Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour (Mental Performance)

by Kam Knight

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why—Mark Twain.

Purpose has power!

Whenever she arrived in a new city or town, the first thing she did was take a few hours to walk around and explore.

the mind is continually making predictions about the future.

Professor Yee Lee Shing at Goethe University says the brain is essentially a prediction machine.

• Title • Headings • Introduction • Every word in bold, underline, quote, and italics • Visuals Aids • End of Chapter Questions • Summary/Conclusion

People falsely assume that slower reading means better comprehension.

in most cases, the factors causing slower reading also cause lower comprehension.

If you don’t grasp the main point, you will get lost in the details.

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