Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to try a one off book club. If
Speaker 1: you love reading and discussing books with friends but aren't
Speaker 1: in a book club that meets regularly, consider rallying people
Speaker 1: to read one book of shared interest and get together
Speaker 1: to discuss. Even if you are in a normal book club,
Speaker 1: you might enjoy the occasional one off book club as
Speaker 1: well to broaden your reading horizons and discuss things with
Speaker 1: new people. I am sure we have all had the
Speaker 1: experience of reading a book and wanting to talk about
Speaker 1: it with others. That's why lots of people start book
Speaker 1: clubs well, and it is fun to hang out with friends.
Speaker 1: But you don't need a formal, ongoing book club to
Speaker 1: discuss a book. All you need is another willing person
Speaker 1: or two, So consider organizing more one off book clubs
Speaker 1: in your life. Perhaps you know that you and a
Speaker 1: friend both read everything from a particular thriller author. If
Speaker 1: that person has a new book coming out, decide in
Speaker 1: advance that you will both read it and meet up
Speaker 1: for a drink to discuss it two weeks after publication.
Speaker 1: Or maybe a good friend has mentioned that a certain
Speaker 1: literary classic is next on her TBR list. You might
Speaker 1: move it up your list and suggest discussing it as
Speaker 1: you both weighe through it. You might also try a
Speaker 1: one off book club for professional matters. Maybe you work
Speaker 1: in marketing and you are always hearing people reference Chip
Speaker 1: and Dan Heath's book Made to Stick. You've never actually
Speaker 1: read it yourself, so you could invite a few colleagues
Speaker 1: to read it and get together to talk about it
Speaker 1: and figure out how you can imply insights to your work.
Speaker 1: Or maybe you and your team would all like to
Speaker 1: improve your time management practices. I would be thrilled if
Speaker 1: you read one of my books together and discussed it.
Speaker 1: Let me know if you do. Of course, you may
Speaker 1: not always anticipate in advance that a book is one
Speaker 1: you will want to discuss. That's the cool thing about reading.
Speaker 1: Sometimes a book totally seizes us and we really want
Speaker 1: to recruit others to read it too. So do that.
Speaker 1: Send a text to your group chat saying how much
Speaker 1: you are enjoying a book and ask if anyone else
Speaker 1: wants to start reading it. Next thing you know, you
Speaker 1: will have an impromptu one off book club and be
Speaker 1: having a lot of fun reading something cool with friends.
Speaker 1: Ongoing book clubs are great, but for a variety of
Speaker 1: reasons that might not be right for your life right now.
Speaker 1: A one off book club can serve some of the
Speaker 1: same purpose and the barriers to entry are a lot lower,
Speaker 1: So why not give it a try. If you try
Speaker 1: a one off book club, I would love to hear
Speaker 1: about it. You can reach me at Laura at Laura
Speaker 1: Vanderkam dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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