1. Food for the brain 2. Improved vocabulary 3. You’ll be more attractive 4. Meeting interesting people 5. Become who you should be 6. It’s fun and can be relaxing 7. Exercise for the memory 8. It opens your mind 9. Improves focus 10. Improves the world
You can go anywhere in the world by reading. You can feel, see, hear anything at all just by reading. Reading is the best way to relax and to acquire information because it exercises the brain and builds your brain's muscles, consequently giving you a better brain. I must cover a book/reading topic on my channel soon. It's quite an important topic I see.
What are some of the viewers favorite books to read? My are 1. Resilience by Eric Greitens 2. Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday 3. Mindfulness If this post gets 25 likes I’ll make my first RU-vid book review on my top pick!
"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone. That's why I read so much Jon Snow. And you..what's your story bastard."😂- Tyrion Lannister (The show)
I love reading. I think most people need to increase their reading time since this would open their ideas about the world and become better rounded people.
Great stuff, Theodore! I've learned so much through reading and I've seen many of the benefits that you explain. What I love about reading is that it is like stepping into the mind of the author. They are able to give as much value as they see fit and you have access to it all. I haven't read many fiction books, but one of my favorites is The Alchemist. There's so much great information in it regarding success and the journey that we go throughout life. I mostly read non-fiction books like yourself because of how much value is jam-packed into them. Thanks for the video, Theodore!
I've recently picked up the habit of simultaneously working through a fiction book and a non-fiction at the same time. Alternating every few chapters/sections back and forth with a short break in between. It is definitely one of the better habits I've picked up.
Would anyone be interested if I made a video summarizing the Intelligent Investor? I can maybe do one investing book summary per month, so let me know if there are others you want.
This would be great, i am a German and it is pretty Hard for me to Go through this book because the language is not so simple and the german Translation is realy Bad
Michael Jay - Value Investing, you should really help out Shivam Gangwar. You just earned yourself a new subscriber, if only my channel was about investing.
You may not respond but, I love reading as well, but the internet is what stops me, so this summer vacation, I'm planning to get a better brain by reading every book I want as I can and improve my language (not saying I was born in another country, I notice I mispronounce things). Improve my memory and get healthy. 10 benefits of reading: 1. Improves memory 2. Improves smartness 3. Increases focus 4. Changes mood slowly 5. Improves vocabulary, typing, and pronouncing words 6. Releases stress, anxiety, and depression 7. Reading becomes a hobby, daily routine 8. Become more knowledgable 9. Taking into another world, escapism 10. Reading is good
my average the last 6 month been around 57 pages per day. not turned into a demi-God but atleast it feels really nice to go to bed at 8 PM to read some.
I completely agree. I started my channel doing book summaries and reviews to encourage people to read. I purposely don’t give it all away in my summaries. I want people to read, then come back for my review to hear my opinions and to give me theirs.
@@sisina_sie5010 actually there are apps that have eye protecting light emitter... Like for example, Anybook app has that. Actually i read with actual books between my hands, it make me feel there warmth 💕
But while you should eat healthy diet food, it won't be as healthy if you *only* eat those. We need fiction in our lives too, as much as we need reality.
Sawbucks23 nice job! I have read over 60 since the summer of 2017. I have finished 25 already in 2019, and my goal is a minimum of 48 before January 2020. God willing I will do it! I am 31, and I think I had fully read maybe 5 books the first 29 years of my life. If I read, it was for school, and I would just skim over things to get it done. I love reading now!
That’s exactly what happened to me! I’m 25 and I have recently become obsessed with reading! My regret is that I didn’t see the beauty and power of reading in my younger years :/ did you achieve your 2020 goal?
@@adauleh3820 Good job! I was older when I was into reading and I felt like I missed out. If I had read some financial books while still in high school. I would have been rich by now.
This is great, a lot of psychologists have found that there is a huge overlap between the influence that reading fiction and playing video games or watching movies or theater can have. They all can induce flow and have an impact on your beliefs and help imagine through a variety of social situations. Puzzle games on the computer can even increase your IQ. I'm definitely pro-books, but I think we should all keep it in perspective and take in a variety of media in an appropriate balance.
This channel is way better than the other I watched before that calling fiction books unnecessary. Thank you to mention both fiction and non-fiction are good.
Though I was off sick from work 5 years ago (severe burnout), it was also the best time for me. Not only was I able to use that opportunity as a learning experience to help take care of myself, but I also ended up reading about 65 books within 2 months (fiction, up to 450 pp).
