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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Mindlessness, or Mindfulness When Reading? - 5 Tips to Avoid Mindlessness

You've decided to take up the practice of the essential success skill of speed reading. You start your practice, perhaps using a software program that helps to get your eyes moving 2-10 times faster through the print. You zip right through the reading selection and get to the end. Then, you notice that you don't have any idea what the material was about. Although this experience may be quite common in the initial phases of learning to speed read, it can often happen with traditional reading as well. Here is the key to stopping this time waster.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***6 Speed Reading Myths Debunked

Speed Reading Myths Debunked There is so much misinformation about speed reading that as a user for over 30 years, and as an instructor of tens of thousands of learners from all walks of life and all levels of education, I feel compelled to debunk some of the most prevalent and popular myths. However, before we begin, it is essential to define what is reading. Reading Defined

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: Can Mastering Speed Reading Make You Smarter?

Before you make the journey in learning to become a master speed reader, answering the question in the title can go a long way to motivating you to keep practicing and mastering the art and science of speed reading. A review of academic research in this area can confuse most people.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: 7 Tips For Overcoming Sub-Vocalization

A recent visitor to my site inquiring about speed reading asked, "How can I move away from actually saying the words, and learn how to identify the symbols?" The question demonstrates a knowledge of one of the difficult habits to overcome in learning to speed read - sub-vocalization. Sub-vocalization is seeing the words, then saying the words in your mind, then hearing the words, and finally understanding them. It is a four step process. Reading is defined as getting meaning from printed materials - seeing them, and creating understanding. Theoretically, reading should be only two steps.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: The Subvocalizer - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Which are You?

With nearly any material you come across about speed reading, you will find some discussion about the habit of subvocalization. This habit can be defined as the process of seeing the words in print, then saying the words in your mind, hearing the words in your mind, and then it finally leads to your understanding. Nearly all who write or teach about the habit recognize it as limiting your success to speed reading and will instruct you to stop. Unfortunately, they do not teach you how to stop.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: 7 Simple, but Powerful Tips for Better Comprehension at High Speeds

As a speed reading coach, when I get a new learner who has been frustrated by trying to learn speed reading in the past, I frequently hear something like, "I was zipping through materials at high speeds, but I just didn't understand the material." Here are 7 simple, but powerful tips that can make the difference. 1. Understand that moving the eyes faster and more efficiently is only one piece of the process. The second most important piece to speed reading is to get your mind to respond the print. The mind's response to the print is what comprehension is all about. 2.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Does Not Work!

Does speed reading really work? No, it does not work! You work it. Now before you stop reading thinking, "that last statement is obvious," I'll ask you to stop and think for a moment. Most people think that reading is a passive activity. Passive readers are slow readers who often have great difficulty with reading comprehension. Highly effective readers on the other hand show great activity in several areas of the brain while reading under brain scanning machines. Most people take reading for granted.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: 9 Tips to Keep Your Mind Focused While Learning to Speed Read

In the "always-on" electronic information rich and interconnected culture we live in, challenges to our ability to focus and concentrate is an extremely essential trait that few people can claim is not a problem. Concentration becomes even more difficult when learning to speed read. This article will outline 9 tactics you can easily apply while you learn to speed read and they will pay dividends beyond the process of reading.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: 5 Proven Reasons Why "Speed Reading" Doesn't Work

To Master Speed Reading - Know the 5 Proven Roadblocks to Speed Reading Success The term "speed-reading" delivers 55 million results on Google. There is an overabundance of information related to this topic. Even if you are highly motivated to improve your reading and comprehension, the information overload is enough to make you want to quit before you start! Obviously, quitting is one of the reasons why speed-reading does not work. However, there are several more reasons why people do not master speed-reading that you should know.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: What's Your CORE? Not Knowing Can Cost You!

