Why reading is important? | Reading Books

Why reading is important? | Reading Books

There are numerous profound benefits to reading. Every single most successful person in the world is an avid reader. Bill gates read 50 books per year on average, Warren Buffet spends 80% of his day reading.

“Read 500 pages… every day. That's how knowledge works" - Warren Buffet

Reading can help you grow mentally and emotionally. Developing the habit of reading can be beneficial for you in myriad ways. It might help you in relationships, career, personal development, and whatnot.

I am an avid reader and I love reading. I always wonder how much knowledge and information are being missed by the ones who do not read at all. Reading is not tough and boring, you just have to find the right book to get started.

I really wanted every one of you to start reading. But first, to start a new habit you need to know what benefits it is going to provide you. So, let's see the top 10 benefits of reading below

1. Reading can be your life savior

           Reading will help you discover yourself. There are too many truths and secrets beneath the pages of every book. It will help you find you.

             Reading has been a tremendous life savior for me. First of all, I was an average person who followed the crowd and wanted to work a 9 to 5, fighting for bread every day. I believed the wake-up, work, entertain, sleep, repeat was the only system and the whole world was based on it.

             But, since I started reading some books like Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind and many I knew that everything is made up and I can design my life the way I want.

             I learned a lot. A lot, that 14 years of schooling and 3 years of college did not teach me.

             I found myself from the books I read. I knew that I loved writing, I loved helping people, I was good at empathy and counseling and also I can, not only make a living but also a business out of what I love. Isn't it awesome? Yeah. And, it was all because of books.

2. Reading can make you smarter

            When you read and learn something that others don’t know obviously it will make you smarter.

             Books are the outcome of years of research, learning, hurdles by the author. An author has to go into a lot before publishing his/her book. But as a reader, you can gain all the information he gathered over the years through the book by reading it for just one or two weeks.

               When you read a book it is like having a conversation with the author. It is the author's words, their thoughts, their knowledge that they have poured into the book. Reading it will give you an insight into their knowledge.

                Imagine, that you want to start a startup company and you really need good advice. Who do you think can give you a bit of good advice? Your neighbor, your friends or Jeff Bezos? Obviously, you would go with Bezos. But how can you have a conversation with him? Just by reading his books.

                 Books are your lifelong mentors. And the best part is, you can have all the best mentors in the world with you always!

 3. It  boosts your imagination and creativity

                Reading books will push your boundaries of imagination. It will help you imagine the impossible and boost your creative abilities.

               There is a lot of difference in reading a book and watching a movie that is based on the book ( Harry Potter fans know it :p). There will be so many minute details in the book whereas all those will be missed in the movie.

               "It was on the corner of the street that he noticed the first sign of something peculiar – a cat reading a map. For a second, Mr. Dursley didn’t realize what he had seen – then he jerked his head around to look again. There was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive, but there wasn’t a map in sight. What could he have been thinking of? It must have been a trick of the light. Mr. Dursley blinked and stared at the cat. It stared back. As Mr. Dursley drove around the corner and up the road, he watched the cat in his mirror. It was now reading the sign that said Privet Drive – no, looking at the sign; cats couldn’t read maps or signs. Mr. Dursley gave himself a little shake and put the cat out of his mind. As he drove towards town he thought of nothing except a large order of drills he was hoping to get that day."

             The above is a paragraph from Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone. Your mind probably knows that cats don’t read but anyhow it imagined a cat reading a map. Didn't it? You can harness the depth of your imaginative ability by reading.

 4. It makes you humble 

            Those who have read nothing will always seem to act as if they know everything. There is an ego attached to their knowledge.

             But, those who are well-read will tend to be humble because more you read the more you know that you know only a little of the whole world. When you accept that you know only a small part, you will naturally be humble.

5. Books are your best friends

             There is no best companion like a good book. When you start reading, you get immersed in the book completely and feel that you are playing the protagonist of the novel.

             Once you tap into that feeling of reading a good book you can never feel alone. Books are always your best friends. They don’t judge you, they expect nothing from you yet they always remain with you.

6. Improves your memory and focus

             The main lack in this fast-paced world is the focus. We always tend to toggle between everything we do. Reading helps you to increase your focus and improve concentration.

              It also helps in improving the memory functioning of the brain. While reading a book there are so many things that we need to remember in order to have a smooth reading. We need to remember the character names, places, twists, things, nook information, plot, subplot and more. Memory improves when you pay attention to all these and are able to remember the storyline.

7. Motivation

             Basically, while reading a novel most of us imagine ourselves into the story. We think as if we are playing the protagonist role. The same goes with the motivation books/biographies, we imagine that we are going through the problem/situation. We believe that we are breaking through the problem.

             Books give you a newer perspective of everything you go through. They give you motivation and support. Books are your leaders!

8. Books reduce stress and depression

            According to research by university of Sussex reading for even 10 minutes a day can reduce your stress level by 68 percent.

            Psychologists have found that while reading a book we are more focused on the story and worry less about the real world and responsibilities. So, books are the best to escape from stress.

            Books can also help you overcome depression. I came into this reading world when I was sixteen when I had my teenage depression and anxiety and I successfully overcame it with the help of books. From then, the first to go to when I am depressed are my books.

9. Improves your vocabulary and language skills

             It is opaque that reading books will enhance your language skills. It will help you speak, read and write way better than the nonreaders. It will also help you in acquiring vast vocabulary and you rarely get stuck for lack of words.

10. Reading Helps with immense inner peace and tranquility

            Reading not only decreases your stress level but also helps you with immense peace.

            It is said that reading self-help books will enhance your mood and increase the level of optimism. Whereas, reading spiritual books tends to lower your blood pressure.

Above are some of the profound benefits you can have by making reading a daily habit. I hope you make use of this much-needed habit.

Happy Reading!