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So, much like Adler and Van Doren in “How to Read a Book,” Marks-Beale starts off by claiming that you only know how to read in the most fundamental manner. To her, reading faster is not a superpower. In fact, if you perceive it as such, it’s probably your school’s fault.
Still not convinced?
Then, ask yourself one simple question: are you trying to remember everything written in this summary?
Your answer is probably “yes.” And this is because you were expected to remember everything written inside your schoolbooks. For some teachers, even the footnotes counted!
Fact: this is not how your brain works!
Studies have shown that, by now, you’ve probably forgotten about 90% of what you needed to remember in order to get passing grades. It was all lodged in your short-term memory.
And, obviously enough, it’s your long-term memory which actually counts. As far as it is concerned, most of the things you read are insignificant. Their essence is the only thing which is really accepted. It’s nice to think of your long-term memory as a fertile ground for important data.
To widen the analogy: reading faster basically means picking out only the important stuff from the page.
It’s easier than you think!
Start off by understanding the purpose of reading. “10 Days to Faster Reading” suggests doing this by asking two simple questions:
Why am I reading this?
Why do I need this information?
If you can’t find a good answer to either of these two questions, then throw away the book you’re holding! You’re merely wasting your time! You’ll remember nothing afterward and you’ll never get those few days back!
Once you’re done with the questions, move on to inspecting the book. Once again, Marks-Beale looks as if she has read “How to Read a Book” by Adler and Van Doren. They spoke of inspectional reading, and Marks-Beale speaks of “pre-viewing.”
It’s the same thing, really!
Skim through the contents, inspect the style, see what you like and what you don’t. Even at this stage, you may come across some titles and paragraphs you won’t like. More importantly, you may already get a pretty good idea of what the book is really about.
Now, it’s finally time for the big guns!
One Day (Or Book) At a Time
Most of us have too many things to read. Between books, newspapers, magazines, email, Kindle and blog posts, our reading pile quickly overflows and while no one invents the time machine, we must choose what to read.
Sorting helps you read the most critical materials first: you may have a large stack of books, but some materials will always be more valuable than others.
Having clarity about what you are trying to do is necessary for efficient screening.
If you’ve taken the time to set your goals, it’s much easier to identify if reading specific materials will help you find the information for which you’re looking.
What Do I Expect From This Read? The Power Of Fixation
You can multiply your reading efficiency by taking a few minutes before you start, to decide first, why you’re doing it.
It is important to determine the reason, i.e., decide what you want to learn from the material.
Determining what information would help you, what questions you want to answer, and how you want to apply that material will be much easier to recognize useful information when you find it.
The best way to determine goals is to write questions that you hope to answer before you open the book. It effectively programs your brain to look for the information you are trying to find – a very important concept called “pre-activation effect.”
The Value of Mental Indexation
Pre-activation is the act of “programming” your brain to perceive factors about your environment. Your interest changes the filters, so you realize when they appear. The pre-activation effect happens unconsciously, but you can control it if you are aware.
Motive fixation works because it gives you the opportunity to consciously “prioritize” your filters and note information related to your interests.
When you are sufficiently focused, you can quickly read a book until your brain recognizes something that is interesting or important.
As you read, you instinctively find your eyes stopping at the part of the text that is related to what you are looking for.
It sounds magical, but it’s just your brain doing its job. Before you start reading, do not skip the two main sources to determine the importance of the book: the list of contents and the index.
The first tells you about the structure, content, and order of the book. The second, besides being a useful reference tool, is essentially a frequency map of terms that are keywords in the book.
- Click on the Download Button to buy the only Rs 20.
-- When it comes to reading, education has failed you! True, we’ve been here before, but we guess it’s no wonder we’re writing about the same thing once again. You know what they say: great minds think alike!
So, much like Adler and Van Doren in “How to Read a Book,” Marks-Beale starts off by claiming that you only know how to read in the most fundamental manner. To her, reading faster is not a superpower. In fact, if you perceive it as such, it’s probably your school’s fault.
Still not convinced?
Then, ask yourself one simple question: are you trying to remember everything written in this summary?
Your answer is probably “yes.” And this is because you were expected to remember everything written inside your schoolbooks. For some teachers, even the footnotes counted!
Fact: this is not how your brain works!
Studies have shown that, by now, you’ve probably forgotten about 90% of what you needed to remember in order to get passing grades. It was all lodged in your short-term memory.
And, obviously enough, it’s your long-term memory which actually counts. As far as it is concerned, most of the things you read are insignificant. Their essence is the only thing which is really accepted. It’s nice to think of your long-term memory as a fertile ground for important data.
To widen the analogy: reading faster basically means picking out only the important stuff from the page.
It’s easier than you think!
Start off by understanding the purpose of reading. “10 Days to Faster Reading” suggests doing this by asking two simple questions:
Why am I reading this?
Why do I need this information?
If you can’t find a good answer to either of these two questions, then throw away the book you’re holding! You’re merely wasting your time! You’ll remember nothing afterward and you’ll never get those few days back!
Once you’re done with the questions, move on to inspecting the book. Once again, Marks-Beale looks as if she has read “How to Read a Book” by Adler and Van Doren. They spoke of inspectional reading, and Marks-Beale speaks of “pre-viewing.”
It’s the same thing, really!
Skim through the contents, inspect the style, see what you like and what you don’t. Even at this stage, you may come across some titles and paragraphs you won’t like. More importantly, you may already get a pretty good idea of what the book is really about.
Now, it’s finally time for the big guns!
One Day (Or Book) At a Time
Most of us have too many things to read. Between books, newspapers, magazines, email, Kindle and blog posts, our reading pile quickly overflows and while no one invents the time machine, we must choose what to read.
Sorting helps you read the most critical materials first: you may have a large stack of books, but some materials will always be more valuable than others.
Having clarity about what you are trying to do is necessary for efficient screening.
If you’ve taken the time to set your goals, it’s much easier to identify if reading specific materials will help you find the information for which you’re looking.
What Do I Expect From This Read? The Power Of Fixation
You can multiply your reading efficiency by taking a few minutes before you start, to decide first, why you’re doing it.
It is important to determine the reason, i.e., decide what you want to learn from the material.
Determining what information would help you, what questions you want to answer, and how you want to apply that material will be much easier to recognize useful information when you find it.
The best way to determine goals is to write questions that you hope to answer before you open the book. It effectively programs your brain to look for the information you are trying to find – a very important concept called “pre-activation effect.”
The Value of Mental Indexation
Pre-activation is the act of “programming” your brain to perceive factors about your environment. Your interest changes the filters, so you realize when they appear. The pre-activation effect happens unconsciously, but you can control it if you are aware.
Motive fixation works because it gives you the opportunity to consciously “prioritize” your filters and note information related to your interests.
When you are sufficiently focused, you can quickly read a book until your brain recognizes something that is interesting or important.
As you read, you instinctively find your eyes stopping at the part of the text that is related to what you are looking for.
It sounds magical, but it’s just your brain doing its job. Before you start reading, do not skip the two main sources to determine the importance of the book: the list of contents and the index.
The first tells you about the structure, content, and order of the book. The second, besides being a useful reference tool, is essentially a frequency map of terms that are keywords in the book.
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