Increase Your Reading Speed By Reducing Your Fixation Points

Increase Your Reading Speed By Reducing Your Fixation Points

Your eyes have the ability to fixate on still or moving objects by the power of focus. This action allows us to gather information to help us to comprehend our environment. It is a very beneficial function. When most of us read, we use our eyes to fixate on every word to help us comprehend [...]

Everything you ever wanted to know about Mind Mapping

Everything you ever wanted to know about Mind Mapping

I had first learned about Mind Mapping when I took a time management course called Priority Manager back in 2005. That course covered Mind Mapping as a tool for time management and personal productivity. At that time I did not really feel that there was much use for it, and I used it very sparingly. [...]

How Using A Mnemonic Device Can Help You With Information Retention

How to memorize information faster when your read

I get asked a question a lot by students who take the Speed Reading workshops that I teach. “What is the the best way to memorize information” Before we dive into the best way to memorize information, we should get a general understanding of how our brain performs this task. I will gear this article [...]

My Favourite Speed Reading Techniques Broken Down

Speed Reading Techniques

Today I would like to share with you my three favourite Speed reading techniques. One for speed, the second for comprehension and the third for retention. When we set out to read faster, we also want to make sure that we are comprehending the information better and retain it longer. There isn’t any benefit to [...]

How To Read A Blog Post 3 Times Faster

RSVP software for Speed Reading

Having recently being introduced into the world of blogging with my new Sped Reading blog, there is one thing I have to do everyday that keeps me informed and meeting a steady stream of new bloggers to form relationships and partnerships. It is the simple task of reading blog posts by different bloggers on different [...]

5 Side Effects Of Practicing “Focus” While You Read

5 Side Effects Of Practicing “Focus” While You Read

In my last post, I talked about the top five ways you can increase your focus while you read. This post is a follow up to that post which talks about five benefits you will receive in other areas of your life by developing your ability to focus better while you read. I highly recommend [...]

5 Tips To Maintaining A Strong Focus While Reading

5 Tips To Maintaining A Strong Focus While Reading

In today’s world of Blackberries, instant messengers and other similar types of distractions, it can be very hard to maintain a strong focus while reading. Today I would like to share with you, 5 tips that I find work best for improving your focus while reading. Turn off the instant messengers, cell phone and email [...]

7 Reasons Why Speed Reading Is Good For Your Brain

7 Reasons Why Speed Reading Is Good For Your Brain

Speed Reading to me is not just about reading faster. I want to be able to comprehend the information better and retain it longer. It’s a total package. I belive that if we develop the ability to take in information and integrate it faster, we will start to reap the rewards of improved life quality. [...]

Reading Comprehension Strategies

Websters dictionary describes comprehension as “the act or action of grasping with the intellect” or in layman’s terms, understanding the information. When it comes to reading, comprehension plays the most important role because it is the sole purpose of reading itself. Information is presented in an article, book, report or nowadays, a blog post and [...]

How To Fix Subvocalization Effects On Reading Speeds

After having taught many speed reading classes, I find that there is one major hump that a majority of my students have and that is subvocalization. Subvocalization is that little voice in our head that makes it’s self known when we are reading something. Most of us have it in our heads when we are [...]