Quick And Effective Reading is a series of posts written to help you master the skills of quick and effective reading.
This series consists of 5 posts covering various topics on improving your reading speed and also working out habits for better and easier comprehension of the material you're reading. The goal is to provide you with the results of my research on the subject to make the task of improving your speed reading skills slightly easier for you.
Currently the following articles are available:
Quick And Effective Reading, part 1 of 5
This is the first article in the series, and it introduces the idea of quick and effective reading. You're given a statement of this idea, a justification for it and an expected outcome.
This is what you can expect from commiting to a quick reading idea:
- greatly improved speed of reading
- comprehension improvements
- ability to organize and quickly access the most important information from the books/articles you’ve read
Also in this article, I had outlined the principles of quick and effective reading. I then summarized my personal reasons for improving my speed of reading.
Quick And Effective Reading, part 2 of 5
In the second article, I'm sharing with you some of the techniques aimed at overall optimization of your reading process. You will start by measuring your current speed using free online speed reading tests, and then learn three very important techniques for improving your reading speed.
These are the topics covered in this article:
- Improving your eye span: start reading in blocks
- Increasing your reading speed: stop reading to yourself
- Paying attention: stop re-reading words and lines
- Staying focused: read with the help of your hand