Speed Reading – the
Million Dollar Skill
© Tomas Libas
What We’ll Cover Today
“My Story”
Every Other Course in 2 Minutes
Vision
Pronouncing VS Visual Reading
80/20
Learning & Behavior Change
State
My Story
Every Other Course in a Couple of
Minutes
Reducing Subvocalization
Increasing Saccade Size
+
Information Handling
Digital Reading
Why?
If there’s a big enough “why”, the question “how”
is secondary.
Reading vs Pronouncing
Pronouncing is going from symbols to auditory
sound.
Reading is going from symbols to a movie in your
head.
The Presuppositions of Speed Reading
Books = Stimulus for Ideas
Learning = Behavior Change
“If your behavior hasn’t changed, you haven’t
learnt anything.”
- Eben Pagan
“A decision is measured by massive action. Until
you’ve taken action, you haven’t decided yet.”
- Tony Robbins
The 3 levels of learning
Insight
Action
Transformation
The 80/20 Rule
20% of Energy = 80% of Results
20% of Information = 80% of Value
(Sometimes 5% info = 95% value)
Relaxed Alertness
The mind is alert.
The body is relaxed.
Let’s Recap
Vision
80/20
Learning & Behavior Change
Pronouncing VS Reading
State
Challenge
Practice relaxed alertness.
Read what’s important for you.
Practice reading faster than normal.
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