Devouring the wisdom of others is one of the most common traits I see among successful business owners in all industries. By devouring, I mean they take in large quantities of thought, digest it and seek to pull out at least a couple usable nuggets for personal growth or professional evolution.

In particular, they focus on the hard earned wisdom acquired during others' journeys, in the hopes of shortening their owning learning curves. They do this, not in an effort to copy them or become them, but to rely on that which is already known, while they push into their unknown and build a better business or life.

Soak that in... highly successful people look for ways to shorten their learning curves, as part of reinventing themselves or the wheel. 

So, in that vein, here's my list of the best, game-changing thought from others when it came to building my six-time Inc 5000 mental health practice... 

Disclosure: While I do whole-heartedly recommend every one of these books, I...