Multi-tasking, multiple projects, multiple goals, multi-media pretty much describes the state of the workplace and school environments today. With all this flurry for our attention and focus, it is amazing that anything actually gets completed. With all the distractions around us, unless you know what your CORE is, you may never master speed reading, or get anything notable accomplished. Do you know what your CORE is? CORE stands for Cost of Reading Effectively. As an employee, every minute of your day can be broken down to the cost of your employment.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Comprehension and the Myth of Expanding the Size of Eye Span and Word Groups

As you begin to research and select an approach to developing your speed reading skills, you will inevitably find continuous references to the fact that untrained readers need to expand the number of words that the eyes take in with each eye stop. These stops are called fixations. In theory, the more words your eyes take in per fixation, the faster your reading becomes. Programs that focus on primarily training to increase the number of words per fixation are misguided in understanding the nature of comprehension.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

4 Secrets to Successful Speed Reading Mastery Revealed

Did you know that neuro-science (the study of how the brain works) has proven there are four essential principles that insure learning success? Without knowing these, you will probably be frustrated, confused, and possibly fail in your attempts to learn this complex set of behaviors called speed reading. The 4 essential, but little known secrets to all successful learning attempts, especially speed reading are: 1. Brain Plasticity - it has amazing regenerative capability. 2. Frequency - more often is best! 3. Intensity - fully engaged and participating in the experience.r

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Avoid These 8 Fatal Mistakes

Speed reading is a set of skills that is necessary for nearly everyone's survival in this age of information overload. Whether you are a student, returning adult student, employee, manager, executive, or business person reading more efficiently and effectively is set of techniques that are key to your survival. Here are 8 fatal mistakes you need to avoid when learning this set of powerful learning tools and how you can overcome them. 1. Too much focus on speed. All speed reading programs and approaches want you to focus on speeding things up.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Develop Mind Speed with Eye Speed

As a speed reading coach, I am frequently asked the question, "How can I increase my comprehension as well as my speed?" It seems that everyone gets the "speed" of the eyes part, but the comprehension, or understanding of the material is the question, or challenge for most people. The speed of the eyes is not as important as the speed of the mind's response to the print. First, all approaches to speed reading gives training in the movement of the eyes. The goal is to make the mechanical aspect of speed reading as efficient as possible. There are various approaches to accomplishing this.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Don't Overlook This Essential Feature to Insure Your Speed Reading Success

ou've bought into the idea that speed reading can be an essential skill for success in today's knowledge economy and academic success, or you probably would not be reading this article. These are skills you don't have now, but want to learn and master. After doing some research, you discover that there are many options of learning media you can choose from. But which one is really the best to insure your success? Your available options are: 1. Buy a book. There are a few good books out there. But, I don't know anyone who successfully mastered the skills through a book.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: What Is the Best Approach to Mastering Speed Reading?

If you are just beginning to search for help in learning to speed read, you may easily become overwhelmed. With such a variety of approaches, mediums of learning, and contradictory information, it would be easy to give up learning this valuable life-long learning set of skills. Please don't give up! Mastering speed reading can change your life for the better. Here are some important things for you to consider before you start. To succeed at mastering speed reading, you need to understand that it is about training your brain, not just getting your eyes to move rapidly through the print.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Is It Possible to Read 2000 Words Per Minute?

Recently someone asked me directly, "is it possible to read 2000 words per minute?" Yes, it is possible. Faster is also possible. It is possible to read even faster than that. We're not sure how fast is possible for us humans. However, considering that the average ending rates for our students is 1600-2000 wpm, and some have read at 24,000 wpm with 95% comprehension, the speed the inquirer asked about is certainly possible. From having taught tens of thousands of people in the past these skills, I'll share the 2 most important keys to success.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading is Merely About Skimming, Scanning, Key-wording - True or False?

If you have been searching for information about speed reading, you probably have been confused by both the abundance of information as well as the contradictions in the statements and "facts" you read. One of the most common statements someone who is looking for free information about the topic will see is, "speed reading is merely about skimming, scanning, and key-wording." Is this statement true, or false? As a user and teacher of the skills for over 30 years, I can empathically state that the statement is false.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Overcoming The Primary Obstacle To Speed Reading

The most often asked questio I get when people either see me read or when they submit a question to my website goes like this: “Does it really work?” Or, “Can you really comprehend when you read really fast? The short answer is yes! This article will explore the question behind that question. Because I’ve been using the skills so long, I’ve been perplexed about why this question is so often asked. In my mind, if you’re not understanding or comprehending the material, you’re not reading! You must be doing something else.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Why Comprehension at Super Fast Speed Is Challenging and How to Overcome It

