Speed Reading: Lesson 4
Your Fourth Speed Reading Secret!
Today I’m going to show you an *exciting* part of any speed reading program.
It’s called skimming. Although it doesn’t actually involve ‘reading’ in the traditional sense of the word, it DOES allow you to experience some of the thrill of rapidly devouring vast amounts of information at blistering speeds.
If you are able to, it is always best to ‘skim’ any book before you read it. (Whether you will be reading it at high speed or normal speed)
When you are skimming, what you are really looking for is the format of the book you will be reading.
It helps to give you visual clues to what you can expect and it allows you to compensate for some of those challenges.
At this point, let me take a moment to define what my definition is of skimming.
The process of skimming is nothing but the exercise of going through the ENTIRE book you plan to read (or speed read) at a rate of about TWO to THREE SECOND PER PAGE – MAXIMUM!
When you skim, here are some of the details that you are looking for:
* Font and type sizes used
* The presence or absence of chapters
* The presence or absence of columns
* The presence or absence of headings/sub-headings
* Parts of the book
* Diagrams and pictures
* Any unusual or helpful features
Armed with the information that you acquire from skimming, you will be amazed at how DRAMATICALLY it influences your reading speed, even without using some of the other speed reading technology out there.