Comments on: Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:32:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sandy http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-64157 Sandy Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:01:04 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-64157 I am a nursing school student and mother-of-two, and completely overwhelmed by massive amounts of text we are required to read. To add to it, I am not a fan of reading to begin with. It is tedious, and I often have to skip back to the beginning of a section because I didn't quite comprehend what was written. Tedious, and un-fun, to say the least. Books on speed reading are still books, and they take time to read. Your post is concise and to the point. Thank you!! I tried the assessment exercise, and my eyes are sore (I supposed they didn't get their mini breaks between the skips). My reading speed doubled with about the same amount of comprehension. Your post encourages me to keep practicing, and spend less time reading, and more time with my girls!! Thanks again! Sandy Wow! My eyes are sore after going through the assessment exercises, and I doubled my reading speed, with about the same amount of comprehension!! I am a nursing school student and mother-of-two, and completely overwhelmed by massive amounts of text we are required to read. To add to it, I am not a fan of reading to begin with. It is tedious, and I often have to skip back to the beginning of a section because I didn’t quite comprehend what was written. Tedious, and un-fun, to say the least.

Books on speed reading are still books, and they take time to read. Your post is concise and to the point. Thank you!!

I tried the assessment exercise, and my eyes are sore (I supposed they didn’t get their mini breaks between the skips). My reading speed doubled with about the same amount of comprehension.

Your post encourages me to keep practicing, and spend less time reading, and more time with my girls!!

Thanks again!
Sandy

Wow! My eyes are sore after going through the assessment exercises, and I doubled my reading speed, with about the same amount of comprehension!!

]]> By: Ishan http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-63974 Ishan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:35:14 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-63974 I will try to keep this comment short - but I doubt that :) This is the first time I have come across your blog. I was going to start reading a new book, which relates to quite a boring subject (PMP). I have tried to read this book couple of times eariler, but find myself completely forgetting what I have read, and never progressing beyond first few chapters. So, I decided that in my first go I will just finish that book very fastly, and worry about comprehending it in second run. That's when I started searching in Google for speed reading, and came across this article. I followed exercises in this article to the tee, and found myself naturally increasing my reading speed quite a bit. After that, I started reading the book very fastly, with the intention of not comprehending it. After reading a few chapters, I found that not only had I read those chapters very quickly, surprisingly, I had understood everything and had 100% comprehension. That was quite surprising to me. I again started searching on Google, and came across another article which mentioned that if we read slower than our mind can process information, then we are sure to not understand most of the stuff. That would be like watching movie in a slow motion. In a nutshell, your speed reading techniques not only increased my reading speed, it also made sure that I was able to comprehend more efficiently, and lesser time. Nothing beats that :) Thank You. I am a regular reader now. Heading over to Amazon to try out the book as well. I will try to keep this comment short – but I doubt that :)

This is the first time I have come across your blog. I was going to start reading a new book, which relates to quite a boring subject (PMP). I have tried to read this book couple of times eariler, but find myself completely forgetting what I have read, and never progressing beyond first few chapters.

So, I decided that in my first go I will just finish that book very fastly, and worry about comprehending it in second run. That’s when I started searching in Google for speed reading, and came across this article.

I followed exercises in this article to the tee, and found myself naturally increasing my reading speed quite a bit.

After that, I started reading the book very fastly, with the intention of not comprehending it.

After reading a few chapters, I found that not only had I read those chapters very quickly, surprisingly, I had understood everything and had 100% comprehension. That was quite surprising to me.

I again started searching on Google, and came across another article which mentioned that if we read slower than our mind can process information, then we are sure to not understand most of the stuff. That would be like watching movie in a slow motion.

In a nutshell, your speed reading techniques not only increased my reading speed, it also made sure that I was able to comprehend more efficiently, and lesser time.

Nothing beats that :)

Thank You. I am a regular reader now. Heading over to Amazon to try out the book as well.

]]> By: Thrive By 25 » Tim Ferriss http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-63387 Thrive By 25 » Tim Ferriss Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:26:34 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-63387 [...] best-selling book “The 4-Hour Workweek,” has a blog that can teach you everything from how to read 300% faster to how to control your Facebook obsession. It’s great if you’re looking to hone your [...] [...] best-selling book “The 4-Hour Workweek,” has a blog that can teach you everything from how to read 300% faster to how to control your Facebook obsession. It’s great if you’re looking to hone your [...]

]]> By: Blake W. http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-63335 Blake W. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:40:18 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-63335 Tim, I am taking the Earn1K course, and I think you should know that I made you laugh AT LEAST twice the other night. ("**** abandoned us," for one) I am having some difficulty applying the course because I don't have hard technical skills and I don't have much experience. (I just graduated college and negotiated a work-to-own for two nearby franchise tax offices. That is going well, but it leaves a lot to be desired in a career.) Because I am so close to a university I think it might be worthwhile to apply the Earn1K system to teach speed reading. Are you willing to offer any more material or insight that might help me be successful?? Remember, I made you laugh. Blake W. Tim,

I am taking the Earn1K course, and I think you should know that I made you laugh AT LEAST twice the other night. (“**** abandoned us,” for one)

I am having some difficulty applying the course because I don’t have hard technical skills and I don’t have much experience. (I just graduated college and negotiated a work-to-own for two nearby franchise tax offices. That is going well, but it leaves a lot to be desired in a career.)

Because I am so close to a university I think it might be worthwhile to apply the Earn1K system to teach speed reading. Are you willing to offer any more material or insight that might help me be successful??

Remember, I made you laugh.

Blake W.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-63328 Nathan Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:35:47 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-63328 Hey Tim, After listening to the 4-Hour Workweek audio-book recommended too my as part of my reading material for an internship I am part of I remembered hearing about increasing reading speed. I looked it up and found this post. The information here is incredibly helpful as a lot of what I'm doing requires reading and understanding information. I hope you don't mind, but I've re-posted this on my blog. There's a link at the bottom giving you full credit, and I will happily remove the post if you would prefer? You're a truly phenomenal person, and your book is amazing! Keep up the good work! Regards, Nathan. Hey Tim,

After listening to the 4-Hour Workweek audio-book recommended too my as part of my reading material for an internship I am part of I remembered hearing about increasing reading speed. I looked it up and found this post. The information here is incredibly helpful as a lot of what I’m doing requires reading and understanding information.
I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve re-posted this on my blog. There’s a link at the bottom giving you full credit, and I will happily remove the post if you would prefer?
You’re a truly phenomenal person, and your book is amazing!
Keep up the good work!

Regards,
Nathan.

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