GrizzlySquad
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I've been entertaining the thought of speed reading. I think it would be a great skill to have.
Does anyone have experience with this ?
Does anyone have experience with this ?
Speed reading is not really a skill, it's like in the first grades when someone read the text fast and someone could barely read it.
You don't need anything except words to practice this, try to read them as fast as you can and repeat that until your good enough.
I would certainly consider speed reading a skill...
http://doofoodoo.com/
http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/blackhat-lounge/660832-how-fast-can-you-read.html
Yes, it does helps a lot. I believe there are certain tools around here as well which can help you out in improving your reading skills.
Here are the links to the tool and the thread
Yes, it does helps a lot. I believe there are certain tools around here as well which can help you out in improving your reading skills.
Here are the links to the tool and the thread:
Code:http://doofoodoo.com/ http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/blackhat-lounge/660832-how-fast-can-you-read.html
Thing with speed reading is are you actually taking the time to digest ?
Thanks for the links ! Appreciate that.
I do read a lot , but I want to read a new book everyday or so with as much comprehension as I can pack in a short amount of time.
And yeah speed reading definitely seems like a technique that requires cultivation rather than an extension of the ability to read.. From what I see so far , you are training yourself to read larger phrases at a time and skim for important info - how is that not different from reading in a linear word for word way.
I am no speed reading professional, but you - my friend - are on a wrong road.
While speed reading is great, it does not allow you to read through out books and analyse them correctly.
What you really want is teaching yourself to take in important data and drop the non-important one, speed reading won't help you in that.
I don't see it anywhere close to a skill, people who read faster just read more
I believe the idea is to learn to pull desired information out of the book at the sacrifice of what may be insignificant nuances. I could be wrong , I have no experience with it yet...
People seem to be confusing the idea of 'speed reading', a term commonly used to describe the skill of rapidly reading and digesting material at a greater than standard speed, and 'skimming through text', where you look through text rapidly barely paying attention to it.
Speed reading is a brilliant skill to develop, I would also recommend the Spritz tool for certain situations and as BTB said earlier, general reading helps greatly also - although there are also specific techniques you can learn to improve 'speed reading' specifically.
a skill is defined in the dictionary as: the ability to do something well; expertise.
Is being able to speed read not considered as being able to read well? Well, it is and is most certainly a skill aquired over time and practice.
Anyways, this pretty much describes speed reading: View attachment 48944