Statistics he quoted:
- Average CEO of America reads 4-5 books a month
- Average American reads 1 book every year (and doesn't get past the first chapter)
Reading is a habit that is developed, so come on this ride with me! :D
"Standard education will get you jobs, self education will make you fortunes."
"If we do everything we're capable of, we'll astound ourselves."
~Thomas Jefferson
Fixation - small jump that your eyes make when reading
Great speed reader would average 900 wpm (gah..)
20/80 principal :D applies to speed reading, too. The key to effective time management is to figure out how to read the book effectively and find the 20/80 rule.
To start out - do not pick a book/subject that is completely new to you - select a subject you are familiar with so you can learn the new skill! (WOOHOO)
4 stages of learning:
Stage 1) Unconscious Incompetence - before you knew speed reading was possible but never heard of the concept of speed reading
Stage 2) Conscious Incompetence - consciously know that you have an incompetence in this area - that there is a skill out there that you don't know and you are moving towards learning that skill
Stage 3) Conscious Competence - You know the speed you are reading and the pattern your hands are moving - consciously moving them around
Stage 4) Unconscious Competence - Speed reading like a madman and not telling your hands/eyes to move in a certain way or pattern
The three essentials to learning something new!
1 desire
2 willingness
3 trying new methods
My goals for learning to speed read:
- Higher reading comprehension skills
- Higher information retention
- Read more books and increase my knowledge :)
- Help others with the information that I learn/retain/remember... to remember Who They Are
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