Reasons why you should start reading.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one”

There are millions of people around the globe settling on a plan of actions, to conduct on New Year. Every year people set goals for themselves to read books or to start reading. But just like most of the resolutions, this also becomes just another word. Most of us would like to read a book, but starting and keeping up with the new habit becomes difficult.

Here is a guide to why you should start and go great guns in it.

#1Models personality: 

“When you open a book or fire a gun, you don’t know what the impact would be or how far the shot will go”

Reading has a great impact on making, breaking, or changing the personality altogether. Every good reading helps you to form a better you, helping you to develop your imagination and enhance creativity. An important personality trait jacked up through reading is Empathy, the ability to understand someone else’s feelings and point of view, through knowledge, experiences, and stories.

“Reading is an exercise in empathy. An exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.”

#2Imparts Knowledge:

“The more you read, the more things you know. The more that you’ll learn, the more places you’ll go.”

Reading is important because it develops your mind. Understanding and assimilating the content is one way the mind grows in its ability. Reading can expose you to new things, information, and new ways to solve a problem and to achieve one thing. Who knows- you might actually explore something you really like and it may end up becoming your career and success in future, sometimes, it takes a man a sight of time to learn the simplest things, it seems.

#3Revamps your memory and concentration:

“To observe attentively is to remember distinctly” Edgar Allan Poe

To read something, you need to concentrate and be focused for long periods of time. You force your mind to grasp all the information by reading and re-reading it with increased concentration. One of the greatest benefits that one might get from reading is improved memory and concentration. Reading trains your mind as well quoted by Sir Richard Steele:

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body”

#4Attenuate Stress:

“I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve”  Montesquieu

Books are the best distraction for your mind, transporting you into a world of imagination. A study conducted by the University of Sussex found that just 6 minutes of reading a good book can help reduce blood pressure, muscle tension, and calms your mind.

#5Best companion in your solitude: 

“Reading well is one of the great pleasure that solitude can afford”

Books are the best companion in your solitude. They have nothing to ask and complain about. They would be with you through all thick and thins of your life.

These are just a few reasons to show the importance of reading in anyone’s life. There are countless other reasons why and how reading is beneficial for you. Learning is a continuous process in life, and to get better results one must never stop learning. The best way to learn effectively and in more of an enjoyable manner is to Read effectively and a lot.

Happy Reading!