It has been said that readers are leaders. You can certainly dispute that, but it is a well-known fact. Having a reading attitude is an integral part of being successful.
Reading has always been the cornerstone of my learning. The first time a book was read to me in grade school, I could not wait until I was able to read books myself.
There were two main reasons why I wanted to learn how to read. When I was being read to, there was an emotional and mental entanglement for me. Let me explain what I mean.
As I began to listen to the story about the three bears, I was instantly whisked away to a place in my mind (my imagination) where I became a character in the story.
I felt the same feelings that the bears felt... When they felt hungry, I felt hungry. When they felt tired, I felt tired. And when they became surprised, I became surprised.
The descriptive words and imagery used in the story made the story lifelike. Listening to the story was like being in a dreamlike state as in a daydream.
Another thing that makes me want to read was the expectancy and curiosity factor in reading. No one likes being left to dry when listening to an interesting story.
What I mean is that we want to get to the end of the story. When something stops the reading causes an expectancy or unfulfilled desire in the listener. For me two things raise these kinds feelings; an unanticipated interruption or a multi-part story.
The best examples are commercials and soap operas, the bad thing of those is that they are multi-part. Soap operas are unending stories and have a dissonant air about them; they make me feel unsatisfied when the last scene for the day ends.
The second most meaningful thing that made me want to read was being able to increase my knowledge of things.
The day I got my first library card was the most liberating because books and stories increased my knowledge. I knew that having access to books would afford me the freedom to experience the feelings I felt when I was being read to.
With the difference being that I can now read what and when I want. Books are knowledge banks and I yearn for business education.
One time when I was in middle school I took a class to increase my reading speed and comprehension. It was the best move I could have ever made. Not only did I increase my comprehension and reading speed, my overall grades went up.
In my freshman year in collage my philosophy professor gave us a required reading list. As I remember there were more than 16 books. I had never had to read that many books.
So I went to work reading the books one by one. I eventually read them all, but little did I know that there was a better way to accomplish that task.
Only after many years one of my business tutors told me the trick to being able to read many books at once and making money online in business. When I found out how simple it was, it made me feel really stupid. My tutor explained it to me and I never forgot what they said.
They said that your brain is adaptable and when you force-feed it information, the brain remembers what you were able to do before. So, the next time you force-feed you brain even more information, your brain remembers that too.
To make a long story short, to read and understand what you read, all you need to do is to increase the number of books you want to read and continually increase that number over time.
Right now I can read more than eight books at a time and comprehend much of what I read. The trick is to slowly train your brain. A reading attitude is essential to learning.
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