Speed Reading Tip - Why Do We Read So Slowly?
If you are like most people, then you probably wonder why the average person reads so slowly.
Part of the answer to this question is rooted in ancient history.
Let me explain.
Writing evolved to enable people to preserve spoken information.
Alphabets were formed with pictures or symbols that represented the sounds of spoken language.
Putting the symbols into the correct order enabled someone with a knowledge of the sounds to replicate the sounds of the words.
While this was a major advance thousands of years ago, it is also one of the chief reasons why people read so slowly.
The problem is today slow reading is no longer an option.
Did you know that more information is published in a single week, than in all of human history through the year 1800? Did you know that a single week of the New York Times contains more information than an individual living in the 18th century had to learn in their entire lifetime? Certainly you are aware that we now live in a information-driven economy.
Problem is we still read the way people did when writing was invented.
When you look at a page of text, something inside of your brain pronounces each word aloud ONE WORD AT A TIME.
Fortunately there is a solution to this problem.
The solution is speed reading.
Let's see how speed readers overcome the problem of having to hear each word spoken aloud inside of their head.
Speed readers do not hear each word printed on the page.
Instead they see a movie.
Everything on the page appears to be an image rather than a sound.
Think about this.
Most people are sing their eyes to hear a page instead of hear it.
Doesn't it make more sense to see a page as an image? After all what are letters, words, and sentences? They are just pictures or images.
By learning how to see a bit more information while reading, and hear just a bit less, an average person can increase their reading speed by 100% or more in just about 2.
5 hours.
Doesn't it make more sense to read by seeing with your eyes instead of hearing with them?
Part of the answer to this question is rooted in ancient history.
Let me explain.
Writing evolved to enable people to preserve spoken information.
Alphabets were formed with pictures or symbols that represented the sounds of spoken language.
Putting the symbols into the correct order enabled someone with a knowledge of the sounds to replicate the sounds of the words.
While this was a major advance thousands of years ago, it is also one of the chief reasons why people read so slowly.
The problem is today slow reading is no longer an option.
Did you know that more information is published in a single week, than in all of human history through the year 1800? Did you know that a single week of the New York Times contains more information than an individual living in the 18th century had to learn in their entire lifetime? Certainly you are aware that we now live in a information-driven economy.
Problem is we still read the way people did when writing was invented.
When you look at a page of text, something inside of your brain pronounces each word aloud ONE WORD AT A TIME.
Fortunately there is a solution to this problem.
The solution is speed reading.
Let's see how speed readers overcome the problem of having to hear each word spoken aloud inside of their head.
Speed readers do not hear each word printed on the page.
Instead they see a movie.
Everything on the page appears to be an image rather than a sound.
Think about this.
Most people are sing their eyes to hear a page instead of hear it.
Doesn't it make more sense to see a page as an image? After all what are letters, words, and sentences? They are just pictures or images.
By learning how to see a bit more information while reading, and hear just a bit less, an average person can increase their reading speed by 100% or more in just about 2.
5 hours.
Doesn't it make more sense to read by seeing with your eyes instead of hearing with them?
