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3x FASTER: Speed Reading Bootcamp 26-Days

teacher avatar Doug Armour, Meta-Learner

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      3x Faster Speed Reading Trailer

      2:16

    • 2.

      00 Episode: Project

      6:29

    • 3.

      01 Episode: Focus

    • 4.

      02 Episode: Bad Habbits

      8:56

    • 5.

      03 Episode: Reading Fast

      7:48

    • 6.

      04 Episode: Subvocalization

      6:39

    • 7.

      05 Episode: Chunking

      7:42

    • 8.

      06 Episode: Eliminate

      6:32

    • 9.

      07 Episode: Narrow Margines

    • 10.

      08 Episode: Posture

      7:12

    • 11.

      09 Episode: Progress

      7:48

    • 12.

      10 Episode: Pratice

      7:39

    • 13.

      11 Episode: Mindset

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      12 Episode: Eye Movement

      7:23

    • 15.

      13 Episode: Pacing Control

      14:51

    • 16.

      14 Episode: Mid Point Review

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      15 Episode: Memory

      11:00

    • 18.

      16 Episode: Skimming

      7:27

    • 19.

      17 Episode: Curiosity

      7:34

    • 20.

      18 Episode: Emotions

      8:23

    • 21.

      19 Episode: Stories

      8:00

    • 22.

      20 Episode: Avoid Fatigue

      7:49

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      21 Episode: Environment

      7:58

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      22 Episode: Visualize

      7:38

    • 25.

      23 Episode: Improve Vocab

      7:18

    • 26.

      24 Episode: Digital Reading

      7:18

    • 27.

      25 Episode: How To Read A Text Book

      7:50

    • 28.

      26 Episode: Summary

      7:59

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Want to double or even triple your reading speed? 3x FASTERĀ is a practical, step-by-step course designed to help you achieve just that, not overnight, but through consistent daily practice. This isn’t about magic tricks or mindlessly flipping pages faster. It’s about reclaiming your time, focus, and confidence as a reader.

This course is structured for you to follow one video per day for 3 weeks. Sure, you could binge it all at once, but this isn’t Netflix! For best results, treat each lesson like a daily dose of reading vitamins, giving your brain time to absorb, apply, and naturally strengthen your skills.

Each video introduces a new speed reading technique, carefully layered to build on the progress from the previous day. Along the way, you’ll see real, measurable improvements not just in reading speed, but also in comprehension and retention. Like any valuable skill, it takes dedication just 10 minutes a day for 3 weeks.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re naturally a fast or slow reader. By the end of this course, you won’t just know the techniques, you’ll have trained your eyes and brain to use them instinctively and feel fully in control of how and why you read. So join me, and let’s begin this journey together!

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Doug Armour

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Hellow friends, I am Doug Armour, a serial entertainer with a passion for meta-learning. I help people unlock their full learning potential, by sharing with them the techniques that have worked for me. Want to learn a new skill that you will use frequently, come join me in my courses. Look forward to seeing you around.

