Reading is one of most absorbing hobby. It :-

· Sharpens one’s comprehension.

· Build one’s self-assurance and skill in dominating a page of print.

· Also helps in developing good vocabulary.

Reading Techniques:

Five indispensable techniques which you must master to be a better reader are:-

· Reading more, and for longer period of time, (read an entire novel or a complete magazine in single evening).

· Reading always, and everything, with a calm, sure, confident sense of urgency

· Reading with keen awareness of the structure of a piece of writing.

· Reading flexibly, (adjusting your rate and style of reading to what you read and your purpose in reading it).

· Reading so that you interpret more of what you see in less time

We should cultivate the quality of learning how beautiful a book is, the feeling that this is treasure to hold in hands, to look guard and preserve.

What to Read:Â

Learning to read, as you know is a continuous, never ending process. If you do very little additional reading, or if you read only material that offers no challenge to your comprehension, your reading will be of very little use.

Too many of us, once we reach a certain age, or once our formal schooling is completed, become so restricted in our choice of reading that we shy away from any new type of reading experience. We are reluctant to try anything beyond the level of a detective story or light novel, as if no other kind of book ever published could possibly interest us. Or we read only books in their professional or business field. Or only inspirational books. Or only our favorite newspaper every morning. Or only one magazine for which we have developed a liking.

And the trouble starts here. You should neither read only for entertainment nor only for information but you should also read for intellectual growth, for mental stimulation, for enriching your background of knowledge, for increased wisdom, and for broader outlook and a mature understanding.

What kind of books should you read to continue your intellectual growth, to gain ” a background for opinion and touchstone for judgment”?

The answer is simple one: Read books in fields you have little or no acquaintance with, books that will open for you new horizons of learning, books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and experience, books that will make the world and people more understandable to you, and books you can really sink your teeth into.

Few Suggested Books/Readings:

If you prefer a few specific recommendations, here is a suggested list of books on various subjects:-

Psychology

· I’m OK - You’re OK , by Thomas A Harris, M.D.

· Games People Play, by Eric Berne, M.D.

· Don’t Say Yes When You Want to Say No, by Herbert Fensterheim and Jean Baer

· Born to Win, by Muriel James and Dorothy Jongeward

Sex, Love, Marriage

· Sex in Human Loving by Eric Berne, M.D.

· How to Live with Another Person by David Viscott, M.D.

· Happy Families, A Reader’s Digest Guide to the Art Of Living Together

Health

· How A Man Stays Young by The Editors of “Men’s Health Magazine”

· Get Well Naturally, by Linda Clark

Business, Economics, Finance

· Parkinson’s Law, by C. Northcote Parkinson

· The Peter Principle, by Laurence J. Peter

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