The next tip I want to share with you is different than all the rest.\u00a0 Instead of offering advice on breaking old reading habits and flexing your eye muscles, this last tip focuses on something entirely different.<\/p>\n
Before I get into my discussion, let me start by asking a question.\u00a0 When you think about speed reading, what comes to mind?\u00a0 If you\u2019re like most people, your thoughts probably center around speed.\u00a0 After all, you aren\u2019t learning to slow read; you already know how to do that.\u00a0 You\u2019re here because you want to learn how to speed read.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s natural to think increasing speed reading is all about reading as fast as you can.\u00a0 The faster you read, the faster you can finish a book or whatever it is you\u2019re reading.\u00a0 And the faster you finish, the quicker you can start another one, right?<\/p>\n
But hold on a minute because there\u2019s something else that\u2019s important to understand about speed reading:\u00a0 It isn\u2019t only about speed!<\/p>\n
Surprised?<\/p>\n
If you are, let me ask you another question.\u00a0 What good would it do you to read at speeds in excess of 5-, 6- or 700-words per minute if you don\u2019t understand much of anything that you read?\u00a0 It does you no good at all!<\/p>\n
If you read but don\u2019t comprehend, you will not have gained any knowledge.\u00a0 You likely will not have gained any enjoyment either, but that\u2019s a topic for another day.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t gained any knowledge, you won\u2019t have anything new to store in your knowledge bank.\u00a0 And knowledge that can\u2019t be stored can\u2019t be retrieved for use later on.<\/p>\n
The point being made here is simple:\u00a0 Without comprehension, all the speed in the world won\u2019t do you one bit of good.\u00a0 You won\u2019t gain any knowledge.\u00a0 You won\u2019t gain an edge over your competition.\u00a0 You won\u2019t be able to impress anyone in your social circle.<\/p>\n
What you will do is something I warned you about earlier.\u00a0 When you read but don\u2019t comprehend you will fall back into the habit of regressing.\u00a0 Do you remember what regressing is?\u00a0 It\u2019s going back and rereading information you\u2019ve already read!\u00a0 Regression wastes time and defeats the whole purpose of speed reading.\u00a0 That\u2019s not something you want to do, is it?<\/p>\n
What you want to do instead is engage the other side of your brain.<\/p>\n
One of the easiest and most effective ways to develop your comprehension skills while developing reading speed is to learn how to visualize.\u00a0 Some people already do a pretty good job at this.\u00a0 They\u2019re usually the people who have an easier time following written directions.\u00a0 As they read along, they\u2019re able to create a mental image of themselves performing the task being described.\u00a0 They do this by engaging the side of the brain that controls visualization.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve probably heard reference to different sides of your brain and how the different sides control different functions.\u00a0 The left side of the brain controls things like written and spoken languages, scientific ability and number skills.\u00a0 The right side of the brain controls things like imagination, memorization, artistic ability and visualization.<\/p>\n
Most people read using only their left side, which makes sense since this is the side that controls written language.\u00a0\u00a0 But the people who can read the fastest with the most comprehension are those who have learned how to engage both sides of their brain.<\/p>\n
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