Most people spend a considerable amount of time reading, be it reading books or what comes up in a google search. If we are able to cut down time spent on reading in half, that itself would save a lot of time!
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of being able to read fast. What’s fascinating to me is that although you read fast, the level of comprehension does not diminish, in-fact some speed reading methods claim to actually increase comprehension!
Steve Pavlina has a post on how he tripled his reading speed using a method called PhotoReading. This method of course also requires that you invest around $250 on it. However, considering the advantages it could be a worthwhile investment for some.
I’ll of course do a bit more research on google regarding the subject before I make that investment I’m sure there must be plenty of free advice to get started.
UPDATE: Just incase you’re wondering, Steve’s got some answers for your questions/doubts regarding PhotoReading in his latest post
Problems problems problems. What I want to know: is Steve is getting kickbacks for every course that sells through his website?
Was this something he purchased on his own, or was it sent to him by the company?
The entire package is very gimmicky–provided you read thier website and the brochure that Steve posted with his blog. They “promise” a whole avalanche of wonderful things coming into your life after you learn photoreading, but they cover their asses by qualifying each thing with the word “might.” Read the pamplet, see what I mean.
And I know they cover everything with all sorts of garuntees, but I’m 25 years old and post-lingually deaf. I use a cochlear implant. I want to know if they provide captioning or transcripts to any of their materials.
I think I should become a “deaf product tester” to see how products go over in the hard of hearing, deaf, and Deaf markets.
I’m rambling now. I’m just skeptical.
Yea, I know exactly what you mean (I hope so anyway). That’s why I won’t be jumping to spend any money on it straight away. Somehow when you read Steve’s post it sounds more like an advertisement.
But on the other hand I really do want to figure out a way to improve my reading speed, and Steve’s post got me thinking on the subject.