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Speed Read in Only One
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A method by which you can double or triple your
reading speed. The program includes evaluations,
exercises and techniques by America's leading speed
reading research team.
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A memo from SPEEDREAD AMERICA INC. PO BOX 3044 HOT
SPRINGS, NM 87901-3044 Speedread America is the
originator of accelerated learning technology
specifically aimed at speed reading. Dr. Jay Polmar,
now retired, worked with leading educational specialists
to fine tune the speed reading process.
After teaching hundreds of classes, he gave the
rights to his adaptation of the original Evelyn Wood
(TM) Speed Reading methods. Learning these speed reading
methods is easy and financially beneficial in life. Even
if you are just learning for pleasure, you can read an
entire book in under an hour. Anyone can double their
reading speed with very little effort - it's that easy.
Others can increase far beyond that!
Unless you need a live training program for your self
or your company, save your money. Don't waste hundreds
of dollars or weeks of your life on learning a full
scale speed reading course. Most people require only the
techniques we offer and some practice for success.
Speedread America donates hundreds of programs every
year to libraries, and struggling families throughout
the world.
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING YOUR READING SPEED
LEARN TO CONTROL SUBVOCALIZATION:
When I first learned to read, I was taught to sound
out letters, then syllables and finally words. Then I
read out loud to the class and Mrs. Langbein. As I got
older I began to read to myself, and soon I could read
the words silently in my head.
That's .... Subvocalizing. It's much slower than just
reading. Because one can only speak at about 200 words
per minute if from down south, or maybe a bit faster if
from up north ... so if you subvocalize every word
you'll slow down your reading considerably. To prevent
subvocalizing use a CD or cassette tape of nature sounds
through headphones while you're reading. Sounds strange
... but it works.
THE MOTIONS OF EYE TRACKING:
Uniform and coordinated eye motion is vital. When you
try to move your eyes in a straight line without a guide
(like a moving light), they tend to move in a tottering
and unsteady fashion. Many other tests abound, but the
bottom line is your eyes are basically untrained for the
coordinated motion required for accelerated reading.
Also. . . your eyes move smoother when there is
something to follow.
One of the reasons you'll use the finger tracking
method to guide your eye movements when reading, is that
it prepares you for the coordination methods used in our
Speed Reading in Only One Method. You'll stop
back-tracking, regressing and back-sliding to re-check
what you've read and thought you missed.
VARYING YOUR READING SPEED
Your brain operates at different speeds. When you're
critically thinking, you're at one brainwave speed. When
you're daydreaming you're at another. When you're asleep
you're at still another. Your brain also accepts data at
varying speeds.
You won't consistently read at only one brainwave
speed. If reading a newspaper you'll be scanning for
specific details. If reading your favorite romance
novel, you may want to read slower to make the juicy
love themes melt your heart. If you can read at 1200
wpm, that doesn't force you to read 1200 wpm all the
time. We highly recommend varying your reading speed.
And to take another analogy. Just because your Lexus can
drive at 180 MPH on the getaway doesn't mean you should
drive that fast downtown or in a school zone.
Soon you'll be able to read much faster. You'll also
have the ability to choose your own comfortable speed
reading pace. You'll know what speed is best for every
reading task.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF:
All new thought psychotherapy, motivational therapy
and sales motivation tells people is that in order to
succeed -- they must believe in themselves.
Once you have learned and practiced the methods in
Speed Read in Only One Hour you can progress to reading
faster than 1,000 wpm. But that requires a belief system
change which might be difficult to adapt to if you are
not persistent. It takes a leap of faith plus a belief
in yourself. If you're stuck in the motor-reading habit
of reading word-by-word, repeating every word silently
to yourself, you might get stuck in the belief that this
is the only way you can read. Please don't lie to
yourself.
Your eyes have phenomenal photographic (eiditic)
powers and range of scope. Your brain is a computer
operating at very high speeds. Although you might be
clearly focused on one thing, your peripheral vision can
still absorb the neighboring information and store it
for later recall. Training yourself to expand your
peripheral vision will expand your ability to take in
several words simultaneously. You'll double your reading
speed quickly. These exercises will dramatically extend
your peripheral vision in a minute or two.
THE POWER OF BATCH PROCESSING:
When learning speedreading your brain processes data
rapidly. Similarly to when you are flying down the
highway at 75 mph and you spot a road sign on an
overpass. You do not read it word-by-word; you glance
and immediately know! You read it in one chuck using
batch processing.
Even when reading books you can process batches of
words and pictures or input chunks of data. You already
have the capability for high speed reading. But first
you must learn the technique, and then you can make a
simple adaptation to do it on demand.
WANT TO READ FASTER?
The clues above should help you start off as a speed
reader. Speedread America has developed Dr. Jay Polmar's
series of exercises into several best-selling speed
reading courses. We guarantee you will double your
reading speed, and this is all you'll ever need to
double reading speed! Other programs containing this
information sell for hundreds of dollars. Start today,
and be speed reading tomorrow.
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"May your reading make your life an example for
others to follow..." Dr. Jay Polmar.