When I started reading people kept telling me that I should stop readung fiction because it will rot my brain and blah blah blah. That I should read books that will help me.
They know nothing, lol just ignore them. I've researched many real-life things, because I learnt about them in fiction books. I also read non-fiction as well.
That's why I read over 225 books now. Gonna to continue to read to better me. I have Autism so I have my reasons. So far Improving each book I've read.
I don't read as many physical books as I used to, but I DO run through audio books. Lol. I've done 4-5 books in 1 week. All of them being at least 6hrs+. I'm currently on "A Man For All Markets" By Edward O. Thorp. It's an amazing audio book that truly has me hooked but be aware its almost 17hrs long.......I only have 3.5hrs left until I'm done 😉🙏 Oh yea Btw Great Video!
Thanks for the video, Practical Psychology. It sure feels good to know how much can be obtained through reading. I'm also a Non-Fiction reader, so I particularly appreciate your take on this topic. Keep up the good work!
When people think non-fiction they think of science-related or history-related books that may be too technical for them to get into, but the last non-fiction book I read was an autobiography: 'Bossypants' by Tina Fey. But the focus should NOT be on non-fiction books, and not just books either. Newspapers lend perspective, graphic novels provide visuals which enhance the immersive quality of stories, and blogs reflect an individual's values and allow you to appreciate what the general public may consider "mundane", etc.
Non-fiction should be the only genre one must read!!! Due to that, my Northwestern University doctor friend and University of Michigan lawyer friend told me that I was the smartest person they knew when it came to politics.
I'd have to disagree with your first statement that fewer people are reading books. There is an explosion of new entrepreneurs popping up everywhere who read books. I guess because I'm surrounded by those people in everyday interactions it seems like most people do read, but I know that's not the case. However, I do not believe the reading rate is decreasing now as it might have been ten years ago. You'd be surprised about the awakening that's going on around us. Most people want to improve themselves and the best way to do that is through reading. I love your list by the way. number ten is by far the best. Improve yourself which then will improve the world through active innovations. Thanks!
We must ask ourselves why we enjoy reading about a hero who learns about the world they inhabit and comes to grips with the situation in which they find themselves, and yet we decline reading a book in which you learn about the world you inhabit and the situation in which you find yourself. Every nonfiction book points you at the hero's journey.
In the past I didn't really like X-Men that much but after reading Chris Claremont's 1980's Uncanny X-Men run, I got to witness the trauma and internal conflict the group had to endure to continue their legacy and mission. I was impressed on how humanely the characters were written as opposed to a 1 dimensional cookie-cutter plot. This isn't about bad guy vs good guy anymore, it's about the public's bias against mutantkind and the X-Men's struggles to preserve the peaceful notion that the X-Men promotes. Thanks to Claremont's talented writing skills, we have emotionally expressive characters having to deal with the consequences of their actions when a situation is poorly reacted to, the impact it has on the group is a very satisfying read and I'm glad I had a chance to experience the story first-hand. I can 100% call myself an X-Men fan now.
Mind controls not only the body but also the soul. It's true reading non-fictional books are important as they seem very practical to be successful in life.
I should think so, but I think you'd get more of a benefit if you read multiple newspapers a day instead of just the one. As a newspaper only has so many pages. You may like ProPublica if you haven't heard of it already. :)
Definitely into books, i can read all day, love it. Everyone should read, it improves the imagination etc. Great video. Have to admit i stick to fiction.
I like reading real books, but an ereader is just so much more convenient...it's thin and light, I can have several different books with me and I can get a new book in under a minute, most often for a cheaper price.
I read non-fiction books and play simulation games. My favorite topics are logic, math, science and business. I wish I could live hundreds of years to study all my favorite subjects.
Don’t you have to WANT to read the book in the first place for it to do you any good? If you read a book on something you have no interest in like physics or some random person in history, you can easily read a chapter or two and have no idea what you read
Absolutely. I haven't always been great at conversation (I've been working on that a lot) but I've been great at public speaking. Not really sure why but I'm better at speaking to 1000 people than I am at having a conversation with 1, and I think the biggest factor is that I've just read so many books that I can express ideas articulatly, bit I struggle to come up with things to say on the spot
If we don't know meaning of any word in book, this will distract a lot to read books interestingly. Pls tell me some suggestions to improve my vocabulary.
