by Jerome Espinosa Baladad

Created on: August 21, 2009   Last Updated: October 04, 2010

This writer has been a book reader as far as he can remember. As such, he'd rather spend his time reading a book than watching TV (unless, when he's got company, then he'd be watching TV - and that's just to poke fun on what's been happening on the tube). So what reasons can he share and persuade you on why others would like to consider reading a book a top priority activity in their personal lives?

1) Reading books can help you become more productive with your time. If you've nothing to do while waiting for something to happen as you go about following your schedule, you better read a book. While waiting for time, you may just read something good from a book. While waiting for the traffic to move, or while going to and fro your destination, you may also read a few pages of a book (it's a different matter altogether if you're the one driving - you need to listen then to an audio book, or books in a different format). Or read a book to someone who's driving and those willing and ready to listen, if that works for you.

2) To read a book is just like undergoing training and learning rolled into one, no matter how some have questioned how people can actually learn from or train using a book. This writer remembers a question fielded out by one of his teachers in graduate school, who happened to be an expert corporate trainer, and who asked the class "whether books can actually train people." The teacher was in a manner of speaking, sounding out his doubts on the use of books in training. This writer said otherwise, and explained himself. Well, the teacher was not convinced by this writer's ideas (briefly, he simply explained "books give out ideas that you apply in your everyday life situations"), and this writer thought the teacher must have taken it against this writer. But despite that, this writer still sticks to his position on books being both a great training and learning tool. You apply what you read from books in life, and you revise, if you made mistakes. You, thus, learn in the process - books then facilitate training and learning.

3) Books are great companions, especially when you're in situations in life that others describe as "going gets rough, the rough gets going" phase. When friends are unbearable to meet out, for some unclear and varied personal reasons, you may just consider reading books. Your seeking solace amidst the pages of a book, may help relieve whatever it is that ails you now. Read two pages or up to ten pages a day, and this will suffice

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