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Transcripts

1. 3x Faster Speed Reading Trailer: Hello, friends. I'm Doug mer, a serial opener with a passion for metal learning. I help people unlock their full learning potential by sharing with them the techniques that'll work for me. Congratulations on taking your first step in your speed reading journey. It doesn't matter whether you're a fast reader or you're slow as a snail. This course is designed to help you see real measurable improvements. Some people like my sister, are naturally gifted readers. She can breathe through a novel in a week, but I wasn't so lucky. Takes me a week just to find my bookmark. By nature, I'm an exceptionally slow reader. Diagnosed early on with both dyslexia and dysgraphia, I struggle with reading all through school. In university, I remember staring at a single chapter in a textbook for hours. Frustration was real, but I didn't give up. Along my learning journey, I discovered some incredible strategies and techniques that help me to double my read speed without losing comprehension. Let me tell you if I can do it, anyone can do it. In this video series, I'm going to be sharing with you the secrets to speed reading. You can read twice as much in the same time or read things in half the time and get back to doing what you love. Once you control your read speed, you control your time. But like any real skill, it will take some time and dedication. Less than 10 minutes a day for three weeks. Badly, I'm not handing out magic glasses or telling you to blink your way to brilliance. We're building a real skill here and it will take dedication. All I require for this course is a novel. Ideally, something you'd pick up for fun and read. Fiction, a light novel, Aven that book you bought three years ago and still haven't cracked open. We're looking for anything fun to read here. For the project, students will be tracking their words per minute progress in a spreadsheet. But speed reading isn't just about turning pages faster. It's about reclaiming your time, your focus, and your confidence as a reader. Therefore, by the end of this course, you won't just be reading quicker. You'll feel more in control of how and why you read. Join me on the speed reading journey, and we'll see you in the first episode. 2. 00 Episode: Project: Hello. I'm Doug armor. In this video, I'm going over the course project. Now I'm a strong believer in what gets measured gets managed. For the project, we're recording our daily progress. Track progress. Students will first measure their initial read speed. This baseline will serve as a starting point to see how much we improve each day. Then each lesson, we'll track our read speed, record it in a spreadsheet. To measure your start point, all the simple instructions. Pick up your novel and mark where you begin reading. We're going to start reading for 5 minutes in three, two, one. Mark the line where you stop. Now we must calculate our words per minute. To do this, count the number of words in three lines, and then divide by three. This will get you the average word per line. Next, count how many lines you read in the 5 minutes. Multiply your lines by the average words per line. Finally, divide by five to get your words per minute. Here's an example of what the math should look like, roughly. There you have it. Your words permanent. If your words permanent turn out to be slower than a tortoise, stuck in molasses, don't worry. We're just getting started. And once you finish the course, don't forget to upload your project so friends can see how far you've come. 3. 01 Episode: Focus: Welcome back. And if this is your first time, I'm Doug Armor, and if it's not your first time, I'm still Doug Armour, and I'm glad to see you back. In this episode, we'll be looking at how the right type of focus can drastically increase your read speed. So how do we increase our read speed? That's what we're here for after all, isn't it? Now, there's a few ways we can do this, but the most effective way I've found is by increasing our focus. Now, I want to do a little exercise. If you would, please raise your right hands up. Don't be shy, get those hands up. Start wiggling your fingers all about, get them wiggling real good. So when we lose focus, we start to make mistakes. Alright, now make your hand into a nice tight fist. Put your fist on your chin. Where's your chin at? Chin's right here. Now, in my live class, about 80% of people end up losing focus and putting their hand on their cheeks instead of their chin. When we lose focus, we make mistakes. Same thing happens with reading. How do we block out distractions and keep our focus? Now here's a simple technique that sounds almost too simple, but works. Grab a piece of paper, fold it in half, and use as a guide while reading. You could use it to your finger, but I've always found that a paper works a lot better. By blocking out extra words, you eliminate the clutter. You keep your eyes focused, and you stop your brain from wondering all about. Doesn't look impressive, that's the beat of it. It's simple, but it works. But of all the messages I try, this one's my favorite. It's easy to remember, it's gonna stick. Why does this work? I probably heard about the left side and the right side of your brain doing different things. Most of what's out there is either oversimplified or just plain wrong. But there's a nugget of truth that explains why this trick helps so much. The right side of your brain is great at focusing. It's the part that helps you lock in on details and zone out. Back when we were hunt through and gatherers, this skill was helpful to help us identify a ripe berry on a bush from a distance. The left side of our brain, it's always scanning, watching for threats. It's the reason you might suddenly notice a flicker in your peripheral vision or a strange sound in the background. Back in the wild, this could mean the difference between spotting a rabbit, a tiger in the bush or avoiding that one guy who couldn't throw a spear straight. But here's the thing. We're not in the wild anymore. When you're reading, there are no tigers sneaking up on you, words, which means the scanning side of your brain can take a break, often working against you. Pulls your attention every direction. That's why we use a guide like a folded piece of paper. It helps so much. Let your focus part of your brain, do the focusing. While the scanning part can slack off. For Results, do a distraction, better focus, and a boost in read speed, all from one simple trick. And put your focus into action. Grab your books, and let's dive into a five minute reading sprint. Now, read for 5 minutes, and then record results. Make sure you use your guide to block out those distractions. G start in three, two, one, go. That's it for today. Great job and getting started, and we'll see you in the next one. Same time, same face, slightly faster brain. 4. 02 Episode: Bad Habbits: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to be talking about how bad habits are limiting your read speed. But before we go further, let me share with you a story that brings this to life. An explorer was traveling through India when he came across a large camp. On the edge of it, he noticed several massive elephants, but something didn't add up. They weren't in cages. They weren't chain. Instead, each elephant was held only in place by a tiny thin rope tied to their legs. He was puzzled. These creatures were obviously powerful enough to break free with ease, but they didn't just stood there. Unable to make sense of it, the man approached a nearby trainer and asked, why don't they just walk away? Trainer smiled and began to explain. When they were young, we used the same ropes. Back then, it was enough to hold them. They pulled, they struggled, but they couldn't escape. Eventually, they give up. Now, they could break it, but they don't even try. They believe the rope still hold them. The rope doesn't change, but they do. Therefore, they remain trapped, not by the rope, but by the belief that they can't break it. Now, similar to the story, there are many beliefs out there holding us back from reading faster. Before we can build better reading habits, you first need to unlearn the bad habits that are holding you back. When learning to read, we're often told to go slow. Be careful. Make sure we understood every single word. Now, it sounds reasonable, but creates a belief that slow equals better. I used to think the same way. I read very slowly, not because I couldn't go faster, but because I believe speed would cost me comprehension. That belief didn't help me read. I actually held me back. Now let's try a quick test to see if this is true. Can you read this? The words are scrambled, but somehow you can read them. This is because your brain does not need perfect comprehension in order to piece together words and make sense of them. So, feel free to go fast. It's okay if you miss a letter. Your brain will fill in the gaps. Another common bad habit is backstepping. Constantly rereading the same section over and over again, even when you don't have to. Now, this was a bad habit I was definitely guilty of. I would often read words over multiple times, just to make sure I got them just right. Now, it may feel like you're being through when you do this, but it's actually breaking your focus and drains your momentum. Constantly rereading the same thing over and over again, both monotonous and boring. As we've already looked at, when your mind gets bored, it loses focus. In summary, we don't need to cling to slow linear reading habits anymore. No, they may feel smilier and safe. But they were only useful when we first learned to read. Now they're only holding you back. Therefore, if you want to read faster and retain more, start, let go of the bad habits and replace them with good ones. Don't need the training wheels anymore, take them off, and soar. Let's start building some of those good habits and do our five minute practice for today. Grab your books, let's start in three, two, one, go. Well done. Well done. Keep those good habits coming, and we'll see you in the next one. I 5. 