Importance of Reading to be Successful

U.S. Labor Department Secretary Elaine L. Chao says that "business people who read at least 7 business books a year earn over 230% more than people reading just 1 book a year!"

I also read a Associated Press-Ipsos poll revealing that 1 in 4 adults read no books last year. Yes, that’s 25% of the adults out there are reading zero books. This is sad. I knew intuitively the number of books read each year had gone down but to zero? Ridiculous! And what about the adults who are reading more than zero books a year. How many are they reading in all? One? Five? Actually, the same poll reveals the average adult reads only four books per year. Half of those people read less than four. Hey Bubba, maybe you read more than 1 book a year. I’ll give ya that. But most business people do not! So chances are, I’m gonna out earn you by at least 230% this year! Hey, don’t get mad at me, I didn’t do the study! Your tax dollars did! Although I probably put more tax dollars in the pot than you did!

No, I’m not writing you today to get you all riled-up! Well not all riled-up at me anyhow!

I’m writing you today to point out this simple Truth: the more you read, and/or the more you "MasterMind" with people who read a lot, and the more you read that is written by folks you read more than you do, THE MORE YOU MAKE!

No, I’m not about to send you off to the library…or to the Barnes & Noble!"

Yeah, you oughta go on your own, but in case you can’t make it as often as you’d like, I’m here to do it for you! Kinda like the weight-loss infomercial guys not just shipping you the workout gadget, but them doing the workout for you! And them eating the veggies and throwing out the Twinkies! While you keep on as you have been!

"Crunch all you want!"

I read quite a bit. Most of my Members of my Coaching Program do as well. What’s more than that, is that we all share that info, and all our other money-makin’ info, with one another in my Program…but with no one else! I only accept one loan officer or mortgage broker per Area, so what we do is share with one another what’s working for us without "fear" of another guy in the Program using it against us! "You can choose to go it alone out there, but I don’t know why you’d want to!" Most loan officers starve. Well, not starve, but the average income is only $55K, and I think that's terrible. I bet if you got a couple kids, you could qualify for food stamps in many high cost-of-living areas!

"Kids or not, $55K a year isn’t gonna cut it for you! Unless you just like going without!"

Scott Tucker is the owner of Roscoe Village's Tucker Family Financial Services, Inc., a mortgage brokerage, specializing in helping home owners with damaged credit and/or hard-to-prove income. Scott also owns Tucker Marketing Systems, Inc., an international coaching and mortgage marketing company, serving other mortgage brokers throughout North America.