You want to learn to speed read and you're doing a web search on the topic. Unless this is the first thing you have read, you have probably come across much negative talk about the possibility of ever really reading super fast and achieving good comprehension with speed. (Usually that comes from people who have either not engaged in the right type of training, or didn't train in the proper manner, but that's not the point here.) Many people have tried and failed to master comprehension at super fast speeds.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: Unlocking the Mystery of Comprehension at High Speeds

Congratulations on taking a step towards learning to read faster by "speed reading." If you're like most people who are trying to improve their reading skills to the level of super fast speed reading, you are probably wondering how to do it while maintaining, if not improving, your comprehension. Many of my students come to me after they have invested time and money in learning to speed read only to report that they can move through reading material at the rate of 1200 - 2500 words per minute, but cannot understand what they have read.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Don't Try to Read Super Fast or Slow and Make This Mistake

"Within minutes of starting to read, my mind wanders off. When I come back to the page, I realized I have gone through several pages and don't know what I just read!" This is a common problem for all readers, not just speed readers. Does your mind wander? Alte atively I hear, "I have practiced speed reading and get to 2200 words per minute. But I don't understand what I have read!" is another common complaint from "trained speed readers." Although the scenarios might be different, they both have the same fatal flaw.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Your Path to Speed Reading Mastery Revealed

Reading this article on speed reading tactics demonstrates some level of desire on your part to master these essential skills to help you overcome your information overload. Congratulations! Although this is a good start, it represents the beginning of your path to mastering a complex set of mental skills that will provide lifetime benefits. Unfortunately, many well-intentioned people give up their attempts too early because they do not understand the nature of the learning process.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: What Is Your "Willingness" Quotient?

When people watch me read they will often say something like, "Oh, you're a speed reader. Does that really work?" I will usually respond, "No!" I know that sounds flippant, but truthfully, it does not work. You work it. Speed reading is a systematic approach you apply to learning and absorbing printed material. I learned how to read faster and better about 32 years ago. I was desperate. I was a terrible student in my undergraduate days, and about to start a graduate school program while still needing to work full time. If I was going to succeed, I had to learn to do things differently.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: To Comprehend at High Reading Speeds Develop Your Concentration

When most people start to learn to speed read, they have to focus on moving their eyes more efficiently. This takes the mind off track from responding to the print. All reading requires some level of comprehension, or understanding, otherwise it is not reading. Reading can be defined as the mind's response to the printed symbols. Effective comprehension requires full engagement of your mind with the material. Unfortunately, many people start their journey of learning to speed read, and they suffer from mind wandering regardless of whether they are going fast, or slow.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

What Does Your Mind Do When You Read?

Speed reading is a vastly popular keyword internet search term with several million searches per month. Many people want to discover how to do this vital information management skill today. However, before someone learns to speed read, it might be helpful to take a step back and observe something that is taken for granted. When you read, whether it is speedy or not, what does your mind do? If you take it for granted, you might be able to move through print quickly, but then you probably won't comprehend well. There is no such thing as speed reading without comprehension.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: Are You a Half-Brained Reader?

Have you ever wondered what happens in your brain when you read? When you understand how different parts of your brain become activated doing different types of mental tasks, then you can take control of your ability to read better and faster. On the other hand, by not understanding some simple facts of how your brain works, the process of learning to read better and faster will continue to be a mystery. Speed reading mastery requires you to know how to unlock your whole brain.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***The Secret to Comprehending at Super Fast Reading Rates

If you cannot comprehend at high reading speeds, it is not reading! There is a mistaken notio "out there" that if you speed read, you will not fully comprehend. That is a myth! Many of my students come to me after having failed some other training. A recent new student said to me, "I bought a software program that got my speed up to 2500 words per minute (wpm), but I don't comprehend anything." If he didn't comprehend, he wasn't reading! It was a waste of time.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Exposing The Myth of Speed Pacing in Software and Electronic Programs as Speed Reading

I recently discovered a couple of speed reading programs that are free plug-ins for electronic reading especially web-based reading. I excitedly downloaded and installed them onto my desktop machine. Unfortunately these free plug-ins were a major disappointment that built upon common a misunderstanding about speed reading.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tips: Can Comprehension and Memory And Recall Work When Speed Reading?

