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writersstartatthebeginning—indeed,theyusually“writethefirst

partlast.”

2.Truereadingisword-for-word.Istartedasakid

lookingatindividualletters.Theydidn’thelpmuch.NextIstarted

soundingoutsyllables.Finally,Icouldreadwholewords.Whystop

withwords?

Well,Iknowonereason…Ihadacollegeprofessorwhomade

usswearwehad“Readeverysingleword”ofourcollateralreading.

Why?

Hedidn’tmakeusswearwe’d“readeverysingleletter.”The

answerissimple:

thatprofessor（likeme）hadnevermovedfrom

letters,syllables,andwords,toreadingphrases,sentencesand

paragraphs.Heassumedtheonlywaytoreadthoroughlywasbythe

laboriousmethodofreadingonewordatatime.

3.Readingisalaborioustaskwhichtakesalongtime.Notatall!

Readingcanbebothfunandfast.Indeed,speedreadingislikeautoracing—itisfarmoreexciting.

4.Allpartsofabookareofequalvalue.Thismyth

persistsuntilyouactuallywriteyourownbook.Then,allatonceyou

realizethereis“filler”material,illustrations,andevensometimes

wholechaptersjammedintoabookjustbecausethepublisherinsisted.

Takemessagesforinstance.Everhearamessageandwishyoucouldput

itonfastforwardoverthatlongstoryillustratingapointyou

alreadyunderstand?

Well,inreadingyoucanfastforward.

5.Readingfasterwillreduceretention.Sorry.It

shouldbethatway,shouldn’tit?

Thosewhogroanslowlythroughabook

painstakinglysoundingouteverysingleword,maybeevenmovingtheir

lips,shouldgetagreaterrewardshouldn’tthey?

Sorry.Infact,speed

readingtechniqueswillincreaseone’scomprehensionandretention.

GettingReadytoRead

So,we’rereadytoread.Butdon’treadthebookyet.Thereareafewstepstotakefirst.

FIRST:

ELIMINATEALLDISTRACTIONS:

GetridofANYthing

yourmindcouldthinkaboutbesidesthereadingmaterial.Isthere

conversation?

Activity?

TV?

Anuncomfortableseat?

Musicinthe

background?

（OKOK,Iknowmanyofmyreadersarecollegestudentswho

claimthey“studybetter”withmusicinthebackground.Goaheadand

claimit—butyouarewrong.Youmight“likeit”better,butyoudo

notstudybetter.ANYthingwhichmightoccupyyourmindwatersdown

yourconcentration—evenoccupyingyour“mind-in-background.”Fool

yourselfifyouwish—butifyoureallyareseriousaboutreading

faster,eliminatedistractions.

SECOND:

Ask:

Whatismypurpose?

Whyareyoureading

this?

Andwhatkindofliteratureisit?

Isitaclassicorfiction

workyouarereadingforfun?

Then,whyhurrythroughitatall?

Likea

leisurelymeal,sitbackandtasteeachbite—turnoverthedelicious

phrasesinyourmind.Oriscollateralreadingforacoursewhereyou

aremustbefamiliarwiththecentralnotions?

Thenfindingthenotions

iswhyyouarereading,right?

Ormaybeyouarereadingcollateral

whereyouwillbetestedonthecontent?

Ormaybecollateralreading

whereyouwillberequiredtosay,“Ireadeverysingleword?

”Oris

thisabookwhereyouwillbetestedonthetermsanddatestherein?

Or,maybeyouarejustreadingthebooksearchingforsomenewideas

foryourownsituation.Oryouhavetowriteareview.Ormaybeyou

plantoteachittoothers.Seehowdifferentyourpurposemightbefor

each?

Beforeyouopenthebook,takeaminutetostateyourpurposeto

yourself.Itwilllargelydeterminehowyoureadthebookfromthenon.

THIRD:

Doa10minutePRE-READ.Taketenminutesor

lessandpre-readtheentirebook.Goaheadandtrythisifyou’ve

neverdoneitbefore.Treatabooklikeajigsawpuzzle.Dumpitout,

thenorganizeallthepiecesfirstbeforeputtingittogether.Readthe

dustcoverandanycoverreviews.Thenlookthroughtheauthorblurb.

MovetotheTableofContentsandseeifyoucanfigureoutthewhole

bookfromthispage.Pagethroughtheentirebook,pagebypageand

glancethroughallsummaries,tables,pull-outquotes,

diagrams（especially）,andscanthroughallthesectiontitlesandyou

go.

Chancesareyou’llfindtheKEYCHAPTERwhileyouaredoingthis.Somepublisherssay（offtherecord,ofcourse）“Abookissimplyonegreatchapterwithadozenotherfillerchapters.”Ifthisisso,findthatchapter.

FOURTH:

ReadtheKEYCHAPTER.Startusingtherapid

readingtechniquesmentionedlatertoreadthisKEYCHAPTERthrough.

