Here are 5 things I learned reading: Platform, Get Noticed in A Noisy World, By: Michael Hyatt (Amazon).

1. The world is crowded. Don’t be more. Be better.

2. Perfectionism is a form of procrastination.

3. If you want a voice, you need a website.

4. To build a platform, focus, focus, focus.

5. “As one of my favorite marketing gurus, David Ogilvy, once wrote, “Great marketing only makes a bad product fail faster.” How true.”

Here are 5 things I learned reading, And The Angels Were Silent, By: Max Lucado (Amazon)

1. Credentials do not matter. Only Action.

2. “The sign of the saved is their love for the least.”

3. Empathy shows the heart.

4. God has a passion for the forgotten.

5. “The right heart with the wrong ritual is better than the wrong heart with the right ritual.”