I expect some of you are confused as to how interviews can help you, especially when I interview people such as Kelley Armstrong that do not seem to be useful to you because the careers are different. Well I have the answers for you, here are five reasons for you to read interviews as much as you can.

1. Application of success – I am not sure if this is the best way to say it, what I mean is you can try to apply the methods that other people – no matter whether they have the same career as you or not – have used to get where they are.
2. Motivation – Interviews are a great way of feeling more motivated as if one person has succeeded then there is no reason you cannot. Just be careful, this can also go the other way, do not feel bad that you are not achieving as much as they are. You might like to take a look at what is success?
3. Learn from other people’s mistakes – Cliché but an important point nonetheless, by reading interviews you will know what not to do in the future.
4. Listen to advice and the reasoning behind it – This is similar to the previous reason, if an interviewee is giving you advice then it is because it helped them or believe you should know it.
5. Introduction to new inspirational people – I do not mean contacting the interviewee, though most would reply, I mean you will know about a person that you might not have done before. If this is the case then you might want to check out their product, blog, website, book, or anything else that they might do.

Now I ask you to read through the interviews that you may have missed out, read interviews on other blogs and learn from them! There would be no point of me finding and contacting possible interviewees, and more importantly the fact that they have to find time to answer it, if you do not benefit. I find every interview both motivational and inspiring, so I really hope you feel the same.

Shane