This tip title will probably cause you to go, "huh?" or have an "aha!" when reflecting on your own experience trying to learn to read faster. This is one of the most frequently asked questions I get about speed reading – ”Can you really read fast and still comprehend and remember?” The short answer is yes, but you have to understand the differences of these cognitive processes. Although it isn't possible to teach everything there is know about comprehension in this single article, I assure you, this tip you are getting is not revealed by anyone else teaching speed reading.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Training Requires Re-training the Brain, Not Just the Eyes

Speed reading requires training the brain, not just the eyes. Getting the eyes unstuck from looking, and sometimes staring, at individual words is essential, but that is merely one aspect of learning a set of complex behaviors and skills. Training the eyes is the mechanical part of learning the skills. That's easy part. The more difficult aspect is training the brain/mind to comprehend. All speed reading programs will teach you how to move your eyes more efficiently through print. However, many of these actually do this rather improperly.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed "Reading" Without Comprehension Is Oxymoronic

I just got an email from someone who writes, " The reaso I am writing is that a client of mine is doing a computer speed reading program called (name protected). He mentioned that while his speed has increased dramatically, his comprehension has gone down. Is this normal? " The short answer is yes. However, it is not normal for all programs on effective speed reading. The writer touches on a very sore spot for me, a researcher, educator, and trainer on accelerated learning for 30 years.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: 6 Essential Ideas You Need Understand

Whether you have just started to look into speed reading, or whether you are a frustrated learner who has tried and not mastered the skills yet, there are 6 essential concepts you must understand if you hope to master the skills as a lifelong habit, or skill set. Notice I mentioned "frustrated learners" in the first paragraph. I have observed that many of my learners come to me as a matter of having not succeeded in learning the skills from trying some program in the past.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Readng Tactics: Can You Enjoy Reading While Speed Reading?

Speed Reading is a term that has so many instant meanings, many of which are myths, in the minds of those who are seeking to find out its potential for them. Additionally, to the potential new learner, it brings a perception of dread and hard work because they have difficulty envisioning themselves as competent efficient readers.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: How Fast Is It to Really Speed Read?

I must confess, I hate the term "speed reading." Since the popularization of the approach in the 1960s, there has been such a flood of approaches to the term "speed reading," and so many who have tried to cash in on the promise it offers by unskilled practitioners and program developers, that there is no standard definition. With that being said, then how would you answer the question, "how fast is it, really, to speed read?" Answering the question depends on your perception of the term.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: How Do You Read Super Fast and Comprehend?

The most often questio I get asked is, "How can I read over 1500 words per minute and still understand, or comprehend the material?" Stated in another form, "Does speed reading really work?" Without writing an entire course, this article will try to answer these questions. When people question about reading fast and not comprehending, there is a basic misunderstanding of terms. As I've written in previous articles, reading is the mind's response to print. If your mind is not responding when you are applying any speed reading technique, then you are in fact not reading.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Can You Increase Your Intelligence?

Can intelligence be increased? That's a radical question that has been hotly debated for well over a century. As with most "radical" questions the debate is usually centered around the lines of demarcation or differing disciplines. Historically intelligence has been measured as a factor of abstract numerical capabilities as tested by the dreaded IQ test.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

***Speed Reading Tactics: Are You the Tortoise, or the Hare? Don't Mistake!

Do you remember Aesop's fable of the Tortoise and the Hare? As you read this article about speed reading you probably think I'm going to talk about the fast hare. On the contrary, I am going to sing the praises of the lowly tortoise. The lesson of the tortoise is the character trait development of consistent effort towards a goal. As you recall from the story, the tortoise astonishingly won the race. The persistence of effort is what won the day.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Do You Suffer from These 3 Types of Thinking That Don't Work When Learning Speed Reading?

After 30 years of teaching speed reading to people from all walks of life inside and outside of workplace organizations, I've come to realize that there are three big problems people have to overcome if they really want to master the skills involved in speed reading. Listening to people who have been dropouts of other speed reading programs have given me these key insights. The reason the dropouts of what might be called "competitors" programs have given me these insights is that they do not suffer from these mistakes.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Avoid These Costly Mistakes of Eye Span Training

Speed reading successfully requires you to train and use your eyes in new ways. All speed reading training covers some approach to getting the eyes to move more efficiently. Did you know that there are eye training methods that could actually be harmful? Here are some mistakes to avoid. 1. Focusing on eye span development exclusively. Speed reading does require the reader to learn to use the eyes more efficiently. Moving the eyes more fluidly and "attending" to more words for each fixation (stop of the eyes) is essential.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Avoid This Common Mistake When Learning Speed Reading

