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Reading helps you \u2018see more\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nBack in medieval or even in modern times, getting to a high-altitude position before the battle is considered to be of great strategic value. The reason? One can simply know the terrain well and the position of the troops one has to beat, so a plan can be made and acted in the best possible manner with the resources available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reading more brings about the same change in you. You simply know more and are informed in advance. You almost run a step in the future, where you can spot the patterns happening, connect more dots than your peers down the hill (those who don\u2019t read!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Say you are on an expedition to find gold in suspected goldmine areas. If you know the type of soil and the changes to expect when you get near to actual goldmines or say even about the selection of the place to dig, unlike your peers who decide to dig a place because it looks good, you have a clear advantage. For it may seem to them that you are already running in future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tunnel-957963_1920-1024x680.jpg\")
Image by Dariusz Sankowski<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhy wouldn\u2019t you want to run in the future or almost the equivalent of it by simply reading more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reading helps you make \u2018the wiser choice\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe, humans, experiment and learn, as we should. It is possible for a rocket to reach the destination in space without a defined trajectory, provided the rocket has infinite fuel and infinite time. Do we humans have infinite time and energy to do a course correction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While there is always something special about people willing to experiment and learn, getting a head start is always a great advantage. And the truth is that even the rockets cannot possess infinite fuel or endurance to last for eternity, well we are humans! The same approach of \u2018to experience and learn\u2019 can be enormously boosted by information beforehand, that books can provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/book-863418_1920-1024x640.jpg\")
Image by Mystic Art Design<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIf you know there is traffic on the road you are about to take, you will most certainly take an alternate route and save time for something more productive. There is always more to accomplish in life than you can. There isn\u2019t any point in pulling your hair later because you simply didn\u2019t inform yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reading exposes you to wider domains<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe often are flabbergasted to find out that several outstanding inventions or contributions to a certain field were done by people from a completely different field. Often a mathematician wins a Nobel prize in economics or a physicist makes some noteworthy contribution to psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/skull-and-crossbones-1739993_1920-1024x683.jpg\")
Image by Gerd Altmann<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe quickly call them out as \u2018genius\u2019, stay in awe for a moment and move on. While them being \u2018geniuses\u2019 is not a bad statement to make but what could be the reason that even being from a completely different domain, they can make a mark?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe the fact that they belong to a different domain plays an important role. When pursuing a major, the courses structure our mind to make us think in certain ways to reach a result. We almost begin to limit our minds by thinking that \u2018this is the only way or ways\u2019 to approach. But when a person from a different domain is presented with the same problem, he approaches it differently and there lies the breakthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now imagine what great advantage you would have if you can have the ability of different approaches in your mind? This could be a brilliant advantage to have by reading on various domains. If searched for, there is wisdom to be found even in fictional stories and who knows how it might slightly alter or add to your approach and you find the next big thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/business-1031754_1920-1024x678.jpg\")
Image by Free-Photos<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOne of my favourite fictional conversations that have a deep meaning to it is from the all-time children\u2019s classic Alice in Wonderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWould you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?\u201d<\/p>
\u201cThat depends a good deal on where you want to get to,\u201d said the Cat.<\/p>
\u201cI don\u2019t much care where\u2014\u201d said Alice.<\/p>
\u201cThen it doesn\u2019t matter which way you go,\u201d said the Cat.<\/p>
\u201c\u2014so long as I get somewhere,\u201d Alice added as an explanation.<\/p>
\u201cOh, you\u2019re sure to do that,\u201d said the Cat, \u201cif you only walk long enough.\u201d \u2014<\/p>– conversation between Alice and Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nReading turns you from a caterpillar to a butterfly<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe are born in a society and brought up in a certain way. Depending on the part of the world we belong to and the values our parents or guardians define ideal. Sure, we develop abilities adhering to these values and they form our core. Now make no mistake, these values or structure we grow in, helps us a lot rather than meandering without any direction whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they also confine us to a confined bubble space, which we strictly dare not to breakthrough. Before jumping to the conclusion that we should break all the bubbles right away just because they exist, let’s make a more rational choice. Is it possible to view objectively what good values that you were told to believe, are serving you and which of them aren\u2019t? Are you believing only because someone says it? How can you verify? Are you in some ways a caterpillar in a cocoon waiting to break out and be a butterfly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/caterpillar_to_butterfly.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAlthough this seems fairly reasonable to read, we can see it everywhere around. Be it a case of an international conflict, political ideology or simply a performance by a team in a sport; we see people blasting their opinions or garnering support or \u2018fighting them\u2019 in the comments section!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The basis for it? Because \u2018they say it\u2019 or quickly believe a group\/culture to be in a certain way because of what they have heard of the stereotypes about the respective group. The truth is as the quote says, \u2018Empty vessels make noise\u2019. Or a more optimistic one, \u2018Still waters run deep\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/social-1206614_1920-1024x796.png\")
