Hey,<\/p>\n
Last ass-kicking email, I went over some ways you can improve how
\nyou speed read.<\/p>\n
I showed how by defining what kind of information is crucial and
\nwhat isn’t, you can improve your comprehension while still reading
\nrelatively quickly.<\/p>\n
Today I’m going to follow-up with another speed-reading tactic,
\nthis time showing how you can remember more of what you speed read.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
The #1 Problem When Speed Reading<\/p>\n
In my experience, the biggest problem people face when trying to
\nspeed read is that it is more difficult to stay focused on the page.<\/p>\n
Sure, your reading rate might be 700 or 1000wpm if you’re completely
\nfocused. But maintaining high speeds like that for an hour or more,
\nand you’ll most likely gloss over huge important sections.<\/p>\n
The reason is that after about 400 words per minute you stop
\nsubvocalizing. Normally in speed reading literature this is a good
\nthing. It means you’re no longer pronouncing each word to yourself
\nmentally, and just getting the meaning of a phrase or sentence as
\na whole.<\/p>\n
In fact, to read faster, you will have to stop subvocalizing at
\nsome point, since it’s impossible to mentally read aloud each word
\nto yourself at that speed.<\/p>\n
But the price of this is that it becomes harder to stay focused.
\nThe monotonous subvocalization has one advantage–it forces you to
\npay attention to what is being said. Once this is gone, it’s easy
\nto breeze over entire paragraphs without realizing you aren’t
\nactually reading the text.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
Losing Focus While Reading? Here’s the Fix<\/p>\n
The solution to this problem is fairly simple. After each page or
\nsection, do a quick self test. Just ask yourself mentally:<\/p>\n
“What were the most important ideas in the last section?”<\/p>\n
Do this after each section and you’ll snap yourself out of moments
\nof lost focus.<\/p>\n
This step shouldn’t take more than a few seconds. It’s not as
\nelaborate as active reading, where you might be taking notes or
\ncreating metaphors. Instead, it’s just a simple test to ask if you
\nwere actually paying attention when reading.<\/p>\n
I find this step useful when I’m doing longer speed-reading
\nsessions. Particularly when the information is boring and I’m
\nlikely to have my mind wander away from the page.<\/p>\n
Of course, if you’re still wandering, it sometimes helps to
\ndeliberately read slower and subvocalize for a few pages to focus
\nyour mind back on the page again.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
The tenth month of implementation guides will be going live sometime
\nnext week. For everyone who subscribed after September, you’ll get
\nyour second month’s guides 40 days after you purchased the program.
\nThe extra ten days are to make sure that your account renews
\nsuccessfully.<\/p>\n
Next week I’ll be coming back with more tactics to help you learn
\nfaster and get the most out of the program!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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