The Magic Of Speed Reading

speedreader · 12-31-2008, 11:59 AM

The Magic Of Speed Reading

Speed reading is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are passionate about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. Speed reading is no exception.

If you want to achieve proficiency in speed reading, you will need enough passion and determination to undertake all speed reading strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a material you want to speed read, try to scan through, try reading it. Take note of Titles and sub-titles then move in to the body of the material, start reading but make sure that you concentrate on the thought of the writer instead of the words, this way when you come across difficult words, you can skip it and still understand the content of the material.

We are going to sample a material in the sciences and see how well you will fare in this area. Take a look at the write-up below and try speed reading it:

The Guru That Demystifies The Light Theory
The Famous German Scientist

Born in the 1800s, Albert Einstein was a genius who set out to prove the existing light theories wrong in his high school.

Einstein's action of trying to prove an existing Newtonian Mechanic theory wrong brought him a bad name and hence he was seen as a rebel. The authorities were against this behaviour or new notion from a "nobody". On seeing that the school will not condone him, he quit schooling and went on to successfully prove the theory wrong before the eyes of the world. This gave birth to the Brownian explanation of movement of light molecules. Einstein went further to establish the photon theory of light and continue to teach others about his new discoveries.

As a speed reader the first thing you should take note of is the title. The Title tells you what the material is all about. As you look down the subtitle further clarifies the title and this will start opening your insight of the material. On reaching the first paragraph, you already know that the story is about Albeit Einstein who came from Germany. This will help you read fast as you may be already familiar with the story. As you move on into the second paragraph, try scanning through and grasp main ideas as quickly as possible. Try to see if you understand what you went through.

A typical speed reader will define it this way

Einstein found out the flaws in the existing theories of his time and made effort to correct this with proof instead of just claiming it to be wrong.

The above summary can result if a speed reader just scan through the first sentence and pick out main ideas, then proceed to the second which has all the main details. The first sentence opens our eyes to who the material is making reference to and since it is a familiar topic, the main thing will be to quickly skim through the second sentence to get ideas. Thus you will not need to read every word of the article to fully comprehend it. Along the line, if and when you come across difficult words or unfamiliar words skip it and search familiar words that describes the material, then later come back to decipher the meaning of these words.

pshrynk · 12-31-2008, 12:18 PM

Isn't this a replay of a thread that was determined to be spam in the past?

DixieGal · 12-31-2008, 12:45 PM

And what's the big rush?

Sheesh, these young people wanting everything immediately, not willing to put in the time and effort, always hungry but won't eat what's in the fridge already, and what about all them oranges I had to buy from schoolkids, their parents pushing them like crack dealers just so Junior can go to band camp or something, tracking in mud all over my nice clean kitchen, shouldn't you kids be outside playing in the fresh air, don't backtalk me or I'll give you a swat in the diaper area, got to get up from here and put on my shoes just to give you a whupping, what did I tell you was going to happen if you didn't stop touching your sister, quit it before your face freezes like that...

desertgrandma · 12-31-2008, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

And what's the big rush?

Sheesh, these young people wanting everything immediately, not willing to put in the time and effort, always hungry but won't eat what's in the fridge already, and what about all them oranges I had to buy from schoolkids, their parents pushing them like crack dealers just so Junior can go to band camp or something, tracking in mud all over my nice clean kitchen, shouldn't you kids be outside playing in the fresh air, don't backtalk me or I'll give you a swat in the diaper area, got to get up from here and put on my shoes just to give you a whupping, what did I tell you was going to happen if you didn't stop touching your sister, quit it before your face freezes like that...

Taylor514ce · 12-31-2008, 12:51 PM

The Magic Of NOUN

NOUN is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are ADJECTIVE about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. NOUN is no exception.

If you want to achieve proficiency in NOUN, you will need enough NOUN and NOUN to undertake all NOUN strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a NOUN you want to VERB, try to scan through, try VERB it. Take note of NOUN and NOUN then move in to the body of the NOUN, start VERB but make sure that you concentrate on the NOUN of the NOUN instead of the NOUN, this way when you come across difficult NOUN, you can skip it and still understand the NOUN of the NOUN.

lilac_jive · 12-31-2008, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

The Magic Of NOUN

NOUN is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are ADJECTIVE about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. NOUN is no exception.

