All successful and wealthy people read a lot. You can get valuable information from books; the book world is very rich and diverse.
There are several reasons to read more.
1. With regular reading of good literature, written in a literate language, a person learns to express his thoughts competently and beautifully.
2. Reading promotes the development of imagination. From early childhood, reading develops imagination, the ability to imagine what has been written, to draw pictures in the head. The reader has his own tool for visualizing what he has read and ceases to depend on what information the video sequences convey to him.
3. Reading is a good way to distract yourself from pressing problems. Following an interesting plot, you forget about everything that bothers you in reality. Moreover, such a hobby does absolutely no harm, unlike alcohol or other psychotropic substances.
4. You expand your vocabulary. A person who reads a lot, has a very large vocabulary, can express his thoughts more fully and beautifully.
5. Increased mental alertness. Regular reading can increase mental alertness, which is not the case when watching TV.
6. Even fiction can provide useful knowledge that will help you in your life and career. A narrow specialization is, of course, good; but a professional who has a wide outlook is always valued higher.
7. Ability to write correctly. Even if you don't have a lot of knowledge of Russian, constant reading will help you remember the spelling and grammar rules. Visual memory will work, and you will automatically write correctly.
8. Continuous reading helps to strain and strain the optic nerves, which contributes to the good functioning of the eye muscles. But you need to read in good lighting and observing all the reading rules.
9. When we read a book, we try on some situations and behavior of the characters. Psychologists have found that such "fittings" have a positive effect in stressful situations, a person can make the right decision, even if this is not characteristic of his usual line of behavior. This is facilitated by the "fitting" of the read on oneself.
10. Reading is a great pleasure. Probably, many will agree that reading a book is much more interesting than watching a similar movie.