Image by ijmaki<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhen you take time to read and inform yourself, you stop jumping to abrupt conclusions. And once you develop this habit, you become watchful, reduce complaining and understand more. You can only fly when you are a butterfly and not if you stay a caterpillar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end, if reading 30 minutes daily or 10 pages every day can make you look in future, make you wiser, help you excel in your field and help you \u2018fly\u2019; why wouldn\u2019t you do it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/books-1281581_1920-1024x388.jpg\")
Image by Pexels<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMake a resolve to read a book today! Where can you start? Literally from where you want to. Library membership isn\u2019t expensive than your groceries for half the week (and free if you are a student!) or simply ask your friend who reads for a book! Feel free to use the comments section to suggest books or write your resolve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
survive our entire lives without reading a book, isn\u2019t it? Exercising can build our immunities, decrease the risk of heart diseases, lower blood pressure but what can reading possibly change in our lives? Well, let\u2019s dive in cogently. …
Why wouldn\u2019t you want to run in the future or almost the equivalent of it by simply reading more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reading helps you make \u2018the wiser choice\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe, humans, experiment and learn, as we should. It is possible for a rocket to reach the destination in space without a defined trajectory, provided the rocket has infinite fuel and infinite time. Do we humans have infinite time and energy to do a course correction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While there is always something special about people willing to experiment and learn, getting a head start is always a great advantage. And the truth is that even the rockets cannot possess infinite fuel or endurance to last for eternity, well we are humans! The same approach of \u2018to experience and learn\u2019 can be enormously boosted by information beforehand, that books can provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\nImage by Mystic Art Design<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIf you know there is traffic on the road you are about to take, you will most certainly take an alternate route and save time for something more productive. There is always more to accomplish in life than you can. There isn\u2019t any point in pulling your hair later because you simply didn\u2019t inform yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reading exposes you to wider domains<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe often are flabbergasted to find out that several outstanding inventions or contributions to a certain field were done by people from a completely different field. Often a mathematician wins a Nobel prize in economics or a physicist makes some noteworthy contribution to psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\nImage by Gerd Altmann<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe quickly call them out as \u2018genius\u2019, stay in awe for a moment and move on. While them being \u2018geniuses\u2019 is not a bad statement to make but what could be the reason that even being from a completely different domain, they can make a mark?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe the fact that they belong to a different domain plays an important role. When pursuing a major, the courses structure our mind to make us think in certain ways to reach a result. We almost begin to limit our minds by thinking that \u2018this is the only way or ways\u2019 to approach. But when a person from a different domain is presented with the same problem, he approaches it differently and there lies the breakthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now imagine what great advantage you would have if you can have the ability of different approaches in your mind? This could be a brilliant advantage to have by reading on various domains. If searched for, there is wisdom to be found even in fictional stories and who knows how it might slightly alter or add to your approach and you find the next big thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\nImage by Free-Photos<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOne of my favourite fictional conversations that have a deep meaning to it is from the all-time children\u2019s classic Alice in Wonderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWould you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?\u201d<\/p>
\u201cThat depends a good deal on where you want to get to,\u201d said the Cat.<\/p>
\u201cI don\u2019t much care where\u2014\u201d said Alice.<\/p>
\u201cThen it doesn\u2019t matter which way you go,\u201d said the Cat.<\/p>
\u201c\u2014so long as I get somewhere,\u201d Alice added as an explanation.<\/p>
