How it started?
I didn’t wake up that morning (actually I woke up pretty late as I usually do) thinking “I want to read books like superman”, no it was not like that, I was shopping near the book store than I got this crazy idea, what if I read this book (a book about delivering speeches in less than 30 sec, the average attention span of most people) right here, right now, as efficient as possible without spending money to buy it, then put it in a dusty place and forget about it, bad habit I am sure you don’t have it
How I did it?
I was determined to do it, I wanted to prove myself I was capable of doing it, to boost my self esteem – to be honest, I needed it badly. So without further delays, because I know nobody likes to read a big post, I give you the tips:
+ Stay focused, How you do that? You read as fast as you can so your mind can’t wonder
+ Don’t verbalize words in your head, don’t worry you will understand without doing this, you we’re programmed by others to think that
+ Time pressure helps, so you can’t afford to take breaks, I had a meeting in 45 minutes so I could afford to procrastinate
+ Be rested, don’t do this when you are very tired
+ It helps if you have a rich vocabulary, or if the book is easy to read, meaning it has a few ideas, like 95% of them.
+ Try do don’t re-read the few words you missed, you will understand the text later
+ Last but not least, I WAS DETERMINED!
So now after you saw what an average Joe like me did, I know you will do it as well if you want, JUST DO IT!
PS: It will not work on all kind of books of course, especially rich content ones like cyclopedias or so, but it could still work, remember the 4 minute mile?
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