READ MORE - and WHY!

Reading matters for many reasons...

For starters, think about this fact:

"You will be as successful as your vocabulary."

READ MORE: Kelly Corrigan speaks about reading in a persuasive way.

Here are a few notes and quotes...


#1 Vocabulary predicts career success. 

• 33% of high school graduates and 42% of College graduates never read a book again.
• Reading is a neurobiological workout for the brain. Read for the words. 
• Reading has the same physiological benefits as meditation.
• Add two million words by reading 30 minutes a day in a year...100,000 new words per year. Retain a hundred new words a year at least.
• Words are your own personal arsenal. 
• How we communicate...How we behave - who we are. "It all starts with word choice." 
• Make a meaningful connection to others - emotional intelligence begins with word choice. 

 “I am just as deaf as I am blind.  The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex.  Deafness is a much worse misfortune.  For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus – the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of men.” –Helen Keller


Do you know these words from Kelly Corrigan's TED Talk?