FIVE KEY BENEFITS OF READING

 Hello there, 

Trust you're having a beautiful Thursday, I'm going to be writing about the benefits of reading on this post. Although it was written by JOHN GRISHAM, it will be explained further by me. I've listed them down below and ill explain them further after the list. 

11.    Increased knowledge

22.    Expanded horizons

33.    Improved vocabulary

44.    Sharpened thinking

55.    Enhanced empathy

11. Increased Knowledge: As a person who reads or as as a person who has made up his/her mind to begin, you must know that for every book you pick up to read there is something new to learn. might be novels, textbooks, or religious books. the aim is that by the last page of that book. you have learnt at least one new thing that you may or may not even put to use in your everyday life, but trust me, that knowledge will come in handy some day. 

  2. Expanded Horizons: to expand your horizons usually is to open yourself up to new opinions and ideas, or to experience or learn new things. Now there are different ways to expand one's horizons, it could be traveling or in this case, reading. when you pick a book to read, you have agreed to learn or experience another persons opinion. it doesn't mean you have to agree with what the writer says that is why we have people for or against an opinion.

  3. Improved Vocabulary: when reading, it is advisable to have a dictionary by your side or better still in your device which technology has made even easier. you can download one into your mobile device and walk about with it. Which means for every new word you uncover, you can search for the meaning and learn it. you have improved by one word that has stuck!. For me, when i learn a new word, i talk about it as often as i can, in conversations, in instant messaging, that way i get familiar. trust me, it works!

  4. Sharpened Thinking: Google says, "if you sharpen your senses, understanding or skills, you become better at noticing things, thinking and doing somethings". And of course one of the ways to sharpen these is by reading and paying attention to those things you have read. For example, you pick a book on Purpose, you can read and apply it to your daily life and even tweak some principles to work better for you.

  5. Enhanced Empathy: Empathy is basically the ability to put oneself in someone else's shoes. its trying to feel what they are feeling an understanding of why they are feeling it. For example if you read 'The Fault In Our Stars' by John Greene, "A Story about Love, Cancer, Pain and Death. You'd understand the story of every other sick cancer patient out there. i literally cried all night reading that book.

  There a lot more other reasons on why you should pick up a book and read, but before then, feed on these five and i hope you enjoyed reading.