| If you don't set goals in life to achieve whatever | | | | progress charts that you will use to record the |
| you want, you will never find meaning in life. | | | | rate of your performance as you improve. This |
| Therefore, setting goals make it possible for us to | | | | will help you to actually measure your progress as |
| achieve things we could not achieve ordinarily. If | | | | you try to learn speed reading. It will also help you |
| it's not in your habit to set goals, then it's time to | | | | to reduce discouragement or laxity towards |
| learn how to do so to give your life a meaning. | | | | reaching your goals. |
| Speed reading is an art one can learn if one has | | | | Now let's bring all the information above home. If |
| enough will power to train self about it. To do that | | | | you are starting, this is likely the step you will |
| you will need a plan that will help you to achieve | | | | take to discover your speed reading ability. |
| your goal or aim of becoming a speed reader. We | | | | The Thought Test. |
| are going to take up some tips that can help us | | | | Find a comfortable zone and reason on what |
| to set goals and plans to reach those goals. | | | | effect speed reading will have on your present |
| To set a goal you need to categorically write | | | | reading skills and how this will be beneficial to you |
| your goals down to make it real to you. If | | | | in the future and why you should learn this art. |
| possible write it on a paper and paste it in places | | | | Actually, from most people, the real intention |
| where you will be constantly reminded of your | | | | behind their wanting to learn how to speed read is |
| goals. Then useaffirmations to bring it home. This | | | | for self improvement and to help them in areas |
| time around your goal should be:"I want to | | | | like public speaking and other areas i may not be |
| achieve speed reading in recorded time." When | | | | able to mention at the moment. |
| you affirm your goals, you are making it more | | | | To make it easier for you to learn how to speed |
| concrete in your mind and thussolidifying your | | | | read, think of a material that you have never got |
| desire towards this goal. These affirmations will | | | | the time to read, but you are certainly interested |
| help you to define an action plan towards | | | | in the subject. Pick it up and use the next 10 |
| achieving this goal which is speed reading. | | | | minutes to read it and check how many pages |
| The first step you will take in order to achieve | | | | you covered and your understanding. Remember |
| this will be going online or to your local library to | | | | to use your progress chart report to record your |
| find out speed reading materials. | | | | performance. You will need to practice at this till |
| You can also go further to draw outlines that will | | | | you see that you are covering more material in |
| help you to reach your goals. This outline should | | | | lesser time. |
| include strategies, tactics, procedure, which you | | | | This way, you will see that if you have set goals, |
| will be getting from the materials. Some examples | | | | using well defined action plans that your goal will |
| of these processes include reviewing, surveying, | | | | be realised if you follow the plans accordingly. |
| or scanning the material before the reading | | | | Now go ahead and read this very article again. |
| practice. | | | | How long did it take you to complete it? What |
| Next, your action plan should be in form of | | | | were you able to comprehend? |
| diagrams, charts, sketches, graphs or a simply a | | | | |