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Ten Ways to Strengthen Your Reading Habit
Most people wish they read more.� It is an activity that is both fun and enlightening.� It can help us be more knowledgeable and successful.� However, it is an activity that many people don't engage in very much.� According to the 1999 National Household Education Survey, 50% of the U.S. population aged 25 and over read a newspaper at least once a week, read one or more magazines regularly, and had read a book in the past 6 months.� What does this mean?� It means that 50% of the population hasn't read a book in the last six months!� Looking at the other end of the spectrum, research shows that if you read ten books a year, you are in the top few percent of all people as readers.� Simply stated, it doesn't take much to be well read, but we do need to know how to get started.� The following are ten suggestions to help you strengthen your reading habit ? ways to find and make more time for reading. 1.�Always have a book around.� Don't go anywhere without reading material.� Keep magazines or short stories in your bathroom.� Always have something in your briefcase to read.� Keep a book(s) by your bed.� Having things available makes it easier for you to steal otherwise lost moments.
�2002, All Rights Reserved, Kevin Eikenberry.� Kevin publishes Unleash Your Potential, a free weekly ezine designed to provide ideas, tools, techniques and inspiration to enhance your professional skills.� Go to http://www.kevineikenberry.com/uypw/current.asp to read the current issue and subscribe.� Kevin is also President of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a learning consulting company that helps Clients reach their potential through a variety of training, consulting and speaking services.� You may contact Kevin at toll free 888.LEARNER.
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