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Kam Knight
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August 18 - August 19, 2020
With commitment, there is no doubt that you will develop the ability to read a 200+ page book in one hour!
Improving speed without improving comprehension is not speed reading. The aim is to help you read faster and with greater comprehension.
Those who experience difficulty reading do so simply because the material is saying something different from what their mind is expecting it to say.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested–Francis Bacon
Not all material is meant to be read the same way. Not all material can be read the same way.
Strategic vision is the ability to look ahead and peripheral vision is the ability to look around, and both are important–Carly Fiorina
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events–Eleanor Roosevelt
As vocabulary is reduced, so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the number of the things you can identify–Sheri S. Tepper
Studies show that people with a strong vocabulary not only understand more but read faster.
Audiobooks are a great way to learn the meaning of words.
language was at first entirely verbal. The mind evolved to comprehend spoken words before written words.