03 Episode: Reading Fast: Welcome Back Speed readers. In the last video, we broke down the bad habits that are sleekerly holding us back, but now it's time to flip the script and look at the benefits of reading fast. Sounds backwards, but reading fast can actually improve comprehension. When we read slowly, our minds tend to drift. Pace breaks up, we get impatient or bored, and our focus starts to fade. Suddenly, you're three paragraphs in, and somehow you're thinking about tacos. Now, here's something strange about humans. Timothy Wilson and his colleagues conducted a study where their participants were placed alone in a room with nothing to do. No phones, no books, no distractions for six to 15 minutes. They had previously been offered a mild electric shock, which they found unpleasant and even said they'd pay to avoid it. But when left alone with just their thoughts and the shock device, they couldn't stand the boom. 67% of men and 25% of women chose to shock themselves at least once. Some did it multiple times, just to have something to do. And that's why boredom is the EE when we're reading. It kills your focus and tempts your mind into seeking distractions. But when you read fast, you stay engaged, story moves. Words have momentum to them. You speed up, it's like your brain goes from dial up to fiber opt. Way smoother. Therefore, your brain stays locked in, making it easier to understand and enjoy the material you're reading. It's not rushing. It's about creating a rhythm that keeps you engaged and immersed within the book. Start by gently pushing your pace. Not too fast, not too slow. Find that sleet spot where it feels slightly challenging but still manageable. My feel awkward at first, but that's all part of the process. Like building up endurance and running, you need to gradually build up your reading stamina. Over time, what once felt fast will start to feel natural. Reading fast doesn't mean you always have to, though, but it's better to have the option. Shift into high gear when you want to rather than being stuck in slow gear, 'cause nobody wants to be the person reading war and peace at the pace of a turtle doing taxes. Okay, let's keep the momentum going and start our five minute practice. Try to really push your pace. Pick up your book, and let's start reading and three, two, one. Go. Thanks for watching. We'll see you in the next one. Keep that speed climbing. A 6. 04 Episode: Subvocalization: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're looking on another bad habit that's slowing us down, subvocalization. Now, when we learn to read, we're taught to sound things out one syllable at a time. Shirks great when we're five, and we're trying to conquer the word fent. But now it's like riding with tricycles on. It's one of the big things slowing you down. Sub vocalization is when you speak the word out loud or even just in your head as you read. Yes, that little voice in your head that sounds suspiciously like you reading a bedtime story, it's holding you back. Feels natural, but slows your reading speed down to the speed of your voice. Therefore, if you want to speed up, you have to train yourself to see words and understand them instantly. Like recognizing a face in a crowd. You don't think nose, eyes, moth. Every time you see your cousin, you just know, Hey, that's scary. Same deal with words. To break the habit of sub vocalization, try chewing gum or gently humming while you read. It gives your vocal system something to do so your mind can stop relying on your inner voice. Reading should flow in one silent beat, not spoken syllable by syllable. Now, try today's five minute practice without that inner voice narrating. Let your eyes lead the way. All right, pick up your books and let's start reading in three, two, one. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We'll see you the next one. 7. 05 Episode: Chunking: Welcome back. I'm Doug Armor, and yes, we're still reading, but they we're reading smarter. And no, it doesn't involve caffeine or superpowers. Just a brain trick called chunking. We all want to read faster. But the question is, how do we actually do that without losing comprehension? Chunking is one of the ways. When learning to read, many people focus on one word at a time, but this slows you down and increases mental fatigue. Instead, aim to read in chunks of two or three words at once. Now tell me which is faster. Don't read one word at time. Don't read one word at a time. Don't read one word at a time. See the difference? Most people try to read one word at a time. That's not how your brain actually works. We don't observe information one piece at a time. We absorb patterns. We see groups. So instead of reading one word at a time, you should aim to read groups or chunks in a single glance. Your brain already does this without you noticing, but chunking trains you to do it on purpose. Therefore, the more you practice expanding your visual span, how many words you can process in one glance, the faster and smoother your reading will become. Chunking helps you to group words together, but there's another trap you must avoid pausing too much between chunks. Every unnecessary pause breaks up your rhythm and slows you down. Therefore, aim to minimize the gaps between chunks. Think of it like driving. You don't want to hit the brakes every few seconds. Unless you're learning to drive, then in which case, please do hit the brakes repeatedly. Reading fast, however, you want to be steady and have a good flow to it. Smooth movement between chunks keeps your mind engaged, comprehension high, and your speed climbing. For your five minute reading practice today, focus on keeping your reading smooth, reading words in big chunks. No one word at a time reading allowed. Pick up your books, and let's start reading in three, two, one. Go. Keep that rhythm steady and smooth. Great session today. See you in the next one. 8. 06 Episode: Eliminate: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to be looking at something that may feel counterintuitive at first, but will rock at your read speed. That is elimination. When we read, we tend to treat every word as equally important. But the truth is not all words carry the same weight. Words like A, A and A help for sentence structures, but they rarely add any core meaning to the sentence. Think of them like background dancers. Important, but you don't need to watch their every movement. Focusing on these words slows you down without giving you much in return. Therefore, don't waste your time ringing on minor words. Let them become part of the background. Read them without focusing on them. Now you'll still absorb them, but you won't get stuck on them. Here's an example. Read the section several times. See how the fill of words don't require your attention. You can read faster without focusing on them. In today's five minute session, let those fill of words fade in the background. Lock into what really matters. All right, pick up your books and let's start reading and three, two, one. You trim the reading fat? Well done. Now, rest up, and we'll see you in the next one where we're going to learn another powerful reading tip. A 9. 07 Episode: Narrow Margines: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to be unlocking overlook superpower in your reading toolkit. Peripheral vision. Now, most people treat an entire line of texts as something they have to scan from beginning to end. That instinct is actually slowing you down. You can read the words at the margin without looking at them directly. Therefore, try to expand your peripheral vision, especially by the margins. It will help you capture more words in less time with less effort. Your brain is more capable than you think. It can take in those edged words without direct focus on. Here's a technique to help you do that. When reading, imagine two lines going down the page. One or two words in from the end of the text. Think of them as lanes on our highway. Try to stay in between the lines. Use your peripheral vision to read the words outside the central focus area, allowing you to take in more information without the need for constant eye movement. This technique isn't about seeing more. It's about moving your eyes less. You don't need your eyes darting across every inch of the page, but you do need to train them to take in more at once. Therefore, by expanding your visual span, trusting in your peripheral vision, you'll reduce your eye strain, if fixations, and read faster with greater ease. For your five minute practice day, read between the lines literally. Narrow those margins and trust your peripheral vision. Now it's time to pick up your books and let's get started. And three, two, one, go. That's a wrap for today's eye workout. Go hit those eyewashes keep reading between the lines. See you in the next video. 