What are the benefits of reading books?
Here we have listed 10 benefits of reading books for you.
1. Mental stimulation
Like other muscles in the body, the brain needs exercise to keep it strong and healthy.
So doing puzzles and knowing games like chess have been found to be helpful for cognitive stimulation. Similarly, reading books helps to keep the brain active. Otherwise, scientists say, over time you're bound to reach a state of stagnation.
2. Stress reduction
No matter how much stress you have at work, in your personal relationships, or the myriad of other problems you face in everyday life, you can forget all your troubles within the stories of a great book.
A well-written novel can transport you to other realms, while an engaging essay can distract you and keep you in the present moment, releasing tension and allowing you to relax.
3. Knowledge
Everything you read fills your head with new information and you never know when it might come in handy. The more knowledge you have, the better equipped you are to tackle any challenge you face.
Remember that sometimes you will lose everything you have – your job, your possessions, your money and your health, but your knowledge can never be taken away from you.
4. Vocabulary expansion
The more you read, the more words you're exposed to, and they inevitably make their way into your everyday vocabulary.
It may even help you in your career, as people who are well-read, well-spoken, and knowledgeable on a variety of topics tend to get promoted faster (and more often) than those with little vocabulary and no literary awareness.
5. Memory improvement
When you read a book, your brain gets into the habit of remembering the characters, their backgrounds, ambitions, history, and nuances, as well as the various arcs and subplots that weave through each story.
6. Strong analytical thinking skills
Have you ever read an amazing mystery novel and found yourself solving the mystery before finishing the book?
By taking into account all the details given in the novel, a story or drama about a murder, you can find the answer to the riddle with your subtle knowledge and analytical skills before revealing the identity of the murderer.
7. Improved focus and concentration
Normally when we are in an office or college or some other place our attention gets distracted in many ways, when we are sitting in front of mobile phone or computer, various kinds of distractions like conversation between friends make you unable to focus on a particular thing.
But if you pick up a book and start reading a good novel, all your distractions will diminish and you will be able to get completely into the novel, you can go back to the tenth century and see the Chola kings who lived there, the temples, rules, mining, etc. through your mind's eye.In this way, when you get used to reading a book, you will get used to focusing your attention on one activity, thereby increasing the chances of not getting distracted while doing your official work and other work.
8. Excellent writing skills
This goes hand in hand with expanding your vocabulary:
Exposure to published, well-written work has a significant effect on one's own writing, as observing other writers' characters, and writing styles, can be very helpful in continually improving your own work.
In the same way that musicians influence each other and pain9. Silence
Research shows that reading spiritual texts can lower blood pressure and bring about greater peace, while reading self-help books can help people with certain mood disorders and mild mental illnesses.ters use techniques established by earlier accomplished painters, writers learn how to shape prose by reading the works of others.
9. Silence
Research shows that reading spiritual texts can lower blood pressure and bring about greater peace, while reading self-help books can help people with certain mood disorders and mild mental illnesses.
10. Free entertainment
Every literate person on the planet has a reading genre, (flavored classical literature, poetry, fashion magazines, biographies, religious texts, young adult books, self-help guides, street lamps or romance novels).
So decide what your reading is and try to find them. Countless books are available for free and make use of them.
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