WHO IS KAIL LETKEMANN? My first taste of entrepreneurship took place when I was nineteen when I started a home-based recording studio. I had been a musician/songwriter since I was fourteen, so coming out of school, I decided to put a year's savings into starting that business. At that time, I didn't KNOW that it was entrepreneurship. I didn't know there was a name for it. I just wanted to give myself a shot at following my dream. A few years went by, and I had a lot of fun but didn't make a lot of money. I gave up on the studio and fell into a slump. Two years later, I was introduced to financial services, and a gentleman who became a mentor of mine showed me the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. That's when I learned about entrepreneurship. Today I have a small financial services practice with the ambition of opening several locations in my city, Winnipeg, Canada (Slurpee capital of the world, though I try to avoid drinking them). WHY ARE BOOKS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU? Books are essential to me because I respect and value the wisdom of people who have done extraordinary things. Someone far more successful than me is willing to put 10, 20, 30 years of experience into a book, and I can read that book in just a few hours. That's a good investment! HOW MANY BOOKS DO YOU READ EACH YEAR? Four years ago, I read zero books. In my first year in finance, I read only four, and last year I read about a dozen. This year in 2019, I committed to reading 50 books, and I will continue that pace for years to come.