Cultivating Good Reading Habit
CULTIVATING GOOD READING HABIT
Personally, I love to read biographies of great men, especially, those who, through the exercise of their mental abilities, rose from almost nothing to enviable great heights in life. Be they blacks or whites, I have come to discover, in most cases, that the knowledge such people caught through books was the fundamental resource that empowered them to magnify their lives, multiply the ways in which they lived, making their lives full, phenomenal and interesting (Carson 1992). From every confirmation, most of them bagged assorted certificates. However, certificates were not the motivating factor that spurred them to read books in such manner that transformed them into great assets. Rather, they read books primarily for self-discovery and acquisition of useful knowledge, which they appropriated and applied in their daily lives. The books they read and they manner in which they read them served to strengthen, refine and ennoble their characters, giving them prized places in the affairs of life. Such door of strength and exploits in the affairs of life is still open to any person that musters the discipline to cultivate a good reading habit!
Good reading habit: A ticket to the speed lane of resourceful living
Generally speaking, knowledge is a great asset in life; for life issues and experiences are interpreted via knowledge. The quality of interpretation an individual expresses per time over any issue in life is proportional to the quality of knowledge resident in such individual. This is why a good reading habit is one of the most essential habits that ought to be cultivated in order for one to make a meaningful mark in this knowledge-worker age.
‘Ideas,’ as they say, ‘still rule the world.’ The beauty of it all is that the facts or ideas that will help you to rule over life issues and to also maintain trans-generational relevance in your field have been skillfully distilled, compressed, and deposited in some quality books by
Personally, I love to read biographies of great men, especially, those who, through the exercise of their mental abilities, rose from almost nothing to enviable great heights in life. Be they blacks or whites, I have come to discover, in most cases, that the knowledge such people caught through books was the fundamental resource that empowered them to magnify their lives, multiply the ways in which they lived, making their lives full, phenomenal and interesting (Carson 1992). From every confirmation, most of them bagged assorted certificates. However, certificates were not the motivating factor that spurred them to read books in such manner that transformed them into great assets. Rather, they read books primarily for self-discovery and acquisition of useful knowledge, which they appropriated and applied in their daily lives. The books they read and they manner in which they read them served to strengthen, refine and ennoble their characters, giving them prized places in the affairs of life. Such door of strength and exploits in the affairs of life is still open to any person that musters the discipline to cultivate a good reading habit!
Good reading habit: A ticket to the speed lane of resourceful living
Generally speaking, knowledge is a great asset in life; for life issues and experiences are interpreted via knowledge. The quality of interpretation an individual expresses per time over any issue in life is proportional to the quality of knowledge resident in such individual. This is why a good reading habit is one of the most essential habits that ought to be cultivated in order for one to make a meaningful mark in this knowledge-worker age.
‘Ideas,’ as they say, ‘still rule the world.’ The beauty of it all is that the facts or ideas that will help you to rule over life issues and to also maintain trans-generational relevance in your field have been skillfully distilled, compressed, and deposited in some quality books by
References: Carson, Ben (1992) Think Big. Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, Michigan. Eze, Sam (2005) Sharpening Your Skill For Maximum Increase. EL-Demak: Enugu