How to Read Faster
Reading fast is a professional and personal asset, it is possible to improve your reading speed significantly by using various techniques and methods, like the use of guides (cards, fingers, pens...
) or skimming, scanning and skipping ...
and plenty of others.
According to University Author Abby Marks Beale, we can classify reader based on their Words per Minutes (wpm) performance : -100-200 wpm slow reader -200-300 wpm average reader -300-400 wpm good reader -400-500 wpm excellent reader Obviously, reading fast is an asset in life, and perhaps even more so if you are a student; in the same amount of time, a reader with 400 wpm can read two books and his buddy with 200 wpm can only read one.
You can easily imagine what a difference that can make at the end of a single school year.
And even after graduation, there are so many situations - apart from books - where knowing how to read quickly and grasp essential knowledge is an asset: if you need to read a report, or a magazine, or documents, or brochures or whatever else whether for work or for personal reasons.
At work, you will get the edge over a slower reader by accumulating more knowledge when preparing a meeting, for example (again, you will need to correctly process the knowledge you get), and in your personal life by saving time every time you read, allowing you to stay informed, or to relax more.
The book 10 Days to Faster Reading is supposed to increase your reading speed.
It is divided into 10 chapters, designed to be read in as many days (but you can obviously read it faster, as I did), all built around a comparison with driving a racing car.
) or skimming, scanning and skipping ...
and plenty of others.
According to University Author Abby Marks Beale, we can classify reader based on their Words per Minutes (wpm) performance : -100-200 wpm slow reader -200-300 wpm average reader -300-400 wpm good reader -400-500 wpm excellent reader Obviously, reading fast is an asset in life, and perhaps even more so if you are a student; in the same amount of time, a reader with 400 wpm can read two books and his buddy with 200 wpm can only read one.
You can easily imagine what a difference that can make at the end of a single school year.
And even after graduation, there are so many situations - apart from books - where knowing how to read quickly and grasp essential knowledge is an asset: if you need to read a report, or a magazine, or documents, or brochures or whatever else whether for work or for personal reasons.
At work, you will get the edge over a slower reader by accumulating more knowledge when preparing a meeting, for example (again, you will need to correctly process the knowledge you get), and in your personal life by saving time every time you read, allowing you to stay informed, or to relax more.
The book 10 Days to Faster Reading is supposed to increase your reading speed.
It is divided into 10 chapters, designed to be read in as many days (but you can obviously read it faster, as I did), all built around a comparison with driving a racing car.
