The experts back it up. I challenge you to conduct a Google search yourself and find out. The most successful people (Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg) in life never stop learning and their secret is that they admittedly read A LOT. They’ve made it a part of their daily lifestyle. They believe as I do that books are a gateway to learning and knowledge.

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