{"id":792,"date":"2007-05-02T10:58:30","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T10:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/why_we_write\/"},"modified":"2007-05-02T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T10:58:30","slug":"why_we_write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/why_we_write\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Write"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor.&nbsp; What I have in my heart must come out, that is why I compose.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;-Ludwig Von Beethoven<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in Mr. Beethoven&#8217;s club.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/\">Seth Godin<\/a> has great <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2007\/05\/do_business_boo.html\">post<\/a> from yesterday titled &quot;Do Business Books Work.&quot;&nbsp; He makes some excellent points about how we&#8217;ve (the business culture) all but abandon reading for learning and growth.&nbsp; I am always dismayed by this reality.&nbsp; Take a book like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Success-Built-Last-Creating-Matters\/dp\/013228751X\/ref=sr_1_1\/103-3187336-9947805?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1178117061&amp;sr=1-1\">&quot;Success Built To Last&quot;<\/a> and the gems of insight that are contained in the writing.&nbsp; How much would you have to pay these writers to dispense their knowledge in the flesh?&nbsp; A bunch!&nbsp; The book is selling for $16 on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>I think in many ways we&#8217;ve fallen into a longing to be entertained rather than be enlightened.&nbsp; Not every book is worth the &quot;read&quot;.&nbsp; But many are and you&#8217;re missing out if you haven&#8217;t built a habit of reading.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of tips on building the habit of reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evaluate your daily, weekly and monthly schedule.&nbsp; After the review, substitute entertainment (movies, television, etc.) for reading a book that encourages you to grow.<\/li>\n<li>My blog has some books listed (see the right column) that have helped me grow&#8230;check those out.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t shy away from the upfront pain of building a new habit.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t give up!<\/li>\n<li>Read something specific to your needs (sales, God, cooking, engineering, etc.).&nbsp; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor.&nbsp; What I have in my heart must come out, that is why I compose.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;-Ludwig Von Beethoven I&#8217;m in Mr. Beethoven&#8217;s club.&nbsp; Seth Godin has great post from yesterday titled &quot;Do Business Books Work.&quot;&nbsp; He&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}