4 Brilliant Tips to Speed Read Faster than Ever

Many people, particularly students, would love to beable to absorb information faster. But before retaininginformation, they have to go through the first stage oflearning, which is reading.

For many individuals who are pressed for time, speedreading has become a necessity. However, it's not justthe reading part that is important. Equally essentialis for the reader to fully understand the words comingout from the book or paper.

Here are some great tips to read and comprehend faster.

1) Relax.

If you're in the stressed mode, it would be much moredifficult to concentrate; hence, it would just be a lotharder for the information to sink in.

2) Know what you want.

Focus on the areas that you really need to learn. Somepeople read all parts of a book, when all they need toknow is a specific chapter.

Know your priority. If you need to find out about acertain subject, go to the Table of Contents and searchfor the heading that best suits your need. If you needto learn more, then adjust accordingly. The importantthing is to weed out the stuffs that you don'tcurrently need.

3) Get rid of the structure words.

Did you know that around 60% of the words we read arestructure words? Examples are the words "the, or, and."They are essential in the structure of the sentences;but when you ignore them, they basically mean the samething. They only serve to beautify, yet you canunderstand what you are reading even without them. Trynot to focus too much attention on structure words.

4) Practice, practice, practice.

When I started exercising with weights, I can only liftthe lighter ones. As the time goes by, I slowly add moreand more weights as my body tends to adjust and becomemore comfortable carrying heavier ones.

The same concept goes for speed reading. Set a goal.Figure out how fast you can read, then create a plan toincrease your ability.

If you can read 200 words per minute, set a goal toread 250 words a minute. After accomplishing this feat,set a goal to read 300 words per minute.

This takes time and practice, but the effort is allworth it. If this is your first time to set such agoal, read first those materials you are familiar with.

Carry on with more difficult ones as you progress. Thisway, you're not overwhelming yourself with understandingdifferent new words and at the same time developing yourspeed reading skills.

Michael Lee is the author of "How To Be A Red Hot Persuasion Wizard," an ebook that reveals powerful secrets on how to get anything you want, including how to tremendously improve your relationships, explode your profits, win arguments, and magically influence others. Grab a sample chapter at http://www.20daypersuasion.com

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