If you want to achieve proficiency in NOUN, you will need enough NOUN and NOUN to undertake all NOUN strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a NOUN you want to VERB, try to scan through, try VERB it. Take note of NOUN and NOUN then move in to the body of the NOUN, start VERB but make sure that you concentrate on the NOUN of the NOUN instead of the NOUN, this way when you come across difficult NOUN, you can skip it and still understand the NOUN of the NOUN.

Ha ha ha!

Isn't spam fun?

ProDigit · 12-31-2008, 01:28 PM

Actually,that is not speedreading but skimming!

Speedreading is a technique used,by controlling the eyemovement.
You control the eyemovement to move fluently over a line of text, in a slightly faster than you can read way.
You then recall the line of text you just saw (your brain is processing that line), and you will understand the line after when you already started reading the second line.

With speedreading, contrary to skimming, you do read every word the author has written. Often you can accelerate your reading speed by 4 times or even more.

Speedreading has the theory behind that the brain can decode text faster than people can talk. For those of us who read regularly it will start to come automatically.
With speedreading you tend to always push your limit, and reduce the amount of re-reads (the need to read a line back when not understood).

The book about speedreading is an expensive book, I once bought, and backs up a lot of research data.
It seems the brain is upto 80% more active reading this way than reading regularly.

It also talks about handling stress you get when reading in such high speed ways.

I can say all the book has to say here on the forum, but I'd rather suggest you to buy and read the book yourself (don't have it here,& forgot the name).

Wikipedia defines:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_reading
and:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skimming_(reading)

Skimming is not as intensive to the brain as speedreading; and while you do get the point of the writer,you can't really apply that for science books, or texts where 'every letter' / sentence counts.

vivaldirules · 01-01-2009, 01:25 PM

Man, I gotta try this. Let's see.....

The Lounge is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are gibbonous about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. The Lounge is no exception.

If you want to achieve proficiency in The Lounge, you will need enough llamas and socks to undertake all comeback strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a post by marc you want to pause and breathe deeply, try to scan through, try not to get too frightened about it. Take note of any gibbons and squirrels then move in to the body of the mental and emotional attack, start wetting your pants but make sure that you concentrate on the ferocity of the gibbon instead of the number of squirrels overhead, this way when you come across difficult attack demons, you can skip it and still understand the graciousness of the offer of a Zany Carter Deluxe.

Okay, I'm not sure that worked. Can someone show me the correct way, please?

desertgrandma · 01-01-2009, 01:33 PM

A real belly laugh from me!!!

desertgrandma · 01-01-2009, 01:36 PM

But seriously.....If you are in college, or need to absorb a great deal of technical information quickly, speed reading may have a use.

However, to really enjoy a (good) novel, I like to read slowly and savor the words. In my youth, I read like a demon. Now I go back and read a lot of the same books, but with a different perspective.

Dang young whippersnappers! Get off my lawn!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-01-2009, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

And what's the big rush?

Sheesh, these young people wanting everything immediately, not willing to put in the time and effort, always hungry but won't eat what's in the fridge already, and what about all them oranges I had to buy from schoolkids, their parents pushing them like crack dealers just so Junior can go to band camp or something, tracking in mud all over my nice clean kitchen, shouldn't you kids be outside playing in the fresh air, don't backtalk me or I'll give you a swat in the diaper area, got to get up from here and put on my shoes just to give you a whupping, what did I tell you was going to happen if you didn't stop touching your sister, quit it before your face freezes like that...

Teaboard, meet key... ummm... keyboard, meet tea...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

The Magic Of NOUN

NOUN is an art you learn with time.

:teameetskeyboard:

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Man, I gotta try this. Let's see.....

The Lounge is an art you learn with time.

:teameetskeyboardagain:

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Dang young whippersnappers! Get off my lawn!

:teameetskeyboardyetagain:

:makingfreshcupoftea:

Brilliant stuff

zelda_pinwheel · 01-01-2009, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Man, I gotta try this. Let's see.....

The Lounge is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are gibbonous about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. The Lounge is no exception.

If you want to achieve proficiency in The Lounge, you will need enough llamas and socks to undertake all comeback strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a post by marc you want to pause and breathe deeply, try to scan through, try not too get frightened about it. Take note of any gibbons and squirrels then move in to the body of the mental and emotional attack, start wetting your pants but make sure that you concentrate on the ferocity of the gibbon instead of the number of squirrels overhead, this way when you come across difficult attack demons, you can skip it and still understand the graciousness of the offer of a Zany Carter Deluxe.

Okay, I'm not sure that worked. Can someone show me the correct way, please?

paaaa hahahaha !!!!

lilac_jive · 01-01-2009, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Man, I gotta try this. Let's see.....

