3 Wonderful Books About “Focus”
How reading three “seemingly disconnected” books “simultaneously” helped me to have a direction in my search for “focus”
Okay, I’m not really into buying just-released books (I don’t really know what they call these, but I guess there’s a word for that): I usually buy on impulse. I don’t even buy because it’s a bestseller nor because there’s a buzz about it nor are there good reviews: I just buy.
Recently, I bought 3 books for a variety of reasons. And there’s also a reason why 3 : because I don’t have enough money to buy 4, nor do I want to waste the time to just buy 2. They, to me, seemed like unconnected books. I mean from their authors and titles, it never appeared to me that their contents could form a power triangle and build on the message of one another.
Now, The Books
So, from a brick-and-mortar bookstore, I bought John Maxwell’s JumpStart Your Thinking, George McKeown’s essentialism, and Malcolm Gladwell’s blink (see, the authors tackle different topics, and the titles aren’t really connected).
I bought JumpStart Your Thinking because I enjoyed and learned a lot from John Maxwell’s other books on leadership and growth. I though his style of writing and his wisdom connects to mine, and this helps me to finish a book from start to finish. George’s book, essentialism, has a cover that looked cool and very interesting so I grabbed it. blink has been on my to-read list because I liked Malcolm’s the tipping point and outliers.
It also happened that I read these 3 books together so that I don’t get bored (as I usually become when I read a single book continuously). The magic happened when the message of these 3 books coincided on the topics of:
- focus;
- eliminating trivial things; and
- intently doing something instead of just defaulting to what others imply that you should do
I just loved it and felt so amazed by the overlap of their messages. I just did. And this is not any sort of paid marketing for them (although I’d love that), I’m just sharing something that might help you.
If you are reading these books or have read them already, I’m glad for you. For those who haven’t yet, I suggest checking them out and learn how to and why you should:
Separate the vital few from the trivial many