounding.

Domino effect: 🁭🁯 Do you know about the domino effect? If you know about it, then we'll done if you don't then let me explain. So, in the book 'The One Thing' by Gary Keller. He mentions that " In 1983, Lorne Whitehead wrote in the American Journal of Physics that he’d discovered that domino falls could not only topple many things, but they could also topple bigger things. He described how a single domino is capable of bringing down another domino that is actually 50 per cent larger. " You won't understand the power of the domino effect by a simple definition so let me explain it to you. Consider a domino 2 inches tall. So according to the definition, a domino can bring down another domino which is 50 percent larger. So the 2-inch domino can bring down a 3-inch domino and the 3-inch domino can bring down a 4.5-inch domino.  It's a geometric progression and you will be surprised to know that the 17th domino can topple a domino almost the size of the L...

Why reading books is essential for self development

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I DO BELIEVE SOMETHING VERY MAGICAL CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU READ A GOOD BOOK - J.K. ROWLING      Photo by Thought Catalog from Pexels Many famous personalities read books such as   Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Mark Zuckerberg, Abraham Lincoln, Reese Witherspoon, Albert Einstein yeah you name it. Bill Gates takes two weeks off a year to stay in a cabin and to read books and think about bigger goals. Why do you think these people read books: They read those books just because they knew the advantages of reading. Some of those are: 1) Reading improves concentration and the ability to focus. 2) Reading is like exercise for the mind. 3) Reading reduces stress. 4) Reading increases general knowledge. 5) Reading develops imagination. 6) Reading books is also a kind of entertainment. Why is reading books essential for self development? If you are into holistic self development then you probably read books because in holistic self dev...