Youarenotobligatedtowaituntilyouhavereadallthechapters

beforethisone,asifyoumusteatyourgreenbeansbeforetheice

cream.Thebookisyours—goaheadandgetthecentralideabefore

youstart!

Onceyou’vereadthekeychapteryouarereadytoreadtherest.In

orderfromthefronttotheback,orinsomeotherorderwhichbetter

suitsyourpurpose.Nowforsomeactualreadingtipstips.

III.RapidReadingTechniques

1.Raiseyourspeed-comfortlevel.Howcomfortable

areyouspeedinginacar?

Howfastdoyouhavetogobeforeyoufeel

youare“ontheedge?

”70MPH?

90?

120?

Howabout210MPH,thespeed

theIndycardriverscanaverage?

Getthepoint?

Somepeoplehave

learnedtodrivefaster;

theircomfortlevelhasbeenraised.Youcan

dothesamethingforreading.Faceit,speed-readingisn’tmostly

abouttechnique;

itisaboutmindset.Indeedthismaybethereason

youcanplayaCDwhilereading—youaremerelydrivingalongat

25MPH.CanyouimagineanIndycardriverplayingmusicinthe

No.Thedriverfocusesallhisorherskillsonthetrack.

IfyouareoutforaSundayafternoonstrollinyourbook,thenignore

this.Butifyouareseriousaboutbecomingaspeed-reader,thenstart

expectingmoreofyourself.

2.SeethebookasaminefullofOREnotGOLD.Books

offerwonderfulgoldtotheprospector.Butthereadermustsort

throughtonsoforetofindandrefinethegold.Thespeedreader

changesmindsets:

quitsfoolingaroundwiththeoreandsearchesfor

thegold.Whatisabookanyway?

Whatarewords?

Theyare“carriers”of

truth,thoughts,ideas,athesis,information,terms,concepts,

notions.Onereadsabooktogetthemessage,nottoobsessonthe

words.（I’mtemptedheretotalkaboutBiblestudy,butweshallletit

passthistime.）Switchyourmindsettolookingforthegold.

3.QuitSubvocalizing.Mostofuslearnedtoreadby

soundingoutthewords.Thetroubleis,mostofusneverstopped.Sure,

maybewenolongeraudiblysoundthemout,orevenmoveourlips,but

inourheadsweare“readingtoourselves.”Wehavelearnedtoreadby

Mouth-and-Ear.Tobecomeaspeedreaderonemustdiscardthishabit（or

atleastreduceit）andadopttheeye-and-mindmethod.Itismostlya

matterofmindset.Insteadofactingliketheear（eveninoneinside

yourhead）istheroutetothemind,beginbelievingthattheeyeis

thegatetothemind.Startdrinkinginbooksthroughyoureyes.Let

thebookspassintotheminddirectlyfromtheeye,skippingthemouth

andears.Goaheadandstarttryingit.

4.Useyourfinger.Formostbeginningspeed-readers

thisisashock.Theyrememberreadingingradeschoolwiththeir

fingerandassumeitslowsonedown.Actuallythefingerisyourpace

car.Itleadsyouforwardataspeedypace,andkeepsyouonfocusand

avoidingback-skipping.Thereareseveralwaystouseyourfinger（or

hand）butjusttryitoutforstarters.Asyouimprove,buyoneofthe

booksonspeed-readingandsettleonthepatternwhichworksbestfor

you.

5.BreaktheBack-skiphabit.Mostofusreadalonga

lineoftypelikethisonetogettheinterpretationofthemeaning,

butaswereadoureyesjumpbacktodwellonawordwejustpassed.We

dothiswithoutknowingit.Infact,probablytheonlywaytodiscover

howmanytimesyoubackskipistohavesomeonewatchyoureadand

counttheeye-dartsback.But,unlessyouhavesomeoneyoufeelpretty

comfortablestaringyouinthefacewhileyouread,justtrustme–

youprobablyback-skip.Howtostop?

Firstconfessyoudoit.Then

startrecognizingwhenyoudoit.Finallywhentemptedtoback-skip,

treatthebooklikeamovie—thatis,evenifyoumisssomethingina

movie,youdon’tstopthevideoandreplayit.Youjustletitflowon

through,hopingyou’llmakeituplater.

6.Useyourperipheralvision.Justlikeyoumustdevelopa

muscleinthegym,soyourmindcanbetrainedtousetheeye-gateto

takeinabroaderamountofdata.Forinstance,insteadofreadingleft

torightacrossthelines,pretendthereisalinerightdownthe

middleofthispageandyouarefollowingtheline.Letyoureyetake

inthroughperipheralvisionthephrasestotherightorleft.Canyou

doit?

Withpracticeyoucantrainyourmindtoreadon“bothsidesof

theroad”eventhoughyoureyesareonthecenterline.Topractice

thisskillmostsp