Rewards Of Speed Reading
When you learn to read faster, you will be able to understand
the meaning of what you read objectively and subjectively.
I am sure that you have heard or probably seen similar maxims
such as, "Haste Makes Waste", "Slow but steady wins the race".
Well I agrees that there are elements of truth in such maxims
but it may not be really as applicable in all endeavors.
Especially in your quest with Speed Reading!
When it comes to accelarated reading, the facts have proven
again and again that indivdual learns to read faster, they have
a better, more complete understanding of what they read.
?? Doubts to what I have mentioned above??
Let me ask a few simple questions:
1. Do you think you would really enjoy and appreciate watching
20 minutes good movie today, leaving the scenes today and
continuing another day for the next 20 minutes till you have
seen the entire movie?
2. After viewing the final segment 1 week kater, would you have
understood or at least enjoyed the whole story and meaning of
the movie?
My Ans : Not Likely At All
Your Ans:_____________
We will bring the analogy to reading now....
The Time Wasting Truth!
Your reading are most probably done in very much the same
intermittent manner.
You may be complaining now.... "Well, I will love to finish an
entire book in a single session but I have this to attend and
that to do..."
"Furthermore I don't have too many days to devote several hours
just to read. It simply become too fatique and boring to read
more than an hour in a single session..."
This is basically because for a normal human being, our mind are
somehow automatically programmed on a single time track!
Humans have a spatial time concept of 60secs equal 1 min, 60
mins equal a hour, 24 hour equal a day and so on.
Our conscious mind runs along this single track and thinks about
only one thing at a time. This means that anything is thought
about in an orderly and constructive manner. It is certainly not
possible to think two or more things simultaneously.
In order to read effectively, our mind must be on what is being
read. If our mind lose concentrations and starts to wander( in
other words thinking about other things) you will not be able to
comprehend what you have covered visually.
Take for example : Have you ever come across someone who drank
too much last night before comment the morning after that he/she
cannot recall what was said, heard and seen?
It is not that he/she cannot remember, but that his/her mind was
not in the condition to be impressed with what he heard or saw.
Why is the mind inclined to wander ever so often?
There more than a dozen reasons and causes. However the main and
most common culprit being -- Boredom
This boredom will alway creeps into the slow and poorly
motivated reader mind and divert the reader attention elsewhere.
Furthermore slow reading hinders our natural ability to grasp
the concept of what is being expounded.
It can be quite exceedingly frustrating to fervently fit the
bits and pieces from yesterday's reading, the day before and
perhaps a few weeks ago.
Imagine that you are now reading a long detective novel and your
contront a minor character, Uncle John, in the first chapter.
Uncle John doesn't re-appear until the final chapter which you
read several days later. To add to your frustration, you
discover that Uncle John holds an important key to solve the
crime and at the crucial point you don't remember such a
character appeared in the story at any point.
Won't you be anxious and frustrated. Good news, such problems
can be eliminated when you become an accelerated reader!
A novel such as one mentioned above normally can be read by a
speedreader within a couple of hours.
Definitely in a single session.
Don't you think , if you had read about Uncle John a few hours
ago, you would have a much better chance of remembering this
character vividly. Thus enable you to fit him into the plot to
get a more accurate and complete understanding of the entire
novel.
Yes, by developing the correct habits and attitudes of a speed
reader, you will increase your comprehension and improve your
overall understanding of the subject!
This will be the end of this issue...I will be sharing Reward 2
of Accelerated Reading in the coming publication...Till then
Take Care...
If you have any queries, feel free to drop me an email
adniclee@getresponse.com
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