Influencing your Life Through books

The amazing world of books hold such powers that has ever since, remained fully untapped by men. Since the conception of the idea of writing by man, from the invention of primitive writing to the latest advanced age of modern writing and publishing, myriad of books have been written on diverse topics and subjects under the sun. It has therefore been of utmost significance to the academic and information seeking milieu to keep abreast through certain books as regards their respective subjects and individual line of interest.
Books are in actual sense, the treasure piece of information, peculiar to the purpose and audience for which they are actually written, varying from academic, informative, technical, leisure and personal development. This article is however not of the sole aim of classifying books into major categories, but of the main essence of revealing how books can really go a long way to influence your life in a very positive way, thereby deriving maximum result to the time spent in reading such. Hence, we intend to keep close to the very aspect of personal development.
First of all, books preserve and hold a repertoire of information and knowledge. When we read we gain a detailed exposure to a wide range of information and essential knowledge which could not have been verbally disseminated but have been well preserved. Hence philosophers believed that a written account, could last for about a hundred years.
Reading a book makes available the wisdom of the past. Books can be said to bridge the gap between the past and the future, this is because past works of research are made available and you are better prepared for future challenges equipped with knowledge.
The popular saying is true ‘What you don’t know can kill you’ this is because, Ignorance is in itself a deadly disease. Reading the right books liberates your mind. It shows you what is obtainable When?, Where? and How?
Reading a book takes you farther than you are and you gain the wisdom of the sage without going through all their personal experiences which might take time or be unpalatable. The right book in your hand will wouldn’t make you to look farther than you need to.
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Ayeni Emmanuel Oluwadunsin
Nigeria.