In my early childhood, I have always been looking up to successful people, I always wanted to be successful, and with that, I was too eager to find out how they became successful. I came to the realization of how they are living their life and one key point was that they developed a good reading habit, I discovered that most successful people we look up to are readers, and readers are thinkers and leaders. They take time to read, they cultivate an excellent reading habit.
Most students that get high grades in class, devote their time to quality time reading. Your mind must be acquiescent to learn new things to develop a healthy reading habit.
HERE ARE THE SIMPLE TIPS THAT CAN HELP YOU DEVELOP A HEALTHY READING HABIT
1. MAKE READING A PRIORITY
Setting reading on your priority list, having this at the back of your mind that you must achieve the goal of reading in which setting it as a priority will help you hinder being lazy and remind you of achieving your set goals(Reading). Add reading to your most important list of to-do’s.
2. PLANNING YOUR READING HABITS
Distinguish out of your leisure time, and create a reminder that reminds you of that hour as a reading time, it will help you get more conversant with reading.
On the other hand, you can schedule your reading habits to during lunch when there are not many tasks to do, before sleeping at night, etc . planning your reading habits helps you get aquatinted to reading.
3. FIND PLEASANT BOOKS
At first, one can be lazy to look for books to read simply because there are numerous books to read. You can start by searching for interesting books that won’t bore you. Books that catch your interest, reading books that interest you the most such as your mental health, personal growth, finances, comics, etc. with this you will begin to get acquainted with reading. Also, you can research books the successful people you admire wrote, this will help you go a long way.
4. READING EARLY IN THE MORNING
Psychology tells us that you assimilate better when you read early in the morning and of course, it has been done and proven many times. Your brain tends to assimilate very easily and fast very early in the morning because your brain already settles overnight and no noise, no distraction, and your mind is clear from distractions.
5. LEARN TO READ OFTEN AND AS MUCH AS YOU CAN
You have to cultivate the habit of reading constantly and remember great things come gradually. Reading regularly will help you get conversant with some concepts, and words. Learning to read as much as you can goes a very long way. don’t be limited to a particular book, this will enable you to know various things, fields if not in-depth knowledge but basic ideas about things. Don’t limit yourself to a particular minute or hour, if there are chances of reading, try reading, with this your writing skills, and vocabulary gets improved gradually till you become a pro.
6. PUT AWAY EVERY FORM OF DISTRACTION.
Doing away with things that can distract you like your smartphone, laptops, television, and games. Doing away with any form of distraction will help bring your mind together.
7. TRYING OUT DIFFERENT FORMATS (AUDIOBOOKS, E-BOOKS)
Audiobooks mean a recording of a book for those who prefer audiobooks, you can get audiobooks to help you still maintain your reading habits.
You are one step forward to redeveloping your reading habits by reading books that improve your mind. Reading non-fiction books helps your brain to deal with various ideas, sectors doing this regularly helps you have an idea about various aspects.
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