EP031 - How Reading Can Change Your Life

Reading is one of the most valuable activities that we can do. Books can help shape our perspectives, increase our knowledge, grow our wisdom, and inspire us to greater heights. Yet, reading can feel like a chore that we don't have time to do consistently. Pastor Danny shares four ways that reading changes us for the better and gives some helpful tips on making the time to do it In this episode, you’ll discover: • The books that Pastor Danny and Pastor Rachel claim have most shaped their lives • The impact that reading for just 20 minutes a day can have on your life • How reading shapes our overall perspective on life • The difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset • How reading about history gives us insight into current events and human nature • Why reading can increase our empathy for people with different experiences • The difference between knowledge and wisdom • How reading great books can be a cure to the constant stream of negative news in our world today • Why you need to stop claiming that you “just don’t have the time” to read • When and how to make reading a regular part of your daily routine • A second option for those who still aren’t convinced they have time to read Additional Resources: Mere Christianity (https://www.amazon.com/Mere-Christianity-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652926) by C.S. Lewis Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Works-Timeless-Principles-Effective/dp/0310335671) by Joel Manby Life is Tremendous (https://www.amazon.com/Life-Tremendous-Charlie-Jones/dp/0842321845) by Charlie “Tremendous” Jones Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322) by Carol S. Dweck The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph (https://www.amazon.com/Obstacle-Way-Timeless-Turning-Triumph/dp/1591846358) by Ryan Holiday The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Third-Reich-History/dp/B003X4R6GQ) by William L. Shirer A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive (https://www.amazon.com/Child-Called-Childs-Courage-Survive/dp/1558743669) by Dave Pelzer Financial Peace Revisited: New Chapters on Marriage, Singles, Kids and Families (https://www.amazon.com/Financial-Peace-Revisited-Chapters-Marriage/dp/0670032085) by Dave Ramsey The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Languages-Secret-that-Lasts/dp/080241270X) by Gary Chapman Win at Work and Succeed at Life: 5 Principles to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork (https://www.amazon.com/Win-Work-Succeed-Life-Principles/dp/0801094690) by Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller For more information about Emmanuel Church, including our weekend service times and locations, visit www.eclife.org. For more content from Pastor Danny, subscribe to his blog at www.dannyanderson.net. Follow Pastor Danny on social media: Instagram: @dannyanderson23 Twitter: @dannyanderson23 Facebook: @dannyanderson230 Have a question you’d like Danny and Rachel to discuss on the podcast? Email us at [e-mail].