Speed Reading
How can you amass a a library of useful knowledge in your
head in a short time? By reading faster.
Imagine if you could learn fast, fast, fast. You'd be able
to fill your head with life-expanding, profitable new information,
and free up a lot of time. You would be a more powerful
thinker. No matter how much horsepower a car engine has, it needs
gas, right? Brain power is useless too, if the brain doesn't
have enough fuel in it to go somewhere. Intelligence just won't
get you anywhere without knowledge. So are you are ready for
a fill-up, but don't have much time?
Speed Reading
You may remember some techniques of speed reading, if you've
ever taken a course or read a book on the subject. If not, I'll
refresh your memory, or introduce you to the highlights.
1. When scanning, read the first and last parts of
paragraphs; this is where the important stuff is. Just pick up
any book or article now to verify this.
2. Train your eyes to see whole sentences at once.
This takes practice, but less back and forth with your eyes means
faster reading.
3. Read summaries and captions. Even a good headline
sometimes tells you most of the story, right?
4. Scan titles and subtitles before beginning, so you
know what you are looking for. This helps comprehension too.
5. Don't say the words in your mind as you read (this
limits your speed).
There is a lot more to it, and this is only meant as an introduction,
but you can probably see the benefits of learning speed reading.
Done right, you actually get better comprehension too,
contrary to what many believe. It also seems to help with memory.
I just checked out a seminar that costs $2200. That's a lot
of money, considering that like most seminars and speed-reading
books, it probably leaves it up to you to train yourself to break
lifelong habits of reading. There are far less expensive options
online, and they may be better in some ways - like ongoing support
and testing, versus an expensive three days and you're on your
own.
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