The Lounge is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are gibbonous about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. The Lounge is no exception.

If you want to achieve proficiency in The Lounge, you will need enough llamas and socks to undertake all comeback strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a post by marc you want to pause and breathe deeply, try to scan through, try not too get frightened about it. Take note of any gibbons and squirrels then move in to the body of the mental and emotional attack, start wetting your pants but make sure that you concentrate on the ferocity of the gibbon instead of the number of squirrels overhead, this way when you come across difficult attack demons, you can skip it and still understand the graciousness of the offer of a Zany Carter Deluxe.

Okay, I'm not sure that worked. Can someone show me the correct way, please?[/QUOTE]

Oh no, it worked!

Taylor514ce · 01-01-2009, 07:34 PM

The Magic Of Shronky

Smart Wool Dialogue is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are pathological about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. Lounge Character Development is no exception.

If you want to achieve proficiency in Zelda Seduction, you will need enough vocabulary and insanity to undertake all storytelling strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a llama you want to domesticate, try to scan through, try evangalizing it. Take note of drink recipes and avatars then move in to the body of the liseuse, start fondling but make sure that you concentrate on the apex of the noodle instead of the nipple, this way when you come across difficult SHUMs, you can skip it and still understand the Tao of the emotifaction.

zelda_pinwheel · 01-01-2009, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

The Magic Of Shronky

Smart Wool Dialogue is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are pathological about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. Lounge Character Development is no exception.

If you want to achieve proficiency in Zelda Seduction, you will need enough vocabulary and insanity to undertake all storytelling strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a llama you want to domesticate, try to scan through, try evangalizing it. Take note of drink recipes and avatars then move in to the body of the liseuse, start fondling but make sure that you concentrate on the apex of the noodle instead of the nipple, this way when you come across difficult SHUMs, you can skip it and still understand the Tao of the emotifaction.

!!!! brilliant !

(best spam thread ever, seriously !!)

12-31-2008, 11:59 AM	#1
speedreader Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: morocco Device: none	The Magic Of Speed Reading The Magic Of Speed Reading Speed reading is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are passionate about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. Speed reading is no exception. If you want to achieve proficiency in speed reading, you will need enough passion and determination to undertake all speed reading strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a material you want to speed read, try to scan through, try reading it. Take note of Titles and sub-titles then move in to the body of the material, start reading but make sure that you concentrate on the thought of the writer instead of the words, this way when you come across difficult words, you can skip it and still understand the content of the material. We are going to sample a material in the sciences and see how well you will fare in this area. Take a look at the write-up below and try speed reading it: The Guru That Demystifies The Light Theory The Famous German Scientist Born in the 1800s, Albert Einstein was a genius who set out to prove the existing light theories wrong in his high school. Einstein's action of trying to prove an existing Newtonian Mechanic theory wrong brought him a bad name and hence he was seen as a rebel. The authorities were against this behaviour or new notion from a "nobody". On seeing that the school will not condone him, he quit schooling and went on to successfully prove the theory wrong before the eyes of the world. This gave birth to the Brownian explanation of movement of light molecules. Einstein went further to establish the photon theory of light and continue to teach others about his new discoveries. As a speed reader the first thing you should take note of is the title. The Title tells you what the material is all about. As you look down the subtitle further clarifies the title and this will start opening your insight of the material. On reaching the first paragraph, you already know that the story is about Albeit Einstein who came from Germany. This will help you read fast as you may be already familiar with the story. As you move on into the second paragraph, try scanning through and grasp main ideas as quickly as possible. Try to see if you understand what you went through. A typical speed reader will define it this way Einstein found out the flaws in the existing theories of his time and made effort to correct this with proof instead of just claiming it to be wrong. The above summary can result if a speed reader just scan through the first sentence and pick out main ideas, then proceed to the second which has all the main details. The first sentence opens our eyes to who the material is making reference to and since it is a familiar topic, the main thing will be to quickly skim through the second sentence to get ideas. Thus you will not need to read every word of the article to fully comprehend it. Along the line, if and when you come across difficult words or unfamiliar words skip it and search familiar words that describes the material, then later come back to decipher the meaning of these words.

