A Master Piece: Why You Need to Feed Your Mind.

Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author.
He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he doesn't have
a favorite place to feed his mind!

Why would this be? Have you heard about the accelerated learning
curve? From birth, up until the time we are about 18, our learning
curve is dramatic, and our capacity to learn during this period is
just staggering. We learn a tremendous amount very fast. We learn
language, culture, history, science, mathematics… everything.

For some people, the accelerated learning process will continue on.
But for most, it levels off when they get their first job. If there
are no more exams to take, if there's no demand to get out paper and
pencil, why read any more books? Of course, you will learn some things
through experience. Just getting out there—sometimes doing it wrong
and sometimes doing it right—you will learn.

But can you imagine what would happen if you kept up an accelerated
learning curve all the rest of your life? Can you imagine what you
could learn to do, the skills you could develop, the capacities you
could have? Here's what I'm asking you to do: Be that unusual person
who keeps up his learning curve and develops an appetite for always
trying to find good ideas.

One way to feed your mind and educate your philosophy is through the
writings of influential people. Maybe you can't meet the person, but
you can read his or her books. Churchill is gone, but we still have
his books. Aristotle is gone, but we still have his ideas. Search
libraries for books and programs. Search magazines. Search
documentaries. Search the Internet. Each resource is full of
opportunities for intellectual feasting.

In addition to reading and listening, you also need a chance to do
some talking and sharing. I have some people in my life who help me
with important life questions, who assist me in refining my own
philosophy, weighing my values and pondering questions about success
and lifestyle.

We all need association with people of substance to provide influence
concerning major issues like society, money, enterprise, family,
government, love, friendship, culture, taste, opportunity and
community. Philosophy is mostly influenced by ideas, ideas are mostly
influenced by education and education is mostly influenced by the
people with whom we associate.

I'm asking that you feed your mind just as you do your body. Feed it
with good ideas, wherever they can be found. Always be on the lookout
for a good idea— a business idea, a product idea, a service idea, an
idea for personal improvement. Every new idea will help to refine your
philosophy. Your philosophy will guide your life, and your life will
unfold with distinction and pleasure.
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