10 Days to Faster Reading

I've always loved reading, and I set a goal to read 50 books this year. I've always envied speed readers, and wanted to know their secret(s). I was disappointed to see this book wasn't at my library so I bought it with the intentions of finishing and donating it to my library. It's a good book that gives you several different pacing methods, a test on your reading speed/comprehension each days, and tips on how to increase both. My personal favorite is pre-viewing. Everyday use the tips and tricks in this book to increase your everyday reading, from email, newspapers, blogs, and of course books. What the author says is true; most of us haven't learned/improved our reading since we first learned. The book shows you how to break habits that slow you down, and adapt habits to speed you up. Highly recommend for anyone looking to get through that pile of reading material they've been trying to plow through.

This actually work. Initially I was very pessimistic about speed reading as most of the techniques located on the web will tell you to automatically skip lines or other obviously erroneous techniques. There is no substitute for actually reading everything, but there are ways to do it faster and more efficiently. These includes: 1) Training your eye span and movement. 2) View larger word clusters instead of single words. 3) Use a pacer that works for you (this is highly individual and this book wisely contain many choices). 4) Limit sub-vocalization (internal whispering) 5) Read with a purpose. 6) Vary you reading style in accordance to the material Besides all this the book contains a multitude of tests, pointers on screen (computer) reading and lots of other useful stuff. The book is not without its limitations, the biggest problem being that it is simply to ambitious; it's material on note taking and technical reading is so short and over simplified that it ends up doing more harm than good, for people interested in this important subject I suggests you look to the book What Smart Students Know . Another and perhaps more important area that lacks attention is the speed techniques themselves, although many are presented only few are backed with exercises which is crucial to their development and understanding. For all it's problems the book still deserves four stars, simply because it will install confidence in you that this actually works. I went from 220 WPM to 330-350 WPM within a week, with my comprehension rate rising from 50 to 70%. However if you want to go up to 400-600WPM, extend your mental abilities to concentrate (read) for longer intervals and get your comprehension rate up to 80-90%, you will have to look to more compressive (and time consuming) programs such as the one brilliantly outlined in Breakthrough Rapid Reading . For newcomers and people who just need quick improvement or motivation I will strongly recommend this great little book.

You're supposed to read one chapter each day for the 10 days, and in each chapter is a new method to help you read faster as well as a time trial where you can gauge your speed and reading comprehension. I went from 220 words per minute on Day 1 to 345 by Day 5 using a combination of the index card pacer technique and the eye span technique, with no loss in comprehension. That's incredible...it means I can now shave off an average of 3 hours off a 400 page book. I learned that my problem was I was reading each word on the page, which was slowing me down. Instead, I use m peripheral vision to capture more words at once. You don't have to do it this way, though. The author gives you multiple techniques and has you test out each one to see what you're comfortable with. The chapters are short (as is the book) so you can breeze through each quickly.

I was definitely pleased to have ordered this little nugget of a book. Plenty of advice to help just about anyone who feels they could do better with their reading speed. As recommended, I read a chapter a day. The chapters are short so benefits came quick. But if a 10 day reading journey seems long for you, you can feel free to pile on more chapters. It did much to change my view on reading with just a couple of tweaks. My only complaint initially was that it wasn't available for Kindle. However, now I can save it in my bookshelf for my children to read once they come of age.

After finishing this book I am very excited to become the reader I always knew I could become. I love reading (non-fiction) and I am always trying to find ways to squeeze more results from my efforts by reading more books and increasing my comprehension. This book seems to have a pretty good system. I really liked the format and strategy of the author and I can see myself coming back to this book to gain more understanding down the road. It's a quick read (200 pages) so you will be on your way quickly to increase your results. In summary, a great investment to free up more time to one of my favorite hobbies, reading.

Comprei e li este livro no começo do mês e logo após lê-lo achei que havia sido um desperdício de tempo. Acontece que desde então em 1 semana já li dois outros livros. Este livro é simplesmente fantástico. As dicas dadas são simples de serem lembradas e seguidas e o principal, elas realmente funcionam. Recomendo a todos que desejam ler não somente mais rápido, mas ler melhor.

Con lecciones sencillas, te muestra que si tienes cambios en la forma de lectura, de 150 palabras por minuto he llegado a alcanzar hasta 400, dependiendo del tipo de informacion, recomedable

10のステップで速読を具体的に説明しています。速読術と銘打った書籍の多くは、テクニカルなものが多く、目の動かし方やページの開き方に力点が置かれていますが、本書はちゃんと読書の人生における重要性という点に軸足が置いてあって好感が持てます。読書環境、ボキャブラリー、内容の難易度などに対してのどのように対処すべきか記述されています。速読術の専門用語はすくなく、平易な単語で綴られており、とても読みやすく、10のレッスンの内7番目くらいで速度増加を実感できます。文章構成がよく練られていると感じました。 一読されると、得るところがあると実感できるでしょう。

Ich habe bereits andere Bücher zum gleichen Thema gelesen und muss sagen, dass mir dieses Buch bis jetzt am Meisten gebracht hat. Es ist sehr praxisorientiert. Nicht alle angebotenen Techniken haben für mich funktioniert, aber das ist auch nicht die Idee des Buches. Es geht genau darum alles mal auszuprobieren und dann das weiterzubetreiben was individuell am besten passt. Und für den Preis kann man nicht viel falsch machen.

Recommneded in the Personal MBA book and did not disappoint, very straight forward and with practive, really helped me read quicker while still retiaing the information.