If so, you simply must read Speed-Reading Guide for Hacking Learning & Strategies for Speed Analysis and Memorization (Education, Tactics, Summary, Guide Book, Learn, Master, Fast, Coding) . This book teaches you simple and easy-to-understand methods for achieving all of the above benefits - and many more!
With your new speed reading skills, you can learn to read with purpose by chunking, clumping, and finding your optimal pace! You’ll easily and quickly set aside your old learning habits, such as losing your place, fixating, regression, and sub-vocalization. This book will even help you find the right speed reading techniques for you! Choose from a vast array of pwerful
You’ll even learn which software applications you can use!
Good thing this was short! Ouch! It really didn't teach me anything about speed reading, just that it existed and that I could find classes somewhere to teach me! I think the writer might not be a native English speaker. The writing was pretty terrible and there were more misspellings than I can count. My favorite example has to be "seed reading"! Skip this one!
You can read almost half of the book before the author even begins to tell you how to speed-read, and then you will only get vague suggestions on the various techniques. I should have known that on a subject where there are entire courses available, that one short ebook would not do it justice. Another problem I had was that there were times when it seemed as if the editor, if there was one, used speed-reading while he was editing! One paragraph had so many errors in it that that's about where I called it quits with this book. My advice: move on to something else.
The book feels like it's been copy-pasted in bulk from some web-site devoted to the topic of speed-reading. There is factual information available but on the whole it is very sketchy: speed-reading techniques are named and briefly described, list-style. No exercises or practical tips are given at all. Also, a ton of grammatical mistakes and typos. The awkwardness of the language itself hints that the text was created by a non-native English speaker.
A reader lives A thousand lives Before he dies. The man who never reads Lives only one.
George RR Martin
Speed Reading: Guide for Hacking, Learning, and Strategies for Speed Analysis and Memorization by Simon Thompson is a very short informative book about speed reading, or the technique which one uses to increase or elevate the speed which one reads a certain text. Thompson is very thorough in his presentation of speed-reading. He presents data as to why it is important to be able to speed-read, he explains the process and what happens during speed-reading, in addition to discussing obstacles and solutions to overcoming them.
Thompson outlines and defines the six types of speed-reading: skimming, scanning, meta-guiding, photo-reading, quantum speed reading, and software use. With each type, he mentions when it is most effective. People with reading disabilies have even had positive results with practice, classes, and effort! Essentially, he says, any person who puts forth the effort can be taught to speed-read, and it is a learned skill that will benefit one throughout his/her lifetime. Since speed-reading depends on the brain, Thompson states it is important to also focus on a healthy diet, supplements that positively impact the brain, exercise, sleep, and the elimination of unhealthy habits.
A significant amount of information is packed in Thompson's Speed-Reading Guide, which will be beneficial to anyone who desires to increase his/her reading speed and retain information at the same time. If learning to speed-read is your goal, I recommend this book as one of many tools to use. Please be aware that there are several editing issues, especially in the beginning; however, the information is still clear and concise.
This is a very compelling good, that goes into good detail about how you can speed read, and not sacrifice quality, in order for you to be able to get the most out of your read, even if it's a speed read. The attention to detail, talking about how your brain can project these images, which can be argued as your imagination, is quite fascinating. An interesting of knowing how your brains works, and how your able to make it like a movie experience. Which is pretty cool. I'd recommend this to anyone who's trying to get the most out of speed reading, without sacrificing the quality of reading anything. You won't regret it.