10. 08 Episode: Posture: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to talk about something simple yet surprisingly powerful posture. Now take a moment and look at these two images. One person is slouching, the other is sitting upright. Now, let me ask you who's reading faster? Good posture isn't just about looking confident. It's about staying alert, focused. Your body constantly sends signals to your brain. But if you're slouching, your head's down, your shoulders are forward. Your body's telling your brain, we're tired. It's boring. This isn't important. And your brain listens. Therefore, focus drops, comprehension weakens, and your reading becomes sluggish. Now, I'm guessing a few you just sat up a little straighter. Don't worry. I did the same thing while writing this. Why does this happen? It happens because your body is designed to conserve energy. And your brain, believe it or not, uses a lot of energy, sometimes more than lifting weights. Boredom is just your body's way of signaling. It's time to conserve energy. Time to turn on relax mood because whatever I'm currently doing, I'm not getting enough value out of it. But when you sit up tall, eyes forward, spine aligned, your body sends out a different message. Says, This matters. Time to pay attention. Posture isn't just physical. It's mental preparation. Sloaching signals it's time to rest. But sitting tall, time to learn. Therefore, by simply adjusting your posture, you can dramatically improve both your reading speed and comprehension. Next time you open a book, check your spine and your brain will listen. Sit tall, align your spine, and give your brain the best signals you can. It's time to jump into our five minute reading. Pick up your books, and let's start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. We'll see you in the next one until then. Be that speed reader. I know you can be. 11. 09 Episode: Progress: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to talk about something that applies to speed reading and every skill you want to master, the learning curve. We all love progress. Feels good to get better at something. A real growth doesn't happen in a straight line. Therefore, understanding how learning actually works help you keep going when things get tough. Mastering speed reading or any skill for that matter, isn't just about practice. It's about understanding how we learn so we can stay motivated when the journey starts to get messy. Here are three key stages to learning any skill. Learning a new skill tends to follow a curve. At the beginning, everything feels exciting. You're learning a new skill, making fast progress. You gobble up all the best techniques first, and your confidence is rising. But the stage doesn't last forever. Eventually, progress slows. It feels harder to make any gains, and it may even seem like you're getting worse at times. But this isn't failure, this is normal. Therefore, recognizing this phase is critical. Most people quit around here, not because they can't succeed, because they mistakenly think that they've hit their limit. Or your brain says, It's boring. I'm getting diminishing returns. Time to move on to something else. But if you push through the valley, something amazing happens. With time and perseverance, the techniques start to click. Reading fast becomes second nature. You've gone from, I hope this works to I know this works. You're not just following rules anymore, you're experimenting, adapting, and owning the process. Therefore, mastery isn't about never struggling. It's about making it through the struggles and coming out stronger. Often we expect steady improvement, but Rio progress looks less like a staircase and more like a toddler's drawing of one. It is full of highs, lows, and plateaus. You can see in the graph of me and my siblings speed reading progress, we fit this curve to a T. Therefore, don't get discouraged when growth slows. That's not the end. It's the middle. Progress isn't about perfection. It's about persistence. Stick with the progress, cross the curve, and you'll get there. And when you're on your learning curve, it's important to keep going. Let's go build some momentum with a five minute reading session today. Pick up your books, and let's start in three, two, one. That's all for today. Keep climbing that curve. Even if it starts doing some weird loop de loops. Keep going. You've got this. 12. 10 Episode: Pratice: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to be talking about the importance of practice. How do you get better any skill? That's right. Practice, practice, practice. Think of it like the gym, but for your eyeballs. Practice is essential because it helps us build reflexes, acclimate to higher reading speeds. Just like any learning any skill, constant practice allows you to improve and master the technique. But we're going to take some time to look at how to practice well for any skill. Here are my five steps to learning any skill. The first step is believing you can succeed. Without this belief, you won't expend the energy or effort required to improve. Next, you want to break the skill into manageable parts. Now, some skills may seem overwhelming to learn at first, but it's a lot like eating an elephant. You do it one bite at a time. If you break any skill into smaller, more manageable chunks, you'll be able to process them and learn the skill one part at a time. To accelerate your learning of the skill, you'll want to identify the techniques and tricks to make learning the skill easy. Apply the 80 20 rule and identify the techniques that give you the most benefit for the time put into them. You practice the wrong things only end up reinforcing bad habits and wasting your time. You'll eventually probably get there, but it'll take you a whole lot longer than it needs to. Having an experience guide helps for this. However, the best teachers are normally not the top performers, but those who succeeded where they should have failed. These teachers tend to understand the skill more deeply and know how to pass on their insights. Next, we have practice, and this is where the magic happens. You need to practice consistently every day to get the benefits. It typically takes one to two months for a new behavior to stick. By repeating the technique, you begin to internalize the skill and make it a natural part of your process. When practicing, you want to find the sweet swap between being challenging and not too challenging. Finally, as you progress, gradually increase the complexity of the material and the challenges you face. This will help you further develop your abilities and push you to mastery of the skill. Now, you know what time it is 5 minutes of practice time. Get your reps in. Your brain will thank you. Now time to pick up your books, and let's start reading in three, two, one. Well done for today. Every day you show up, you get better, and that's how practice works. Keep it up, and we'll see you in the next one. A 13. 11 Episode: Mindset: Back speed readers. In this video, we're going to be exploring a crucial but often overlooked element of speed reading. Mindset. Consider this powerful experiment by doctor Ali Crum and her team. In the midst of the 2008 financial crisis, over 300 professionals in the financial sector were recruited for a study. Many feared for their jobs and reported high levels of stress and anxiety. But the researchers weren't trying to eliminate stress. They want to see simply changing how people think about stress would make a difference. They divide participants into two groups and sewed each a short three minute video. Both videos contain the same scientific facts about stress. But one framed stress as harmful and performance killing, while the other framed it as helpful, energizing, and performance enhancing. The results in the following weeks, those who watched the positive stress video reported fewer health issues and better job performance. While the negative stress video group reported more health issues and poorer performance. Therefore, mindset didn't just shape their outlook. It led to measurable improvements. Countless studies like this one demonstrate how a simple shift in mindset can have a disproportionate impact. But how do we get mindset working for us? Internalize the idea of being a speed reader. You're not just learning a new technique, you're building a new identity. Start thinking of yourself as a speed reader. Call yourself that, but don't just say it. Believe it. Another thing we can do is clear our minds of distractions. Speed reading requires your full attention. But many people bring with them their day. Worries about lunch, deadlines or random thoughts or worse, a group chat drama. Trust me, Becky. Cats texts and weight. Therefore, before you start, take a moment to mentally reset. Blew your mind of distractions, be present, set yourself up for a learning mindset, be curious, calm, and focused. Remember, speed readers, technique is important, but for optimal games, you need the mindset to go with them. Therefore, start each session by preparing mentally. Clear your mind with distractions, set into the identity of being a speed reader and believe you're capable of growth. Because the right mindset can make all the difference. It's time for our 5 minutes of practice. Okay, speed readers, blar your minds and be the speed reader. I know you can be. Pick up your books, and let's start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. We'll see you in the next one until then. Be that speed reader. I know you can be. 14. 