When you are starting to learn speed reading one of the common mistakes the learner makes is trying to read faster by speeding up what they already do. This approach may bring some gain, but they will be short lived. Here's how to overcome this mistake. The learner gives up simply because this approach is exhausting. It can not be maintained over extended periods. Think of a day when you woke up late and had to rush to get out of the house. If you have to do that all the time, you burn yourself out. Almost all speed reading programs will begin with some form of visual eye-span training.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

What Does Selling Shoes Have to Do with Using Your Whole Brain's Thinking?

Analyzing A Whole Brain Thinker in Action What does selling shoes have to do with using your whole brain effectively? Nothing if you are merely trying to sell shoes. But if you are someone like Tony Hsieh of Zappos, selling shoes is merely the starting point of something with much greater significance and implications.All your important decision making ultimately has more significance that you normally take for granted. Important decisions carry long term consequences that are often overlooked and not discovered except in hindsight.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

The Double Bind of Subvocalization and How to Overcome It

Learning to speed read can be a daunting challenge for those who want to master the skills in the very beginning. One of the biggest limiting factors of traditional reading is that as adults we read with a see-say-hear-know method known as subvocalization. It limits the speed you read to the speed of your voice. But when starting out to learn speed reading, too much attention is given to this habit, and not on learning how to replace it.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: The Role of "Eye-Span" and How It Can Trap You in Failure

When learning to speed read, the saying that a little information can be a dangerous thing still applies. Consider the term "eye-span." Even though I've been teaching people from all walks of life how to speed read for 30 years, I have only recently received many questions about it. For new learners coming into my programs, the question keeps coming up early in training. I don't even use the term in my training. The new learner has read something about it somewhere. There is too much conce for it though.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellJun 1, 20061 topic

6 Quick Tips on Improving Reading Recall

6 Quick Tips on Improving Reading RecallnnnDo you find yourself having to re-read a paragraph you just read? Do you have trouble remembering what you read just yesterday? Here are some easy exercises you can do to put a stop to this time wasting endeavor of information overload.nn1. Turn to the editorial page of your daily newspaper. Read the lead editorial. Whatâs the major point the editor is making? Is it reflected in the title of the piece? Rewrite the title to reflect

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tips: What Are the 4 Secrets to Comprehending at Super Fast Rates That You Need to Speed Read?

A favorite pastime of mine is to ask people what it means to “speed read?” Invariably the more people I ask, the more different answers I get. Usually their answers have something to do with reading faster than they currently do. Rarely does someone include in the definition mentioning comprehension, or understanding printed material along with the speed. Unfortunately if you do not understand material while reading it, then it is not reading! In fact, one of the most often questions I get conce s the possibility of comprehending at fast speeds, especially speeds over 600 words per minute.r

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tips: Mastering the Mindset for Speed Reading Success

Speed reading success requires you to understand and embrace certain qualities of your mind if you are to succeed. Due to the radically different approach and necessary new behaviors, an unprepared learner can easily give up. Rather than to succumb to this premature emotional reaction, speed reading success demands that we appreciate the natural reaction of our mind to new and different ways of behaving, and do something about it.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Speed Reading Tactics: Taming and Transforming Subvocalization

One of the most frequently questions I get before someone starts a speed reading course with us is, "How do I stop subvocalization?" Beginning learners also ask.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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Speed Reading Tips: Reading Comprehension at High Speed - It's All in Your Head

You've decided to learn about speed reading and maybe pursue a program to change your outdated skills to a level that can help you better cope with today's massive overload of information. You're excited! You read some information about learning to move your eyes more efficiently. You may even start practicing. Then it dawns on you: you've moved through several pages of print and you have no idea what the material is about. What should you do?

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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By Ed CaldwellRecently published1 topic

Does Speed Reading Software Work?

Speed reading has become an essential business and academic success tool in the knowledge economy. With the onset of PCs, and the internet, live classes have diminished as a result of "instant access." One of the seemingly easiest choices someone might take to learn the skills is to buy a software program. But does software training work? Although I can't state that I have reviewed all software programs, I have reviewed the most popular ones on the market.

Primary topic: Speed Reading

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