In this post I will cover a number of speed reading tips related to ergonomics.<\/p>\n
One thing that surprises my students when they first learn to speed read is the importance of where they read.\u00a0 Most of them think, \u201cHey it\u2019s time to read.\u00a0 Let me settle in and get comfortable so I can start reading faster than I\u2019ve ever read before.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n They head over to the couch, or bring their laptop or their books to their favorite coffee shop that\u2019s buzzing with activity, or they plunk their chairs in the sand, books in their laps.\u00a0 Then open their books or laptops and begin reading.<\/p>\n Before they know it, they find themselves literally baffled when they realize that instead of reading at 600 or 700 words per minute or faster, they\u2019ve fallen back into their old habits.\u00a0 They start regressing, or they start daydreaming, or they tune in to what\u2019s going around them.\u00a0 Sometimes, they\u2019ve gotten so comfortable, they end up falling asleep!<\/p>\n Funny as it sounds, the situation is not all that funny.\u00a0 Reverting to old reading habits is frustrating and worse, it can hinder all the progress you\u2019ve worked so hard to achieve.<\/p>\n This kind of misunderstanding about speed reading happens all the time which is why I include a lesson about ergonomics in my speed reading workshops.<\/p>\n How many of you know what the word ergonomics means?<\/p>\n How many of you have ever heard <\/em>of ergonomics?<\/p>\n I typically find that plenty of people have heard of the word.\u00a0 But few really understand what ergonomics is all about and even fewer understand the role it plays in speed reading.<\/p>\n So let me explain.<\/p>\n Ergonomics is a science that deals with studying the proper \u201cfit\u201d between a workplace and the people who operate within that workplace.\u00a0 The primary purpose of studying this fit is to design a working environment that maximizes the efficiency and productivity of the people working within that environment.<\/p>\n Besides increasing efficiency and productivity, proper ergonomic design helps reduce operator fatigue and discomfort.\u00a0 It also plays an important role in reducing injury, especially the types of injuries that are caused by repetitive motion.<\/p>\n All sorts of things that people use can and should be ergonomically designed.\u00a0 Chairs, desks, telephones, headsets, wrist rests, keyboards and mice, foot rests, tools, chair mats, and computer monitors are just a few examples of common ergonomically designed equipment.<\/p>\n In order for ergonomics to work, not only do you need the properly-designed equipment, it also needs to be set up so that your head, wrists, legs and other body parts don\u2019t end up spending long hours in awkward positions.<\/p>\n I could go on for hours about ergonomics, the high costs of ignoring it and the countless benefits of proper ergonomic design.\u00a0 But I\u2019m not teaching about workplace safety; I\u2019m teaching you about speed reading.<\/p>\n Video Version of Post In this post I will cover a number of speed reading tips related to ergonomics. Speed Reading Tip #1 \u2013 Choose your environment One thing that surprises my students when they first learn to speed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-reading"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreeder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreeder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreeder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreeder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreeder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreeder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreeder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreeder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreeder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Speed Reading Tip #2 \u2013 Ergonomics is important<\/h2>\n
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