12 Episode: Eye Movement: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to focus on a key skill that can instantly boost your reading speed, flow and fixation control. How do some people glide through text like it's dance floor, others trip over every syllab like it's high school hurdles again? Why do we slow down even when we know what to do? The answer isn't always about technique, but awareness about how your eyes move across the page. Remember our previous lessons about not reading one word at a time, but instead reading chunks of two or three words that at once. You want to avoid taking breaks after each chunk. Chunking alone helps. But when you stop after each chunk, it creates the same problem. Too many pauses, too much drag. Therefore, try to move smoothly through the line, linking chunks together with as few fixations as possible. Think of it like dancing through a sentence, not stepping over every beat. Fewer fixations equals faster, smoother reading. This approach has two major benefits. Faster reading, fixating less often allows your brain to absorb more with each glance, speeding up your overall read time. The second benefit is less fatigue. Constantly stopping is tiring. It's like trying to watch a movie that pauses every 5 seconds. Very annoying. But when your eyes move rhythmically and fluidly, you stay engaged, alert, and focused longer. Therefore, reading becomes not just about being faster, but also more enjoyable. You don't need to be perfect, but you do need to be aware. Therefore, start by noticing how your eyes move across the page. Are you stopping too often, fixating too long, losing your flow? Awareness is the first step to eliminating inefficiencies and building true reading momentum. Time for our five minute practice. In this exercise, try to notice how your eyes move across the page. Let's start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. We'll see you in the next one. Keep your eyes moving, your brain grooving, and dance through those pages. A 15. 13 Episode: Pacing Control: Welcome back speed readers. In This video, we're going to talk about a skill that separates the average readers from the advanced ones. That is pacing. By now, you're probably starting to read a bit faster. But if anything like me, you're probably wondering I push the speed even further. Therefore, let's talk about how to stretch your limits without losing control. Here's a simple exercise to help you develop your top end speed. It's called 42, one. For 4 minutes, you're going to read a passage at full comprehension. Then for 2 minutes, you're going to reread the same section, but you'll need to be much faster in order to complete it in the 2 minutes. Then finally, 1 minute. You're going to reread it again, but put yourself to the max speed to try to finish the section in 1 minute. At first, this will feel very uncomfortable. But that's the point. Think of it like interval training for your brain. You're not aiming for perfect comprehension in that 1 minute round, but you are training your eyes and brain to be able to move faster. Therefore, the more you practice at high speeds, the more your natural pace will increase. The one that you use every day for reading. I'll just start to feel natural to be a little faster. Yes, it's important to increase your top speed, but we also want to control our pace here. You don't always need Ted at the max speed. Dense material, complex topics, or deep reflection might require a slower pace. But the difference is you're now in control. Therefore, building a high max speed gives you flexibility. You can speed up when things are easy or slow down when they get hard without losing momentum or flow. Think of it like walking and running. You might prefer to walk most of the time, it's empowering to know you can run when you really need to. Over time, your jogging pace may become more comfortable than your old slow walk ever was. Reading fast might feel strange at first, but the discomfort is a sign of growth. Therefore, keep pushing your upper limit. Brain your speed like a muscle. The goal isn't to read fast all the time, but to have full control over your pace. You can read fast when it matters and slower when it counts. Time for some pacing practice. We're going to do a four, two, one exercise first, and then a five minute practice. Pick up your books and let's start going in three, two, one. Now reread the same section in 2 minutes. Now, reread the same section in 1 minute. Finally, let's do our 5 minutes of regular reading. Thanks for watching. We'll see you in the next one. Now go give your eyeballs a well deserved break. They deserve it after all those laps. 16. 14 Episode: Mid Point Review: You did it. Congratulations on reaching the halfway point. Now take a moment and pat yourself on the back. No, really, pat yourself on the back. You've done great. Most people start things, but far fewer make it this far. Therefore, recognizing the milestone isn't just about a feel good moment. It actually helps feel you to keep going. In this video, we're going to be reviewing everything we've learned so far. Because sometimes the best way to move forward is to see how far you've already come. You've been learning a lot, but with O review, even the best lessons can start to fade. Therefore, let's share from what we've already gained so we can build even stronger momentum from here. Here is a list of the major topics we covered so far. Focus is key to reading faster. Unlearning bad habits helps us to break free of the chains that hold us back. Chunking helps us group words together and speed up. Fixation control leads to fewer e stops, smoother, faster reading. Because staring at each word like it owes you money is slowing you down. Real vision, train your eyes, take in more with fewer movements. Elimination stops you from wasting time on filler words. Mindset. Well, you know that one matters speed readers. And then finally, pacing helps you build your top speed, learning to shift gears based on context. Each technique builds on the last, but it's your consistency and reflection that turn them into real skills. Now time for our five minute practice. Let's try combining everything we've learned, starting in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. And again, well done. I making it this far. But still much to learn. We'll see you in the next video or we'll keep leveling up your speed reading mastery. 17. 15 Episode: Memory: Welcome back speed readers. In the next few videos, we're going to be shifting gears. We've been learning how to read faster, but Bed means nothing if you forget everything you've read by lunch. Therefore, in the next few videos, we'll be focusing on comprehension and retention. The human brain is built to forget. We're surrounded by information all day, but your brain filters out most of it. That's why you don't remember the texture of the white wall you passed this morning. It's not useful information. Therefore, your brain saves energy by only keeping what seems important. And the biggest signal to determine whether something's important is the emotional impact that it has. When something feels exciting, surprising, funny, or meaningful, sticks. When it feels boring, your brain tags it as not worth remembering. Therefore, you want to remember what you read, you need to turn your reading into something that's worth remembering. This is because the mind is a network. The more nodes a new memory connects into, easier it is to remember. Here's a great example of how meaning makes memory stick. It's called the Baker Baker paradox. In a study by neurologist Gillian Cohen, two groups were shown the same photo of a man. One group was told his name is Baker. The other was told he is a baker. Both groups were shown other images. And then later, both groups were shown the same man's photo again and ask what they remember. Now, both groups were technically given the same word Baker. But one group was told a name and the other a profession. The results, the group told he was a baker, remembered the man far more often than the group that was told his name is Baker. Why the difference for the same word? That's because the word Baker triggered meaningful connections, smell of fresh bread, warmth of a bakery, flour on the apron, the image of a cheerful worker behind a counter. The name Baker, it was just a label, random, disconnected, hard to anchor to any memory. Therefore, even though the word was the same, meaning behind it made all the difference in memory. Takeaway? We don't remember words. We remember what they mean. Therefore, when you connect new information to rich, emotional or sensory experiences, you give your brain more hooks to hold onto it, and your memory gets stronger. Here are three techniques to help improve retention. First is visualization. Words can fade, but vivid images stick. Therefore, imagine what you're reading. Turn dry text into mental pictures. Visualization helps create strong mental connections and make the connections more memorable. Make it strange, exaggerate it because unusual things are harder to forget. Next technique is skimming. Jumping straight into dense material can overwhelm your brain. It's