Remember the time you read a caption attached to a picture on Instagram, or when you read the headline on a billboard that had your favorite celebrity on it? Without any doubt, we all read and that is to say, the usual “reading is not my thing” isn’t exactly true.
Statistics show that an American CEO reads an average of fifty to a hundred books yearly and an employee doesn’t get to finish a book. The big question is, what does the CEO do that the employee isn’t doing?
Reading is an important skill, but to read consistently, the first thing to do is to know your why. Why do you want to read? Your reason matters, much more than you know. Finding a reason shows how committed you are to what you do. This is important because it will keep you going on mornings where like Bruno Mars, ‘you just don’t feel like doing anything.
Reading is more than just a hobby, it is a serious business and as such, you should have a solid reason for reading. Many people changed the trajectory of their lives because they read. Asking yourself why does two things:
Improves your comprehension of a book.
Also increases your chances of finishing a book.
Reading helps you in learning something new every day, and the funny thing is, you might not realize it, but reading stockpiles your brain with new information, and you never know when it may come in handy.
Asides from learning new things, reading helps you network properly. Reading on different subject matters like advocacy, science, investment, medicine, entrepreneurship, history, to mention but a few gives you more confidence to talk to people in various fields, thereby increasing your network.
It is said that people who read are more likely to get ahead when it comes to their careers and life in general. Honor Wilson-Fletcher said that reading, “opens doors and makes life easier”.
Reading also expands your vocabulary. The more you read, the more words you will come across, which you are likely to use in your writing and speaking, making you an arsenal, loaded with vocabulary and smart-sounding.
Reading makes one appealing to the opposite sex. Study shows that reading makes you seem more intelligent and that draws attraction to the reader.
According to Cristel Russell, a behavioral researcher, reading helps with stress or turmoil occurring in one’s life. If you’re going through a break-up, or simply just need to relax, try a new book, rather than crying or sulking or engaging in a negative habit, read a book because reading is said to be therapeutic.
To perfectly harness the skill of reading, one must learn to create systems and not just goals. James Clear in his book “Atomic Habits” said, “You do not rise to the level of your goals, but fall to the level of your systems”. You might fall out of a goal when you achieve what you want, but your systems are you, when you constantly inculcate good values, they become your personality. Good and bad habits are inculcated in the same manner.
“Little drops make an ocean”, I am sure you have heard that quote a thousand and one times. It might be a common quote but it is true. Consistency is power. If you have never walked 5 miles and decide to run 1000 miles today, there is a high chance of you not running the next day and the day after that and that wouldn’t afford you the growth you need. Sustainable growth isn’t in the much you do today but in the little, you do today, tomorrow, and the days, months, and years after that. Build a habit of reading daily, no matter how small, and be intentional about it.
Finally, don’t go about reading anything; read materials in the areas you desire growth.
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