If you want to be an expert in your field (whether as a pastor, church planter, missionary, businessman, personal finance, health, parenting, medicine, marketing, you name it field) here is the fail proof plan on how to do it. This is not a get quick scheme to success but a proven scientific study.
here is how you become an expert according to Brian Tracy
“Read at least one hour per day in your chosen field. If you read an hour a day it means you can actually finish one book a week. One book a week is 52 books in a year. In 3 years time, you become an expert on that field. In 5 years you will become a national authority and in 7 years you will be an international authority. All readers are learners.”
Here is how I am cultivating a lifestyle of learning.
1. I choose a field that I would like to be an expert on. In my case – church planting and being a missionary to our culture.
2. I then choose books to read that relates to that field.
3. Everytime I read a book on the certain field, I bring my highlighter and my laptop.
4. I summarize the book by chapter and end those summaries with application questions so I could firther think about the topic.
5. I do this again and again and again.
6. I share it to my fellow pastors and colleagues to further retain my knowledge on the subject.
I usually set aside an hour everyday to read up on the field I am in. I consider it my education as I pastor the church where God has called me.
thank you for this pastor Dennis
Great blog, Dennis!
Leaders are readers. 
Thank you…this is very helpful!
Thank you pastor for sharing this wonderful insights.
keep blogging-God bless you always.
This is supposed to be common sense, but I’m glad you blogged about this! Thanks Pastor D.
Looking forward to visiting Victory Greenhills and harrassing Bojo and saying hello to you!
wow bro. galeng mo talaga
These are really good thoughts I’ll adapt it as well!
Nice post Dennis! This is really worth reading! Glad to spread the word through twitter and StumbleUpon.
You’re such a good blogger! Thank you for sharing!
Ang galing, Pastor Dennis. Very simple, yet I’ve never heard of this from anyone else. This is a very good idea you’ve shared with everyone. I’m going to do this. I’m also going to share it with people I know. Thanks!
thank you pastor dennis. ang galing.
Another wisdom shared from our wise leader.
Thank you for opening my eyes to the benefits of reading.
Will be eternally grateful.
Galing…now i know who to go to when I have a question
Great post ahia Den.
You can be an “expert” in 3 months!
Just dont entail yourself in reading and spending such backward-moving books that are based largely on other’s past experiences.
You just “go out there” and be creative! Learn with those who are already doing things their way and believe in your capacity to develop relevant ideas out of your own critical thinking to try doing things your way.
@hero I think 3 months is too fast a time. We have been sucked in a world where everything needs to be fast, everything needs to be instant. 3 years is a good number though it is not a guarantee. Success is more than just expertise it also involves lots of character
Here’s the PDF download to K. Anders Ericsson’s 10,000 hours rule
Actually, what i wanted to say was we can’t just aim to become an “expert” and then qualify ourselves as best persons to solve easily problems.
We can actually consider so many so-called “experts”–even products of the finest universities in our country– who are out there keep stealing and keep cheating others.
My question is: what’s the point of producing more experts if we are not going to utilize our expertise towards reducing inequity (unfairness,injustice) in our society?
wow.. i actually,read lots of book, but the msg you brought to your readers of this blog for sure they are blessed and inspired by YOUr THOUghts.. Thanks, Pstr.Sy
good post. thanks!