1. To Develop Your
Verbal Abilities
Although it doesn’t
always make you a better communicator, those who read tend to have a more
varied range of words to express how they feel and to get their point across.
This increases exponentially with the more volumes you consume, giving you a
higher level of vocabulary to use in everyday life. Why to read
2. Improves Your Focus
and Concentration
Unlike blog posts and
news articles, sitting down with a book takes long periods of focus and
concentration, which at first is hard to do. Being fully engaged in a book
involves closing off the outside world and immersing yourself into the text,
which over time will strengthen your attention span. Why to read
3. Readers Enjoy The
Arts and Improve The World
A study done by the NEA explains that
people who read for pleasure are many times more likely than those who do not to
visit museums and attend concerts, and almost three times as likely to perform
volunteer and charity work. Readers are active participants in the world around
them, and that engagement is critical to individual and social well-being.
Why to read
4. It Improves Your
Imagination
You are only limited by
what you can imagine, and the worlds described in books, as well as other
peoples views and opinions will help you expand your understanding of what is
possible. By reading a written description of an even or a place, your mind is
responsible for creating that image in your head, instead of having the image
placed in front of you when you watch television.
Why to read
5. Reading Makes You
Smarter
Books offer an
outstanding wealth of learning and at a much cheaper price than taking a
course. Reading gives you a chance to consume huge amount of research in a
relatively short amount of time. Anne E. Cunningham and Keith E. Stanovich’s “What Reading
Does for the Mind” also noted that heavy readers tend to
display greater knowledge of how things work and who or what people were. If
you are looking for a list of great books to read, check out 10 Easy To Read Books That Make You
Smarter. Why to read
6. It Makes You Interesting
And Attractive
This goes hand in hand
with reading to become smarter. Having a library of information that you have
picked up from non-fiction reading will come in handy in any academic or
scholarly conversation. You will be able to hold your own and add to the
conversation instead of having to make your excuses and leave. You will
be able to engage a wider variety of people in conversation and in turn improve
your knowledge and conversation skills.
Why to read
7. It Reduces Stress
A study by consultancy
firm Mindlab International at the University of Sussex showed that reading
reduces stress. Subjects only needed to read, silently, for six minutes to slow
down the heart rate and ease tension in the muscles. In fact it got subjects to
stress levels lower than before they started. For more information, check out
the Telegraph article here. W
hy to read
8. It Improves Your
Memory
In their book Proust and the
Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Maryanne
Wolf explains that “Typically, when you read, you have more time to think.
Reading gives you a unique pause button for comprehension and insight. By and
large, with oral language—when you watch a film or listen to a tape—you don’t
press pause.” The benefits of this increased activity keeps your memory sharp
and your learning capacity nimble. Why to read
9. To Discover and
Create Yourself
In his book How to Read and
Why, Harold Bloom says that we should read slowly, with
love, openness, and with our inner ear cocked. He explains we should read to
increase our wit and imagination, our sense of intimacy–in short, our entire
consciousness–and also to heal our pain. “Until you become yourself, what
benefit can you be to others.” With the endless amount of perspectives and
lives we can read about, books can give us an opportunity to have experiences
that we haven’t had the opportunity to, and still allow us to learn the life
skills they entail. Books are a fast rack to creating yourself. Why to read
10. For Entertainment
All
the benefits of reading mentioned so far are a bonus result of the most
important benefit of reading; Its entertainment value. If it were not for the
entertainment value, reading would be a chore but it needn’t be. Reading is not
only fun, but it has all the added benefits that we have discussed so far. Much
more enthralling than watching a movie or a TV show (although they have their
many benefits as well), a good book can keep us amused while developing our
life skills.
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