Personal
Efficiency
( …put into practise )
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Speed reading
Situation, math, process
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Training process
Program Mod 3
• Test
• Theory
• Exersizes
• input / intro to technique
• You read
• You evaluate
• repeat 6-7 techniques
• Test
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Theory, background &
bad habits
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Read & understand
Most people
• Read like when they where 10-12 years old
• Read with an inner voice – aloud for themselves!
• Read approx. 250 words/min. with a 60% understanding
• That’s 0,6 x 250 = 150 efficient words/minute
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Why we read slowly
• Read like 10-12 year old
– ”soren saw a cow…”
– Hear & say learning
– Phonic learning
– Back skipping
• Brain overcapacity means that you read things
again
• Eyes uses too many fix points in every line
– Eyes focus for every ”fix” which takes time
– 4-7 fix pr line
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Read & understand
• With reasonable training you achieve
– 800-1000 words / minute
– An understanding of +80%
• Thats 0,8x1000= 800 efficient words/minute
• More than FIVE times as much
• Usually during seminar you gain + 50-75%
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You do the math…
• How much time does an employee use daily to
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Read (relevante) mails
Read reports
Read updates
Read boards
Read_________
Total
_________min.
_________min.
_________min.
_________min.
_________min.
_________min.
Yr number of employees?
Yearly time spent ( x 200 days)
_________empl.
_________min.
-___%?
_________Working days
(an avg working day at your company costs… euros ?)
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Type writer reading
• Every sentence moves eye app. 7 times
• We do 1 ”empty return reading” / line
• Mouth/throat reads silently along
• Brain has over capacity
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Speed reading method
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Advanced pacing
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The techniques
Try every one & choose the best one(s) for you today
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Use of visual pacers / guides
• Pen, finger, ruler, etc.
– Pace in FRONT of the eyes focus
– evt. under the line
• Pace / force your speed up
– Limits back skipping
– Enhances concentration
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Eliminate ”subvocalisation”
• Read text /novel / book
• Aim : Do NOT read aloud to yourself
• Occupy your vocal cords. Fx by…
– Counting: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 …
– Hum : eeee eeeee eeeee / hummmm
– Going faster until it stops
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read 2+ word at a time
Aim: less focal points
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read 2+ word at a time
Yes .. You DO skip some words …
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Read only the center of the page
• Start at 2. or 3. word from margin
• Stop at 2. or 3. word from margin
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read 2 lines at a time
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read on the way back
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Advanced pacing (just to try it)
• Z / S shape over the page
– Use ”Pacing Zone” at center of page
– 2 fingers or 5 cm plastic pacer
• (evt. business card)
– Peripherical understanding
– Takes practice (frustration)
• read 1 page
– Mark keywords
– Write that you remember
• read page again - (faster)
– Fill ”gaps”
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Hand pacing
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Turn pages when you are (almost) done
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Super speedread a complete book
• The ”SUPERFAST METHOD”
– read back of book
– read list of content
– Copy list of content to a ”Mindmap” or similar
– Read all chapter ”Summaries” / evt. study questions
– Mark keywords on each page
• i.e. Who, what, why, how, where, when
• Transfer keywords to mindmap / notes
– Reflect on ”what do I still miss?”
– Re-read (relevant parts of) book fast and fill ”gaps”
– Now you have the essence of the book
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Super speedread a complete book!
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read 5 chapters at 15 sec/page or "S-read" it
– Goal : Gather key themes / elements
• Keywords
• Persons
• Similar
Reflect over each chapter at the end of each
Speculate over next chapter and what you expect find in it
After max 5 chapter - recap
– What do I miss?
• Reflect on possible answers
– Evt. make a mindmap
– Re-read fast
– Fill ”gaps”
– Make a mini summary of the 5 chapters
Repeat process for next 5 chapter
Summarize complete book
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Measure the GAIN
___ hours/week
( ___ hours/year)
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Effective reading speed
Your effective reading speed =
Understood percentage % x Your reading speed w.p.m.
– Example :
• You read fx. 250 w.p.m. and have 6 correct answers
• 0,6 x 250 = 150 effective words / minute
• Calculate your result and tell me please
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Before
Name
Avg
After
WPM
Difference in pct
Understood Eff. Speed WPM
understood
Eff. Speed
Diff i pct
1
417
10%
42
267
50%
134
220%
2
173
75%
130
356
40%
142
10%
3
216
30%
65
368
50%
184
184%
4
213
30%
64
405
50%
203
217%
5
176
20%
35
328
40%
131
273%
6
160
30%
48
316
45%
142
196%
7
165
30%
50
390
30%
117
136%
8
204
25%
51
302
55%
166
226%
216
31%
60
342
45%
152
183%
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