As you see from this blog, I do not write often. But be assured, I’ve been reading lots!
The last book I read was 10 Days to Faster Reading
There’s two ways to speed up your reading: (1) Read Smart and (2) Read Fast.
Reading smart is taking a few seconds up front to plan out your reading. It’s asking yourselves questions like, Why am I reading this? And what info do I want to get out of it? It also includes previewing the whole book or article to get the “big picture” before diving in. Who says we have to read every word or section in a book? Yeah you’re elementary school said that, but you’re no longer in elementary school. Read what’s useful to you and skip what’s unnecessary or what you already know.
Reading fast is just that, reading fast. The best advice the book gives is to try picking up the pace and you’ll start reading fast. It’s as simple as that. Practice reading fast and you’ll read fast. There’s obviously more tips than that. For example, one issue I sometimes have when reading is distractions and day dreaming. For this problem, the book recommends reading faster to force your mind to concentrate. I tried it and it actually works. It’s like driving a car through twisty turns real fast…you’re forced to concentrate. No time to fiddle with the radio.
The key thing about reading fast (with understanding of the content) is using your peripheral vision. Each time your eye stops on a word, try to capture the two words around it too. Eventually you’ll be capturing entire lines with one look of the eye. It’s a matter of practice.
There’s more to the book, but nothing more to this summary. So read the book if you liked this summary.
Judging from this blog though, what I really need is “10 days to faster writing“.
Practice safe reading Hisham. Don’t read & day dream!
Nice summary. Too brief for my liking…i’m not intrigued enough to read it. These kinds of tips can be found if and when a person google’s “how to read faster” or “increasing the rate of comprehension” or the like. Do you think you got more out of this book than an average person can get from doing what i suggested in the span of 10 minutes or less? I personally think he/she can.