Writing is not an easy thing to do. Even when you think you are a decent writer, you pick up the New York Times or the Harvard Business Review, flip through a few pages and find yourself reaching for the dictionary or Googling a phrase.

Yes, I think I can put words together that make sense, but I am far from New York Times or HBR material.

However, reading these and other publications help not only to improve your writing, but also helps to soak up knowledge of business markets you'd never thought you'd want to know about.