Do you enjoy sitting down with a good book? Reading is linked to a variety of benefits, both mental and physical.
Many people today, setting time aside to read for leisure is a hard task. Maybe it’s the fault of all these new technologies and smart devices distracting us?
Regardless of how much stress we have to deal with from work or home, life usually gets easier when one can lose oneself in an awesome story, in a physical book.
We are usually a sum of all the books we’ve read: information absorbed, knowledge acquired and experiences gained up to that point in life. They define who we are. For all you know, they may even save your life or keep you alive.
Here’s an interesting infographic showing that reading can actually help prevent Alzheimer’s.
And renowned Nigerian poet and novelist, Ben Okri also had this to say about the importance of reading:
If you are asking yourself what kind of books CEOs read to keep them always on the go, wonder no more.
Archie has hooked us up with 6 novels that successful CEOs of our time have read and also endorse. Who knows, you might read one of these books and become the next Bill Gates.