like diving into a mystery novel on page 243. You'll just nap confused and blame the Butler. But if you skim first, you give your brain a map as to what's coming up next. Therefore, when reading, take one to 2 minutes to glance through the headings and structure. Your brain will absorb the details more easy when it knows the big picture. Multiple studies have shown the benefits of skimming. Third and most important, in my opinion, is reading with purpose. Reading without a reason is like walking without a destination. But when you read with purpose, your brain lights up, it pays attention. It knows it will need the information, and therefore will actively remember it. So how do we create engagement before you start reading? The way you can do this is with curiosity. I want you to read to fill you with awe and curiosity, like a magician, which hand has the coin. Keeps you guessing, engaged, wanting to know what happens, only to reveal a surprise. You're not just reading, you're getting invested because you remember what you intend to use, not what you passively saw. Pride the following. Ask questions before reading, or even play a small game where you try to guess what's coming next. While reading, you also take notes or retell what you learned while reading to someone else. Knowing that you have to use it later will make it stick. Or right before bed, try to recall what you read that day. Anything to get you reusing it or knowing that you're going to reuse it helps it stick. In summary, memory isn't something that just happens. But when you engage actively, when you visualize, skim, question, and have purpose for what you're reading, not only just retain what you've learned, you'll actively own what you read. All right, time for our daily practice. Great chance to try out some of those techniques we were just talking about. Nine to pick up your book, and let's start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. I go visualize a dancing baker juggling coins behind a white wall. Where the idea came from. 18. 16 Episode: Skimming: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to be exploring a technique that helps you read less, but understand more. That's skimming. You might think the best way to understand a chapter is read every word carefully. But research has shown that's not the case. A number of studies suggest that skimming before reading can improve comprehension and reading speed by approximately ten to 20%. For more information on that, check out some of these studies on the screen. These findings have been observed across multiple studies, all pointing towards one truth. Skimming works, not because it replaces reading, but because it prepares your brain to read better. Why is skimming so effective? When you jump into a chapter with out context, your brain is left guessing what matters. But when you skim first, you start to recognize structure of the content, key themes, and headings and pre terms and important ideas. Therefore, your brain builds up a mental framework, a kind of scaffolding that makes it easier to absorb, organize, and retain new information when you dive deeper. In short, skimming turns unfamiliar information into something your brain is ready to understand. Give it like a movie trailer for reading. Reading without direction can feel passive, but skimming introduces concepts just enough to spark questions in your mind. You see something interesting out there, but not enough to fully grasp it. Therefore, your brain wants to fill in the gaps. You're more motivated to read, more curious, and more engaged. Skimming doesn't kill curiosity, it activates it. In summary, skimming isn't cutting corners. Think of it like reading the map before exploring a cave. Creates clarity before detail. Therefore, use skimming to build a mental framework, activate your curiosity, prime your brain for deeper reading, and improve both speed and comprehension. Time for reading practice. But before we start, try skimming ahead. Pause the video now and skim a bit ahead, then come back and we'll start reading in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. We'll see you in the next one and keep skimming on. H. 19. 17 Episode: Curiosity: Welcome Back Speed Readers. I let me ask you a question. What's inside the box? Today's video, we're going to look at how curiosity builds memories. We like to think pleasure is what grabs our attention. But what really hooks us often is anticipation. That's because a powerful brain chemical called dopamine. Now, dopamine is often misunderstood. Most people think of it as the feel good, happy chemical. But in actuality, dopamine feels wanting, not having. It is the anticipation chemical. It's what keeps us scrolling through videos 2:00 A.M. In the morning, not because we need to watch a guy build a cabin with a wood spoon, but because we're chasing that next high. Therefore, curiosity is more than just a feeling. It can be a neurological tool we can use to help improve our learning. So how do we put curiosity to work for us instead of letting it hijack our time? Ask questions before you read. It might seem small, but it changes everything. As Voltaire put it, judge a man, not by his answers, but his questions. When you ask, What is this about or why is this happening? The brain goes into search mode. You're not just passively reading anymore, you're hunting for answers. Therefore, ask questions makes you more invested, more focused, and far more likely to remember what you read. For example, what's in the box? Is it empty? Is it treasure? Where is a chunk? Maybe a life lesson in disguise, a snack I forgot to eat. Or maybe it's just socks. But your brain has to know. What is in the bosq it keeps asking? To make sure the lesson sticks, I'm not opening the box. Feel that tension, that frustration. That's open me at work. Next time you're sitting down to read, don't just start with answers. Start with questions. I'll turn your textbook into a mystery novel. Now that your curiosity is all fired up, it's time for a five minute reading practice. Before you start, create a list of three questions you want to know about what you're reading. All right, time to pick up your book, and we'll start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. Stay curious and we'll see you in the next one. A 20. 18 Episode: Emotions: Welcome Back Speed Readers. In this video, we're going to be exploring something that makes all the difference in how well we learn. That is emotions. Why do children learn faster than adults? I'll tell you, it's not because they're smarter than adults. But Because they approach learning as play. Think back to your childhood, something that you remembered effortlessly. For me, that was the name of 151 Pokemon. And not because someone made me memorize it, because I was emotionally invested, cared, really enjoyed it. And most importantly, I really needed to know whether my bulbosur could be my brother's hartmander. Multiple studies show that when learning feels like a game, retention improves. Therefore, the more we tap into the same sense of playful curiosity, faster we can learn and more we'll remember. Emotions act as a signal for what is worth remembering. Well, boom, on the other hand, is your brain's way of saying not important. This is why avoiding monotony is crucial in memory building. Boredom kills emotions thrill. Remember the Baker Baker paradox? Why was it easier to remember a man who is a baker rather than a man named Baker? Because Baker taps into a web of cozy memories, warm bread, flour dusting around, the smell of imonrolls but Baker as a name, is emotionally flat, some guy. Nothing connected to. Therefore, memory happens when emotions and information merge. Most people know that long term memories are formed while we sleep. But what many don't realize is that emotionally charged memories are specifically targeted during this process. And before they're stored long term, the brain actually disconnects the intense emotion from the memory itself. It does this so that we're not an emotional wreck each time we recall our memory. Your emotional state at the start of reading, anchors your experience. Dark, curious, calm, and engaged, your brain's primed to retain. Start stressed, distracted, or bored, and your brain shifts into survival mode. It says to itself, time to focus on danger or snack instead. Learning takes a backseat. Therefore, managing your mental state is not optional. It's foundational. Another great example of this is when you're walking home alone at night. The footsteps behind you seem loud and alarming. But in a boxing match, you hardly notice the footsteps of the opponent in front of you. Your mindset and context shape what your brain pays attention to. Summary, emotion is the fast track to memory. Use humor, play, surprise, or curiosity to bring your learning to life. Because the information that matters is the information that moves you. Now it's time for our 5 minutes of reading. Let's get emotional and remember what we read. Pick up your book and let's start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. Go there and get emotional, not too emotional. 21. 