21 Reasons 21 Powerful and Important Reasons to Read

Reading books ignites my enthusiasm for life itself. For years, I shared my book reviews on Goodreads, Facebook, with my friends, and my family. Here, I want to share 21 reasons why reading is important and powerful for your success.

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It doesn’t matter what you read; you’ll absorb something that will impart knowledge.

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2. Reading Books Out Loud To My Kids

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We can better understand ourselves and others from their hardships, experiences, and outcomes. They make us cry, laugh, and ponder our own lives.

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Researchers quizzed participants across five distinct experiments and found that intellectual humility was linked to a greater ability to process general knowledge.

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Through books, we can go back in the past or in the future, travel to space, across deserts, visit those who are sick, in poverty, or wealthy.

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Friends who were great readers would make recommendations, naming specific titles and authors I would enjoy.

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7. Books Can Be Life-Changing

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21 Reasons 21 Powerful and Important Reasons to Read

Reading books ignites my enthusiasm for life itself. For years, I shared my book reviews on Goodreads, Facebook, with my friends, and my family. Here, I want to share 21 reasons why reading is important and powerful for your success.

It doesn’t matter what you read; you’ll absorb something that will impart knowledge.

1. Provides An Opportunity To Learn

2. Reading Books Out Loud To My Kids

Books and reading awakened our children to emotional and cognitive development, joy, and entertainment and helped us all form bonds over favored stories.

We can better understand ourselves and others from their hardships, experiences, and outcomes. They make us cry, laugh, and ponder our own lives.

3. Have More Empathy

Researchers quizzed participants across five distinct experiments and found that intellectual humility was linked to a greater ability to process general knowledge.

4. Reading Teaches Us To Be Humble

Through books, we can go back in the past or in the future, travel to space, across deserts, visit those who are sick, in poverty, or wealthy.

5. Discover Places Around The World

Friends who were great readers would make recommendations, naming specific titles and authors I would enjoy.

6. Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone

7. Books Can Be Life-Changing

Life-changing books are rare, but when you find them they are wonderful gifts.

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