{"id":898,"date":"2003-02-06T09:54:30","date_gmt":"2003-02-06T17:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2003\/02\/06\/developing-a-reading-plan\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T15:06:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T23:06:12","slug":"developing-a-reading-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2003\/02\/06\/developing-a-reading-plan","title":{"rendered":"Developing a Reading Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just received an email from a friend named Earl Creps<\/a> <\/p>\n

land of plen\u00adty movie<\/a><\/p>\n

(he\u2019s the direc\u00adtor of the doc\u00adtor\u00adal pro\u00adgram at my alma mater, the Assem\u00adblies of God The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sem\u00adi\u00adnary<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Any\u00adway, it\u2019s all about how to read for per\u00adson\u00adal growth<\/b>. I thought it was worth shar\u00ading an excerpt here. In case it\u2019s not obvi\u00adous, he\u2019s speak\u00ading with\u00adin the con\u00adtext of spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal and orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion\u00adal lead\u00ader\u00adship.<\/p>\n

I think points 3 and 5 are par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly good.<\/p>\n

Here are some keys to max\u00adi\u00admiz\u00ading the effec\u00adtive\u00adness of your read\u00ading\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

1. Read the clas\u00adsics: dial up amazon.com and search for the works of
\nJames McGre\u00adgor Burns, Hen\u00adri Nouwen, War\u00adren Ben\u00adnis, etc. While we can debate
\n\u201cwhat\u2019s a clas\u00adsic?,\u201d books of this sort will get you into the game in a
\nhur\u00adry. <\/p>\n

2. Read the lat\u00adest and skip the mid\u00addle: if you\u2019re just get\u00adting into an
\norga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion for\u00adget what was writ\u00adten any more than 2 years ago [except for
\nlead\u00ader\u00adship clas\u00adsics] and read from here for\u00adward. Most of the stuff in the
\nmid\u00addle is derived from the clas\u00adsics any\u00adway.\u2026<\/p>\n

3. Trust your life to guide your read\u00ading: When I\u2019m feel\u00ading fresh, I
\nread in my spe\u00adcial\u00adties [self-lead\u00ader\u00adship, emerg\u00ading cul\u00adture, pow\u00ader min\u00adistry].
\nWhen I\u2019m tired, I read 90 degrees out from my spe\u00adcial\u00adties [, i.e.,
\npro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture from oth\u00ader fields such as tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy or psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy].
\nWhen I\u2019m burned out, I read 180 degrees out from my aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic inter\u00adests
\n[e.g., fic\u00adtion, his\u00adto\u00adry]. Some\u00adhow, I always find more illus\u00adtra\u00adtions,
\nprin\u00adci\u00adples, and oth\u00ader ulti\u00admate\u00adly use\u00adful mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal in this \u201cdiver\u00adsion\u00adary\u201d
\nread\u00ading than just about any\u00adwhere else. I also find it huge\u00adly refresh\u00ading. A
\ntired mind can\u00adnot absorb much any\u00adway.<\/p>\n

4. Any work is a \u201clead\u00ader\u00adship\u201d book if it\u2019s read by a leader: the leader
\nof the future must be an inter\u00adest\u00ading, well-round\u00aded per\u00adson, not an
\nincom\u00adpe\u00adtent mys\u00adtic or a cor\u00adpo\u00adrate-clone tech\u00adno\u00adcrat. Younger adults
\nespe\u00adcial\u00adly are all about who you are, not just what you can do. <\/p>\n

5. Putting it togeth\u00ader: Read\u00ading in your field makes you com\u00adpe\u00adtent.
\nRead\u00ading out from your field [90 degrees] makes you broad-mind\u00aded. Read\u00ading
\noppo\u00adsite your field [180 degrees] makes you inter\u00adest\u00ading and cre\u00adative. <\/p>\n

My major rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion for left-brain\u00aders: devel\u00adop a read\u00ading plan that
\nincludes 0, 90, and 180-degree dimen\u00adsions. <\/p>\n

My major rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion for right-brain\u00aders: start lis\u00adten\u00ading to your life
\nand read in response to it, dude.<\/p>\n

Bless\u00adings,<\/p>\n

Earl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just received an email from a friend named Earl Creps land of plen\u00adty movie (he\u2019s the direc\u00adtor of the doc\u00adtor\u00adal pro\u00adgram at my alma mater, the Assem\u00adblies of God The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sem\u00adi\u00adnary). Any\u00adway, it\u2019s all about how to read for per\u00adson\u00adal growth. I thought it was worth shar\u00ading an excerpt here. In case it\u2019s not \u2026 Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading \u201cDevel\u00adop\u00ading a Read\u00ading Plan\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-growth"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-eu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions\/1525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}