5 Reasons to Start Reading Books Today!

1. MEMORY BOOST

Reading enables you to use different parts of the brain, which is like a workout for your brain.  The more you read you will be able to remember and recall so much information hence taking your memory through the roof.

2. STRESS REDUCTION

Have you noticed how much you forget the daily stresses of life when you are doing something else? That is what reading does to you as you get carried away in a good story and engages you with the characters of the story. As you get engaged in a story your own heart rate starts to decrease as you relax because you are not worried about much in your daily life. After reading you can face those tasks again with a relaxed ready brain. This can happen as you read the book and even after since you continue to think about what you have read.

3. ROBUST VOCABULARY

You know that I was going to include this one, didn’t you? Simply put the greater the number of words you read the more words you are going to have at your disposal to use. An average CEO reads 60 books a year which should tell you enough. Even the great leaders in history including spiritual leaders of all faiths had books that they used to teach their message. If the CEO does not work take it from these great leaders.

4. IMPROVES INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Reading makes you aware of how people react and respond in different situations. It also teaches you that we are all human beings and we make mistakes. You will definitely learn how to nurture a relationship better. For example, a non-fiction book on the military can teach you how to be absolutely disciplined in the most stressful situations.

5. EMPATHY ENHANCEMENT

Knowing what others have gone or are going through can give you a serious appreciation of different ways to look at life. Scientists say that fiction books are the best tool to teach you how to be more empathetic toward others.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, and the one who doesn’t read lives just one” by George RR Martin