![]() Other speed reading proponents argue one of the main reasons most of us read more slowly than we could, is the time it takes for our eyes to track each individual word on a page. Another technique involves trying to read groups of words, or potentially even whole pages in one mental snapshot (also called chunking), rather than labouring over words one-at-a-time. But when scientists got people to ‘turn off’ this little inner voice by humming while reading, their understanding of the text plummeted. The argument goes this practice is simply a hangover from the way we learned to read – aloud. You can also learn not to spend time saying each word in your head (called sub-vocalisation). Firstly, you can simply skim read and focus only on important words – no surprises it’s faster to read if you skip over many of the words. How could such feats be possible? Speed reading techniques centre around a few key approaches. ![]() His reading was clocked at more than 25,000 words a minute. The 1990 Guinness World Record book recognised Howard Berg as the fastest reader in the world. It would take an average reader 11 uninterrupted hours to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In 2007, Ann Jones read all 199,797 words of the final Harry Potter instalment in 47 minutes. ![]() You don’t have to look far to find claims of even faster reading. Her argument was simple: the way we read is inefficient. The story goes Wood could read at a speed of 2,700 words per minute. Surely the simple answer to our toppling reading piles is simply to learn to read faster? It’s not a new idea: back in 1959, teacher Evelyn Wood published Reading Skills and later launched her Reading Dynamics training program. Most educated adults read at a speed of 200–400 words per minute. Current estimates are we now read around 54,000 words per day. Sound familiar? Given email, work reports, blog posts, books and text messages, we’re surrounded by words. I suffer from a pretty serious case of tsundoku: I have a massive, and ever-growing pile of books beside my bed that I don’t have time to read. Join 6,400+ readers here.How fast could you read and understand a book like this? Image credit Sam Greenhalgh via Flickr Death by Tsundoku If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe & write a positive review.Įvery week I send out a free newsletter with actionable advice from amazing books. - Out of 30,000 books, here are 3 that had a huge impact on Howard’s life.- The importance of knowing when to read faster & when to read slower.- How to analyze the outside of a book to quickly understand what it’s about.- How to remember more of what you read.- How to improve your reading comprehension.- Speed reading tip #5: Know when to speed read.- Speed reading tip #4: Avoid regression, progression, and distraction.- Speed reading tip #3: Use your finger.- Speed reading tip #2: Reduce vocalization.- Temporarily losing comprehension while learning speed reading is normal.- Speed reading tip #1: Determine schema.- How Howard developed a love for reading.In our conversation, Howard shares advice on how to read faster, bad habits that are slowing down your reading speed, how to take notes while reading, how to remember more of what you’ve read, and much more. Howard holds the Guinness record for being the world’s fastest reader, reading at 80 pages per minute. My guest today is Howard Berg, the author of Super Reading Secrets. ![]() Learn more about Howard’s speed reading program at /a/alexbooks. ![]()
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