Do you read books of successful people and learn from their experiences?

i am into self motivational books, business or otherwise. the recent book or audiobook i have come across is joel osteen's "become a better you". i also have listened to joe vitale's " the missing secret". i love reading and listening to dalai lama's " the art of happiness" . "tao of abundance" , i forgot the author.these are my spiritual guides to wisdom and success, it inspires me to move on forward to dream and do and not just to applaud their on their achievement in life. i do not want to be a mere spectator, i want to be . i don't juat want to watch a movie, i want to be in the movie and act my part.

Yes Of course I read the articles/stories/books about successful people.Some of them are really inspiring.Some times I do get solutions to certain things I have been trying to solve by reading about how these people dealt with situations.What about you Do you like reading about successful people.

Yes, read a lot and learn a lot. Read through the memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, our former Prime Minister. He's a very great leader. Can you imagine a small country with no resource at all and a lot of problems can become a rich country within 30 year? He is the one who made it happen. Natural resource is very scarce in Singapore, we need to buy drinking water from our neighbor. Love to read Donald Trump, Sam Walton and Richard Branson too. Their books reflected their characters and viewpoints of life and money.

I'm currently reading books written by Robert Kiyosaki (author of Rich Dad Poor Dad) and it's more on learning about the obvious rather than his experiences. His books are great and I hope to be able to apply them soon in life.