| For every skill, there are multiple ways of | | | | This exercise is always said to be "speed reading |
| mastering it. Speed reading is no different. There | | | | made easy", and other nonsense. Really, the |
| are various useful programs and effective | | | | speed at which you may learn to read flashing |
| exercises that you can use to teach yourself how | | | | words has nothing to do with actually reading |
| to speed read. | | | | words on paper. The speed gain from using this |
| However, some products seem to take that idea | | | | exercise in any way, shape, or form, is subtle, to |
| a little bit too far. What I mean is that some | | | | say the most. |
| programs seem to implement useless exercises, | | | | Don't waste your time practicing with this training |
| and recommend that you go through them. | | | | exercise. It's over-hyped, and the advertisements |
| All good methods of learning how to speed read | | | | for it are very misleading. The exercise forces |
| are very closely related. They all relate back to | | | | you to read quickly simply because the words are |
| quickly absorbing and understanding printed words. | | | | flashing at you quickly. For this reason, the |
| There exists a variety of training exercises that | | | | exercise is basically useless for paper-reading. |
| do absolutely nothing to help reading speed and | | | | Words never flash at you on paper! |
| comprehension, and yet many speed reading | | | | What are the speed reading software creators |
| products continue to endorse them. | | | | thinking? It's like practicing cursive writing by |
| There is one exercise in particular that seems to | | | | typing on your keyboard. It's obviously not going |
| be misrepresented in almost all speed reading | | | | to work. |
| programs. Can you guess what it is? | | | | Whatever benefits you gain, whatever you learn, |
| "The Flashing Words Exercise" | | | | it's useless when it comes to the actual activity. |