Why reading is important?

So many books, so little time said Frank Zappa. How true this is ! I consider reading to be one of the most refined pleasures. It nourishes your intellect and strengthens the spirit. So many great people from   Benjamin Franklin to Mahatma Gandhi have found solace in reading during the hard times and emerged resilient. 

Yet, very few take the advantage of reading now a these days, though books can be bought just at the click of a mouse. For most of the students, reading is just not their thing! Reading is not-so-cool thing to do for many. They don’t want to be labelled as a nerd or a bookworm by their peers.

We live in a society which prefers empty, mind-numbing entertainment.  Students would rather watch countless videos on YouTube, do WhatsApp, and snapchat or Instagram. Little do they realise that it is a colossal waste of time.

Reading is the most productive of all the activities you can engage in as a student. The most important benefit that can be reaped from reading is that it improves your vocabulary. The more words you know, the more fluently you can think. And the ability to think fluently is like having a superpower. 

Moreover, it needs no statistical data to support the fact that students who read voraciously score  exceptionally well in the entrance tests and academics. No surprise there, but it is also proven that they tend to do well in their professional and personal lives later. 

All the great people have one thing in common. They are terrific thinkers. And thinking undeniably comes with reading. Today’s readers are tomorrow’s leaders. For instance a CEO  on an average reads 50-60 books per year. Theodore Roosevelt used to read a book everyday, and Sir Wisnton Churchill is believed to have read 5000 books in his life time. No wonder that they created history.

So, if you really want to lead, then read.