Hi everyone!
I know this is a common problem, but I’m looking for suggestions on where to start to improve my reading and writing skills? I have recently started my first corporate job, and have noticed that my reading, writing, and communicative ability is definitely below average among my corporate peers. I work in consulting, which means I interact with numerous lawyers and other corporate professionals. I often have to extensively revise my memos and emails before sending them out. Additionally, I’ve noticed that during meetings, I tend to have a limited vocabulary and struggle to articulate my thoughts effectively. I feel pretty insecure about this, however, I understand that it is entirely my fault and want to fix it. I honestly can’t remember the last time I read a book (maybe middle school?) and actually understood it. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Would trying to pick up reading help with my writing ability? Also, how would I know what grade level to start at? Please let me know your thoughts?
P.S. I extensively reworded this reddit post
by PaulGulab
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What do you like? Stephen King is very approachable
Good on you for wanting to better yourself! My best advice would be to think of a topic you are really interested in, whether it’s rock and roll history, an athletic biography, something science related, or something related to your work and dedicate yourself to google the definitions for any word you don’t understand as you read. At first, it will suck and slow the reading down, but eventually (and probably pretty quickly) you will find you’ve expanded your vocabulary significantly! Another tool to keep the new words top of mind would be to try to use at least 2 or 3 of the new words in conversations throughout the day or week. Never too late to learn and congrats to you on taking the first step of identifying a problem!