| How can speed reading help you? Before we | | | | can gradually increase it as your reading speed |
| answer that, ask yourselves these questions. How | | | | improves. |
| many emails can you read in one minute? How | | | | Another technique that you can practice without |
| many reports can you go through in one day? If | | | | any effort is to skim and scan information. If you |
| you are student, how many lessons can you finish | | | | are in a business environment, you will find lot of |
| in a week? Imagine if you had a tool that will help | | | | business reports. Each report will have very less |
| you in reducing the time spent on all these | | | | to convey. Try to find the information that is |
| activities. How much will your productivity | | | | relevant by skimming the text. If you are not |
| improve? | | | | used to reading business reports, you can apply |
| Speed reading in a self improvement tool that can | | | | this while reading a newspaper. Once you know |
| help you read faster without compromising on | | | | what the information is in a newspaper column |
| reading comprehension or memory retention. You | | | | reading the title, you will be in a position to scan |
| do not have to enroll for classroom coaching or | | | | the entire text in a lesser time to grasp the news. |
| spend money on computer applications. You can | | | | It takes about 20 seconds to scan through the |
| practice some simple techniques daily that will | | | | information in one page. Keep this in mind and |
| improve your reading speed. | | | | make this your target. As you start, you may |
| The underlying principle of speed reading is to train | | | | take more time to skim and scan the text, but |
| the eye to move faster across the texts. The | | | | as you progress you can reduce the time taken. |
| texts are read as blocks of words and if you are | | | | When the horizon that the eye covers is more, |
| able to increase the number of words in each | | | | you can read more in less time. Keep the reading |
| block, you are closer to mastering speed reading. | | | | material a little away from you so that even your |
| Initially you will have to spend a little more time so | | | | peripheral vision is put to use. This will help you |
| that you are comfortably settled with the new | | | | improve your ability to see all words without |
| habit of reading. Use a paper to hide text while | | | | having to move your eyes sideways. |
| reading. Along with that use a pointer or finger to | | | | Speed reading can become a habit with practice. |
| help you focus on the text. Keep moving the | | | | Use the above techniques daily to read whatever |
| pointer or finger at a slightly higher pace than | | | | you are reading. Within a few weeks of starting |
| your reading speed. Try to read faster than the | | | | this practice, you will notice a considerable |
| speed of the pointer. Practice this technique about | | | | increase in your reading speed. You can then |
| three to four times a day. The length of the | | | | adopt various other techniques to improve it |
| reading material can be just one page and you | | | | further. |