19 Episode: Stories: Welcome back speed readers. In this episode, we're gonna be looking at the power of stories. We all love a good story. Fairy Tales, Greek myth, a Netflix spine. Or that one friend who can somehow make a trip to the grocery store sounds like an Epiquest for avocados. We're drawn to stories across every culture and generation. But this isn't just a cultural preference. Tower brains are wired. Take the boy who cried wolf or the tortoise and the hare stories. They have lasted for over 2,500 years. Why is this? Because humans are very good at remembering stories. Stories have been our go to method for passing on information for the last 360,000 plus years. Our brains are wired for narratives. It's only recently that scrolls, books, computers have allowed us to store information in other ways. Humans are built to remember stories. Stories naturally connect ideas, making them easier to understand and recall. Why are stories so effective? That's because our brains are wired for stories. The fundamental ways we understand the world is as a narrative. Stories connect many ideas together, making them easy to remember. Your brain's not a filing cabinet. It's a giant spaghetti net net connections. And stories, they're the sauce that pulls everything together. This is because our mind is a network of neurons, with each node connecting to each other like a net. Memories are clusters of neurons. More connections make them stronger. Stories allow us to weave together many details so that they are easier to remember. The interconnected structure of stories make our neurons connect and each one more easy to remember. Therefore, the more threads you tie a memory to, the stronger it becomes. Connecting things such as sound, smell, touch, and emotions make memories strong. For example, do you remember the first exam you wrote or the first Disney movie you watched? I'm guessing the movie. You might think memory is all about repetition, but it's really about meaning. Stories connect. More things your memory connects to, such as emotions, sound, smell, visual or other experience, the stronger it will be. Embedding information inside a narrative makes it stick. When reading, don't just look for information. Look for the stories. Actually try to make connections. Because the more information you tie together, the stronger memory you create. As you begin your five minute reading practice today, don't just look for facts. Look for the story behind them. Let your mind connect the dots. All right, time to pick up your books, and we'll start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. Now go make some memory nets and weave your brain neurons together. 22. 20 Episode: Avoid Fatigue: Welcome back speed readers. And today we're talking about the invisible villain of speed reading, eye fatigue, how it affects your ability to read quick and stay focused. What happens when you get tired? You lose focus. Your eyes start to strain, you slow down. You start to reread secons. You drift, start to wonder what's for supper? But the problem isn't just discomfort. It's that reading while fatigue leads to bad habits. Therefore, check your eyes. It's critical if you want to build long term sustainable reading speed habits. Long reading sessions without rest can cause eye strain, which impacts both focus and comprehension. You might be tempted to push through as you're a warrior, a scholar, a caffeine field champion. Here's the thing. Even champions blink and take breaks after hard rounds. Here's some tips to help with eye fatigue. If you feel your eyes are getting tired or dry, don't power through. Take a short break, look away from the page, and focus on something far in the distance for a few seconds. Therefore, you give your muscles a chance to reset, rest, and it reduces strain, and increases your focus. Another technique that can help is the lazy eight eye technique. Staring at one point too long tires your eye muscles out. But exercises like the lazy eight can help. Race the shape of an infinity sign or sideways eight in the air with your finger and follow it with your eyes. This simple motion increases flexibility and helps your eyes move more smoothly across the page. Therefore, it strengthens eye control, reduces tension, and supports more fluid reading. You might think pushing through builds discipline, but reading while exhausted trains your brains to associate reading with low energy and slow performance. It's like training kung fu while tired. It's not elegant. It's just reinforcing bad technique. Therefore, if you're too tired, stay engaged, better to pause than to reinforce sluggish bad habits. Or you dive into your 5 minutes session today, take a deep breath. Let's stretch your eyes out, do some lazy eights, follow your finger. I a little focus there. Now let's pick up a book and do our 5 minutes of reading, starting in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. Give your eyes. Well, earn break. See you in the next one. But 23. 21 Episode: Environment: Welcome back speed readers. In today's video, we're going to talk about something a bit sneaky your environment. Let's face it, even the best speed readers struggle. There's a cat on your book and a blender in the background. Let's see how we can prove our environments. How do you expect to read with focus and speed if your environment is constantly working against you? You may have great techniques. But if your space is full of distractions, poor lighting, uncomfortable seating, your performance will suffer. Therefore, it's not always about how you read, sometimes about where you read. A well designed environment does more than look good on Instagram, puts your brain in a state of focus and flow. When your space is cluttered, noisy, dim, sends the wrong signals to your brain, Bulls your brain time to relax, not to focus. Therefore, set up the right reading environment isn't just optional. It's a performance tool. Here are some things to keep in mind when optimizing your environment. First is good lighting. A good lighting makes your book HD clear. A bad lighting makes you swinth like you're trying to read an ancient scroll by candle light. We'll flip on a light, and your eyes will thank you. Be able to read longer and have less discomfort. Next up, we have minimizing distractions because it's hard to concentrate and it's hard to concentrate. Bone is buzzing like a bee on Espresso. Silence it, hide it. Banish it to another dimension if you need to. Now, socialization can be healthy at the right times, but you can't expect to absorb complex information in a chaotic space. Therefore, choose a calm quiet place. Silence your phone, shut the door, give your attention to the space it needs, so you can lock in and learn. Finally, we have comfort. You might think comfort doesn't matter, but an uncomfortable chair, slouch posture, leads to tension, restlessness, reduced stamina. Therefore, even the best readers will struggle in a poor environment. But when you design a space that's built for focus, your energy rises, speed up, and your comprehension rises. Your space doesn't just reflect your mindset. It helps to create. Messy desk, scattered brain. But if you clean your setup up, you're basically Tony Stark with a highlighter. Therefore, take some time today to upgrade your space before we do your reading practice. Because right setup makes all the difference. Now, pick up your books, and let's start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. See you the next one. A 24. 22 Episode: Visualize: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to be exploring a technique that helps you remember what you're reading. That's visualization. When most people read, they hear the words in their head like a polite audiobook narrator, but with their own voice. However, as we've already looked at, this is slow and will eventually bore you. Therefore, to unlock faster reading and better memory, we need to see the words, not only hear them. Better memory, you want to visualize, not verbalize. Your brain processes languages stages. First, we have the sounds, hear the word. Then you have the concept, you understand it. And third, you have the image. You see it in your mind. Most readers stop at the first or second step. But readers who move quickly from concept to image retain more. Now, I must warn you, I personally found this technique does have a trade off. When using this technique, you need to determine whether speed or memory is more important. I found images are more memorable enjoyable when reading, but they are slower to cost focus. So if you just want to go for speed, go with the concept. But if you want to go for memory, go with the image. When visualizing, you really want to make the image come to life. Let's say you read she dropped the keys on the wooden table. Don't just hear the sentence. See it. Imagine the flash of the keys as they fall down. Platters of the keys hitting the wood. Imagine that you're seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling. But don't overthink it. Just let the image come as it is. Therefore, more senses you engage, the stronger the memory becomes. In summary, we're not just reading words, we're actively building a movie in our minds. But if all you hear is words in your head, you're probably watching the movie with the screen off. Visualize, don't verbalize. Concept is for speeds, but images is if you want to be memorable. In today's five minute reading, try turning words into images. Let the story unfold in your mind like a blockbuster movie. All right, time to pick up your books. We'll start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching, and we'll see you in the next one. 25. 