Comments on: Lessons from a trailer park

By: Alain Mokbel

Alain Mokbel — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:12:34 +0000

“I totally agree here” seems to be the general consensus in the comments I’ve read.

I also “totally agree” and I myself have started a while back with self-help books as well as technical books I use for my trade (water treatment).

The question I have is: I can read all of this stuff quickly? I’m a slow reader and I wish I could be like a sponge and absorb everything by one quick touch of the end and some magical osmosis phenomenon. Anyway…

Thanks for this Ryan.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:51:24 +0000

Fantastic reminder of how our priorities determine our outcomes. Well done, again.

By: Chas.

Chas. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:55:11 +0000

Wow, a short but right to the point, and right on point article. So true what you said here! I’ve been calling it “ghetto mentality” for years, but we’re both saying the same thing. Bravo on this one!

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:57:43 +0000

Ryan, you hit the nail right on the head with this one! So often I speak to people about some of the best Personal Development authors out there and get the strangest looks! I buy 6 books per month and keep those that I can use for future reference and recycle the rest at a used book store for someone else to buy at a reduced rate. Been doing this for 20 or more years. As a retiree I now have6 passive income streams and looking to expand to 10 once the 2 I am currently working on are up and running. Life is very exciting at 66, I’ve lost 20 lbs and business is booming! What more can a woman ask for in life. Beats watching TV and complaining, my motto is “Make It Happen”. As a Joint Venture Broker that is what I do and my energy level has doubled! Your book was fantastic and I have applied some of your ideas to my business. I look forward to receiving the monthly information. Many Thanks, Love your emails and suggestions.

By: Frankie

Frankie — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:32:35 +0000

Hmm, yeah, good point.

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:22:08 +0000

I guess if you came to our house you would think we were extremely successful. Not including the set of the Great Books of the Western World, which is housed in its own bookcase, we have 13 bookcases full of books. Most shelves have books on top of books and books in front of books. You would be very wrong about the successful part, though. I guess unless you work extremely hard all your life and end up just turning your wheels, you don’t realize how much luck comes into play in success.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:49:26 +0000

Ryan, thanks for that. Funny thing, my wife says I’m crazy for reading so much. In fact she has said to do something constructive with myself; of course its not enough I already have 3 college degrees but I just smiled and said “yes honey” but in the back of my head I said “This is constructive” So, with that being said you just reinforced what I already believe in. Thanks again and love the emails.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:43:23 +0000

Thanks Ryan, I was once told if you spend just 15 to 20 minutes each day reading you will complete about 30 books each year. Not a bad statistic to change your life. But as GI Joe use to state – starting is half the battle.

By: BG

BG — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:43:36 +0000

I happen to own two small trailer parks and could not agree with Ryan more. When I go to collect rent I see better vehicles than anything I own in their driveway,and sattelite dishes on every trailer. These are not bad people they have just never realized that they can take control of their future. Everything that happens to them is someone elses fault. I used to be this way too and then I decided that no one else was going to get rich for me so I had to do it myself.

By: John Sutcliffe

John Sutcliffe — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:42:45 +0000

I am a retired architect and my wife is a librarian at one of our two Manchester Universities, here in England. Our television is small and we have a substantial number of books. Both of us read several books per week, but our 23 year old son, who is dyslexic, finds it easier to aquire information through television and c.d.s. I sometimes watch TV. or listen to radio both for information and entertainment but also use the computer for information and communication. In England, where we pay a television license, we still have a lot of high quality, documentaries, architectural and design programmes, travel and dramas, although I have to say that it has been adversly influenced by U.S. American TV. My daughter, a graduate pharmacologist, does not possess a television, only a commputer.

Incidentally did you see or read about a study published jointly this week by Exeter and Cambridge Universities, that suggests that a woman who is dieting at the time of conception is more likely to have a girl. Perhaps that is why you have had three, Ryan.