How To Read This Book
This book has three divisions of instructive reading matter. They are the Introduction, Part I, and Part II.
Warning About The Exercises
The value of the exercises in this book depends largely on your being unfamiliar with their content when you try them. Do not read through our book and read the text of any exercise. Omit every exercise which you may have accidentally read in advance.
Introduction to communication and reading
An Introduction to Speed Reading
Why speed reading is important - how speed reading can boost your success in business and in everyday life and should become a part of your personal development.
The Four Typical Levels of Reading
Light Reading, Average Reading, Solid Reading, Heavy Reading. From newspapers to technical journals, it's important to know how your speed reading will be affected by each type of reading.
Rapid Reading - Grasping the Essentials
In many instances, you need to gather only the main fact from what you read. The art of finding this differs considerably from the art of perceiving masses of detail.
Speed Reading Limitations - Poor Reading Habits
We vary in our speed of reading to an astonishing degree and many factors, including posture, are the causes.
Reading Success - The Need for Proper Book Lighting
There are three wrong ways of illumining the type: with too intense a light and with too faint a light.
With very uneven light, so that parts of the page are bright and parts dark.
Speed Reading Comprehension
Fit your reading to the moment and apply what you learn as you read.
Comprehension Continued - Advance Your Word Recognition
Word reading is the habit of looking at each individual word and dwelling too intently upon its own separate meaning.
Reading for Relative Importance
You will never become a skilful reader unless you first cultivate a fairly keen sense of the relative importance of things.
Speed Reading Success - Your Reading Environment
Noise, air, and the time of day are all factors of your reading speed.
Make the Most of Your Reading Investment
The time you spend in reading is an investment. You ought to get good returns on it. How to use your reading notes.