23 Episode: Improve Vocab: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to be looking at one of the most overlooked keys in reading faster and with more confidence. And that is vocabulary. How do some people seem to glide through texts effortlessly while others stop and stumble? It's not always about technique, but sometimes it's about familiarity with the words themselves. This is especially true if you're engaging in a new subject you're not familiar with. Therefore, you want to boost your read speed. One of the best places to start is by expanding vocabulary. When you recognize a word instantly, your brain doesn't need to pause or decode it. But if you're constantly stopping to figure out what the meaning of a word is or stopping to look up the word and worse, it's going to slow you down. Therefore, more words you know, less fixations you experience while reading. And the faster and more fluent you'll be through the text. This is especially true with unfamiliar subjects or new topics to you. Think of vocabulary like a toolkit. The more you have, the more efficient you can work. Here are some strategies to rove vocabulary. First is, read often. Think of books is like a vocabulary gym. More you read, the more fits you get. Another option is doing one word a day. Helps keep the dictionary away. And then finally, if you are reading and you come across the words you don't know, do look it up. Better to look it up now instead of stumble across ten times and then look it up. In summary, reading fast isn't just about moving your eyes quickly, but also about how well your brain recognizes what it sees. Therefore, invest in vocabulary early, especially with new topics. Each new word is one step closer to AphrisRading. Time for a five minute reading practice. Today, try to notice an unfamiliar word you can add to your vocabulary. All right, let's pick up our books, and let's start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. And remember, more words you know, the faster you go. See you in the next one. 26. 24 Episode: Digital Reading: Welcome back speed readers. In This video, we're going to shift gears a bit and start talking about how to apply reading skills in the world where more and more reading is digital. But now, I'm guessing you've gotten pretty confident reading a book. But what happens when you have to read something on a screen? In today's hyperconnected world, it's far more common to read emails, articles, reports, or even books on your phone or computer. Therefore, knowing how to adapt your speed reading skills to digital platform is essential. Reading on the screen is different. It's more distracting, harder on the eyes, and cat videos are looking just one tab away. Focus gets tested real fast. But the good news is there's plenty of tools and apps designed to help with speed reading digitally. Be on screen a list of some popular apps that can help with speed reading in the digital format. Reading isn't the only form of learning. More and more people are now consuming content through podcasts, audiobooks, and videos. Kind of like this video. But most people listen at a normal speed, which was a waste of a lot of time. Therefore, if you're watching a video or listening to a pagas, I'd highly recommend trying gradually increasing the speed. And you might start at 1.25 times and then move up to 1.5 times and then eventually reach two times speed. You'll be surprised at how quickly your brain actually adjusts to these higher speeds. And you may be surprised at how much more content you'll actually be able to consume because of it. Popular tools for this, you can see on the screen below. Now the techniques we've been learning are not just for books, but for any platform where you're taking in information. Therefore, use the tools available, train your brain across multiple mediums and keep pushing both your eyes and your ears wherever you can. All right, enough with those digital tools. Let's get to our 5 minutes of reading practice today. Pick up your old fashioned books and let's get reading and three, two, one. Thanks for watching. Testo taking your speed. Beyond the books. See you in the next video. May you be ever faster. 27. 25 Episode: How To Read A Text Book: Welcome back speed readers. In this video, we're going to cover something every student should know how to read a textbook the right way. Now, most people don't realize this, but there's actually a proper technique to reading textbooks. Reading a textbook like a novel might feel natural, but textbooks aren't meant to be read like Harry Potter. Because textbooks aren't written for entertainment, but for quick reference. Therefore, you need to approach it with a strategy built for information extraction, not for storytelling. Reading fiction is about flow and getting immersed in a narrative. But reading a textbook is about structure, identifying and absorbing key information quickly. Therefore, your reading strategy needs to shift from passive enjoyment, active targeting what matters most. Not all information is equal. How do we start reading a textbook? Why have we first start with the table of contents. Jumping into chapter without context is like starting a journey without a map. But when you begin to scan the table of contents, you gain a clear sense of structure and flow of the material. Therefore, you'll know where to focus your attention. You'll be able to see how sections connect to the bigger picture. Now when reading a chapter, we will first want to identify what the most important concepts are. But what are they? Fortunately, textbooks make this very easy to find. Target the first and last paragraph of each section. They often contain the thesis, key arguments, and summary points. This will give you a fast, high level understanding without wading through every example and detail. You can also check out a website like Spark Notes and see if they can give you a summary of the textbook and chapters. Textbooks are dense, they're packed with technical terms, definition and layered concepts, but that doesn't mean you're falling behind if you read slower. Therefore, give yourself permission to slow down when needed, especially when grappling with complex information. Precision matters more than speed here. Textbooks aren't meant to be read cover to cover like a novel, but they're full of valuable information. You know how to approach them. Therefore, scan the structure, target key paragraphs, adjust your pace based on the complexity of the material. This strategy helps you to extract the essential without getting bogged down by every single word. It's time to get reading speed readers. 5 minutes on the clock. Pick up your books, start in three, two, one. Thanks for watching. Go unlock a textbook secrets and we'll see you in the next one. 28. 26 Episode: Summary: Congratulations, speed readers. You made it to the final chapter. This isn't just the finish line. Time for a victory lap. Now, this is no small accomplishment. So take a moment to really appreciate how far you've come. Stuck with it, practice consistently, transform the way you read. Well done. Bed readers. You've earned the title. But before we jump into our final daily reading test, let's take a moment to celebrate your progress and review the powerful techniques we learned all along the way. Focus is the key. We use a guide to help increase our speeds. We've unlearned bad habits, reading slow vocalization and constant backstacking. We replace these bad habits with good ones. Reading fast by actively reading fast, it makes the higher speeds feel normal. Chunking. We don't read word by word anymore, but we read several words at a time. Therefore, reducing fixation and increasing flow. We now fix eye movements and fixation, training our eyes to glide seamlessly across the page. We've learned how to use peripheral vision and narrowing the margins to read more efficiently. We eliminate filler words like the, ah, of. They're unnecessary and are just slowing us down. Mindset because you know you speed reader. Mastered pacing and speed conditioning, using drills like the three to one method. Gradually push our max speed. We've learned about the learning curve and how sticking to it will show results. We've also looked at techniques to help improve our retention. There's no point in reading if you forget what you've read by lunch. We've seen how motions equal memory, how storytelling is for retention, how skimming leads to structure and how visualization is memorable. We've also looked at vocabulary. More words you recognize instantly, the faster you read. We've looked at how preventing eye fatigue can lead to better habits and longer reading. We've looked at how optimizing our environment helps optimize our performance. You've come a long way. Now it's time to put everything you've learned together. Pick up your book for one last five minute speed reading session. Let's go in three, two, one. Thank you for joining me on the speed reading journey. It's been a blast. You've reshaped your habits. You've sharpened your focus. Now you're reading like a precise machine, although a whole lot smarter and a lot more human than most machines. So keep reading, keep growing, and remember. It's not always about speed. It's about unlocking the power of every word. If you're hungry for more, explore with me my other videos and keep learning momentum going. Until then, read bold, read fast, and we'll see you out there, speed readers.