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Foreword：Manypeoplebelievethatreadingabookmultipletimesisawasteoftime.Theyarguethatthe... Foreword：
Manypeoplebelievethatreadingabookmultipletimesisawasteoftime.Theyarguethattherearesomanybooksouttheretoreadandwhybotherreadingthesamebookagainandagain.However,therearesomepeoplewhobelieveinthepowerofrepetition.Theyunderstandthatsometimesreadingabookmultipletimescanhelpusgainadeeperunderstandingofthemessageitconveys.Inthisstory,wewillseehowrepetitioncanhelpusovercomeobstaclesandachieveourgoals.TherewasayoungmannamedJohnwholovedreadingbooks.Hewasalwaysfascinatedbythedifferentstoriesandmessagesthatbooksconveyed.Oneday,whilebrowsingthroughabookstore,hestumbleduponabooktitled"ThePowerofPositiveThinking"byNormanVincentPeale.Intriguedbythetitle,hedecidedtopurchasethebookandreadit.Ashebeganreadingthebook,Johnrealizedthatitwasfullofpracticaladviceonhowtostaypositiveandovercomechallengesinlife.Hefoundthebooksoinspiringthathedecidedtoreaditagain.Andso,hestartedreadingthebookforthesecondtime.
Witheachreading,Johnfoundsomethingnewthathehadmissedbefore.Hebegantoseethemessagesinthebookinadifferentlight.Thewordsbegantomakemoresense,andhestartedtounderstandhowtoapplytheminhislife.However,afterreadingthebookforthefifthtime,Johnstartedtodoubtiftherewasanythingmoretobegainedfromit.Hewonderedifhewaswastinghistimebyrepeatedlyreadingthesamebook.Butsomethinginsidehimtoldhimtokeepgoing.Hefeltthattherewasstillsomethingleftforhimtolearnfromthebook.So,hecontinuedreadingit,eventhoughhehadalreadyreaditmultipletimes.Daysturnedintoweeks,andweeksturnedintomonths.Johnkeptreadingthebookoverandoveragain.Eachtimehereadit,hediscoveredsomethingnewthathehadmissedbefore.Slowlybutsurely,themessagesinthebookbegantosinkin.
Astimewenton,Johnbegantoseechangesinhislife.Hefoundthathewasmorepositive,moreconfident,andmoresuccessfulthaneverbefore.Herealizedthatthebookhadhelpedhiminwaysheneverthoughtpossible.Oneday,Johnmetanoldfriendwhohehadnotseeninyears.HisfriendwasamazedathowmuchJohnhadchanged.Heaskedhimwhathadhappened,andJohntoldhimaboutthebookthathadchangedhislife.Hisfriendwasskepticalatfirst.Hecouldn'tunderstandhowabookcouldhavesuchaprofoundimpactonsomeone'slife.ButJohnknewthatitwastherepetitionofreadingthebookthathadhelpedhimgainadeeperunderstandingofitsmessage.Overtime,John'sfriendstartedtoseethechangesinhislifetoo.HerealizedthatJohn'ssuccesswasnotjustluckorcoincidencebutaresultofhispersistenceandperseverance.
Yearspassed,andJohncontinuedtoreadthebook.Bynow,hehadreaditoverahundredtimes.Buthenevergottiredofreadingit.Hefeltthattherewasstillsomethingleftforhimtolearnfromit.Oneday,whilereadingthebookforthehundredthtime,somethingclickedinsideJohn'smind.Hesuddenlyrealizedthathehadbeenlivinghislifeaccordingtotheprinciplesinthebookwithoutevenrealizingit.Itwaslikealightbulbhadswitchedoninsidehishead.Hefinallyunderstoodthemessageofthebookinawayheneverhadbefore.Itwasasifthebookhadbecomeapartofhim,andhehadbecomeapartofthebook.Withthisnewfoundunderstanding,Johndecidedtowriteabookofhisown.Hewantedtosharehisstorywithothersandinspirethemtopersistandpersevereintheirownlives.
John'sbookbecameaninstantbestseller.Peoplefromallovertheworldwereinspiredbyhisstoryandthemessageofhisbook.Theyrealizedthatrepetitionwasnotawasteoftimebutapowerfultooltohelpthemachievetheirgoals.Intheend,Johnunderstoodthatthepowerofreadingabookhundredtimeslaynotinthebookitselfbutinthepersistenceandperseveranceittooktoreaditsomanytimes.Herealizedthatrepetitionwasthekeytosuccess.Itwastherepetitionofpositivethoughtsandactionsthatcouldhelpusovercomeanychallengeinlife.John'sstoryisareminderthatsometimesweneedtolookbeyondwhatisapparentandtrustourinstincts.Weneedtobelieveinourselvesandourabilitiestoachievegreatness.
Weshouldnevergiveuponourdreams,nomatterhowdifficulttheymayseem.Withperseveranceandpersistence,wecanovercomeanyobstacleandachieveourgoals.Thepowerofreadingabookhundredtimesisnotjustaboutgainingadeeperunderstandingofthemessageitconveys.It'saboutthejourneywetaketogetthere.It'saboutthelessonswelearnalongthewayandhowtheyshapeusintothepeoplewebecome.It'saboutthepersistenceandperseveranceweshowinthefaceofadversitythatmakesuswhoweare.So,thenexttimeyoupickupabook,don'tbeafraidtoreaditagainandagain.Youneverknowwhatyoumightdiscoveraboutyourselfandtheworldaroundyou.Remember,repetitionisnotawasteoftime,it'sapowerfultooltohelpusachieveourgoals.
