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Reading is the most effective habit to build your intelligence and memory. You might be born intelligent, but if you don’t have the habit of reading, you will remain an average person. Reading promotes imagination, information organization, information recall, and provides ingredients for imagination.

How does one imbibe the habit of reading? Are there any methodologies for people who have not read a single page in their lives? Yes there are. Here are some tips.

Start slowly and steadily. Read for five minutes every hour. Then stretch it to ten minutes. Set a time in a day for you to read information. Don’t read stuff that will not help you in any way. For example, things written on movie stars. These are entertaining, but a complete no-brainer.

When you travel, carry a book along. Whereever you go, be it on a vacation, or a family function, carry a book. You might not get time to read, but you are carrying your motive along with you. And one day you will be compelled to read the book and finish it.

Read a variety of information. Don’t just read romantic novels or sports biographies. Read about medicine, and engineering subjects. Get used to the demands of thought , reasoning, and logical representation that reading has on your brain. Once in a while read things you love to read. Read comics, and glossy magazines.

Start visiting libraries. You will find people of your interest. Don’t become too much of a bookworm. Over-reading and not doing anything can also be no fun.