\u201cOh, you\u2019re sure to do that,\u201d said the Cat, \u201cif you only walk long enough.\u201d \u2014<\/p>– conversation between Alice and Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nReading turns you from a caterpillar to a butterfly<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe are born in a society and brought up in a certain way. Depending on the part of the world we belong to and the values our parents or guardians define ideal. Sure, we develop abilities adhering to these values and they form our core. Now make no mistake, these values or structure we grow in, helps us a lot rather than meandering without any direction whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they also confine us to a confined bubble space, which we strictly dare not to breakthrough. Before jumping to the conclusion that we should break all the bubbles right away just because they exist, let’s make a more rational choice. Is it possible to view objectively what good values that you were told to believe, are serving you and which of them aren\u2019t? Are you believing only because someone says it? How can you verify? Are you in some ways a caterpillar in a cocoon waiting to break out and be a butterfly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAlthough this seems fairly reasonable to read, we can see it everywhere around. Be it a case of an international conflict, political ideology or simply a performance by a team in a sport; we see people blasting their opinions or garnering support or \u2018fighting them\u2019 in the comments section!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The basis for it? Because \u2018they say it\u2019 or quickly believe a group\/culture to be in a certain way because of what they have heard of the stereotypes about the respective group. The truth is as the quote says, \u2018Empty vessels make noise\u2019. Or a more optimistic one, \u2018Still waters run deep\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image by ijmaki<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhen you take time to read and inform yourself, you stop jumping to abrupt conclusions. And once you develop this habit, you become watchful, reduce complaining and understand more. You can only fly when you are a butterfly and not if you stay a caterpillar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end, if reading 30 minutes daily or 10 pages every day can make you look in future, make you wiser, help you excel in your field and help you \u2018fly\u2019; why wouldn\u2019t you do it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image by Pexels<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMake a resolve to read a book today! Where can you start? Literally from where you want to. Library membership isn\u2019t expensive than your groceries for half the week (and free if you are a student!) or simply ask your friend who reads for a book! Feel free to use the comments section to suggest books or write your resolve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
survive our entire lives without reading a book, isn\u2019t it? Exercising can build our immunities, decrease the risk of heart diseases, lower blood pressure but what can reading possibly change in our lives? Well, let\u2019s dive in cogently. …
If you know there is traffic on the road you are about to take, you will most certainly take an alternate route and save time for something more productive. There is always more to accomplish in life than you can. There isn\u2019t any point in pulling your hair later because you simply didn\u2019t inform yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reading exposes you to wider domains<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe often are flabbergasted to find out that several outstanding inventions or contributions to a certain field were done by people from a completely different field. Often a mathematician wins a Nobel prize in economics or a physicist makes some noteworthy contribution to psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\nImage by Gerd Altmann<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe quickly call them out as \u2018genius\u2019, stay in awe for a moment and move on. While them being \u2018geniuses\u2019 is not a bad statement to make but what could be the reason that even being from a completely different domain, they can make a mark?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe the fact that they belong to a different domain plays an important role. When pursuing a major, the courses structure our mind to make us think in certain ways to reach a result. We almost begin to limit our minds by thinking that \u2018this is the only way or ways\u2019 to approach. But when a person from a different domain is presented with the same problem, he approaches it differently and there lies the breakthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now imagine what great advantage you would have if you can have the ability of different approaches in your mind? This could be a brilliant advantage to have by reading on various domains. If searched for, there is wisdom to be found even in fictional stories and who knows how it might slightly alter or add to your approach and you find the next big thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\nImage by Free-Photos<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOne of my favourite fictional conversations that have a deep meaning to it is from the all-time children\u2019s classic Alice in Wonderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWould you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?\u201d<\/p>
\u201cThat depends a good deal on where you want to get to,\u201d said the Cat.<\/p>
\u201cI don\u2019t much care where\u2014\u201d said Alice.<\/p>
\u201cThen it doesn\u2019t matter which way you go,\u201d said the Cat.<\/p>
\u201c\u2014so long as I get somewhere,\u201d Alice added as an explanation.<\/p>
\u201cOh, you\u2019re sure to do that,\u201d said the Cat, \u201cif you only walk long enough.\u201d \u2014<\/p>– conversation between Alice and Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nReading turns you from a caterpillar to a butterfly<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe are born in a society and brought up in a certain way. Depending on the part of the world we belong to and the values our parents or guardians define ideal. Sure, we develop abilities adhering to these values and they form our core. Now make no mistake, these values or structure we grow in, helps us a lot rather than meandering without any direction whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they also confine us to a confined bubble space, which we strictly dare not to breakthrough. Before jumping to the conclusion that we should break all the bubbles right away just because they exist, let’s make a more rational choice. Is it possible to view objectively what good values that you were told to believe, are serving you and which of them aren\u2019t? Are you believing only because someone says it? How can you verify? Are you in some ways a caterpillar in a cocoon waiting to break out and be a butterfly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAlthough this seems fairly reasonable to read, we can see it everywhere around. Be it a case of an international conflict, political ideology or simply a performance by a team in a sport; we see people blasting their opinions or garnering support or \u2018fighting them\u2019 in the comments section!