Is reading about gaining new insights?
Introduction
“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.” — Mark Haddon, English novelist.
Mark’s thoughts are interesting, so let’s delve into a possible reading approach for successful growth in 2024 that benefits everyone!
When we have an ambitious goal to make our mindset grow day by day — reading [and writing] will be our basic tool.
Reading skills encompass various abilities, such as comprehension, critical analysis, and inference, among others.
Developing these skills through practice, exposure to diverse genres, and active engagement with the material.
Regular reading enhances vocabulary, understanding of context, and grasping of nuances in written content.
Whether it’s fiction or non-fiction, honing these reading skills enhances one’s overall ability to understand and interpret written information effectively.
— Data of ‘readings’ in 2023:
Let’s dive deeper into my fresh insights based on my experience and actual discussions with colleagues who also use reading skills for step-by-step self-education processes with a great impact not only on positive growth in a professional journey but also on the cultural side of life.
Point 1: Paper books Vs. Electronic devices — pros and cons:
A lot of discussions we see today about what best approach to maintaining sustainable growth — should we use e-books only? Or vice Versa — the paper ones? Skipping the scientist’s role here with analysis of the human physical body-specificyses [it is their specialization] I’ll imagine my points from the Management role perspective.
— What I’ve analyzed about the pros and cons of reading from electronic devices versus paper books is just a drop in the ocean:
Of course, we may combine both methods and do our best.
Point 2: Time Management Skill for Reading Approach:
“Work complicates to fill the available time”
If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do.
— Parkinson’s law.
Work contracts to fit in the time we give it.
— Mark Horstman.
In ten hours a day you have time to fall twice as far behind your commitments as in five hours a day.
and
Data expands to fill the space available for storage.
— Asimov.
Of course — typical daily work roles today are overheating in most dynamic domains. 8 working hours 5/2. And there are working timeslots. What about classic education activities? Self-education processes? We need time and energized capacity to be with a mental resource for successfully developing our skillsets as well. Actually in a nutshell — we need capacity!
Here we should zoom in on the time management value as a basic part of success in our life overall.
Microsoft highlights:
— When make a reading hours/minutes?
- Morning routine: approximately 30 minutes.
- Lunchtime, of course in case you eat without any colleagues, partners, or friends.
- Evening time: from half an hour to 1 [MAX 2 hours].
Let me be clear here: we’re not in a reading club. It’s not an actual Olympic game. We have an only ambitious goal — to make a dream come true. To live our lives happily)
Point 3 — Case study: Benefits of Reading in English:
No, it’s not the case with Dictionary’s daily readings! It’s a basic approach that you can use with your progress: to use an analog [paper] Dictionary to clearly understand the meanings of new words to you.
Real value:
- Expand your vocabulary: A list of new words will have been repeated throughout the book during the time period you read it.
- Learn/refresh and review language tenses: Over 250 pages will help you.
- A new piece of information to put in your head: Make your brain so happy =).
Reading literature in the original we get information from the source. In this way, we improve the quality of our knowledge and develop critical thinking skills simultaneously.
The bottom line:
In a nutshell: To manage your personal development time for continuous education through book reading, identify free time slots, set realistic goals, minimize distractions, diversify your reading material, and regularly reassess your progress.
— Must have recommendations for 2024 below:
— My potential read recommendations for 2024: [UKR]
— PS:
Of course: AI has some point of view with imagination in the near future, take a look!
