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Photoreading, Speed Reading & Strategic Reading Tips
How to double and triple your reading speed
Tip 1. Read more, anything. Check this site for free ebooks that you can download and read on your mobile
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Tip 2. Read books for information in the same way as you would read a newspaper or magazine.
Tip 3. Use different reading techniques/strategies (speed reading, skimming, photoreading, slow reading, rhizomapping) for processing different material.
Tip 4. Set your purpose for what you want to get out of the book.
Tip 5. Focus on differences (what you don’t know) rather than similarities (what you already know or understand).
Tip 6. Start with an overview of the information. ‘From global to detail’ is a brain-friendly sequence for organising information.
Tip 8. Focus on ‘hot spots’ – the key words and phrases which carry the information you need. According to the 80/20 rule, 80% of the meaning is found in 20% of the words in most material (specifically 4-11% of words carry all the meaning according to Dr Russel Stauffer author of "Teaching Reading As A Thinking Process" 1969).
Tip 10. Recognise that you already know a lot of the information. Build on what you know.
Tip 13. Read whole chunks at a time rather than looking at words letter by letter.
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Tip 17. Remember that just because a book’s on your subject, it doesn’t mean it’s a good book or that it contains what you need.
Tip 21. Get into a peak / optimal state before reading. Reseach suggests that when you are in an optimal state, feeling good your reading and cognitive skills will work better.
Tip 22. Reading faster helps you to be happier, more creative and energetic. Do you want to feel better or change your mood? Do you want to feel more energetic? Read faster! PhotoReading and SpeedReading is the answer. Research done in Princeton University (Emily Pronin - read the ABSTRACT below) suggests that people who speed up their thinking with timed activities such as reading fast a piece of text that scrolled quickly - felt happier and more powerful, creative and energetic. Read more on this research (Psychology Today)
Manic Thinking Independent Effects of Thought Speed and Thought Content on Mood by Emily Pronin ( Princeton University) and Daniel M. Wegner (Harvard University)
"ABSTRACT—This experiment found that the speed of thought affects mood. Thought speed was manipulated via participants’ paced reading of statements designed to induce either an elated or a depressed mood. Participants not only experienced more positive mood in response to elation than in response to depression statements, but also experienced an independent increase in positive mood when they had been thinking fast rather than slow—for both elation and depression statements. This effect of thought speed extended beyond mood to other experiences often associated with mania (i.e., feelings of power, feelings of creativity, a heightened sense of energy, and inflated self-esteem or grandiosity)." Download the paper
MY BIGGEST LEARNING - Photoreaders share their experiences and learnings from the photoreading course
That I don’t have to read books from cover to cover!
I used to feel overwhelmed and helpless when I thought about all the books I had to read. But the other day I was happily sitting in bed surrounded by FIVE books – all of which I was skimming through to get some information for a lecture. Edit M., Trainer
That not all books contain information I need. Now I read books selectively.
I used to feel an obligation to read a book from cover to cover even when I realised that I already knew most of what it had to say, or that it didn’t actually contain anything I needed to know. Now the five minutes I spend overviewing means that I don’t waste time reading books I don’t need to read, that I have a pretty good idea of what’s in loads more books, and of course that I spend my time reading things which are relevant. Name supplied, Businessman
That it is possible to photoread 30 books a week. I went into my first MA seminar having ‘photoread’ five books about the subject. None of the other students had read more than half a book and they knew almost nothing about the subject. I already knew at least 80% of what the tutor told us. That means I can get a grade of 80% even before I attend the course! Now I regularly photoread up to 30 books a week – including ‘extra’ books, which means I can challenge some of the tutors! And I still have a bit of time for reading just for fun. Adam H., Masters student
That I don’t have to read bad books. I can tell the difference!
I used to think something must be worth reading just because it was written in a book. Now I can evaluate books and decide which ones are worth reading. I save myself a fortune: I no longer buy books I don’t read. If I only need one or two bits of information from a book, I copy them down in the shop, or borrow the book from a library. And I’ve cleared loads of space on my bookshelf because I’ve sold or thrown away the books I know are not worth keeping. Jane N., Teacher
That I can trust myself to get the information I need.
I no longer have to read every word in a book in case I’ve missed something. By speed reading a book strategically I can easily remember what it’s all about. When I used to take three or four days to read a book, I’d forgotten the beginning by the time I reached the end. Even if I ‘speed-read’ a book more than once, it’s still quicker than ‘reading’ it the old way. Richard P., Computer technician
That I can enjoy reading different things in different ways.
I used to think there was only one way of reading. I think I didn’t want to learn any version of ‘speed reading’ because I’d lose the pleasure of curling up with a good book. Now I know useful photoreading techniques for getting through the factual information quickly – and I have more time for reading for pleasure. Deirdre D., Accountant
That I can read a book in the same way that I read a newspaper.
It was a great revelation to realise that I already had many of the skills I needed – I just had to apply them to books! I think I always thought there was something special about books, but really they’re just another source of information. Now I recommend photoreading to all my clients. Thomas L., Coach
That it’s a good idea to know WHY I’m reading something.
It took me quite a while to understand what a good ‘goal’ was, but now I automatically know what my goal is when I pick up a book. Sometimes my goal is just to find out whether a book has anything in it that I might need – but knowing that is enough to stop me spending unnecessary time reading books I don’t need! And if I only want one bit of information from a book, then I only spend the time speed reading to get that one bit of information. Martin H., Musician
The 80/20 rule.
I now live my life by it – business stuff, personal stuff, everything. I feel so much clearer and I get so much more done. Oh, and my reading’s better too. Sandra F., Student
That I already had a lot of the strategies I needed to be an efficient reader – I just needed to apply them selectively.
I know the 80/20 rule, I know how to read a newspaper and how to use a telephone directory, I love reading and I read voraciously – so why didn’t I make the simple connections for myself and transfer my skills to things I ‘have to’ read? But now I have! Carolyn L., Administrative Assistant
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DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that in the United States there are 3000 books published - every day? A week's worth of New York Times has more information than a person in the 18th century was likely to come across in their LIFETIME.
Information is doubling every two years. As an example, students who now go to technical school will find that half of what they learn will be outdated by the third year of their study.
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Reading downhill
Paolo Bizziocchi of Riccione, Italy has filed a simple but thought-provoking patent (WO 99/54858) on a way to improve speed-reading of languages that read from left to right. He noticed that when we read, our eyes naturally move in a clockwise circular direction which continuously leads back to the beginning of the line we have just read. So time and effort is wasted on consciously redirecting the eyes to the beginning of the next line down. Bizziocchi's idea is to print all lines of text on a page with a slight downhill curved slope, making the start of each line higher than its end. When reading at speed, the motion of the eye takes the reader to the beginning of the next line to be read, he says. (From issue 2224 of New Scientist magazine, 06 February 2000, page 7)