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The basis for it? Because \u2018they say it\u2019 or quickly believe a group\/culture to be in a certain way because of what they have heard of the stereotypes about the respective group. The truth is as the quote says, \u2018Empty vessels make noise\u2019. Or a more optimistic one, \u2018Still waters run deep\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image by ijmaki<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhen you take time to read and inform yourself, you stop jumping to abrupt conclusions. And once you develop this habit, you become watchful, reduce complaining and understand more. You can only fly when you are a butterfly and not if you stay a caterpillar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end, if reading 30 minutes daily or 10 pages every day can make you look in future, make you wiser, help you excel in your field and help you \u2018fly\u2019; why wouldn\u2019t you do it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image by Pexels<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMake a resolve to read a book today! Where can you start? Literally from where you want to. Library membership isn\u2019t expensive than your groceries for half the week (and free if you are a student!) or simply ask your friend who reads for a book! Feel free to use the comments section to suggest books or write your resolve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
survive our entire lives without reading a book, isn\u2019t it? Exercising can build our immunities, decrease the risk of heart diseases, lower blood pressure but what can reading possibly change in our lives? Well, let\u2019s dive in cogently. …
We quickly call them out as \u2018genius\u2019, stay in awe for a moment and move on. While them being \u2018geniuses\u2019 is not a bad statement to make but what could be the reason that even being from a completely different domain, they can make a mark?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe the fact that they belong to a different domain plays an important role. When pursuing a major, the courses structure our mind to make us think in certain ways to reach a result. We almost begin to limit our minds by thinking that \u2018this is the only way or ways\u2019 to approach. But when a person from a different domain is presented with the same problem, he approaches it differently and there lies the breakthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now imagine what great advantage you would have if you can have the ability of different approaches in your mind? This could be a brilliant advantage to have by reading on various domains. If searched for, there is wisdom to be found even in fictional stories and who knows how it might slightly alter or add to your approach and you find the next big thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of my favourite fictional conversations that have a deep meaning to it is from the all-time children\u2019s classic Alice in Wonderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWould you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?\u201d<\/p> \u201cThat depends a good deal on where you want to get to,\u201d said the Cat.<\/p> \u201cI don\u2019t much care where\u2014\u201d said Alice.<\/p> \u201cThen it doesn\u2019t matter which way you go,\u201d said the Cat.<\/p> \u201c\u2014so long as I get somewhere,\u201d Alice added as an explanation.<\/p> \u201cOh, you\u2019re sure to do that,\u201d said the Cat, \u201cif you only walk long enough.\u201d \u2014<\/p>– conversation between Alice and Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n We are born in a society and brought up in a certain way. Depending on the part of the world we belong to and the values our parents or guardians define ideal. Sure, we develop abilities adhering to these values and they form our core. Now make no mistake, these values or structure we grow in, helps us a lot rather than meandering without any direction whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But they also confine us to a confined bubble space, which we strictly dare not to breakthrough. Before jumping to the conclusion that we should break all the bubbles right away just because they exist, let’s make a more rational choice. Is it possible to view objectively what good values that you were told to believe, are serving you and which of them aren\u2019t? Are you believing only because someone says it? How can you verify? Are you in some ways a caterpillar in a cocoon waiting to break out and be a butterfly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although this seems fairly reasonable to read, we can see it everywhere around. Be it a case of an international conflict, political ideology or simply a performance by a team in a sport; we see people blasting their opinions or garnering support or \u2018fighting them\u2019 in the comments section!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The basis for it? Because \u2018they say it\u2019 or quickly believe a group\/culture to be in a certain way because of what they have heard of the stereotypes about the respective group. The truth is as the quote says, \u2018Empty vessels make noise\u2019. Or a more optimistic one, \u2018Still waters run deep\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you take time to read and inform yourself, you stop jumping to abrupt conclusions. And once you develop this habit, you become watchful, reduce complaining and understand more. You can only fly when you are a butterfly and not if you stay a caterpillar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the end, if reading 30 minutes daily or 10 pages every day can make you look in future, make you wiser, help you excel in your field and help you \u2018fly\u2019; why wouldn\u2019t you do it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Make a resolve to read a book today! Where can you start? Literally from where you want to. Library membership isn\u2019t expensive than your groceries for half the week (and free if you are a student!) or simply ask your friend who reads for a book! Feel free to use the comments section to suggest books or write your resolve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" survive our entire lives without reading a book, isn\u2019t it? Exercising can build our immunities, decrease the risk of heart diseases, lower blood pressure but what can reading possibly change in our lives? Well, let\u2019s dive in cogently. … Reading turns you from a caterpillar to a butterfly<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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