Speed Reading With the Right Brain

Don’t be too concerned about your speed, or about bad habits such as regression or vocalizing. Just read through the text and let the special formatting guide your eyes to the meaningful phrases.

Comprehension must come first, before speed.

The only way to read faster is to stay on track by doing the following: Maintain concentration (pin firmly in the slot). Vary your speed as necessary (track conditions). Avoid mind wandering (flying off the track). Avoid regression (needing to put the car back). Gain speed gradually while you develop context (traction).

Keywords Another helpful thing to notice is that the last word is often the “key” word in each meaningful phrase. It’s like the other words in the phrase were leading up this word. Focusing on these key words can make your reading smoother as you more quickly zoom in on the main idea of each phrase. Looking at these keywords is one way to pull the

Trick 2 - Concentrate on Whole Ideas Instead of Words The only way to be able to understand word-groups at a glance is to think of them as ideas rather than just words.

Motivation is nice but results don’t come from motivation—they come from action.

this book focuses specifically on what happens between the time the text enters your eyes as an image and when the information assimilates into your brain as knowledge.

The whole process takes visual input, converts it to lines and shapes, then to letters and words, then to language, and then to data. Next, it filters and sorts this data into information, and then finally saves it as useful knowledge. The entire process involves several simultaneous and integrated tasks, working together to generate new thoughts a

The techniques and practice exercises in this book will show you how to read faster by comprehending faster. The way you’ll do this is by learning to conceptualize your reading.