Cultivating the reading habit.
As a goal oriented person, I took the time out at the beginning of this year to ask myself these questions : Where do I want to be at the end of this year ? and How do I want to achieve this things ? So i did a kind of thinking or better put meditation on these questions and found out the exact answers to them.
Yes I had goals for myself and at least a viable plan to meet those goals. Yes I want to have been this , I want to have achieved this, I want to have done those and blah blah blah. But what are my plans to achieving these my goals?
I read somewhere that what we are is a matter of our habits. Simple as that statement is, it imprinted in me like seriously. So I asked myself, what habits do I need to cultivate if I am to become the kind of person I want to be at the end of 2017 ? Through researches both on and offline, I got some habits I wanted to inculcate in myself to become the kind of person that I am.
One of such habits is the reading habit. What is this reading habit ? How can one cultivate the reading habit ? What are the benefit of a cool reading habit ? These are the questions to be answered in this weeks Monday Motivational Moment MMM4.

So what exactly is the reading habit I am talking about ?
This is an habit one keeps such that one reads one thing or the other in a regular pattern. A person with a good reading habit makes sure he or she reads something every waking moment. This may be a piece of literature, an academic book, a religious one, a piece of newspaper, magazine , blog post etc. It can even be research materials like dictionaries.
How can one cultivate good reading habits ?
1. Set a goal over a period of time.
Have it as a goal to finish a particular piece over a reasonable period of time. This keeps you focused on keeping your good habit. I personally has it as a goal to read at least a book in every month. Another of such is reading the bible in the year. Want to make an habit of reading ? Set a goal for yourself.
2. Create time for reading just as you do for eating. Have you ever seen a man who is as busy as not setting a time for eating in a 24 hour period of time ? This is so because food provides the body with nourishment. How much more we need to on nourish our minds and hearts through reading. This time might be late in the night or early in the morning. Choose a time that suits you. Period.
3. Avoid procrastination. Kill it now, never postpone. The time is that very moment. Don't Fall into the habit of "latering" reading.
4. Avoid distractions. Off your phones. Don't read in front of a television. Off your stereo. Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

When you have done all these, you will created for yourself a good reading habit and the benefits are endless. Readers are leaders. They are well informed. They can draw on experiences of others through the lines of the pages they read and can therefore make wise decisions in their everyday life.

To good habits.


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Thank you very much man!

Nice one op.

Gaborone:
Nice one op.

thanks Bro

Good one OP

SirdimayG:
Good one OP

Thanks Sir.

Informative

veekid:
Informative

Educative

...it's as simple as that!
There are no hard and fast rules.
op

You can cultivate the habit by reading an excerpt from my book here.https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/1DC8OMK80D9IW
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Reading Can Be A Good Positive Habit, But Try Avoiding Reading Much About Health Issues.

Tazmode:
The intention of this article is good but it requires grammatical surgery

Is That Your Summary?

Food for thought,very informative.

I really need to stop procrastination

airminem:


Is That Your Summary?

not summary, observation. Don't get me wrong pls

This came through at the right time

airminem:
Reading Can Be A Good Positive Habit, But Try Avoiding Reading Much About Health Issues.

Why?

Well said

Nice one Op. This kind of thread no dey pull traffic like that.

Serious minded people, also read "5 Things to do to ensure your success in 2017" http://talkeverytime..co.id/2017/01/5-things-to-do-to-ensure-your-success.html

creating time for reading is boring. following a reading time table is more disastrous and scaring. and as time goes on you will be afraid to read.
just read when you feel like reading. and I bet you the urge to read all the time will grow
talking about switching off your phone. switching off the TV and music is a no no. what if you have important calls?
people read and understand in different environment. like my uncle he read and understands after taking some bottles of alcohol. a friend of mine can read and understand in noisy environment. and for me I can't read without music, especially foreign songs from artiste like One Direction, sia, the weekend, a great big world, passenger, Bruno Mars, avicii, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, xambassador, George ezra

kudos

Good. God bless you man

Keep it up!

Information lead to transformation......

K

Nice one

I need someone to please summarise Op write up... just too lazy to Read history.. Thanks

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