Order Now and download the eBook immediately. Order both Speed Reader-X & the Ultra Mind Studio and receive this extra bonus while this offer lasts. Order Both Speed Reader-X & the Ultra Mind Improvement Studio today and receive this eBook, a $27.00 value, yours free.Īdvanced Memory Techniques - Methods used by Magicians and Mentalists to memorize long numbers and phone books. I tried reading a book on speed reading but by the time I made it to chapter 3 they were still telling me how great their system was and how many success stories they had.With Speed Reader-X I was learning with lesson one and I had tripled my reading speed by lesson three. I graduated with a masters degree but only after using SpeedReader-X did I realize I was still reading at a first grade level. This is the system they should be teaching in school. This is the obvious next step after learning to read. Just at day 3, but I'm practicing at 5,000 wpm and reading at 1000 or so. Hi, I'm using SpeedReader X 5.0, and I like it. This is a speed reading system that actually works and educators know it. Tri-County Special Education in Independence, KS.Hortonville School district, Hortonville Middle School in Hortonville WI.Cornerstone Christian Church Clarksville TN.Schultz's class, Colfax Ave Elementary School, North Hollywood, CA Speed Reader-X is Used by Schools across the USA and Europe including: These questions launched me on a search that soon had me cracking the 400wpm barrier and eventually reading comfortably at speeds of over 1000wpm.Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. If knowing the right exercises had enabled me to bring about such physical transformation, why shouldn’t the appropriate visual and mental exercises allow me to change my reading speed, comprehension and memory of what I had read? Why? I had just started a vigorous physical training programme and had noticed, within a few weeks, dramatic changes in nearly every muscle of my body. He answered that there was no way of doing so, and that your reading speed, like your IQ, your adult height and the colour of your eyes, was fundamentally unchangeable. This demoralising piece of news was to change my life: as soon as the class ended, I rushed up to the teacher and asked him how I could improve my speed. However my joy did not last long, for our teacher soon explained that the fastest student in the class had scored 314wpm – just over 100wpm faster than my score. My first reaction was elation, because 213 sounded like a lot. A few weeks later we were given our results, and I found that I had scored an average of 213wpm. “When I was 14, my class was given a battery of tests to measure our mental skills. Tony Buzan tells the story of his school experience of being told he was stuck with the same reading speed for life: You can retrain your eye-brain system to dramatically improve your reading speed and efficiency. We now know far more about the brain’s plasticity. In the past, it was thought that reading speed was an immutable measure and there was nothing you could do to change it. It is, therefore, natural for the brain to take in information at a much faster rate. This is one reason why your thoughts can wander whilst Reading – it is seeking more stimulation. However, the brain can operate much faster. Speed reading is not normal – very few people read above 400wpm. It is important to draw the distinction between ‘normal’ and ‘natural’. Reading alone is not a panacea, but combining with the other skills leads to easier, more effective and ultimately successful learning. They reinforce each other to give a whole greater than the sum of each technique used in isolation. These four things work together synergistically. Make best use of your time by taking regular breaks and appropriately spaced reviews.Use mnemonic techniques to memorise data and appropriate facts.Mind Map the key points to help understand the topic in context.(yes – ‘Stuff’ is the right technical term) Speed read material, being selective so you don’t waste time reading irrelevant stuff.You need to combine your reading with other skills to understand, memorise and recall what you read.
Tony Buzan states in the Speed Reading book, “Reading is to the mind as aerobic training is to the body” but just as going to the gym doesn’t make you a professional sportsman, so reading alone does not make you a top student.