12-31-2008, 12:51 PM	#5
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Spam Mad Lib!! The Magic Of NOUN NOUN is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are ADJECTIVE about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. NOUN is no exception. If you want to achieve proficiency in NOUN, you will need enough NOUN and NOUN to undertake all NOUN strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a NOUN you want to VERB, try to scan through, try VERB it. Take note of NOUN and NOUN then move in to the body of the NOUN, start VERB but make sure that you concentrate on the NOUN of the NOUN instead of the NOUN, this way when you come across difficult NOUN, you can skip it and still understand the NOUN of the NOUN.

12-31-2008, 01:28 PM	#7
ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	Actually,that is not speedreading but skimming! Speedreading is a technique used,by controlling the eyemovement. You control the eyemovement to move fluently over a line of text, in a slightly faster than you can read way. You then recall the line of text you just saw (your brain is processing that line), and you will understand the line after when you already started reading the second line. With speedreading, contrary to skimming, you do read every word the author has written. Often you can accelerate your reading speed by 4 times or even more. Speedreading has the theory behind that the brain can decode text faster than people can talk. For those of us who read regularly it will start to come automatically. With speedreading you tend to always push your limit, and reduce the amount of re-reads (the need to read a line back when not understood). The book about speedreading is an expensive book, I once bought, and backs up a lot of research data. It seems the brain is upto 80% more active reading this way than reading regularly. It also talks about handling stress you get when reading in such high speed ways. I can say all the book has to say here on the forum, but I'd rather suggest you to buy and read the book yourself (don't have it here,& forgot the name). Wikipedia defines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_reading and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skimming_(reading) Skimming is not as intensive to the brain as speedreading; and while you do get the point of the writer,you can't really apply that for science books, or texts where 'every letter' / sentence counts. Last edited by ProDigit; 12-31-2008 at 01:34 PM.

01-01-2009, 01:25 PM	#8
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Man, I gotta try this. Let's see..... The Lounge is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are gibbonous about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. The Lounge is no exception. If you want to achieve proficiency in The Lounge, you will need enough llamas and socks to undertake all comeback strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a post by marc you want to pause and breathe deeply, try to scan through, try not to get too frightened about it. Take note of any gibbons and squirrels then move in to the body of the mental and emotional attack, start wetting your pants but make sure that you concentrate on the ferocity of the gibbon instead of the number of squirrels overhead, this way when you come across difficult attack demons, you can skip it and still understand the graciousness of the offer of a Zany Carter Deluxe. Okay, I'm not sure that worked. Can someone show me the correct way, please? Last edited by vivaldirules; 01-01-2009 at 03:00 PM.

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12-31-2008, 12:18 PM	#2
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Isn't this a replay of a thread that was determined to be spam in the past?

12-31-2008, 12:45 PM	#3
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	And what's the big rush? Sheesh, these young people wanting everything immediately, not willing to put in the time and effort, always hungry but won't eat what's in the fridge already, and what about all them oranges I had to buy from schoolkids, their parents pushing them like crack dealers just so Junior can go to band camp or something, tracking in mud all over my nice clean kitchen, shouldn't you kids be outside playing in the fresh air, don't backtalk me or I'll give you a swat in the diaper area, got to get up from here and put on my shoes just to give you a whupping, what did I tell you was going to happen if you didn't stop touching your sister, quit it before your face freezes like that...

01-01-2009, 01:33 PM	#9
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	A real belly laugh from me!!!

01-01-2009, 01:36 PM	#10
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	But seriously.....If you are in college, or need to absorb a great deal of technical information quickly, speed reading may have a use. However, to really enjoy a (good) novel, I like to read slowly and savor the words. In my youth, I read like a demon. Now I go back and read a lot of the same books, but with a different perspective. Dang young whippersnappers! Get off my lawn!

01-01-2009, 07:34 PM	#14
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	The Magic Of Shronky Smart Wool Dialogue is an art you learn with time. However, people always believe that some people are specially talented at every skill. But the truth of the matter is you can be whatever you want to be, all you need to do is identify an area that you are pathological about, set goals about understanding it, use action plan as your vehicle to master this area or skill then you will become an expert as long as you have enough will and determination to follow through. Lounge Character Development is no exception. If you want to achieve proficiency in Zelda Seduction, you will need enough vocabulary and insanity to undertake all storytelling strategies, apply your mind to it. To make it easier for you, each time you come across a llama you want to domesticate, try to scan through, try evangalizing it. Take note of drink recipes and avatars then move in to the body of the liseuse, start fondling but make sure that you concentrate on the apex of the noodle instead of the nipple, this way when you come across difficult SHUMs, you can skip it and still understand the Tao of the emotifaction.

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