Leaders must be Readers

Reading books is a major key to success. The mega-rich and successful peoples like Bill Gates and Elon Musk devote extraordinary amounts of their time to reading. Musk even attributes his knowledge of how to build rockets to his reading habits. The way to success leads through books and learning. If you want to be successful, you have to read books. There is no alternative to it.

 

A book is literally the words, the ideas, the mindsets, the advice, and even the experience of another person wrapped into a convenient, portable always available collection of papers. 75% of self-made millionaires have even reported reading at least 2 books a month. The true benefits of reading are that you can pick and choose who you want to add to your inner group of influence that will eventually effect who you become a person. There are lots of books by successful people in nearly all topics. Ideas, mindsets and words are all waiting to be shared. Studies have proven that reading can reduce stress, increase focus, and improve long- and short-term memory.

Books are the best friends. Everyone knows that reading is important, but have you ever asked yourself why that is so? In this post, I will list out 8 reasons why reading is important. I hope you can really find out the reason why reading is so important for you, so you can get a brand new desire to explore the world of reading.

1. Sharpens your mind Reading is great fun for many people. It also had many benefits for your mental health in the form of thinking and understanding. By concentrating on the words and the storyline, it stimulates your brain. This particular stimulation can help sharpen your mind, especially the part of the brain that is responsible for concentration and critical analysis. Reading sharpens this part of the brain much like you would sharpen a knife.

2. Self-improvement Reading does help you form a better you. Through reading, you start understanding the world more. Through reading, you begin to have a greater understanding on a topic that interest you; for example: how to build self-confidence, how to make plan better before taking action, how to memorize things better and more. All of these self-improvements start from the reading; through reading, you create a structured path towards a better understanding and better actions to take in the future.

3. Improve memory The people wondering about the importance of reading books in our life might be concerned about their memory. For sure you don’t want to become senile when you get old. When you read a book you have to remember a range of characters, their backgrounds along with soul-plots. This is a lot, if you come to think of it, but the brain had amazing powers when it comes to remembering even vast amounts of information. Every new memory creates new synapses and strengthens the existing ones, improving short term memory.

4. Stress reduction some people start jogging or practice yoga to reduce stress in their lives. Regardless of the amount of pressure you might be under, there is nothing a good story can't solve. The importance of book reading is given by the fact that it can take you to lands far away to a time you never dreamed about. This way the tension will simply melt from your body and you will be able to finally relax.

5. Boost imagination and creativity Reading exposes you to a world of imagination, showing you nothing is impossible in this world. By reading, you are exploring a different angle to see a thing you’ve known, on how different action leads to different results. It’s like a huge spider web, where you keep linking to more and more to things you knew, and things you just learn, structuring new solutions and answers.

6. Gain experience from other people When you are reading, you are actually gaining the knowledge and experience of someone. It can hasten your success towards a goal, as you don’t need to repeat the same mistake while focusing on the right path in achieving one thing. It’s like a mountain of gems for you to discover in books, which contain people’s successes, failures and advice. Life is too short for you to keep repeating the mistakes that had been done by other people in the past, in order for you to reach the results that someone might already reached.

7. Boost your sleep Do you know that reading can also help with your sleep? No, this doesn’t mean that reading helps you fall asleep, but it does contribute to improving your overall sleep pattern and restfulness. Reading, since it enables you to relax and distress, can help pull you into a deep and peaceful sleep. That sounds like it might be too good to be true, but reading can, in fact, help you sleep.

8. Stronger bonds if you are thinking about reading, you should also think about the importance of reading to children. Children can also benefits from this activity in many different ways. Reading will help you develop a stronger bond with them, they will gain basic speech skills, and academic excellence can also be a byproduct of reading. They are able to concentrate for longer periods of time and they have discipline. It is best for children to learn at a young age that reading is fun.

Conclusion: Books can be amazing things that can be both entertaining and beneficial to your health. They are almost like tools to a healthy lifestyle. So take this challenge and start reading just one book today! If this post was helpful, do share!