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"In the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books..."
Daniel 9v2.
One of the things you can't do amiss is reading. You can pray amiss; eat too much till you're choked; you can get addicted on anything; but when it comes to reading, you can't do it too much. The more you know, the more you want to know. You can't read less, the effects are far reaching. Books are one of world's major influence, and knowledge will always place you at an edge of relevance and impact.
Quickly, I will share with you some of the edge reading affords you. It might be gradual, but surely, reading naturally announces you, without you knowing.
Knowledge attracts
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Few times, I have met people who says to me; "I just like you, I love being around you; you kinda know so much". I will often smile and wonder; "how do they mean?". I have made more friends and easily initiates new ones, it comes so easily with me. The world is looking for answers to many questions, there are voids in people looking for a fill-ups. If you are armed with the timely and right information they wanted, there is always a connection, and you attract them to yourself.
It dictates your relevance.
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Your relevance in life will be your knowledge in other peoples' area of ignorance. It is your abundance light in their dark spots that makes you shine. A lot of people are confused, but if you can shine a light in their path, and direct their feet to the right course, they without much ado, places a value on you. When you are valuable, you earn respect, hands down.
Leadership competence
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Hey, people are direction seeking. Leadership is knowing where others need to be per time, and helping them to get there. That's simply influence. When you know, people trust you to lead them. Competence comes when you can cast their visions, describes their dreams, and feed their desires. You need knowledge to develop such rare ability.
Creative writing.
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One thing reading does is that it increases your word Base. You encounter new words as you read, you observe writing styles of several authors and you master their thought drifts and coherence as you read along. And with intentional practice, your writing skills receive a boost. Also, you will always write about what you know and understand. Tell me, if you weren't reading, how on earth do you want to be inspired to write?
Confidence to speak.
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I've been asked to speak impromptu many times, and all I have to do, is to think for few minutes, arrange my thoughts and deliver powerfully as though I had all night to rehearse. That's what reading can do. When you know what to say, confidence is induced to deliver. Aside stage freight, more reason why people stammer at their speech, is inadequate information on the subject matter.
The guardian of Abraham Lincoln asked him while he was a teenager, why are you reading this much? and he said; "today, I will prepare, when my time comes, I will be ready".
Reading makes for a ready man!
Have you read today? Do you plan to? Please do remember that a soul that thirst after knowledge as a mind that knows, and a mind that knows is a mind that's free.