A path begins by walking

“A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one’s own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.”

-Chin-Ning Chu

ReadingForYourSuccess is dedicated to you and your freedom. As Chin-Ning says, every one of us has our own path to pursue. I could not agree more. I started this site because I was so taken back by the template the world was trying to shove me in. I knew a better way must exist.

I didn’t want to do something just because it had been done that way before. So I didn’t.

It took a few trips around the world and some unforgettable experiences and business pursuits, but it’s finally clear.

I’m here to help you discover your own path to personal freedom. Life is meant to be lived on your terms. This is a place to start so let’s do it.

If you’re a new visitor there is a lot to sort through (100′s of posts in fact). So let this be your beginner’s guide to life on your terms. (For more about me and this adventure head over to the About Page.)

Another awesome start is by downloading my Free eBook: The Best of ReadingForYourSuccess. That will keep you busy for a while. Another good list is at the end of this post: 7 Ways to Find Your Path through World Travel.

The best way to get through all this is knocking off a few posts at a time. Don’t do it all at once.

So why don’t we start where people have found the most value?

Most Action-Provoking Posts:

*Note: the side bar, directly to the right, has a dynamic list of the most popular posts too.

1. The Beginner’s Guide to Being Congruent
2. The Most Dangerous Word in The World
3. The Curse of Too Much: Why Most People Never Live Their Dreams and What to Do About It
4. 8 Life Practices Worth Taking Home from Croatia
5. 7 Ways to Find Your Path through World Travel
6. The Magic of Attempting the Impossible
7. The Power of Acceptance: A Guide to Minimizing Frustration
8. 10 Lessons a Pickup Artist Can Teach a Salesman
9. The Art of Slowing Down: 12 Simple Steps
10. How to Live to 100: Lessons from the Blue Zones
11. 13 Life Lessons I Learned from Warren Buffett
12. The End of Paying Full Price: 7 Quick Tools for Getting a Better Deal
13. Quadruple Your Productivity and Enjoy a Little Life
14. Influence Like Tony Robbins: 6 Tools from a Master Influencer
15. Eat Simply and Reclaim Your Energy
16. 7 Quick Steps to Finishing a Non-Fiction Book in Half the Time While Retaining Twice as Much
17. How Not to Get Caught Up In the Chatter
18. Sell with Trust and Have a Friend for Life: 32 Lessons from Jim Cathcart
19. Living the 80/20 Life: 5 Ways to Achieve More with Less

Most Favorite Topics:

Now that you’ve spent a month getting through the best of the best. Let’s dig into the archives of my favorite topics in the world. You’ll find a few book summaries among the articles. Everything has helped me on my path and I hope it will do the same for you.

• Career & Purpose
• Communication & Rapport
• Emotions & Happiness
• Entrepreneurship
• Health & Energy!
• Influence & Negotiating
• Investing & Finance
• Love & Relationships
• Meditation & Presence
• Productivity
• Simplicity
• Stewardship & Gratitude
• Book Summaries

My Articles Around the Web:

Since I got started, I’ve had the opportunity to write articles for some amazing people, websites and companies all over the world. You can check the latest out below and the whole updated list is here.

• Zen Habits - How to Summit Life’s Everyday Mountains
• Big Girl Branding - Be Your Own Most Valuable Brand and Sell Yourself to Anyone: 13 Steps
• Illuminated Mind - How to Find Life-Changing Opportunity in the Worst Situation
• Think Simple Now - Find Peace in a Busy Life
• Elance - 12 Tips for Outsourcing Your Business to the Next Level in Today’s Economy
• Change Your Thoughts - Finding Short Time Fulfilment Whilst Keeping The Long Term Vision
• Write To Done - 12 Life Lessons from Warren Buffett to Becoming a More Compassionate Writer
• Write To Done - Become a Book Review Ninja: 10 Steps to Mastery
• Good Life Zen - The Power of Solitude: Taking Time to Reset
• Make It Happen - The Ultimate Secret to Always Winning in Life
• Live Bold and Bloom - Make ‘No’ Your Best Motivator

So there’s the juice. I hope you enjoyed it and if you didn’t, I promise the best is yet to come.

About Scott- The Very Short Version:

I’m a die-hard adventurer, life-experimenter, writer, personal freedom coach and value investor, in search of the extraordinary. I am crazy committed to discovering your (and my) own path to personal freedom and living life on your terms, through “action-based reading”, personal freedom coaching and simply living life at the limit (or just over it). I live in San Francisco, am recently married to my college sweetheart and I get out and explore the world as much as absolutely possible.

On my way up Mt. Shasta

If you want more on me, longer versions can be found on the about page and about the founder.

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Here’s to the adventure!