If I read faster, does my comprehension go down? If anything, speed reading enhances the enjoyment of reading because you will be able to concentrate for longer periods and you will have fewer reading irritations usually caused by bad reading habits.ģ. Does speed reading spoil the enjoyment of reading?Ībsolutely not. ![]() During my workshops, it is very common for the participants to easily double their reading speeds.Ģ. In 2007, the six time world champion speed reader Anne Jones read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in a record breaking 47 minutes and one second – 4,251 words per minute. If you use effective speed reading techniques, it is very much possible to double or even triple your reading speed to 500 – 700 wpm. The answer is yes! The average reading speed of most people is only about 200 – 250 words per minute (wpm). The following are the three frequently asked questions: Many people seem to have a lot of misconceptions about speed reading. This makes it an essential skill in today’s offices where you have to master large volumes of information quickly. Speed-reading can help you to read and understand written information much more quickly. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the huge volume of material we need to read and process. We are all faced with overflowing inboxes full of e-mails, enquiries, reports, proposals, plus faxes, letters, minutes and other documents. In today’s fast-paced, information-based business world, successful results often depend on our ability to read and process information quickly. Like all skills, you will get better in this too with practice. In the beginning, you will find this a little time-consuming. Tim (always looking at the TIME (watch)).You are associating (A) the name with a picture. To remember my name, visualise me driving a Nissan car! This name sounds very similar to Nissan (car). Let’s say you meet someone whose name is Nishant (my name). When you meet someone, try converting his or her name into a picture. Most people can’t remember the names because most names can’t be visualised. On the other hand, calling your clients by their names will leave an indelible impression on their minds, which could ultimately lead to better business relationships. It’s embarrassing, isn’t it? If you are in sales and you forget your client’s (or a prospective client’s) name, it may even cost you the sale. You have probably experienced meeting someone you remember speaking to at a prior event but whose name you just cannot recall. The same technique can be used to remember shopping lists, the main points of a speech or a presentation, items on a checklist and other lists. You will be able to remember the words (and the tasks) easily. Inside the aeroplane, he is surprised to see everyone eating STRAWBERRY JAM. Who’s withdrawing money from the ATM? Yes, it’s RAYMOND. Out comes a page with a picture of an ATM on it. One possible way to associate the five words is: The objective here is to have fun (pleasure) while remembering. Make sure that the associations are done in a fun way. The images could be: photocopy machine, ATM, Raymond, aeroplane, and strawberry jam. Choose an image that will help you to remind the task. The first thing you need to do is to convert each of those tasks into images (visualisation). Therefore, what we need to concentrate on is how to register the information in a proper way so that we can retain it well and recall it when we need it. If you are saying, “I have a poor memory”, the chances are, you have poor ways of registering information in your brain. What is important to note is that 95% of memory problems are because of poor registration. Recall is your ability of bringing out the information from you brain when you need it. Retention is your ability to hold the information in your brain for as long as you want. Registration is the process of storing information in your brain. The process of memory has three stages, called the three Rs: What is required is the knowledge of the right techniques and good practice. By consciously training myself over many years, I can now do all those seemingly amazing things!Īnd the good news is, if I can do it, then anyone else can do it too. The truth is I had a terrible memory to begin with. When people come to know that I can memorise the sequence of a 2,000-digit number remember the exact sequence of seven decks of playing cards after seeing them only once broke a Guinness World Record in memory, the first thing they ask me is whether I am gifted! Fortunately, both the skills can be learnt! You can train yourself to remember better and read faster. In today’s information age, a good memory and the ability to read faster are two skills that are overlooked and under-utilised. ![]() Do you have trouble remembering information?ĭo you feel you don’t have enough time to read all the books/documents that you really wanted to read?
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